Hey. Sorry i didn't post earlier, had limited acess for a while. Enjoyed playing when Scharnz was on, Accuachi looked up to you. Pity bout the spells thingy, we would probably be heros by now. Well anyhows good luck with the next!


p.s Your a champ!

Felar assassins are a great combo but hasted they are just scary. . You would've gotten your spells back but you just needed to put more time in which not everyone is available to do. Same thing happened with my self unempowered Oltrambel. It's not that fun when you can't win a fight. But, such is life in Thera.
You had good spirit like Scharnz which he loved.
Good luck with your next.

I enjoyed fighting alongside you the few times we did. You always had a ton of heart and didn't care about the consequences. I got a chuckle thinking about a kamikaze cat flying into battle, righteous fury blazing in his eyes, claws extended and fur bristled.

Well..it was over for Scharnz either way. I had 5 con left and didn't feel like regearing for the last few deaths. Anyway,

Had lots of fun..I fought to the death in most of my fights and actually did really well until I ran into Blitzenturts, Jinroh and a few other mean warriors. Also there's the fact I played my assassin like I played my other characters (Silmareen, Hykroln, Oltrambel and Linken). That meant I went into defenses and raids balls out which was always a big mistake. Needless to say my enemies weren't worried about me assassinating them.

This was my last effort at making a maran...i'm definitely not the maran type i suppose.. No need for Vyn and Shokai to post saying all the things I did wrong as i'm sure there are many but it does get frustrating when you're still a squire after 230 hours. I just would've liked it if someone said " Scharnz, this is what you're doing wrong as a squire" and then I would've at least not been in the dark as to what I needed to do differently. Maybe someone can give me some hints...yes I know I was way too suicidal. hehe...

Fortress : People mention that it's a newbie cabal which isn't true (for the most part me and maybe one other were the crappy players in it)
The reason the Fort struggles sometimes is because we refuse to work together. For example we'll have a transmuter, invoker, paladin and warrior defending yet noone is hasted or shielded. Not saying it's anyones fault but hopefully Celebrimbor and Golron can get everyone working together.

Thanks to all of you for showing me some things though and helping me regear. It's appreciated!

Anyway won't go into detail with my enemies. Too many of them... If you post i'll reply.

i'll be back with something that doesn't lose 3 con per log in I hope.

I wrote a whole big reply and got all mushy and sentimental and stuff but some error occured posting it and it all disappeared, oh well. I just mainly wanted to say that I had a lot of fun travelling/ranking/running around whatever with you and that I hope you have even more fun with whatever you create next. See you around.

You dont stop playing because you grow old, you grow old because you stop playing.

Everyone is leaving! Why is everyone leaving?! *grumble*...well I always liked Scharnz and his suicidal tendencies, he was a good in Fortress friend and ally. If you had fun playing well great, cause you were definately a fun char to be around. This was a major blow to Gaf to have you vanish right in front of him but ooc for the most part I know where you're comin' from. Curses, Fortress is getting more and more empty with each passing day. Anyway...good luck with your next and all that, hopefully he's as fun to be around as Scharnz.

Actually, I enjoyed watching Scharnz, and I think you called it right in your non-stealth strategy. But, you were in there swinging and I always like to see folks do that.

In short, we're high in numbers right now, although we've had a few deletions. As such, the bar gets raised for folks to make Maran.

Keep plugging along and hope to see another.

thx, Vyn

That a large part of being the eternal squire was because of the huge number of squire and marans in the Fort.....sometimes it seemed like we were all fighting for exposure which isn't very squirelike.
Anyway thanks a lot for everything you and the imms do. I'll get better at this game and come back with your next Captain right?

See ya in the fields.

I saw more effort from you than I did from a handful of other maran(supposed maran) types. Vynmylak grants some point about raising the bar, yet truth be told, you far exceeded any previous standards that had been set with, perhaps, the exception of being particlarly strong killing your enemies. You didn't strike me as particularly deathful, and whether that was the choice of the player, or simply the result of not having as much pk skill, I saw you making an effort nearly no one else would have had the tolerance for. Don't treat this as your last effort at maran, because from what I saw, you were entirely deserving of it. Your roleplay was an absolute enjoyment for me, and the absence of Scharnz will certainly have an impact on my character.

I don't know whether you are a newb, a relative newb, or someone who has been here for years, but your character certainly didn't strike me as being particularly "new" to the game. Sometimes it's frustrating to not have a say in the overall scheme of things, and I feel it now for not having any influence over whether or not you became a maran. As I said, you were deserving of it, as far as what I know and have experienced with the maran cabal, standards or not. Best of luck to you on your next character.

Cartherlen

Thanks for the kind words. As for newbieness well this is my fourth character in the hero ranks and i've been playing for more than half a year. Anyway about my pk skills and deathfullness well I think people would be surprised at my pk ratio.....i had a ridiculous amount of mob deaths (Damn you mule kick!) and i died all the time in raids ( I can just picture Blitzenturt telling his troups 'Bash the crap out of Scharnz right away' and they surely did...actually it was usually only him but that's beside the point). Anyways what i was getting at is that i killed my fair share of people. Maybe i'll figure out how to use pay pal and get some premium action.
I'm curious to see who you're playing right now. Time will tell.
Have fun and leave nice kitties alones yess?

I only knew you for a short time, but Carth is right, don't let this be your last effort. You played a Maran well (not Squire in my eyes, as you lead efforts all the time), and you were a pleasure to talk to. Good luck with the next.

I liked your charactor. Would have liked to help you out with showing you some stuff, but things were always not going well...raiding non stop, ect. There seemed to be no quiet times. You played hard and bounced back from any obstacle. And GEar does mater..Kelin. (heh)

Lightmage

I liked Scharnz. Alot. And I would have suggested you for Maran if I'd still been Captain.

Only thing I'd point out is the same thing you mentioned. "Way too suicidal". Impaling yourself on your enemies, sometimes literally in the case of Blitzenturt, is usually not the most beneficial thing for the cabal as a whole. But I totally respect you for being able to die alot and not grow bitter about it.

I'll try to dream up (and suggest) some "process" regarding maran/acolyte promotion that might eliminate some of the frustration.

Scharnz was disappointed when you immed as it meant he wouldn't get to fight with his inductor though Celebrimbor turned out to be a good friend. But I think Nhiala would have been the calming presence Scharnz needed whereas Celebrimbor would agree with him when he would suggest to attack centurion with 8 imperials in his pk range Not the influence I needed in character or OOC....
Good luck with everything.

Damned, you were always fun to run around with and you will be missed.

Thing I liked about you is you were like me in many ways, go into a fight with no expectations and wanting to be tha man! I really liked that, and if you were like me then losing so much gear yet still being the man is a great thing to see. Must say though, that time in the arena in the past......not one of my finest or fondest memories. After the second time I literally just pushed back from the comp, threw my hands in the air and said, what the ####?!

Anyway, hope this isnt your last maran because that would be sad, and I agree with you that at times no one works together, and trust me, Celebrimbor and I are going to definatly need to work on that

Well anyway, hope you make another fortress guy who is as bubbly and as fearless as Scharnz, because frankly, they are the best to have.

Golron

Now I'm going to be the eternal squire alone!

I really, really, really, really liked Scharnz. I liked everything about him. Like everyone else I would wince sometimes knowing you weren't really paying attention to self preservation, but I liked your personality, your conversation, your attitude and your fighting. I really don't have a single negative thing to say.

I'm going to miss having you around. Luck on your next and I hope you enjoy it more.

I liked Scharnz alot, we had what 5 duels you got me once I almost got you twice, and then the final time I fought you after you killed Ghoderian. The simple reason for that was Jinroh and I were raiding, you attacked Jinroh, Brodaran was about Id rather not worry about someone attacking me or Jinroh while we were actually in the Throne room. Other than that I liked Scharnz alot you always had spunk but died a ton... my suggestion is make a giant or Duergar or something you can just run into battle with and go nuts. Good luck with the next with that attitude you should have been a Berserker

Hey, sad to see you go..i thought Scharnz fought well and led well. I seldom saw you die, you must have died a lot the times i am not on. i thought you hunted well..everytime you were looking for someone, usually, soon enough, that person would be in coffins yes. well played. keep it up.

Well, what can I say, other than, not two days ago I was talking about maranating you to Shokai. If you had held out a skosh longer, I bet you'd have gotten it.

Scharnz was reliable, brave and skilled. I wasn't ####ting you when I told you this. Your leaving really will leave a hole in the Fortress that will be very difficult to fill.

Oh I like the sound fo being maranated....too bad it never happened. To be honest though I had about 5 deaths left so it would have been a short lived pleasure. Thanks for all your help though, you believed in Scharnz from teh start pretty much wasn't an easy thing to do with all the "I be in coffins" that i threw out on the cb. Good luck with everything you're a great captain.

Word spreads through the lands that your threats to use ribbons have sent Scharnz into hiding.

Thought you were a really cool character, enjoyed thetimes we ranked together, but you seemed to just be an eternal ghost. Seemes like you and couple other squires are just putting too much pressure on yourselves to become full Marans. Just take it as it comes.

>Well..it was over for Scharnz either way. I had 5 con left
>and didn't feel like regearing for the last few deaths.

You died a lot man.. And no offense, but sometimes you were just to eager to oppose them. As you say yourself, it's a big mistake to run into groups of four alone. Don't get me wrong, I really admired your way of running headstrong into every defense alone, get whacked, and stand up again, as if nothing happened. When Ryldain and myself helped you out a bit yesterday, I was like, 'alright, he's got a fairer chance to survive now' and then you'd run into that raid after Lariya told us to make a stand at the Watcher. Oh well.

>This was my last effort at making a maran...i'm definitely not
>the maran type i suppose.. No need for Vyn and Shokai to post
>saying all the things I did wrong as i'm sure there are many
>but it does get frustrating when you're still a squire after
>230 hours. I just would've liked it if someone said " Scharnz,
>this is what you're doing wrong as a squire" and then I
>would've at least not been in the dark as to what I needed to
>do differently. Maybe someone can give me some hints...yes I
>know I was way too suicidal. hehe...

The last weeks I was about a fair bit, and I have to admit that I didn't see anything wrong about you, other than that, indeed, you'd run into some fights blindfolded, seemingly not thinking. You'd run around the whole time, report whenever you saw an enemy, come help in defenses and raids whatever the odds (although that's arguable, in the sense that you don't run alone in a group of five raiders; you can't do #### there except die); duty-first-then-clothes mentality, respect for elders, not to much words but you'd leave a corpse here and there, you'd be around a fair bit (at least,now that my playing hours with elstratuviel have gone up considerably) and so on.

>Fortress : People mention that it's a newbie cabal which isn't
>true (for the most part me and maybe one other were the crappy
>players in it)
>The reason the Fort struggles sometimes is because we refuse
>to work together. For example we'll have a transmuter,
>invoker, paladin and warrior defending yet noone is hasted or
>shielded. Not saying it's anyones fault but hopefully
>Celebrimbor and Golron can get everyone working together.

We're working on that, but even I myself (who is constantly hammering on the fact that we should do things together) sometimes run in without waiting for the others. It's the 'DIE, f*ckers!' mentality, spiced with some 'I'll show you what *I* can do' mentality.

>Thanks to all of you for showing me some things though and
>helping me regear. It's appreciated!
>
Dude, I'll say it once again, if it wasn't clear yet, respect to you, you did well. The Fortress will sorely miss one of the last assassin/thief (ie hidden-seeing) who's on regularly. Good luck with the next one.

Thanks for the insight you're right about most of that stuff. I do have to say though that the last week aren't entirely representative of my character as I got more and more suicidal as time went on. Thanks again for the time in the arena...you being there made it really smooth...I swear I didn't want to lose it 10 minutes later! hehe. Well Els is sweet the perfect drunk elf. Good luck with it all.

I dunno what others may think it takes to be a full maran,
but if doing your best to rid the world of the scourge
of evil, and as i have heard 'deathfullness helps, but
it isn't the main thing we look at' (not an exact quote
but the gist of it from either Vyn's or Shok's forum)

You had 'the right stuff'
Something I find strange:
If you act like you did, people like you, and at the
same time berate you for going in and getting killed.
Who cares if you die man, who cares if you start out
naked would hidey cat? hell no, didn't matter if there
was 18 imperials in your pk range that cent was goin'
DOWN, 2 con later(each) you and I would have just killed
the vanquisher, getting the orb back and debating whether
we should push for the codex.

If you act like people tell you to, don't try it, you'll
die, let it go, we'll get it later, blah blah blah.
you couldn't possibly imho make a good maran.
I can see getting dressed some, but there are levels
of getting dressed.
bear in mind when people say that, many of them are
ic trying to save you pain or keep you from death
because it is the way thier characters feel. but right
after they tell you that most of them would be hitting
that same cent. I'm rather fond of the outlook both
the current captain and the last had.
'get 'em'
I'll never have a but as I was told long long
ago by Shokai, you don't have to be in the brigade to
be a maran, you don't have to have a tattoo to be a maran
being a maran is about what you do, and why you do it.
(paraphrased as i didn't figure out how to log anything
until after that, but that's pretty close.)

So if you are a maran in your heart, then you are one.

looked back at what you wrote. haha, loved all those
characters. but i didn't remember that you were olty.
maybe didn't know until just now.
anyway, if you are done playing fort types, so be it.
but don't quit because you think you don't have it
figured out, because as far as i can see you do have
it figured out. might be timing more than anything
else that kept you from full maran.
in either case roll up another one, your people
are fun to be around.

I was regularly getting asked if you were on, and where etc.

That time I flagged you in Ruined city I'd actually just walked in from Mortorn and done a "where" just after I heard the deathcry, and saw you running from where the death occurred out of the west gate. No one else who could have done the pk was there. That, combined with testimony from the victim and his groupmate (who I nearly flagged for looting) was enough to satisfy me. Had it -only- been testimony from the victim and his groupmate, as you claimed, I would not have flagged. It was because I saw that you were the only person not grouped with the victim who was in the city when the death occurred.

You guys were a real pain for Scharnz... He had no concept of your laws at all and for the most part if he saw some imperial sitting in town who wasn't leaving anytime soon then he'd strike him. This caused soo many problems because goodies like Terop and Caelestis would warrant him and track him down etc... I lost a bunch of con to special guards, bleh. Anyway, you all seem to do your job well. Good luck with everything. Too bad about the lich thing.

Wow, you'll be missed, yess.

Once again, as with Linken, you were unlucky with timing. When Linken approached Audriel, Jaegrudai had disappeared and you couldn't find an interview. Not long after, there was an increase in inductions under Nhiala/Lariya. A second surge came with Celebrimbor. If I remember correctly, Scharnz came somewhere in the middle of that surge, with many of Nhiala's squires still vying for Maran status.

At that point, it was pure numbers stacked against you. We still seem to have marans enlisted under Jaegrudai.

As far as Audriel was concerned, Scharnz was a maran. yess...

I had fun fighting you. I knew to watch out for you if you were on, we always ended up fighting. Lost some, won some, great fun all the around. You will be missed.

Ghoderian

You made me always want to have a frostbrand with me because if you were on I knew we would fight. You had crazy guts and that one fight we were both writhing and I knew neither of us were fleeing. Good thing you didn't rot me or it would've been trouble. I died to your rot though another time. Great stuff.
Good luck

I was on the ropes on whether or not to try to smack you around and loot your ass the way the Marans looted me. I know there are extraneous circumstances, and I also know the people you are with are prone to full looting and smirking. I got the feeling you wanted honest-to-goodness, old fashioned, straight-up fisticuff rumbles. And I can respect that. I hope you didn't take my threats and cajoles literally...it was a ploy to try to get my gear back, and it didn't work.

That said, you really should have played the assassin more like an assassin and less like a warrior with throw and kicks. I think a bunch of your deaths were attributed to the fact *you were visible way too much*. It wasn't hard to know when you were around, and that's bad for an assassin.

Anyway, I agree that the Fort is disappointing at the moment. Try something else (I would recommend a neutral loner).

Kung

You were one of my enemies that seemed to always see my bad side...Nothing ever went right for the most part when you were around. Some of that can be attributed to my failure at playing a stealthy assassin and some to your craftiness.
Anyway your complaining about your gear was annoying....I mean there was five of us there, and at least two of us almost naked so you think we're going to say 'Here you go leader of eternal darkness, take those axes back to pincer us to death with them over and over'
I do realize it was all roleplay so good stuff.....I did want to have that duel though the one time. Curious as to how it would have went. Anyway good luck with everything, you're a bad ass keep it up.
Scharnz

I would have sworn I'd responded to you before, but oh well.

I really liked Scharnz, just wished you weren't such a devoted maran in trying to kill me all the time. Ah well, you know who I blame for that anyways. Only thing that really started to bug me was how we sorta went downhill. The time in the HTS...yes, I could have tried to kill you, but I didn't really see much point. Kinda hope all the stuff you said was more an in-character thing, but if not, oh well. Good luck with the next.

It was mostly in character although I went through some real frustrating times because of you. Which is certainly what pesky thieves are supposed to do but a couple of those kills you had on me were well........cheap. But what can you do when I attacked you on sight for the most part I should have figured you'd kill me when you had the chance. Anyway the roleplay angle we had earlier in our lives was really cool......
Good luck with everything.
Scharnz