So You Want to Join an End-game Linkshell?Follow

Telling the truth is the most blunt and "political incorrect" way does not please a lot of people... But heh that is a good thing in a lot of ways. Not a lot of people accepts a critical story (that is true in a lot of ways).

Look at the subject of his post you maggots who are putting him down.
He is addressing those individuals who are NOT in an end-game LS.
So why are you putting him down for saying something that *you* already know about?!
YOU are already in an End-Game LS. Of course you know all about End-Game LS's. He aint wasting his time on you! He dont care about you. Get over it.

He's talking to those that dont know.

No hes not you ******* Tool.

SS is after one thing and one thing only. He wants attention. Why someone would think he actually had good intentions behind this post is boyond me. He meant it to be witty and sarcastic, but it ended up bgeing boreing and mundane. SS even fails at trolling go figure.

I will admit that it is more accurate then most of the vomit he spews, but other then that...

Bah, not your best work.

PS: LOL, that made it into your sig? Haha.... So that means I'm "1337 by association" right?

Damn right I am!

actually i am also curious what SS's solution or way of managing an HNMLS would be, good chance for you to prove your intellengent rather then simply a good writter (which i think you are lol)[/quote]

***crickets***

Isn't that like saying you bought the japanese version of the game and play it to the point of having no life? I knew it! You are a japanophile!

The OP can be used as a form-letter for all games. Just replace "HNM LS" with "Raiding Guild" and you can apply it to all the rest of the MMOs.

You forgot the Zerg HNM linkshells. The LSs that actually have 64 people, and defeat monsters by sheer numbers, instead of any strategy or skill.

If you like endgame/nm ls's like the above stated then all the more power to you but over the last couple years here's what I observed and no I've never been in one becasue they all seemed kind of scammy.........


I just don't understand why anyone would bother with one.

I've seen quite a few that you hunt nm's or BCNM's and then the linkshell gets a large portion of the profits like 50%+ and the rest is split among participants. In other words it was some kid 2 years ago that started it all saying hey I have a good idea to scam people out of alot of gil.....

I haven't looked at the NMLS/endgame sites in over a year so maybe the LS leaders are no longer taking the 50%+ profits but back then I decided ***** that. Sounded like a 2 level pyramid scheme to me. LS leader is the block on top of the pyramid and everyone else was on the second level spliting minimal profits. I've heard of a few that floped eventually because the leader would just disappear, almost as if the leader was someone on their mule taking large amounts of money then transfer it to main character

If this still goes on you can bet alot of these leaders are gill sellers no doubt. Not saaying anyone is just an observation I made when they first started poping up.

Here is my theory on Endgame Shells and why everyone thinks they are so bad.

So you hit level 75 and want to start with Endgame activities. You know nothing of Sky, HNM's, or pop NM's. Yet you want to join the 1337 HNMLS where all the members have Osodes, kill the 3 Kings weekly, and destory Dynamis X every attempt.

You look past the other newer endgame shells with alot of friends you met your level that you partied with alot on your way to level 75. You do not want to put in the hard work to join with your friends and experience these endgame activites for the first time with them. No you want to be leet yourself and get everything handed to you so you apply to these other Shells and become a peon that they could careless wether you stay with them or not. You are just another Body.

Your friend's shell struggles because they need you badly. Your Blackmage (example) skills is what they lack to get rolling along. Where if you join them they would be in debt to you and reward you anyway they can for your help. Though your greed has got the best of you and you decide to join the 1337 Shell and be thier 17th Black Mage.

This shell treats you like crap. You mean nothing to them. You get Zenith mitts right away, but then become thier slave. They harass you to be at every event while other Blm's level thier level 9 Paladin's in Gustaberg. You never see another drop come your way and the 100k you make off 2 weeks of Sky farming barely even covers the gil you spent on oils and powders.

Your friends shell disbands because others see the 1337 get rich quickly with out any hard work illusions and all slowly leave that shell to join other leet Shells. Most of them end up getting same treatment you did, some stay and deal with it, others start to shell hop, some quit endgame, and some even quit the game altogether.

Then all of you and your friends become bitter and come on here and talk about how endgame sucks and you got screwed. When the fact is, if you all just worked hard together and stuck it out you would be having a great time with eachother killing things you never thought possible.

All newer endgame shells that work do not use the LS bank crap. They split the gil between all thier memebrs and keep things as fair as possible. Where as the elite longtime LS's have what they desire, have enough memebrs, and treat thier core members with riches ( You know the ones who were there when the 1337 shell was a newbie shell still) and **** on all the newcomers because they know as they leave more will come.

So before condemning endgame, SE, and all HNMLS leaders and memebrs. I ask that you please take a look at yourself first.

Were you the players that stuck it out with your friends. Died many times for your shell. Got lost in Sky learning with others. Helped your friends get established?

Or were you that player that saw riches and left your friends to join the L337 shell that has now become bitter because things did not work out as you planned?

Actually, I found the post quite funny. I'm not a member of a HNML and I have no desire to join one. I'm here to to play a game and have fun. HNMLs to me are the antithesis to fun.

I'll probably never get a Noble's Tunic and all the (to use the new word of the day) e-***** items, but that's ok. I'm not going to cry over a few pixels. The one thing I do wish for is that we had more end-game activites.

By the way, I rated you up SpinShark. Not anywhere near Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal, but a good satirical essay never-the-less.

and SpinShark for the win!

Rate up for this one.. so true it's not even a joke.

Wow! Attack of the Karma Bombers..

As I always say.. here's your reason:

F*ck you.. you C*m Guzzling Gutter Sl*ts!

Their you go!! Your Reason!

Edited, Tue Nov 22 06:46:28 2005 by Zosowindrunner

Ditto, im like you on this one.

to the OP good post.