Revaulting wrote on Apr 27
th, 2014 at 11:53pm:
Instead of feeling like leveling up was an accomplishment, I feel like my toon was struck by palsy. Now that I'm Epic, I can't paralyze, frighten, stun, or charm wolves anymore. And my prr is worse, and my hp get a decimal point. And instead of killing a fucking wolf on one swing/spell/standing around and laughing while it withers in my aura, it takes 10 to 20 times longer. How is that not my toon becoming weaker?
LMAO. I hadn't thought of it that way, but yeah, that's exactly how I feel. I really do like the King's Forest and stuff - it's easy on the eyes, and sounds good, but running around punching wolves... by level 20, they should be about as tough as squirrels, imploding from the sonic boom as you run by. Half the time I do slayers/explorers while watching a movie on another screen because it's so boring.
I remember the first time I saw an Orthon warp next to me from a hundred feet away, and it was like 'OH FUCK WHAT THE HELL IS THAT AGGGGH' and there was frantic punching and shooting and blood, mine and theirs, diving and shouting, mad clicking, fingers ablaze on the keyboard like Chopin's Prelude 16 in your most fantastic dreams, and it felt like victory and accomplishment when it was dead, with pounding heart and sweaty palms, a triumphal return to the greatest parts of Dungeons and DRAGONS where living isn't always a guarantee, and goddammit, it was FUN.
Fuck wolves.