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And AoC struck me down and destroyed my fun
Reafis \| 11:09 AM on 07.13.2008	9 comments

I was enjoying myself more than I had in many, many MMOs for a long time. I wasnt killing truly hideous amounts of stuff. I wasnt killing stuff for silly rare quest drops. I wasnt even getting pwned very much.

My Necromancer was fun to play with, and had some awesome effects. So I thought I'd do a Barbarian (Cimmerian naturally) I was slamming, smashing and goring people. I even figured out a mostly sucessful way to finish people 80% of the time.

Then my immersion got ripped out from under me at the same time as a kick in the nuts.

Now the archytype for my Barbarian is rogue. Which kinda makes sense because a barbarians all damage and dodging shit really, just no stealth right?. Wrong.

My first "awakening of a Barbarian mission" was to sneak past some guards and evesdrop...

A barbarian sneaking...

Thats like Hulk being asked to infiltrate a base...

Necro's been awesome. Gonna try a Tempest of Set soon before they nerf the level 30 uber lightning.

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9 comments | showing # 1 to 9

MrSadistic

Yeah, unless I'm missing some crazy "Barbarian" rule book, I think it's stupid that AoC has Barbarians listed under rogues.

ChillyBilly

Haven't played a barbarian yet myself but my necro just hit 48 and I couldn't be happier.

-PL-

Well, going by old MUD standards, "rogue" doesn't specifically have to stand for the sneaky assassin type of character. A swashbucking pirate could be considered a rogue. A menacing street thug without an ounce of dexterity could also be considered a rogue. So, it doesn't seem too farfetched that a turkey leg chomping, village-razing, woman raping barbarian could be considered a rogue.

However, it's pretty stupid that the game forces you to play your character a certain way *just* because the archetype is listed under rogue. It's as if the guy that arranged the classes into categories had the correct vision of what a rogue is, while the guy that made the quests had the "WoW" vision of what a rogue is, which is basically an assassin.

king3vbo

Tempest of Set is a kickass class

Dusty Gozongas

Arnold Schwarzenegger totally had to sneak around a decent amount in the first movie.

Reafis

I agree Tempest of Set is nasty. Its level 1 spell insta kills anything level 1...

adultswim810

i fucking hate ToS's im a HoX they always attack me if im in their way at all. and i cant do anything. two lighnings dead

TheRemedy

If you read the Robert E. Howard Conan stories the title character had to sneak around quite often. Being a badass and an indestructable omega weapon are two seperate things.

Eschatos

I think the mission meant for you to murder-sneak the guards. It's a rarely known technique where you kill them, then sneak past them.

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