You know, I suppose I owe WarUltima an apology.
Even though I do not feel that I started the personal attacks and name calling and such, I will apologize to him here, and anyone else offended.
It bugs me when a poster specifically asks for the topic of their post not to be derailed by a tangent, in this case tamers in PvP, and it happens anyway.
I also take offense to anyone that states that someone that does not share their opinion must be a troll.
WarUltima asked me to post something "constructive"...so my question is, what could I possibly post...outside of agreeing with him completely could I have posted that he would have considered "constructive"?
My stance is simple.
I do not think that tamers need to be removed from PvP. I have been playing UO since the day the 2nd phase of beta went live, and I have been on ever since. I have played almost every template there is in the game...and I can tell you, it took me longer to work up my tamer than any other template. A great deal longer.
Now I realize that I could have cheated my way through that, and avoided that grind, so I can understand why some players do not feel that tamers have any reason to expect to receive some reward for all of that time.
But the one thing I cannot understand is the attitude that many display here that whatever template they play, be it mage, warrior, whatever...is automatically the standard of all templates, and that every other template should be brought into line to match up with (or more accurately, be slightly inferior to) their own.
No one in this game is locked into one template or play style. Some tamers that PvP use tactics that others don't. The same can be said for almost any template.
I can understand that it can be frustrating to constantly be beaten by a specific template. I am often frustrated by para-gankers, but I rarely complain about it openly because there is no point. I adjust my play style and I move on. I don't ask for these players to be banned or nerfed or anything else.
So with all that said...I am sorry that my pro-tamer attitude that I have acquired over the last 11 years shows through in some of my posts here. I am sorry that some of you believe that anyone that disagrees with your stance is "stupid", "********", or whatever other personal attack you'd like to use...but the reality is, we all play UO our own way...and there is no right way and wrong way.
So with that said, I will drop this matter and I will cease to respond to any more posts or threads that involve nerfing tamers or tamers in PvP. Apparently differing view points are not welcome by some...so I will keep my opinions on the subject to myself.
Well, I am off to abuse my power in the game and kill some warriors and mages and other poor helpless players that are powerless against my godlike overpowered pets.
...enjoy!