The reason I do HV is that it reminds me some of the old days with D&D and simpler games like Melee. By no means do I really consider myself a "serious" player, I just like toying around with different weapon sets (4 so far) and seeinf how things change in the very dynamic environment that is the HV.
One day I'm doing well with my Katana and light armor, the next I'm getting my rear handed to me by the same creatures. So I switch to my Florintine style and see if that does better - for some reason it usually does. For simple play I use the IW and often send in my Mage if he's been doing well and play with spell comboes and gettung used to handling Mystic Gems and Mana Convegences in the proper way. But it I just want to thump on things I have my tank that fills that simple role quite nicely infact - I may even give it an Arena shot soon if I can workout a shield problem that's come up.
But finding and solving these problems are just as enjoyable to me as gaining experience and other things. Dropped items infact make up about 90% of all the materials in my 4 weapon sets, and getting apiece of equipment that offers any kind of improvement is an exciting moment for me, even a decent set of gloves that gives something I didn't have before is good enough for me.
That's just me though, I'm rarely very seriouse about anything that I do mostly for fun - that would take the fun out of it. Me, I think I've found my path in the HV and I'm content with that. Watching others go through faster and getting more powerfull is fine as long as that is what they want, it's just not my thing.
I did just have an interesting idea though. Should anyone want a stray peice of equipment tested, send it to me and I'll plug it into the best set for it. Then after a period of testing, I'll give you a report of how it acted, helped, or hurt during the test - when the test is done the item in question will be returned with you having some insight as to what it may be used for in your weapon sets. A small renumeration would be appreciated, but getting to see some of the more exotic items that I can't get to yet would prove interesting to me.
Give it a thought, we should be helping each other more as there really is no compition outside of bragging rights. This would play into my interests and just might provide a benifit to my fellow HV players.
But no matter what, have fun and kick ass. (IMG:[
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This post has been edited by tralphaz6476: Apr 30 2011, 08:19