droks running...fine thunderhead running....fine... but thirsty?!

Eder

Eder

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

09 Jan 2006 at 12:42 - 41
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Originally Posted by Red Sonya
You should have to work through the content just like DIABLO or DIABLO II and there should be level limits on who you can group with.
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Originally Posted by Red Sonya
I'm still all for locking that south door of Beacons Perch.
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That'll stop the running.
The thing is, ANet doesn't agree with any of the above. ANet doesn't want to stop the runners. Anyone who did not realize this the *first* time they saw there was a south door in Beacon's Perch leading to a very high-level area has got to be pretty slow.

So if you're gonna ask them to stop the running, you might as well ask for them to make the game PvP only or to get rid of instancing or any other of those common crazy requests made by people who just don't understand which game this is.

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Originally Posted by Red Sonya
...if you are going to play the PVE game then you should play it by PVE standards, building up your character and equipment over time, not in a few hours of play and/or run to Droks so you can come back to newbie arenas and cause grief.
Yes, that's a serious issue - ANet really needs to cap out the AL at Ascalon/Yak's Bend arenas, and block out the Elite skills. Even now that they've added XP to PvP matches again, it just means that no single person can be a griefer *forever*... but everyone can still be a griefer for a short while, which means the overall situation didn't improve much.

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Originally Posted by Red Sonya
There are four basic reasons for running...
No, there aren't. I'm sure each player has their reasons for running. Pretending you know the reasons why "most" people buy runs is really, really pretentious.

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Originally Posted by Red Sonya
...to cause grief or get to some solo build someone has discovered and they want to copy the template and solo UW/FOW.
I'm sure that ANet's measures against farming and against griefing in the low level arenas will eventually make this case no longer be an issue. You'll still be able to get ran and farm everywhere with the build someone else has posted on a forum, but you won't be able to do any harm to anyone with it (I'm going by ANet's standards here, where farming seems to = harm to people... not saying wheter I agree with it or not).

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Originally Posted by Red Sonya
The next being able to compete in the GW's with a PVE built up character, though this is really silly since it's the longgggg way of doing this when one could just use a premade and get all the skills and upgrades they want by just gaining faction points.
Yeah, that's just silly... so what makes you think a lot of people would do that? If we both know it's silly, I'm willing to bet most people do, too.

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Originally Posted by Red Sonya
And the last building a "RUNNER for $$" character so they can get plat the easy way instead of farming for it.
Hehe, that's funny - which of those actions has ANet declared they're determined to put an end to? Again, seems to me you and the developers have different opinions on what the game should be like.

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Originally Posted by Red Sonya
I've also recently been informed that RUNNERS for $$ are from many of these EBAY farm houses, what yah gonna do about that now GAILE?? Yall wanna stop EBAYers, so, you need to stop these RUNNERS for $$ as well.
No, no, no, that's flawed logic. Have you ever done one of those online IQ tests? Some Pongs are Pings, and all Pings are Nerfs. Are all Pongs Nerfs? No.

(Not to mention, of course, that you can't prove that some Pongs are Pings, in this case. Saying "I've recently been informed!" on a web forum is hardly going to affect decision-making at a multi-million dollar company ).

Jhawkjrod

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2005

Assassins of the Dark World

09 Jan 2006 at 21:31 - 42
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Originally Posted by Red Sonya
There are four basic reasons for running, to cause grief or get to some solo build someone has discovered and they want to copy the template and solo UW/FOW. The next being able to compete in the GW's with a PVE built up character, though this is really silly since it's the longgggg way of doing this when one could just use a premade and get all the skills and upgrades they want by just gaining faction points. And the last building a "RUNNER for $$" character so they can get plat the easy way instead of farming for it.
I'm not so sure you know what you are talking about. I will buy a run when I feel it necessary. I don't get runs for any of your four reasons though. I am currently getting a monk run to ascension. The reason is our guild needs some good healers to go to UW or FOW and help with some of the upper level quests. Everyone has different reasons for getting run.

Illusion

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

Where do you live?

Elite Mercenary Legion

09 Jan 2006 at 21:35 - 43
well thirstys and ez mission i dont c y ppl keep complainin about it T Keep is harder it took me atleast a week before we finally finished it after that i finished the other missions like it was nothin

IlikeGW

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

09 Jan 2006 at 21:41 - 44
I bought a run on a elona for 1k... did it beat the hell out of wasting time trying to get a group there at that point? Sure did. Sorry, but there's only so many oblivious people you can group with before you'd rather be done with the damned thing for spare change.