16-09-2014, 05:41 PM
Being a redshirt sucks. When I was fairly new to the game, I remember having my second character made (My T3/T2 wasn't going so well and the next tier of pike seemed like a forever away....) and trying to level it up and being harassed for not being helpful. One experienced player, however, took the time to explain medic boxes to me. I spent the next few games finding and using medic boxes whenever I could and quickly figured out the concept of "spam healing." From there, leveling was a bit easier because people weren't constantly harassing me for not helping the team, instead they'd all greet me and be glad they had a healer. This was around two and a half years ago - so this condescending attitude towards new players isn't really new and the terrible starting stats have always been a problem. Even before that, when leveling my first character, I only played with my two friends. We *never* went on a public server because it was an archer clutch fest that took forever to sort out. I had to stand there and let my friend (usually it was just one of them online at a time) kill waves of Nords for me so I could finally get enough experience to get to T2 and kill things on my own. This was my introduction to the game, and honestly I only put up with it because my friends wanted to play it with me.
Since then I've leveled many more characters and every time it is a terrible experience. As a T0, you truly are useless, unless you somehow manage to pick up a Penetrator with Onyx Bolts (or force a friend to spawn it in for you
)... at least until Assassins spawn on you and you can't do anything but try to shield them because your sword is slower than molasses due to your terrible stats, and most likely an Assassin will sneak behind your shield to stab you and you have to wait 4 more waves to try to play again.
So yeah, having better peasants would be great. The two most important stats to increase, as Maroon noted, are Strength and Agility. I very much support his idea.
Since then I've leveled many more characters and every time it is a terrible experience. As a T0, you truly are useless, unless you somehow manage to pick up a Penetrator with Onyx Bolts (or force a friend to spawn it in for you
)... at least until Assassins spawn on you and you can't do anything but try to shield them because your sword is slower than molasses due to your terrible stats, and most likely an Assassin will sneak behind your shield to stab you and you have to wait 4 more waves to try to play again.So yeah, having better peasants would be great. The two most important stats to increase, as Maroon noted, are Strength and Agility. I very much support his idea.