New players answering questions wrong...

[Baltire]

Who decides who is knowledgeable enough to respond to help questions? My guess is that you feel you should hold that position. So in a sense, you feel superior or elite to others...at least in knowledge. I'm sorry, but your reaction and thread leave more of a bad taste in my mouth than perhaps some noob giving advice to some other noob. It is ironic it turns out he was right and you wrong.

Wow, perhaps we should have brown shirted toons with arm bands patrolling the newb area making sure people learn the right way.

Why did you feel the need to post here and not just comment to the two your concerns about the sneak issue? In the normal act of communicating, maybe they or you would have learned something.

You are a funny person....

If my thread leaves a bad taste in your mouth, you should watch where you put it next time.

If you think he was right and I was wrong then you can continue to listen to the people that are spreading false information about game mechanics and I'll see you limping into groups as last resorts too.

If someone knows the way something works and the person they are speaking to doesn't, well that pretty much makes the one who knows knowledgeable and the one who doesn't not knowledgeable. In this case (yes it was said earlier in the thread that anyone can get sneak attack via ITEMS and WEAPONS) I had the CORRECT information and the people answering the question did not. If that makes you think that I think of myself as elite or superior, then you are seriously misjudging someone that you do not know at all.

As far as my "learn this game the right way" comment, this was brought about by a lvl 6 wiz/2fighter/2 monk that I saw playing in breastplate and a tower shield trying to cast spells. It does not mean what you took it as, that being, everyone should listen to me, because I can care less how people play, but it would be nice if when they played they understood some of the basic game mechanics.

[Graygan]

Wow, perhaps we should have brown shirted toons with arm bands patrolling the newb area making sure people learn the right way..

Normally I don't comment in flame wars, but I have to admit I find it amusing that it took two full pages before a Nazi reference was made. Usually in flame wars it happens alot faster.

[Baltire]

Normally I don't comment in flame wars, but I have to admit I find it amusing that it took two full pages before a Nazi reference was made. Usually in flame wars it happens alot faster.

The sad thing is, flaming anyone on this topic is silly.

Do we as older players really want newer players be given wrong information early on?

[srwood]

Everybody knows you get sneak attack by collecting Sibery's Dragon Shards.

[Cedwin]

Everybody knows you get sneak attack by collecting Sibery's Dragon Shards.

I thought those gave you sneaker tacks?

[Graygan]

The sad thing is, flaming anyone on this topic is silly.

Do we as older players really want newer players be given wrong information early on?

The amusing part for me is that someone will look at my join date and assume I'm one of those older players...

I suppose, technically, I am. I mean, I joined up on day 1 and played for quite some time. But I left a good 2.5 years ago(just after the Titan raid came out... I left before anyone actually succeeded in that raid) and gave everything away.

Only just came back... so I'm basically a noob again. 3 level 10 characters with 1 exp to go for level 11 and they're naked. Heh. Now I'm running through with a new lowbie seeing so many familiar, yet unfamiliar, things.

I'm having fun though... and love watching some of the comments in /advice and area chat.

Besides... As someone pointed out... I thought everyone knew that all characters can backstab.... and anyone can use any wand or any scroll.

And Constitution is a throw-away stat. You don't need it, just ask any healer.

Oh yeah... and you CAN dual weild 2hand weapons(my personal favorite question I see several times a day)

[FluffyCalico]

Normally I don't comment in flame wars, but I have to admit I find it amusing that it took two full pages before a Nazi reference was made. Usually in flame wars it happens alot faster.

You do know not everyone here is old right? To many like uniforms and armbands would more likely remind them of Babylon 5 and the nightwatch earth group. Or any other TV series that they like. There are like 50 that have something like that.

IE not everyone knows more than just a few pics and few pages they got in history class. And not everyone knows when they reference anything that could in any way be related to something before they were born that old people will view it that way.

[tinyelvis]

Normally I don't comment in flame wars, but I have to admit I find it amusing that it took two full pages before a Nazi reference was made. Usually in flame wars it happens alot faster.

Actually, I was thinking of lumber jacks in brown flannel shirts with inflatable swimming arm band flotation devices on due to flash flooding concerns. These guys could carry their double bladed axes around the newb area and lop the heads off of any so foolish enough to misspeak. I think you watch too much history channel. Besides, the OP had no idea what I was talking about.

[moops]

When I am in an area where I see the General and Advice, I am constantly amazed at all the people who ask,

"What class should I take next Level?"

Always followed by,

"What are you now?"

And way too many--

"Ranger Wizard" or "Cleric Wizard"

Im not saying that these aren't viable builds, but, just randomly asking what 3rd class to take next level just blows my mind.

[tinyelvis]

Did you people really think when the free to play flood gates were open all the rocket scientist in the world would exclaim as one voice, "Cool I will download DDO as soon as I calculate the best angle of attack on my blunt body re-entry vehicle."

[Graygan]

You do know not everyone here is old right? To many like uniforms and armbands would more likely remind them of Babylon 5 and the nightwatch earth group. Or any other TV series that they like. There are like 50 that have something like that.

IE not everyone knows more than just a few pics and few pages they got in history class. And not everyone knows when they reference anything that could in any way be related to something before they were born that old people will view it that way.

Eh!?! What's that sonny? I cain't hear ya. Speak up a mite more. Baby-whatsit? TV? Ya mean that big old box in the basement that hasn't worked since nineteen and fifty-six?



Yeah, I know that it theoretically could have been that, but how often is it really that? Or are we doing the "if it's at all remotely possible that it could be something else, it must be something else" thing? Heh... not that it matters much. I find the whole thread amusing. Arguments, serious, and not, and the anecdotes.

Actually, I was thinking of lumber jacks in brown flannel shirts with inflatable swimming arm band flotation devices on due to flash flooding concerns. These guys could carry their double bladed axes around the newb area and lop the heads off of any so foolish enough to misspeak. I think you watch too much history channel. Besides, the OP had no idea what I was talking about.

Ok. See... now that is something I can get behind. Where do I find one of those brown flannel shirts? I'm sure I could dig out my daughters old water wings from the garage wherever they are in there... I just need one of those brown flannel shirts and a vorpal double bladed axe.

Oh... and the History Channel is a wonderful thing. Don't put it down. It's the first channel that's on when the tv goes on and it's usually the last channel on when the tv goes off.

Did you people really think when the free to play flood gates were open all the rocket scientist in the world would exclaim as one voice, "Cool I will download DDO as soon as I calculate the best angle of attack on my blunt body re-entry vehicle."

Yes, I did actually. You know what? They did all do that and they are all playing. Problem is that they're not the only ones who decided to jump on board. So now we get all the non-rocket scientists asking rather amusing questions while the noob rocket-scientists took the time to actually look over the information freely and easily available right here on the forums, the site, and the wiki.

Ack!!! I think I just showed my nerdness. I confess. I actually bothered to try and answer my own questions before I asked any. Can you please forgive me?