Thought for the Week Archives

"How can the style "Unstoppable Force" be blocked?" [Submitted by: Daermonn of Merlin]

"How is it that you can still miss a bow shot when the arrow is inside the monster's body to begin with? " [Submitted by: Druidperson]

"Why do they call it a "personal boat" (skiff) if you cant use it by yourself? " [Submitted by: Horidd of Galahad ]

"My trainer always says "drink up this knowledge, for there will be a day when I rise no longer." Has a trainer ever actually died?" [Submitted by: Spams]

"If you must pay to get your con healed.... then how is it a "donation" you are giving? Isnt that a fee?" [Submitted by: Cilla]

"Whoever came up with the phrase 'when pigs fly' never fought accursed imps in the Demonic Prison." [Submitted by: Kaenia Irae Iseult/Midgard]

"Why are skeltal pawns in Mag Mell wearing clothes now? Is Mythic edging people in?" [Submitted by: Cilla]

"Why is it that I'm the size of a Troll's arm, and I have more hits than he does?"[Submitted by: Gyggles, Dwarf Runemaster/Nimue]

"Ever wonder how many pixels it takes to draw an Angry Sprite?" (If you know the answer to that, you must be old enough to have owned an Amiga or Atari ST Computer.--- 25) [Submitted by: Cynbad of Gareth ]

"Ever wonder why that when enemy players say something, its in a language that you can't understand, but you can understand their seigemasters when they port back to their portal keep?" [Submitted by: Yahaha of Galahad]

"4 out of 5 dentists have trouble with Trolls." [Submitted by: Cynbad of Gareth ]

"Five out of four Trolls have trouble with fractions." [Submitted by: Beebe]

"How is it possible to parry an attack from a Sand Jelly? Furthermore, where does the big metal *Clank* come into play?" [Submitted by: sank]

"Is it me or does Chthonic Accretion sound like it should be an offensive dot or at least a poison/disease purge spell, instead of an enhancement Buff line?" [Submitted by: Iffy the Hibernian Champion - Gaheris]

"Ever wonder why mithril orbs in ToA don't sell for mithril at the merchants." [Submitted by: Cyndaquil]

"If I'm fighting a monster that is just an animated weapon, and it parries my attacks, doesn't that mean I hit it?" [Submitted by: Elathi]

"How can a ring from a fury sprite fit onto your hand?" [Submitted by: Kyrilean of Hibernia]

"Why do mobs drop money when you kill them? Are they going to go shopping or something?" [Submitted by: Kelethor]

"Why is that we can run through other players & mobs as if we were ghosts... but boats collide with other boats." [Submitted by: Baaboo]

"If you have your filter on, does the mob named 'Damned soul' show up as 'Ez5ted soul'?" [Submitted by: bloodxoath]

"Since Malamis has no hair on his bald Taur head, exactly WHAT body hair of his does he make all his belts with?" [Submitted by: Sibiria of Excalibur]

"Why does charisma make DD shouts more powerful, when you want the shouts to sound bad? " [Submitted by: Rose]

"When my troll berserker takes a hard hit, he yells out: "Woogie!". Is that trollish for "Mommy"?" [Submitted by: Hephty]

"If one of the Blademaster's combat stlyes for blunt are called Unstoppable Force, then why can it be blocked/parried?" [Submitted by: Drydel of Merlin]

"How come you're never too far away from a merchant to buy their items, and never close enough to hand them back?" [Submitted by: Punchy of Lamorak]

"In the dungeons where there is no sky, how could a thane case the Thor's Lightening?" [Submitted by: Seho]

"If you are dead, how can you yell for help?" [Submitted by: Baaboo]

"Why do the elk versions of female Heros have antlers?" [Submitted by: Dyrwood Purpurea - Percival]

"How can a siege merchant, in the middle of nowhere, with no resourses  whatsoever, be able to instantaniusly build a siege weapon as soon as  you give him/her a measly token?" [Submitted by: Stuart]

"How can you understand a dwarf mob in Albion, but not a dwarf PC?" [Submitted by: jedielf]

"THINK on this one? How come the stairs to the LOWER Crypt go UP on the way in? Wouldn't they go down to a lower one?" [Submitted by: PMIX]

"If the point in BG is not to see the enemy's name, why does it say it when one gets killed by the other?" [Submitted by: Gwidavaa Elisaar]

"If Savages are masters at Hand-to-Hand combat, how come they need weapons to attack?" [Submitted by: Kaenia, Iseult/Midgard]

"What came first? The dragon or the egg?" [Submitted by: Treefox/Lancelot/Hib]

"How is it possible that you can keep a boat in your pocket and carry it around with you?" [Submitted by: Pirate]

"Keep walls are made of stone then why do we use wood to repair them?" [Submitted by: Xedric of Bedevere]

"Are the "muffins" recieved from boulderlings "stone baked". and if so "where"." [Submitted by: Jaymi HealzAlot of Lancelot]

"Highlanders are resistant to cold? You'd think they would have been weak to cold with their Kilts." [Submitted by: Uedoi]

"How come houses in the HZ have windows OUTSIDE but not INSIDE?" [Submitted by: Ankalagon]

"How come Aurulite is weightless, even in the biggest of bunches, but Aurulite Powder has a weight." [Submitted by: Kyder, Palo/Albion ]

"Why are they called Skyros sky mages when they are underwater?" [Submitted by: Gelinde of Lancelot]

"When riding in a ship, why does everyone stare at their feet? How do you steer like that?" [Submitted by: Kenu]

"Why do creatures capable of flight use the stairs?" [Submitted by: Mookau of Prydwen]

"Why is it that when I move the mood slider to the "happy smile" my troll looks like a grimace of pain?" [Submitted by: Rollins]

"Why is that when you die in the ocean, be it underneath or above the surface, that it stills says your body is laying on the ground?" [Submitted by: HisTechnoAngel]

"Why does a troll not sink when it goes in the water?" [Submitted by: Abooboo]

"How come we can't understand the other realms languages in RvR, but we can read their gravestones?" [Submitted by: Yayap]

"How can you parry a giant with a 2 handed weapon so easily?" [Submitted by: Ben]

"How is it possible for you to do any slashing / crushing / stabbing attacks to a elder wind elemental? What would you hit, his pride?" [Submitted by: Nachtwyrm of Lancelot]

"Why are Gold Embossed Shields a solid blue color?" [Submitted by: Rollins]

"Trolls are made of stone, so why can't I use them as ammo for my trebuchet?" [Submitted by: Hail The Dead]

"When I DOT a mob why does it always "look healthy again" just before it dies?" [Submitted by: Spikeman]

"Why do crafted arrows weigh more than their ingredients?" [Submitted by: Kunzj]

"I always wondered why mobs have such an instinct to collect  items and money." [Submitted by: Awfudgeit, Tristan/Albion]

"Why don't the soggy skeletons wear their tattered armor that they drop?" [Submitted by: falcon]

"Why don't gray mobs run when you attack them - don't they know they are about to die." [Submitted by: Shadows]

"If an archer misses you with his shot, then why do you have an arrow sticking out of your back?" [Submitted by: Booey]

"If Trolls are made of stone why do they need to wear armor?" [Submitted by: Byrd]

"How can you swim under water with all that armor on?" [Submitted by: Tricia]

"Why do I get resurrection sickness when I haven't been resurrected?" [Submitted by: Anonymous]

"If you get married in the game, does your DAOC wife yell at you if you don't play enough?" [Submitted by: burgess]

"Is it an exploit that Vampiirs can go out in the sunlight?" [Submitted by: Malcolm]

"How can people ride dragonflies without squishing them?" [Submitted by: samus]

"How can it rain and sandstorm at the same time in Stygia?  Shouldn't mud be falling from the sky?" [Submitted by: Avatari of Alb/Kay]

"How can Skeletons move if they have no muscles?" [Submitted by: Crum]

"Inconnu...I wonder how long it takes fo them to shave with so many chins." [Submitted by: Kamptner]

"Why dont people ever get hungry?  You can buy pie and Ale but you never get hungry!" [Submitted by: Kamptner]

"When your watherbreathing effect run out you realize it with a "gulp and a gasp" even when your are on dry land?" [Submitted by: Privat]

"Why don't gray mobs run when you attack them - don't they know they are about to die." [Submitted by: adeup]

"Have you ever thought about how much money you would save if you could lasso a friendly horse galloping down the road?"
[Submitted by: Rhendan - Camelot ]

" How is it that Monsters without legs (i.e. - grasping ghouls, phantom magi) are reported as having their feet rooted to the ground  with a root spell? Hmmmmm.... " [Submitted by: Raven]

"Why don't gray mobs run when you attack them - don't they know they are about to die." [Submitted by: adeup]

"If you can melt bars down to make hinges, why can't you melt hinges down to make bars?" [Submitted by: Sarosil]

"How can you understand what the enemy guards say while you cannot understand what enemy players say?" [Submitted by: Tafaya / Prydwen]

"How does armor made for a kobold fit a troll?" [Submitted by: Crevox ]

"How can you miss a keep door with a bolt???" [Submitted by: Shammybreak, Galahad]

"Ever wonder how a shield stays on your arm without a strap?" [Submitted by: Talonblade Hib/Galahad]

"How can  a giant level 80 dragon evade?" [Submitted by: Kristjon]

"How come all the different songs played on the drum/lute/flute all sound the same?" [Submitted by: Wayco, Hibernia/Igraine]

"If you fight a green mob, does it make you a bully?" [Submitted by: ADEUP]

"How can a stack of crafted arrows weigh MORE than the stack or resources you created them from?" [Submitted by: Grephon/Percival]

"When you jump off a horse , why does it say "You "try" to dismount" ? Anybody ever failed to?" [Submitted by: Senteza of Iseult]

"How can a player bang on their shield when they don't have one?" [Submitted by: Asildrinh]

"How come when an arrow "misses" you it still sticks inside you?" [Submitted by: Legoc, Albion/Merlin]

"I keep checking in at the Magic Shop in Camelot, but they always seem to be out of disappearing coins, rubber thumbs, linking rings... " [Submitted by: Allo, Nimue]

"Why is it called unending breath when it only lasts 30 minutes?" [Submitted by: DemonKing]

"How do you use kidney rupture on a skeleton? Poke 'em in the empty space and hope it hurts?" [Submitted by: Hidheel, Palomides]

"How can you parry wind?" [Submitted by: Bustyn of Gaheris]

"How come a necro shade with no legs still makes puddles in water?" [Submitted by: Sapphic Allure, Palomides]

"What does a Harvestman harvest ??" [Submitted by: Locain, Excalibur/Midgard]

"How do torches work underwater in Trials?" [Submitted by: Kregg Thrasher]

How can headless mobs call for help? Clapping? [Submitted by: Onasis of Gaheris]

Happy Birthday America

When you kill a mob thats been DoT'd, it says "The (insert mob) looks healthy again!". I don't think dead things look very healthy! [Submitted by: Wedged, Merlin/Midgard]

"Why can I be close enough to buy a horse ticket, but too far away to give the ticket back?" [Submitted by: Dahnee Moonstorm Hibernia/Percival]

"Why don't trolls leave footprints in the snow?" [Submitted by: Anonymous]

"Where does your sheild go when you draw a two hander?" [Submitted by: Wreck]

"When you press the release button and it says "You're not dead yet!.", isn't that a threat?" [Submitted by: Darkhearted, Lance/Hib]

"Isn't it hypocritical of tomb raiders to say 'Die Trespassers'?" [Submitted by: Striture of Guinevere]

"How can a rock imp hit a Half-Ogre in the head?" [Submitted by: mandrakke]

"How do snakes parry?" [Submitted by: z0rk]

"Why do Werewolves carry silver money?" [Submitted by: Throndal Dusksinger]

"How do the headless dead know where you are?" [Submitted by: Zorrin]

"Does the rocky golem ever say "yo Adrian"?" [Submitted by: Glarosboy of Guin/Hib]

"Shouldn't Highlander Minstrells be able to play on Bagpipes?" [Submitted by: Necksnapper of Avalon]

"You can tell you've been playing too much when you find yourself driving in highway traffic, and try to AF on a Camry." [Submitted by: Bill]

"Do mobs ever get quests to kill us?" [Submitted by: Baudon Necromancer of Percival]

"Why are lilspawns so big?" [Submitted by: MuffinMan]

"Why does it take 12 hours to walk through the gates of Camelot/Jordheim/Tir Na Nog?" [Submitted by: Eraedan, Nimue/Alb]

"What kind of sick merchant would buy a Human Head dropped off the Werewolves?" [Submitted by: Drakarad of Lancelot]

"When you're level 1, and doors con blue, is there a small chance you may die opening it?" [Submitted by: Spade]

"How can the ToA ferry boats sail if the sails themselves are full of rips and tears?" [Submitted by: Terminator, Albion/Iseult]

"Why does my tourch turn on under water?" [Submitted by: Maaal, Oricle of Tristran]

"Why can't I train my Hunter's pet to fetch dropped loot?" [Submitted by: Bill]

"For a blind boogey they sure do hit you alot..." [Submitted by: Blinks, Albion/Igraine]

"How can a skeleton bleed?" [Submitted by Cristanna]

"How many horses does a Stable Master hold?" [Submitted by Lothip Alb/Lancelot]

"...A grave was erected where I died...by who? The fomorian that just killed me?" [Submitted by Ciarion, Hib/Guinevere]

"Do merchents ever get tired of standing in the same spot?" [Submitted by ReiDei, Hib/Galahad]

"Why don't the people wearing metal armor in Atlantis get all rusty?" [Submitted by Lewennode, Mid/Merlin]

"Why do harpies look like Mr. Burns with wings?" [Submitted by Ocidric/Tristan]

"Famous last words 'It's only yellow........oop'" [Submitted by Deadphyre]

"Can always hear thousands of frogs in Gothwaite Harbour at night, but no one has ever seen one." [Submitted by Elefair/Albion/Prydwen]

"My character is contantly being saved... From what?" [Submitted by Inder Albion/Percival]

"How can you bang on your shield without wielding one?" [Submitted by Slickone/Bedevere]

"Why does Rez Illness have a cast time?" [Submitted by Anonymous]

"How can this zombie be an "Ancient Zombie" if I just killed it and saw it re-pop 5 seconds ago? " [Submitted by Mordant of Gaheris]

"If you're a big troll and a little tomte attacks you, why can't you just step on the nasty thing?" [Submitted by Neimeth TheBeheimeth]

“Ever notice how there's a full moon every night?” [Submitted by Terminator, Albion/ Iseult]

“If adders are red themselves... why do they have red adders?” [Submitted by -Tatertwirl-]

“Why are vendos aggresive to Berserkers in vendo mode?” [Submitted by Musse on MLF]

“Why aren't the undead just called "alive"? ” [Submitted by Klyhtorius, Albion/Merlin]

“If I could only swing my staff like a baseball bat...” [Submitted by Ragnard - Galahad]

“How can I miss a stunned mob twice in a row?” [Submitted by Gundar from Gaheris]

"Where's the Glacier Giant's glacier?" [Submitted by Solvimdi the Skald on Palomides ]

Seem's like the Inconnu should feel at home in ToA.

Waddya know... Albion casters get the "nerf bat" with the Tab'fren stave series from Caer Sidi.

Keep your anti-virus software up to date and run it often! =o)

Ever wonder what the vendors do with all the hinges crafter's sell them?

Will Sylvan's have to worry about becoming warped with all the water planned for ToA?

Think a gal programmer named the item "Pants of Delusional Power" that drops in Albion's Stonehenge Barrows dungeon?

"We found the Drau'gyn Caddi, but where's the Daru'gyn Golfer?" [Submitted by Edaan Gnomepunter of Palomides ]

"How can headless dead's see you or smell you?" [Submitted by TheCetus]

Is the /taunt chicken dance really all the intimidating to provoke someone to fight back?

Ever wonder what made the Angry Bwca's so angry?

Sylvan's don't have to worry about starving, they got photosynthesis. [Submitted by anon.]

Send in items!

Next new trade skills to hit DAoC... Interior Design and Landscaping.

How do Celt's with the spiky hair keep from getting helmet hair?

Why don't mudmen melt when it rains?

Have you ever found yourself wishing for a Smite spell in real life?

Have a safe Memorial Day Weekend

In the underwater zones, will the new theurgist pets be "Mud," "Bubbles," and "On the Rocks"?

Wha' do ye mean dat hat makes me look funney?

EQ has added lizards, cats, and now frogs...aren't you glad DAoC is somewhat normal?

Happy Valentine's Day. 

If in Norse Mythology Thor and Trolls did not get along, why can Trolls be Thanes in DAoC?

Who knew! Highlander's wore their hearts on their bums!

When the Naive Sjoras started to run from me, I had to double check to see if I was a troll.

Happy New Year!

For Santa, I imagine a Dwarf in red armor riding a megaloceros! Happy Holidays!

We can "port" to other lands and islands, but still can't invis...

Happy Hanukkah

Happy Thanksgiving!

Anyone else think that the necromancer should have been a Middy?

I just realized that with all the horses there are, that there isn't more manure laying around.  Who cleans up all that?

I never realized how large the ants in Vale of Mularn where until I made a dwarf!   Suppose it is some type of mutant gene?

R.I.P.      9-11-01

Anyone know why "wisps" don't look like the dictionary description?

If no one ever dies, how does Legion have all those souls?

How do you get rat tails from rats that have no tails?

Does anyone find it strange that some dragons have a head like a dog?

Since Mythic is going to make the water reflective, think they will make mirrors that way too?

Just because you wear a robe doesn't mean you are a female!

I wonder what kind of fireworks they  have in Camelot?!?!

For those celebrating Independence Day...Happy 4th of July!

Have you ever wondered how the mobs in game always know your name?

Have you had the arguement: My pet is stronger than your pet!?

I still want to know why I can't wear earrings on my ears!?

Think anyone will ever start saying, "Mmmm, Lurikeen, it's what's for dinner?"

If there is such a strict naming policy, why does the name generator allow some PC's to have the same name as an NPC?

What do the merchants do with the items that you sell to them?

Ever notice there are no children?  Think someone ate them? LOL

It just isn't fair, I can port from to Albion from Midgard, but not from Gna Faste to Mularn in Midgard. =)

I wondered why NPC's can open some items that we can't

You would think that when you ran through lava you would die...not so. It is no different from swimming in water.

Ever notice how the damage messages don't quite add up?  You are a troll and a weewolf hits you on the head for 12 damage...can anyone explain that one to me?

Please send all crafting info to Maia!

Anyone ever notice how the clops per second your horse makes depends on your class?

I had a holiday full of MEMORY!

Enjoy your Memorial Day with pleasant Memories!  Be safe.

I am drawing a blank today!  Hrm how do you "draw" a blank?   LOL

Unexpected guests...think they had those way back in Camelot days, heh!

For those who didn't read the news, Mythic will be showing the expansion at the Fan Meet, June 29, 2002 in Washington DC.

I am signed up and ready to go to Washington DC!

I wonder if they will give us more character slots now?

~Chants~ Need INFO!  /giggle

WOW...did you see all the item changes on Pendragon?

Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms! 

If we aren't supposed to understand other realm's language and emotes, why can the programmed emotes be understood?

I have learned that when you see a glowing weapon come at you in DF...RUN!   It is either a big meanie from another realm, or a big meanie boss that wacks you into oblivion.

Did you know if you get caught between keep doors when they are getting repaired and then shut, you are stuck?

The one thing I discovered about being dead in DF by another realm, is I can warn others they are coming and which way they went, hehe

Mythic is going to add some ambient sounds...GREAT, I hate those damn crickets!

Think Mythic will ever add natural disasters to make the game more real?

I still haven't figured out how the monsters carry all the goodies they drop.

If no one ever dies, wouldn't there be over population?

I found out this week if you see your pet run off, release it!  The results of waiting to see what happens are disastrous!

With all the dying of clothes/armor, I wonder if any ever dyed their hair?

Isn't is amazing how some creatures can talk and they know your language?

I wonder what the imps do with all those seals.

Does Darkness really Fall?

I noticed some of these items are called one time drop, but they sure seem to drop a lot. =D

Shouldn't they make NPC's and quests more realistic?  It cracks me up to have a level 50 NPC telling me he can't kill something and to ask me to do it.   =)

I wonder if the characters roleplay real life.

Being on the frontier makes you wish you had eyes in the back of your head so you could see that arrow coming!.

Have you noticed DAoC is PC about somethings and not others?   Example: In Midgard a female Hunter is called a Huntress, but a female Spiritmaster is still a Spiritmaster, same with Berserkers and Shamans

If Trolls are so stupid, how do they know where they are going?    Carry a map, or ask directions? LOL

Did you know that April 1st used to be New Years Day?

I think it is amazing how skeletons carry armor!

Have you seen any outhouses in your realm?

Isn't it amazing how most creatures in game have gems?

Are our relics as valuable as Egypt's?

You know what they say about all work and no play...I am going to play!

I wonder if charisma helps your in game social life.

Be careful what you wish for!

Our hearts go out to the victims and their families six months after the 9-11 tragedy.   We still remember.

Ever notice there isn't a food chain in Dark Age of Camelot?

After drinking from the "Horn of Plenty", do you ever wonder if it becomes the Horn of Empty?

What does a skeleton ask for when he walks into a Camelot bar?   "I'd like a mead and a mop please."

Imagine if the monsters started camping your spawn points.

If nobody ever permanantly dies in the game, where do all the undead come from?

Camelot creatures must all have telepathy.  How else can it be that after you kill a whole camp of creatures, their friends both near and far suddenly know you and start to hate you?

Don't you wish you could enter a Camelot horse into the Preakness?

Sorry Bugs, but I don't really think that monsters lead such an interesting life.  It's certainly a short one.

You know you've been playing too much when you meet a new person and wonder what type of loot they might drop.

Just think how goofy it would sound if the typically abreviated conversations most people have in the game were actually spoken aloud.

Do the residents of Camelot say "a copper for your thoughts"?

Put this on the list of business ventures doomed to failure:  Opening up a cemetary in Camelot.

Where do skeletons keep their money?

Can a Firbolg trust a Lurikeen as far as he can throw him?

Where do bandits go to sell their loot?

Isn't it amazing how you can walk on water when you find the need to fight something?

The characters in Camelot must have a pretty low self esteem.  When you target yourself, you always see yourself as weak and easy to defeat.

Bandits are the stupidest criminals.  They hang out in the same spots where anyone weak enough for them to attack and rob can avoid them and anyone powerful enough to kill and rob them can easily find them.

Do you think the Stable Masters sabotaged the teleportation research in order to preserve their monopoly?

Folks in Camelot sure are vain.  Everyone wears the most elaborate jewelry they can get their hands on.

How can you walk 5 minutes through the city and end up at a gate that's halfway around the world from where you came in?

Do you think the NPC's have a bet going on how far they can get some poor schmuck to run and deliver something in exchange for a couple of silver pieces?

Wouldn't you feel just a little apprehensive putting on a pair of malignant pants?

Don't you feel kind of guilty getting beat up by a ratboy?

For such an orderly realm, Albion sure has a lot of cutthroats and bandits.

Don't the guards ever get a day off?

What happens to a Mudman when it rains?

Wouldn't you think being trampled by a speeding horse should be the number one cause of death in Camelot.

How does a snake hit a firbolg on the head?

So I join up with this group and someone suggest we go hunting badgers.  I can't help it.  I immediately think "Badgers.  We don't need no stinking Badgers".  (Apologies to Mell Brooks, and even more obscurely to Humphry Bogart)

Don't you keep expecting a lucridan to drop some lucky charms?

Why do these fantasy worlds always have such big insects?

Isn't it kind of redundant to cast barkskin on a shrub spirit?

The new game is here!  The new game is here!  Gotta get home and play now!