If it is a bug, I couldn't think of a better way for a bug to act. 

] You can take as much as you want. Just stay above the artifact, it will appear in your inventory when it disapear.  

[KitFox wrote:

] You can take as much as you want. Just stay above the artifact, it will appear in your inventory when it disapear.  

While I have your ear, I've seen a very high level LA player (200+) purposly go out of his way and pick up a triple. Bad karma man. 

For the record there is only 1 LA player over level 200 and Cappy hasn't been on in quite a while.  

or the fact that LA players are pinatas when they are killed  

(LW only drops their current weapon, and for a token cost will not drop even that with Denial 2), 

or the fact that they are at a disadvantage of starting with only a single weapon  

(making first blood harder),  

or that we are always faced with the chance of getting cursed weapons and have no guarentee of getting those dream weapons, 

give a LA character a try. Maybe then, if they are like most folks (i.e. not a Fro, Kit, Ooo, etc.) they may find that reality is different. 

Does LA stand for lame attitude? For crying out loud, he was only asking a question and now you guys are coming out of the woodworks defending yourselves.  

I think people pick on you guys because you present yourselves as the greatest players ever to hit UT2004, everyone else is a hack 

......... 

I was thinking about going with a LA character but can they have Regen, Vamp, and Ghost? 

Does LA stand for lame attitude? For crying out loud, he was only asking a question and now you guys are coming out of the woodworks defending yourselves.  

One thing that also needs to be realized is that if a LA player loans out a MWM, the LA player has the same problems getting it back. But of course, no body remembers that,  

Same for medics, you're not alone.  

or the fact that LA players are pinatas when they are killed  

What are you saying "those are mine, and even though I'll get a full supply of those when I respawn, I don't want anyone else having them?" Pretty selfish.

(LW only drops their current weapon, and for a token cost will not drop even that with Denial 2), 

LW players only get to keep the weapon they had selected when they died, and more times than not, they die with a trans in their hands trying to get away. He doesn't come back with all the same weapons he had when he died. I, for one, say make it so the LW player drops all his weapons that he didn't have selected, what else is he going to do with them?  

or the fact that they are at a disadvantage of starting with only a single weapon  

Same for medics.

(making first blood harder),  

Once again, same for medics. Besides are you in kindergarden and want to be able to say "Ha,Ha I got first blood"?  

or that we are always faced with the chance of getting cursed weapons and have no guarentee of getting those dream weapons, 

Use your MWM!  

give a LA character a try. Maybe then, if they are like most folks (i.e. not a Fro, Kit, Ooo, etc.) they may find that reality is different. 

Thanks to the 2x exp I've played LA and achieved a pretty high level, and I found it just as easy (or hard) as any other class. If you ask me the Medics have it pretty bad too. For all the health you guy get from the medics, there sure isn't a lot of sharing of the precious artifacts you guys spawn with when a medic asks for them. As a matter of fact, there's one LA player who treats the medics as his personal doctors, he even got mad once when they didn't heal him in time.  

Llachior wrote:

I was thinking about going with a LA character but can they have Regen, Vamp, and Ghost? 

When you get high enough stats, you can run booster an entire wave. It's like regen5, but better, because it doesn't stop when it gets to your starting health. The only downside right now is that when a medic heals you more than 100 over your base, it kills booster but still runs your adren out. Hopefully this will be fixed in the next version of RPG. I can boost and use the triple without much trouble on the 'money' waves. 

The LA player is like the kid who goes to college, his/her rewards are slow to come, but when he/she graduates (reaches a certain level) he/she will see much better rewards than the LW player because the LA player has the education (skill and the artifacts) to make their lives better. I realize this is a pretty crappy analogy but I was bored and needed something to write.  

You have some very good points Spacey, I have only one correction. You wrote:

But consider that a LW5 player, when starting out, is guarenteed to have all positive magical weapons 

This isn't entirely true. LW players can get cursed assault rifles and shields. These may seem minor to you but as a LW player I usually throw out weapons I wont use so its easier to scroll through weapons I will use and the fact that sometimes I cant throw my cursed assault or I cant quickly change my cursed shield hinders my game somewhat. The way I see the difference between LW and LA is this. LW players are like kids who goes to work right after high school. They see the rewards (scores) come in pretty quick, but in the long run their rewards will be dependent on what good jobs (artifacts and weapons) they can get. The LA player is like the kid who goes to college, his/her rewards are slow to come, but when he/she graduates (reaches a certain level) he/she will see much better rewards than the LW player because the LA player has the education (skill and the artifacts) to make their lives better. I realize this is a pretty crappy analogy but I was bored and needed something to write. 

Anytime anyone wants to give me a triple or globe look me up, I wont ignore you :) . I'm a bit shy about asking for a weapon boost, but not anymore thanks to your post.