Originally Posted by Kern Wolf

I think a lot of players need to do what their characters have to do when they're out on missions/quests: adapt to what may appear to be a changing environment!!!

Believe me, the innocence of the game is still there. It's there if you take the time to help newbies out on their 1st runs through the game (and believe me, there are plenty). It's there when you take the time to answer some of the questions that are constantly posed when you're in towns (i.e., "how do I go to FOW; what is "favor", etc.) You can get into some fun talks with a lot of people by simply answering what, to the experienced player, are basic questions (not to mention building a pretty good "friends" list along the way.

I have developed my own set of rules for the game: I don't "run" people from point A to point B; I don't slam people for being "newbies" (because EVERYONE was a newie at 1 point), and I don't go with groups that have problems taking new people to areas. Some of my most fun times (be it doing Hell's precipice for the 20th time, or going into FOW for quests/farming for the 20th time), have been with people trying it for the first time!! And if you're concerned about the innocence of the game being lost, believe me, when you help some do "Last Day Dawns", or "Titan Source" for their 1st time, that innocence is there when you read about how they feel when the group completes it!

As for the rest: remember, this is a game. Much like television, if something bothers you, ignore it.

I will say this, and to me, it's really funny: I went out with a farming group, that advertised itself as "very experienced; NO NEWBIES ALLOWED" (I only did it the 1 time). They went into FOW. Within 2 minutes, the entire party was dead (lol). They spent the next 5 minutes pointing fingers, and screaming obscenities at each other (it was hilarious to me). The next time, I went with a group that had 3 "newbies" (I really hate that term), and we did almost every quest in fow.
Guess which group I had fun with?

Originally Posted by Avarre

Nasty question, it could easily be either (in initials, you know whom I refer to!);

J. H.: For murdering the chosen and then attacking you atop the Bloodstone of Aggression (I think it's that one, why else is the jungle so innately hostile).

M.: Technically, his main betrayal is after you leave the jungle... although he did reveal the location of the Henge, was that before you arrived (hence the mantle around it) or after (allowing the Mantle to smash the Shining blade hiding there)?



Agreed to the posted before me, some of my favorite runs have been with new people, as they are willing to listen when I tell them things, and usually pay attention to whats around them.