aDifferentHandle wrote on Dec 8^th, 2011 at 10:50am:


Yes.

I once got a letter from the university I did my undergraduate work at telling me I could no longer get financial aid...unsigned and in comic sans.

(They were in error.)

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What a bunch of dickheads.

Epoch wrote on Dec 8^th, 2011 at 2:24am:



"Hey you're playing a so-and-so" gets really fucking annoying sometimes, but yeah I've learned to just deal with it.

Tobril wrote on Dec 8^th, 2011 at 1:23pm:


Comic sans is my favorite font just because it pisses of everyone.

Tobril wrote on Dec 8^th, 2011 at 1:26pm:


I made my first serious toon with the help of a few guildies and rocked the house with it.

Then I ran with Egomaniac while he was still playing. He told me my build was very similar to the Monster Build, only I went human and had more AC, Heal Amp, etc.

Then U5 happened, and I got my gear together. U7 came around and I TR'd to HOrc.  My new build had already been posted too. Blitz. But I'm ok with that, because I talked to Nick extensively before rolling up.

I remember when i first came to this game having no idea what d&d or a d20 was.

My first toon was a w/f fighter premade stalwart defender.  I had no idea what i was doing and used to think i actually contributed to the group by hitting intimidate and shield blocking.

From there i eventually hated how little damage i would actually do vs how much healing i took, and realised i'd unlocked drow. By now i knew the difference between 32 ans 28 pt builds so I actually somehow convinced myself that a drow would be a better choice than a halfling.  (for the record i still have my drow rogue, LR'ed from dex build rapier user to STR builds mid 2010 and he's still my best dps toon)

After making 2 toons on turbines premade paths though, hating them,  and seeing a couple of these chuck norris round house kicking and punching awesome monks i wanted one.  I knew i wouldn't be able to make my own, the one thing players told me (i don't think i had a guild yet) was that monks were useless if not built right.

So i went to the forums, between my w/f fanboyrism and i found Arkat 2.0  That toon was my first to level 20, did nice dps, didn't take lots of damage, It was everything I wanted in a character but wouldn't have been able to build myself.

Since then i've read through the forums when looking for tips around building new characters, (like my fvs) and my paladin, but had learned enough to make the builds myself.

I won't bother posting my builds on the forums anymore though, I honestly thought I came up with something unique and cool when i saw the bow of sinew and tier 3 mountain stance. 12m/6r/2x jumped out at me, Thrudh had posted one first, and i was left wondering why i bothered.

Obviously i don't see anything wrong with uneducated nubs making builds from the forums, the players who stumble across those want to learn and will probably be the ones who turn out like me.  It's players who stick with turbines pre made paths and ask questions rather than search for answers i take issue with.

P.s. Thanks Arkat.

JC wrote on Dec 8^th, 2011 at 1:51pm:


this is the other part of my handwriting.

popejubal wrote on Dec 8^th, 2011 at 2:24pm:


My handwriting is so good that I was strongly encourage to take typing classes in High School by my teachers, parents, counselors and friends ...

It worked out great when I made some money type Finals notes for friends as I was able to have a very complete set of notes for myself thanks to have 20+ versions of a years worth of notes.

Big F'n Stick

http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=158960&highlight=acrobat

god damn did I have a fun time with this build.
healing strike with epic souleater made the fucker just about unkillable.

DPS was on the meh side, but I could pull agro with haste boost if I felt like pissing off the "look at me I am so UBER." guys out there.

Of course I have not played since update 11 so the build is probably gimp to all shit and back now.

TDarkchylde wrote on Dec 9^th, 2011 at 2:36am:


Bet you wish you had some of those dps builds when you drank 50 pots in abbot though :p

I think most people in the past learned the game by playing a pure class to cap first to gain an understanding of basic game mechanics as well as come in contact with some advanced ideas. Then they made their own custom build and learned from the mistakes  pointed out by posting it on the forums. Any one who brings a concept build as their first toon usually sucks... Some continue in denial (snootch, and MrEd and his fighter/wizard 10/10) the rest play dex rogues. I think this is what Epoch was meaning but it was hidden in his elitist rhetoric,which backed him onto a corner  and wouldn't let him further explain his idea.

The trouble with using most forum builds without prior game experience is they require restrictive gear and certain technical aspects of play to reach theirs peak or even a functional level of playability, one exception of this is the exploiter that has been mentioned... With minimal gear and exploiter can be run up to cap easily without twink.

Also fuck grenfell and batman builds he just patented the name lol.

Also I now call any build that is strength max, con high as possible witH a few points tucked elsewhere that uses the ESoS an Angainor build, I hope to do an Angainor Paladin, Barbarian and Kensei since I have a favored soul. The concept of max  strength and high con is so counter intuitive it's very cutting edge on a melee. ( not sure who started calling the wf fvs an Angainor build  but I'm pretty sure it wasn't Angainor and if it was he deserves being teased about it)

I usually read up on different builds for a class when I get the itch to try a new one.  The actual build isn't that important, but good discussion/critical analysis of the build in the replies are a big help to me.  I usually get an idea for a class mix I'd like to try, do a forum search, and find that someone has it out there already.  Reading through it gives most of the pros and cons of the build before I even have to fire up the planner and condenses the 6-7 competing visions for the toon down to one or two to best mesh with my playstyle.

AS FAR AS HANDWRITING GOES, THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST APPROXIMATION AND HAS BEEN SINCE MY FIRST DRAFTING CLASS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

JDollar wrote on Dec 9^th, 2011 at 3:26pm:


Lol, funny thing about his WF FvS build post is that it is titled...WF FvS, healer/buffer/fighter

Nowhere in the title does he name it lol.