Quote (Spirit-Warrior @ Mon, Oct 5 2009, 03:58pm)

I'd say botting in D2 and botting in an MMO are different on principle. In D2, while a greater flux of items affects the economy, it affects everyone equally. In an MMO, there are limited resources (mobs, nodes, whatever), save for instances. Botting and taking up those resources affects the people trying to play legitimately constantly.

Quote (TechOpie @ Mon, 5 Oct 2009, 23:20)

Hello fellow old timer, I would say someone trying to play ***imately that wanted to participate in duels would disagree with your comments.  However, someone playing the game even on Bnet that only cared about leveling and 'magic finding' would certainly not be affected to the degree that someone would in an MMO.

I personally have always chosen to use third party programs to do what i personally don't have the time to do so that i can be competitive in what i care about, PvP.  I have never used a hack that would give me an advantage over another player directly, but i have always used programs to 'farm' for me and my friends.  I know most people frown on this, and i wont try and justify the unjustifiable, i will just say it is what works for me.

Tech

Quote (Silent_ @ Mon, Oct 5 2009, 03:37pm)

nothing else to say
atm u cant do this in Aion

Quote (Silent_ @ Mon, Oct 5 2009, 04:37pm)

nothing else to say
atm u cant do this in Aion

Quote (randomuser033 @ Mon, 5 Oct 2009, 20:38)

just bot to 50, or quit.

Quote (Silent_ @ Mon, Oct 5 2009, 04:37pm)

nothing else to say
atm u cant do this in Aion

Quote (TechOpie @ Mon, Oct 5 2009, 02:40pm)

Comments like this anytime the word 'bot' is mentioned makes me laugh because of the irony.  Let us forget for one minute that Paul doesn't want the users of his site to mention such a dastardly word like 'bot' now and digress to the reason almost all of the old members joined here in the first place.  Let alone what Mr. Njaguar's mini-empire and these very forums were built on.  I say to each their own and why make such statements as yours.

If your intention is to preserve the integrity of the game, well you should probably evaluate how using a currency, in this case FG, outside of this or any game effects the in game economy.  In my opinion botting or buying gold from a farming company is no different than us using our virtual pixels.


To the original poster, It has been my experience thus far that solo questing / grinding will give you the best results for Kinah.  However I wouldn't recommend too much of that for  sanity reasons.  For Exp at those levels i would suggest hitting 30 and finding a reliable group to do Boss Farm runs in Fire Temple.  At level 30 with a fewer high levels (32-35) in the group you should receive 10-15% of a level for each run with a time invested of around 30-40 minutes depending on the group.  Could be far less or far more time depending on the group.  This will be slightly slower than Solo questing / grinding depending on class and should be on par with grinding Ice Claw for this level range.  You however do have the added benefit of the slight chance to get a Unique level 35 weapon off of Kromede which adds just enough Mystique to each run for you to go right back in for another run!  You should also be able to get a few pieces of your 'Flame' gear for when you hit 35.  I try to do 2-4 runs a night depending on play time, mixed in with some Abyss PvP to break up monotony.

Good Luck and i hope my comments help,
Tech

Quote (TechOpie @ Mon, Oct 5 2009, 05:20pm)

Hello fellow old timer, I would say someone trying to play ***imately that wanted to participate in duels would disagree with your comments.  However, someone playing the game even on Bnet that only cared about leveling and 'magic finding' would certainly not be affected to the degree that someone would in an MMO.

I personally have always chosen to use third party programs to do what i personally don't have the time to do so that i can be competitive in what i care about, PvP.  I have never used a hack that would give me an advantage over another player directly, but i have always used programs to 'farm' for me and my friends.  I know most people frown on this, and i wont try and justify the unjustifiable, i will just say it is what works for me.

Tech