>I think this quote is from the show NCIS: "a slap in the back
>of the head is a wake-up call. A slap in the face is an
>insult." I see XP loss is an insult.

So does that mean you intend to always delete each time you mob die unless you're already a hero, in which case there's XP loss? That is, you'll only ever hero if you get all the way to 51 without a single mob death? Good luck with that.

I couldn't handle that because it would mean the vast majority of my playing time would be spent ranking. Playing a single character at a time until age death means you spend no more than 10% of your CF time grinding XP. Deleting every time you mob die means you spend around 90% of your time grinding XP. Don't know about you, but ranking isn't my favorite thing to do. I'll take the 10% over the 90%.

>Key word. Decent. I could spend a dozen paragraphs detailing
>how many times I showed up for groups and ended up dying to
>them. If I don't have a huge fondness for groups, especially
>at low levels with 'unknowns,' there's a damned good reason.

As others have said, that's pretty rare. It's been years since I've had that happen to me. Granted I don't often play mages, and they probably have to deal with that more than other classes.

>Wimpy was at 30. I did fine for about 3/4 of the fight.
>Wasn't spamming myself to death. Dirt, kick, kick, mend...
>it was doing 'hit' damage the entire time. Then, for 3 rounds
>it did double 'hit' damage and knocked me down to 40%. Then,
>it did triple 'hit' damage which went right past my wimpy to
>6%, then, before I could manually flee... double 'hit' damage
>and dead. Meanwhile I'm trying to mend through the damage and
>failed 5 times in a row.

So here's your solution going forward: keep wimpy at 50%. If you ever dip below 50% then your very next command should be "flee" and not "co mend wounds".

Also, consider not fighting lumberjacks. Depending on what your role allows, as a druid, there are at least 4 places I'd probably try first before Feanwyn Weald.

>LOL. Try to solo find non-metal gear for a Druid. And to
>make it more fun, have the server crash so there's no 'crap'
>lying around.

Someone else in this thread posted some gear suggestions. Your particular situation is complicated by the fact that you can't spend gold. Here's what I might look for as a druid if I wanted +DAM:

2x opal ring (4 dam)
2x wool cloak / ruby locket (2 dam)
storm giant ribcage (1 dam)
storm giant skull (1 dam)
steel reinforced elf-skin leggings (1 dam)
steel reinforced dwarf-skin boots (1 dam)
steel reinforced elf-skin armguards (1 dam)
some studded leather work gloves (1 dam)
a belt made from elf scalps (1 dam)
cloak/robes/cape from bramblefield (1 dam)
2x charred leather (2 dam)

The stuff from the Tower of Sorcery won't always be there on the ground, but it often will be. Some of the the things you can get from the Bramblefield merchants by bartering are equivalent or better. The above is 16 dam plus whatever you get from your base STR, weapon and held item.