Posted by The same Paladin again on June 7, 2000 at 13:01:13:
In Reply to: A few things, actually... posted by Quinthen on June 7, 2000 at 12:24:30:
I have been empowered before I know where a bunch of shrines are, that's besides the point. I just want to know east coast or west coast. Not every calls California or New York their homes. That way you can take the TIME DIFFERENCE into account. Unless other imms can empower you, there is no point to praying to imms at their bed time. Do you understand what I'm getting at here? Empowerment being for the elite irrelvant here.
> > Like I was saying I don't the exact time and stuff. Just a east cost or west coast. You know that way, you won't be asleep when they log on. That's all.
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> Most posts on empowerment are from folks who have never been empowered before, and, in fact, are newbies to the game. Most veteran players will have little problem getting empowered. That makes the advice... if you are new to the game, don't make an empowered character... all the more valid. If you play another class, or classes, for a good while, eventually you get the feel for when Immortals are on. You get to know where shrines are, and you develope your roleplaying. I think empowered characters should be special, very special. I think they should be, pardon the term, elite. This doesn't mean they know everything about Thera, merely they are above average in almost all aspects of the game, most importantly, roleplay. The more you play, the more you interact with empowered characters, the better you will be at trying to become empowered yourself. I think it's wrong to say, what's the point of empowerment if it's so damn difficult, the system must be flawed. The system is the way it is for a reason. I doubt the IMM's want 40 empowered characters running around Thera at once. Who is the priest going to preach to, if everyone is a priest?
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> I remain, as always,
> Quinthen, the blissfully ignorant