i remember when siege was for advanced players

that is sad

Heh.. yah.. well you work with what ya got these days.. so much Tram has trickled down into Siege through publishes that adapt or quit is your only survival skill. *shrugs*

It funny, took me forever to get GM mage on Siege, not because of the training, ROT is great, I love it, it was the cost as there was no such thing as a 100% lrc there as you could not keep it on you outside of town.

I spent a life time on the island of Occlo running after the smaller monsters for gold and policing the reagents, I sold my christams gifts for spells to fill my spell book. As well as gold to buy reagents.

When the PBD came out I was trilled, I could bless an item and keep it on me I used to keep it on a cheap NS ring so I could see at night or in dungeons. With my AoS sandles and my PBD I was ready to face all, then SE came out and I got a Sam hel for Siege, truely a blessing as it to was blessed, but soon they take that away from me for those that have been on Siege longer or as long as I, are wiseer in the fact that having such bless items on Siege is bad. So now I am going to lose my sam hel, and will have only my AoS sandles [I hope] and my PBD.

I don't think its looked upon as "bad".. more like "necessary" at the moment. Those that call it "bad" are the one's with CBD's or PBD's on their really nice hats. I've got rabbit ears on all my Siege characters.. I don't have a PBD yet so its.. well.. necessary. *shrugs* Should a PBD become a reality, I'll be picking a different bandana to wear every day!

ok ok , i do have one of what many are callin a gimp archer .
he is
120 archery
120 tact
110 antomy (120 with ring)
110 ninja
110 stealth
95 hiding
rest in chiv
i do a average of 60-70 with AI
while i agree archery has became godly , you got to relise its not the templet above , it is the people who shoehorn in skills like spellweaving and use word of death honor and bush , you know the ones doin 100 points of damage. if you all think of what a ninja is , is someone who takes an apponit by surprise . and we all know surprise is the first step to Victory . Most stealth archers are easy to beat, if you notice my tamplet there is no resist spells , a para field will hold me for almost a minute . there is no templet in this game that is unbeatable.