>Don't worry, I won't rant on you like you did me.

Sorry if it sounded like that, just trying to be helpful.

>I had my suspicions of you and now that I know who played
>Garguza, they make perfect sense.
>
>Being a Scarab is a lonely, difficult life, bottom line. Do
>not join the religion if you are a social character, you will
>be disappointed guaranteed, like you were. Even though
>Scarabaeus is often difficult to reach, I found that he was
>about more recently than I have ever seen him. It took
>Drugadath three months to speak to him a second time, it took
>Ancrulhjin only a week I think.

Before Wakachacha I never was a real social character, but the character required it...changed how I played CF I guess. And after getting inducted so fast and solid return of interaction for 2 weeks, it was odd to hear nothing for three...

>I can understand where you are coming from about the loner
>aspect, and while it is not for everyone, it is perfectly
>suited for me. I like nothing more than to do what I wish and
>be left alone to carry out my endeavors. I think the life of a
>Scarab is like a rollercoaster, at times being alone is great,
>other times, you need interaction to spice things up but this
>is not always available. You just have to wade through the
>valleys and enjoy the crests.

I had no real problem with it pre 40s. I loved it, but people would actually group with me and I had more conversations with people when they weren't in my pk range (lot of people asked who and what I was). Soon as I got into the hero range, it became a hunt for my life...not a question of who I was. Just got boring to be chased or chasing always.

>As well, being tied to the hip of a healer certainly has some
>benefits, if not just the social aspect of it. You both came
>up quickly and I was a little at odds of how to interact with
>other Scarabs. I pretty well let you do what you wished as I
>did. When the healer deleted, I was curious how long you would
>hold out. I knew it would not be for long but I must admit
>that even I did not expect it to happen this quickly. I guess
>you got a taste of what I experienced from day one and it was
>not to your liking. Like I said, it is not for everyone.

Quite honestly the reason why I was "tied to the hip" was because of the simple fact that we ranked faster and I got to get my defenses up with tanking with a healer. Soon as I got into range of killing spirits solo, we only grouped at that point because it was a necessity sometimes and we had a mutual agreement as Scarabs - didn't need the healer anymore for ranking. You saw the log of Astilamos killing me, and the horde of 6+ people chasing me around - I wasn't an AP, I was a warrior. One on one I could kill nearly anyone, but beyond that it was stupid to take on the horde...which I did a lot for the character even though I knew I'd die. I didn't grab many preps (think I used shield/haste twice) and you just can't take on that many people with a pure offensive character.

>I make a character thinking I will get no immortal attention.
>Then if it happens, it is just a pleasant surprise. You seem
>to expect or demand it and I think you picked the wrong
>religion for that (Scar can be frugal with his interactions at
>times, but we all have OOC crap to deal with so you have to be
>understanding)and I can see why you burned out. And like you
>said, you began to see what I saw about the ganging and lack
>of willing opponents and I don't blame you for deleting. I
>couldn't take it anymore myself, though I put up with it for
>significantly longer than you.

I made Wakachacha looking for nothing, and I got it. Gnome only-hand spec for 350 hours, and I loved it to death. Raiding/defending and cabalmates added what I needed....the Cult just didn't have any of that. It's just not fun without opponents in sane numbers, or always fighting just in general. Soltitude just isn't me anymore.

>About the cabal aspect, everything having to do with cabals
>was still there with the religion. If the goodies wanted you
>bad enough, a whole whack of them would come into the Temple
>and try for you and it turns into a big raid once again. I was
>involved in a few of these and they were quite enjoyable.
>While it's true having a cabal channel would be nice, I can't
>say I used it more than a handful of times with Drucyrus in a
>year except when the IMMs used it so it is really not
>necessary. After all, who are you going to talk to 90% of the
>time?

Oh I had times like that, paladins spamming summon at the gargoyle but the simple fact of going for the goal of an item and retrieving and such makes it much more interesting. Just having an item would have made it more interesting because they would have gone for it - not just us. Paladins might have had a chance against me if the Cult's item was gone

>No offense, but Garguza did not impress me much so I guess the
>feeling is mutual and we will leave it at that. Good luck on
>your next go round when it happens.

Same to you with the luck, and quite honestly Garguza didn't really impress me either - there's just something about interaction that makes you get into a character...at around level 15-40 I was great but it quickly died.

>The Flame

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