I'm SpartacusOriginally posted by Yyerinfahr
SL is not the bane of the fixer class. This is not the death of the fixer. If my time in AO has taught me anything - there will always be fixers. Yes, its tough. Yes we're weak. Yes, you may shelve your fixer and move onto another class -if- you decide to keep playing. To be honest, I've taken breaks - however not one of them has been due to the playability of the fixer class, mostly an overall head cleaning... Bitch, complain, whine, rant... it doesn't matter - seriously... you are a number and a statistic. I remember fixers whose names very few people would know. I remember hunting at the temple with Urhurt and Ragingdragon, passing out guns to other fixers with Sheitz, hanging with Whiterrabbit and Jimmysav. I remember Feathers, my mentor, the fixer who taught me how to be a fixer... A\Besides Feathers, who is only listed in the DB because the player is still around (playing a shade now), all of those fixers are gone... along with Redhill, Skymt, and a host of other GREAT fixers I have known.
I am a fixer. I was ruined on my first day from playing any other class. I enjoy challenges, difficulties, constant playbalance shifts, and an otherwise definite lack of dominance. When we were broken - broken FAR worse than we are now, I enjoyed fixers. When we were successful however, I watched the fixer class grow grubby and greedy (as well as the general populace of RK) and it sickened my stomach - really. I am pompous, righteous, and otherwise self serving when it comes to the survival of the fixers. You're either in this for the long haul, or you're not. If you are, get constructive, and be a POSITIVE voice of the fixers. If you're not, hand your hackers club chip in at the desk, and don't let the door hit you in the back on your way out - we know you won't be gridding anytime soon. Don't dawdle, don't whine, don't think you're the next Spartacus - if you can't bear it, just go. Get constructive or get out. The class isn't dead, it isn't dying its selectively pruning the weakest branches. If its too much for you, guess what? You're weak. Enjoy your class for what it offers, place constructive criticism when necessary - but the class isn't dying... you may be, but the class isn't... It will still be coded and included in the game whether you're here or not.
Get tough, look tough, live tough... You're a fixer, damnit... Yeah, other classes have it better, yeah it isn't fair or balanced... you tell me, when has AO ever been balanced? We've been at the bottom of the heap; we've been at the top of the heap... Here's a hint, don't measure yourself in comparrison with what you're not. If you are jealous of the adventurer, be an adventurer... If you're a fixer, be the best damn fixer you CAN be... if you're still coming up short, well... wait a while, winds change.
Ahh... Now that I've gotten that off my chest, I look forward to the countless flames and "STFU n00b!"s that I'm sure I'll get back... Hey folks, trust me, I can take it... I'm a fixer.
-Yy
All jokes aside
Good to see some of the old sinews are still where they should be
You folks listen to this man, he's been through hell and high water, he and I refused the first GA rk2 ever saw, diffirence is he kept kicking himself for it. No matter what FC throws at the fixer class believe you me, we have seen worse. And who knows we might even see worse before its over. Just remember this that while things may seem bleak and hopeless they might always get worse, so if your complaining to the point of breaking now....do us all a favour and go to the NT forum and leave us be.
I have seen my share of whining in here, I've been flamed to the point of me starting to use a flame thrower (Yes I did use a flame thrower for quite a few lvls and this people is before there were even rumours of an IPR).
So the moral of the story is (pun intended) take what the old timers say with some grade of respect they have been around the block a few times. Yy a few times more than most. So if he says things aint that bad....they probly arent.
-Eka