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Franco · Sep 30, 2006, 06:02 PM // 18:02

Lavindathar and obviously you do know there are also Necro bots , they just arent as common

cloudbunny · Sep 30, 2006, 09:25 PM // 21:25

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Originally Posted by Former Ruling

Simple solution is only go with ENGLISH SPEAKING monks. This minimizes how many of these you run into.

Sometimes you are unlucky even then.
We once announced for 2 monks for a balanced party. Got 2 replies, both spoke english, but avoided questions about their builds. Both turned out to 55hp, and bad as such. They died at first encounter! They said they were sorry....not that it helped.

I am very tempted to bring Vital blessing when going with PUG monks to UW.

Regards,
Cloudbunny

Tainek · Sep 30, 2006, 10:11 PM // 22:11

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Originally Posted by cloudbunny

Sometimes you are unlucky even then.
We once announced for 2 monks for a balanced party. Got 2 replies, both spoke english, but avoided questions about their builds. Both turned out to 55hp, and bad as such. They died at first encounter! They said they were sorry....not that it helped.

I am very tempted to bring Vital blessing when going with PUG monks to UW.

Regards,
Cloudbunny

Nowadays the 55hp is being phased out in favor of Spirit Bond, vital Blessing wont do jack

Former Ruling · Oct 01, 2006, 03:27 AM // 03:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by cloudbunny

Sometimes you are unlucky even then.
We once announced for 2 monks for a balanced party. Got 2 replies, both spoke english, but avoided questions about their builds. Both turned out to 55hp, and bad as such. They died at first encounter! They said they were sorry....not that it helped.

I am very tempted to bring Vital blessing when going with PUG monks to UW.

Regards,
Cloudbunny

Horrible Monks wanting a free trip to UW =\= Gold Farmer, They were just noobie jerks.

saphir · Oct 01, 2006, 05:38 AM // 05:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by cloudbunny

Sometimes you are unlucky even then.
We once announced for 2 monks for a balanced party. Got 2 replies, both spoke english, but avoided questions about their builds. Both turned out to 55hp, and bad as such. They died at first encounter! They said they were sorry....not that it helped.

I am very tempted to bring Vital blessing when going with PUG monks to UW.

Regards,
Cloudbunny

it's funny, usually the english speaking 55 leaches are the worst 55's, they can't even stay alive for a few seconds. i've yet encountered any that apologize though

casting vital blessing on them can have hilarious results. symbiosis is another good one, but they can run out of range. maybe the dervish skill list will provide something to counter the 600 spirit bonds =)

Ranger Rog · Oct 01, 2006, 05:34 PM // 17:34

I used to love going into the UW in balanced parties but the 55 leachers and quest taking griefers took their toll on me and I only go in with trapper parties now.
There are a couple of things you can do to try and ensure the monks in your mixed party are not 55's, firstly make sure they have your attention in chat and then ask them to ping their health and if they don't repond pretty quickly then kick them. Also ask to take a look at thier armor.
I know neither method is exactly bulletproof as armor can be changed etc, but it's at least something and it helped me filter out a few bad guys.

Sagius Truthbarron · Oct 02, 2006, 01:03 AM // 01:03

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Originally Posted by Former Ruling

These "Asian Monks" as you called it are the worst of the Sweat shop Farmer monks in reality.

To maximize the profit of ecto farming, they carry a necro in to pay some of the cost, then ditch them at the aataxes to Smite farm.

Simple solution is only go with ENGLISH SPEAKING monks. This minimizes how many of these you run into.

This isn't true. Most scammers are fluent English speakers. I know what you mean, though, I've seen quite a few Asians who try to scam, but they are usually quite distinguished in that they have no respect (also common among English scammer).

In fact, some of the nicest, most generous people I have met ingame were Mandarin Chinese.

Try to understand their attitude before you go with them. If they think they are god's gift to mankind they are probably dumb enough to scam you. If they are unreasoning, avoid some subjects about pay, or just act shifty in general, run for it.

Lord Jerhyn · Oct 02, 2006, 02:02 AM // 02:02

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Originally Posted by D.E.V.i.A.N.C.E

Thankfully, I don’t have to worry about partners anymore, I play with myself. I use to only go with friends, but that would screw with my sleep schedule (Sweden/Australia/Holland)... I could suggest doing it with a 600hp monk and you be the smitting prayers maintainer... if it runs off it cant do dmg...

lmfao xD

sry that just stood out a mile lol

Lord Jerhyn · Oct 02, 2006, 02:05 AM // 02:05

anyway on topic... remember there are companies that sell gold via the internet like ebay etc. and who do u think collects the gold? Asian people in about 99% of the cases. Dont get me wrong i hold nothing against them but u can see why it is more common among the Asian farmers.

Skande · Oct 02, 2006, 11:27 AM // 11:27

Well if you need a 55 to go UW let me know, better than soloing FoW (love the 3 man team)

Between 8-11pm CAT on the Euro servers
IGN - Silpray Skande

cataphract · Oct 02, 2006, 11:34 AM // 11:34

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Originally Posted by Lord Jerhyn

lmfao xD

sry that just stood out a mile lol

Many thanks for bringing it up. I don't know how I missed it.

Formosa · Oct 02, 2006, 01:39 PM // 13:39

I have to stick up for the 55 monks here...I once got an Asian 55 monk on my SS (I try not to discriminate) and we went in. He was using SoJ and Zealot's Fire, but I thought nothing of it, figured he probably took it straight from a website or didn't know any better. But we went through the Aatxes no problem, he was extremely fast, intelligent (we did our best to communicate, I didn't know Chinese, he knew very little English), and we ended up doing ~10 runs together, probably the best runs I'd ever done.

So I guess when it comes to Asian 55 monks, bigger risk, bigger reward

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In fact, some of the nicest, most generous people I have met ingame were Mandarin Chinese.

Yep, this guy was Mandarain Chinese as well...he gave my a nice plagueborn shield after we were done too o_O

Smile Like Umean It · Oct 02, 2006, 01:57 PM // 13:57

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Originally Posted by cloudbunny

Sometimes you are unlucky even then.
We once announced for 2 monks for a balanced party. Got 2 replies, both spoke english, but avoided questions about their builds. Both turned out to 55hp, and bad as such. They died at first encounter! They said they were sorry....not that it helped.

The fact that they said they spoke english, but wouldn't answer any questions about their builds should have told you right away that something was off.