[ddo] Tonight?

Tue Jan 2 21:30:24 GMT 2007

Explanation is fair enough.

I was absolutely ragin' to my core last night, and as far as I was/am 
concerned there is no point in me playing this game with ye till ye get to 
lvl 11 or 12. Because no matter what I've done or tried to do in the last 
few months I have constantly been in the wrong - and thats really great fun 
to put up with night after night after night.

I have had to defend myself repeatedly from all kind of accusations over the 
last few months and the large number of accusations in a row last night was 
just too much. Way too much.

Last night for example (fact from my perspective):
- When I logged on ye were trying to get XP, getting further ahead of Leigh, 
Brian and I.
- When I asked ye about it ye weren't trying to get xp, you were trying to 
get rep.
- So I came on with Sashkia to make getting rep for ye easier/quicker (and 
also because I also need house K rep with Sashkia). We did an instance I've 
never done with any character.
- Then I was going to be the reason one of ye called it a night cos ye 
weren't getting anything "out" of the night. Rather than "ask" me to switch 
to Aglaranna or Tryxia I got the "well with you playing Sashkia I might as 
well log for the night" treatment. Mike to be fair asked "are you going to 
bring on Aglaranna?", when I asked why I got the "I'm logging off if you 
don't" comment.
- So then ye decided that ye were actually trying to get XP, so I logged on 
with Aglaranna. We did another instance I've never done with any character.
- then I was ruining new content on Diarm by charaging off (despite doing 
the quest for the first time myself).
- then I was playing an uber level 7 character with uber stuff and somehow 
that was ruining things too.

For the record Ag was funded by Sashkia at 2nd and 4th levels and has been 
self sufficient ever since. I'd be reasonably sure that Odile probably has 
better stuff that Aglaranna - Diarm can you beat a +3 weapon and +3 plate, 
and a +4 shield?

I fully expect I ruined the other quest that you did after I left too, 
somehow.....

When Diarm or Brian rush off into battle its fine "cos he's playing a 
Chaotic dwarf" or a Paladin smiting evil. when my fighter does the same I'm 
ruining content and playing an unbalanced overpowered character.
And whats even more annoying is the fact that nobody can understand (or even 
bother trying to before throwing me a bollicking) why I would want to play 
an overly agressive fighter after playing 19 levels of healbot .....

I simply cannot take the double standards any more, anything that I've done 
in the last few months, where any of ye have had two ways of looking at a 
situation you've opted for the negative angle; every bloody time, both in 
game and on email. My favourite comment was the one of few weeks ago "I know 
you didn't say or do anything - but I could get a feeling for where you 
wanted us to go".

When I was out of order and levelled Sashkia I tried to make up for it by 
soloing my way to sixth level with another cleric, but now its ok for you 
guys to get further ahead than everyone else and force me into more soloing 
to get back on a par again - and you know what; I fully expected to take an 
earful if I did do that.

Now I can understand the spoiling of fun that I seem to have caused, and the 
frustration that it caused.
But to take the same shite in a dungeon I've never done, with a character a 
level below you, with my mic muted - that was just barmy. Everyone's just 
too ready to have a go at me, and that was the straw that broke the camels 
back.

I'm hoping after about 3-4 levels of playing without me, you might be less 
inclined to jump down my throat for just being at the other end of a modem 
trying to play a computer game. I still think its great fun playing with you 
guys, but I'm not taking this rubbish. Its a game - when you guys stop 
having fun for a second you make me feel about two feet tall, and you 
threaten to log off, go to bed, quit the game (I've heard it all). You guys 
have all made this stop being fun for me, but I don't see the point in 
making you all feel like crap more than once.

In a few levels you'll need the best cleric on the server again :) and as 
long as I don't have to take this crap - as I said before, I'll be happy to 
help. But you guys need to do those levels without me.

Taking all my characters out of the guild last night was childish and I 
regretted the way I did it straight away - but was far too furious to type a 
reason, and with my voice gone didn't really feel like chattting.
Any other speculation about boredom, content boredom is just that, 
speculation.

If you wanted to know - there you go, its all above.
Peace out
C.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Vaughan" <joev at jarhedz.com>
To: <ddo at dspsrv.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 8:11 PM
Subject: Re: [ddo] Tonight?

> Basically Conor resigned all his characters from the guild last
> night. He didn't specify exactly why, but I'm guessing its because he
> was hacked off with Mike, Diarmuid and I gripeing at him earlier in
> the evening for rushing through stuff.
>
> To be fair, I've seen it on the horizon. The situation hasn't really
> been fair on any of us for a while. For those of us who haven't
> played enough, it's become increasingly frustrating following Conor
> around dungeons as an entourage... very  WoW-like.
>
> Conor on the other hand is pretty damned bored with doing old content
> with the same old character and more than that is generally the brunt
> of our criticism when we get into this mode and to be honest it's not
> his fault really, we just fall into it and it's convenient to blame
> Conor for "spoiling the surprise" when really if we want to do stuff
> a certain way we should really discuss it and come to a compromise.
>
> Like I said, I think given the situation that it was sort of
> inevitable. The only thing that annoys me is the way you've done it
> Conor, without any sort of dialog to allow us to come to some sort of
> compromise (or even if that compromise was exactly this situation to
> at least talk about it so we understood your reasoning.)
>
> Anyway hope you hook up with the lads you have been pugging with and
> continue to enjoy the game... and we'll no doubt meet up to adventure
> down the line when the rest of us catch up with you.
>
> Joe
>
> On 2 Jan 2007, at 18:40, setanta at dspsrv.com wrote:
>
>> Wha?
>> Whats the story, how what and when did this all happen?
>>
>> Confused
>> B
>>
>>
>>> Yep, your call, cya Conor.
>>>
>>> I'm sure you'll find a guild that meets your needs better, have
>>> fun out
>>> there and I'm sure we'll see you online.
>>>
>>> On 01/01/07, Joe Vaughan <joev at jarhedz.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Fair enough, your call Conor.
>>>>
>>>> Have fun and don't be a stranger.
>>>>
>>>> Joe
>>>>
>>>> On 1 Jan 2007, at 21:08, Cliffy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> k
>>>>> I'm done. Enjoy the game / guild.
>>>>>
>>>>> If I'm on any night that you're stuck for a player, feel free to
>>>>> ask for
>>>>> help.
>>>>>
>>>>> peace out.
>>>>> C.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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