lpsmash Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 http://postimage.org/image/59lwfp6oj/full/ Recruit gear at level 16? New kind of twink, really dangerous. The emperor really doesn't mess around when it comes to his operatives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OsarionRDM Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 wait wait wait, forget all that. Your Fleet has 249 people?! My entire server doesn't even see a fraction of that number on. Je suis très jaloux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignicity Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 ZOMG that's hot. When I get home, I'm levelling up a Marauder to 10 and seeing if I can slot some recruit gear on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpsmash Posted May 18, 2012 Author Share Posted May 18, 2012 (edited) wait wait wait, forget all that. Your Fleet has 249 people?! My entire server doesn't even see a fraction of that number on. Je suis très jaloux. Oh, I'm not playing on an EU server (I play on The Fatman US). I just wanted to see how the game was in French (a bit too european for my tastes, but I digress). Wanted to start another legacy on a french server, but they are all "light" from what I see now, so I'm hesitant. ZOMG that's hot. When I get home, I'm levelling up a Marauder to 10 and seeing if I can slot some recruit gear on it. Ravage -> Dead. Edited May 18, 2012 by lpsmash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lundli Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Err.. have to check that out asap, if it's true I expect it to be hotfixed really quick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBSMiser Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 (edited) What is going on in the screenshot? That character was wearing recruit gear?! Please tell us how she got so many HPs.... Edited May 18, 2012 by Zoggel OffTopic reply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEGMENTUM Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Heh, Operative is Agent Secret? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paganos Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Photoshopped, look at the circle around his actual target Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lualar Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 In MMO's, a "twink" is a lower level alt of a high level character. You give him gear etc. In the gay community a "twink" is a young man. I think the connection formed cos older guys give gay twinks money and gifts irl and you give your ingame twink loot. What is going on in the screenshot? That character was wearing recruit gear?! Please tell us how she got so many HPs.... Not quite.... The person above described a twink correctly; it does not have to be an alt. Back in the game that shall not be named, a twink was someone in PvP at the last level of their bracket, i.e. 19, 29, 39, 49 What would happen was those players would spend a lot of money on gear that would make them "imba" for that bracket compared to other players. They would be happy to sit at that level and to never level up. Then Blizzard had a great idea and made PvP grant XP... bye bye twinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuhalu Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Not quite.... The person above described a twink correctly; it does not have to be an alt. Back in the game that shall not be named, a twink was someone in PvP at the last level of their bracket, i.e. 19, 29, 39, 49 What would happen was those players would spend a lot of money on gear that would make them "imba" for that bracket compared to other players. They would be happy to sit at that level and to never level up. Then Blizzard had a great idea and made PvP grant XP... bye bye twinks. The usage of Twink is much older than that. At least from early Everquest days, if not earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sekketh Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 ive seen this before it turned out to be a visual bug i saw a level 11 with 20k health Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teemoor Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Yesterday in denova out tank said ZOMG Y U HAVE 32k HP?! I was liek --> O_o, cuz i'm an operative. It was a bug :< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacenHallis Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 (edited) The usage of Twink is much older than that. At least from early Everquest days, if not earlier. I know in EQ, a twink was a low-level character with high-level gear. Since EQ didn't have a minimum level for most gear (at least at the time. That may have changed since I stopped playing in 2003), people would use high-level characters to get gear for low-level alts or friends. Thus, the fungi tunic, centi longsword and a number of other items were heavily camped for twink use. People would have characters in the single-digits with gear meant for level 60 characters. It was especially popular on PvP servers, where higher-level character would get slaughtered when they tried to kill low-level characters. The introduction of minimum levels on armor in games like EQ2 and WoW got rid of that form of twinking. WoW users co-opted the term for their battleground "twinks," as mentioned above. I've not heard of an earlier use of the term, at least as far as video games go. It might have originated in UO or even MUDs, but I wasn't really into them the way I was Everquest. Edited May 18, 2012 by JacenHallis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkrite Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 All this screenshot proves to me is that I should be playing on a European server instead of North America. 249 on fleet, and people know how to play, apparently. Language barrier aside, if transfers open up cross Atlantic, I'm going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBoogly Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Should of inspected the person and hovered over a piece of his/hers gear Oh and never Google the word twink lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosdefined Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 All this screenshot proves to me is that I should be playing on a European server instead of North America. 249 on fleet, and people know how to play, apparently. Language barrier aside, if transfers open up cross Atlantic, I'm going. Currently there's only One heavy server in the EU, which is a PVP one. Then a few Standard servers and about 70 Light last I counted during prime time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelinCarnate Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 I know in EQ, a twink was a low-level character with high-level gear. Since EQ didn't have a minimum level for most gear (at least at the time. That may have changed since I stopped playing in 2003), people would use high-level characters to get gear for low-level alts or friends. Thus, the fungi tunic, centi longsword and a number of other items were heavily camped for twink use. People would have characters in the single-digits with gear meant for level 60 characters. It was especially popular on PvP servers, where higher-level character would get slaughtered when they tried to kill low-level characters. The introduction of minimum levels on armor in games like EQ2 and WoW got rid of that form of twinking. WoW users co-opted the term for their battleground "twinks," as mentioned above. I've not heard of an earlier use of the term, at least as far as video games go. It might have originated in UO or even MUDs, but I wasn't really into them the way I was Everquest. Swiftblade of Zek FTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkrite Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Currently there's only One heavy server in the EU, which is a PVP one. Then a few Standard servers and about 70 Light last I counted during prime time. Alright, I retract my previous statement. Sounds just like NA then. One heavy server, several standard, and a bunch of dead ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aktavote Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 All this screenshot proves to me is that I should be playing on a European server instead of North America. 249 on fleet, and people know how to play, apparently. Language barrier aside, if transfers open up cross Atlantic, I'm going. See post #4 "Oh, I'm not playing on an EU server (I play on The Fatman US). I just wanted to see how the game was in French (a bit too european for my tastes, but I digress)".... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkrite Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 (edited) See post #4 "Oh, I'm not playing on an EU server (I play on The Fatman US). I just wanted to see how the game was in French (a bit too european for my tastes, but I digress)".... Oh! Awesome, my friends were talking about transferring there, but we're considering The Swiftsure now if it opens up. We don't want to flood an already fairly large NA server. Good that you guys have that much population though, that's gotta be awesome! Anchorhead had that high of a population on constant in fleet (Rep side) for about the first two months. Edited May 18, 2012 by Darkrite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpsmash Posted May 18, 2012 Author Share Posted May 18, 2012 A word gains its meaning from the sense we give it. You can't always go to a dictionnary and expect it to have all the answers : there are expressions, idioms, slang, and what else. I was obviously not refering to young homosexual males, but to the concept of a low-level character with gear he normally wouldn't have access to. Obviously, it is a visual bug (as mentionned earlier), since not even with bolstered level 49 stats does "Cybele" reach 14k hp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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