06-21-2003, 09:40 PM
Hmm.. leeching. The great thing is that I haven't come across *too* many leechers in hardcore yet, but they were overwhelming in softcore. Every cow game, 1-3 leechers every time, if more come people tend to leave the game though. I have to say I hate them and I love them.
What I used to do in SC, when I had a character that could kill every cow in a matter of minutes in hell in an 8 people game, is spam for leechers to come to a channel and I'd create a game where 4 luck leechers got to join and get exp. I know I probably shouldn't have done this, since now that I look back at it I was promoting leeching itself, but this was a while ago before I was more enlightened to the immoralities of rushing and leeching.
For the purpose of more experience, I loved them. I also hated them at times. They would run around looking for anything that dropped of value and made sure you wouldn't get it. That isn't all too bad, since items were so easy to get in softcore, but also the fact that in doing this they woke up all the sleeping cows that were resting peacefully and brought them to you indirectly, ready or not. This is ok when you are a javazon with lightning fury or a fast killing bowazon, but when you aren't and this happens it's always a pain. Sorceresses can't always kill fast enough and necros (CE/Amp) need a few dead bodies before they can do their miracle work.
So for different reasons I loved leechers, and for other reasons I loved the little guys!
I can't say I'm totally against leeching though. When you're on the killing side of the spectrum they always seem like a nuissance (give a few leechers that are actually good at what they do, I've come across a few who gave me items I missed... nice people are still out there :P ), and on the other side (which in softcore is hard to not be on) it seems great. Depends on the person who's killing and the person who's leeching.
- Itami
What I used to do in SC, when I had a character that could kill every cow in a matter of minutes in hell in an 8 people game, is spam for leechers to come to a channel and I'd create a game where 4 luck leechers got to join and get exp. I know I probably shouldn't have done this, since now that I look back at it I was promoting leeching itself, but this was a while ago before I was more enlightened to the immoralities of rushing and leeching.
For the purpose of more experience, I loved them. I also hated them at times. They would run around looking for anything that dropped of value and made sure you wouldn't get it. That isn't all too bad, since items were so easy to get in softcore, but also the fact that in doing this they woke up all the sleeping cows that were resting peacefully and brought them to you indirectly, ready or not. This is ok when you are a javazon with lightning fury or a fast killing bowazon, but when you aren't and this happens it's always a pain. Sorceresses can't always kill fast enough and necros (CE/Amp) need a few dead bodies before they can do their miracle work.
So for different reasons I loved leechers, and for other reasons I loved the little guys!
I can't say I'm totally against leeching though. When you're on the killing side of the spectrum they always seem like a nuissance (give a few leechers that are actually good at what they do, I've come across a few who gave me items I missed... nice people are still out there :P ), and on the other side (which in softcore is hard to not be on) it seems great. Depends on the person who's killing and the person who's leeching.
- Itami
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