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Sazerac · 12-02-2002, 08:54 PM

LOL, no kidding! Find me someone on this board who ISN'T a powergamer to some extent.

And a huge thumbs-up [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img] to what Indemaijinj just said. CRPG isn't the same as PnP. In PnP, "powergaming" is equated to being a munchkin, because that ruins the game for other players. When you're playing solo, who cares? [img]smile.gif[/img]

I will say this, though. If you are playing the game in multiplayer mode with others, it's best to be courteous and work together as a team rather than rushing ahead and doing everything on your own. That can make for some angry teammates. The first multiplay group I was in, we had a guy who had an Elven Archer who was bound and determined to do EVERYTHING on his own. He wouldn't give us a break! It got so bad that after the game ended one day and he'd logged off, a couple of the other players (I wasn't there, but I heard about it) took turns beating the holy living cr*p out of his character! As luck would have it, he lost interest and quit playing, and we formed a much more balanced and respectful group. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Cheers,
-Sazerac

12-02-2002, 08:54 PM	#5
Sazerac Ironworks Moderator Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Monroe, LA Age: 61 Posts: 7,387	LOL, no kidding! Find me someone on this board who ISN'T a powergamer to some extent. And a huge thumbs-up [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img] to what Indemaijinj just said. CRPG isn't the same as PnP. In PnP, "powergaming" is equated to being a munchkin, because that ruins the game for other players. When you're playing solo, who cares? [img]smile.gif[/img] I will say this, though. If you are playing the game in multiplayer mode with others, it's best to be courteous and work together as a team rather than rushing ahead and doing everything on your own. That can make for some angry teammates. The first multiplay group I was in, we had a guy who had an Elven Archer who was bound and determined to do EVERYTHING on his own. He wouldn't give us a break! It got so bad that after the game ended one day and he'd logged off, a couple of the other players (I wasn't there, but I heard about it) took turns beating the holy living cr*p out of his character! As luck would have it, he lost interest and quit playing, and we formed a much more balanced and respectful group. [img]smile.gif[/img] Cheers, -Sazerac __________________ "And all my days are trances, and all my nightly dreams, Are where thy grey eye glances, and where thy footstep gleams, In what ethereal dances, by what eternal streams..."