Babysitting

[Lessurl]

I was wanderin the front the other day when somethin happened that really got me a bit peeved. I was runnin to join a group when i spotted an alb in the trees to my right, con was orange i thought you're mine sonny. Started to bolt him and almost had him dead when a super purp minstrel appeared near by him, mezzed me then gave him speed song to help him run off. He started to run, and i managed to break mezz, i quick cast stunned him to stop him gettin away and proceded to try and finish the job, i was so close to killin him when the minstrel decided enough was enough, mezzed me again, walked up to me and one hit killed me. Later on this chap was back, he killed someone in our party and when we gave chase, and it was obvious he was about to die, out popped the minstrel again and saved the day. Now as far as i can see this is obviously the case of a higher lvl person babysittin a lower lvl char to get him rps, poppin out whenever he ends up fightin somethin he can't handle to save his skin. Now i hardly see this as fair, especially since he conned orange to me and so had more than a good chance of bein able to kill me. I've heard of other incidents of lower lvl chars with high lvl babysitters and am wondering if it annoys anyone else as much as it annoys me. I mean bein a lowish lvl mage i find it hard enough to get RvR kills as it is without a high lvl character spoilin my fun. Anyway rant over, i'm gonna go and try to lvl my char a bit so i can find that damned minstrel and teach them a lesson.

Oh yeah, as usual i neglected to take names otherwise i would have revealed them here. I really should invest in a pen and some paper

 

[old.Pooky]

lol all I can say is props to the higher minstrel taking the time to protect a realm mate.

Also you say you bolted him to near death then the minstrel mezed you and tried to speed him away? That means they were grouped... probably friends or guild m8s hence the higher helping a lower, which you cant possibly have a problem with.

Plus you say you managed to break mez?, you mean mez ended becuase you cant break mez or end it prematurly, I dont see how the orange con to you, wasnt a mile away from you, using the minstrel speed by the time mez broke if you say he tried to run?. He couldnt have been running away from you if he had minstrel speed and was still in range of your stun by the time mez ended.

Im sure if you explain it properly it will make sense but what you have written doesnt

 

[Salazar]

Always good to have stealthed company

 

[Chenuba]

That's a very common tactic, so get used to it...

 

[old.Rashim]

Originally posted by Lessurl
... and almost had him dead when a super purp minstrel appeared near by him ...

One!

Originally posted by Lessurl
... i was so close to killin him when the minstrel decided enough was enough ...

Two!

Originally posted by Lessurl
... and it was obvious he was about to die, out popped the minstrel again and saved the day ...

Three!

And everybody: R-O-T-F-L

Now what do we learn from this?
When you see a lonely alb sitting in the woods having a picknick or when you have a lonely alb attacking your group or when you see a lonely alb running away from you then it's most likely to be ... huh? ... what do we call it? ... what? ... come one, you know it! ... yes! ... A TRAP!

I admit I've never heard of anyone falling for the same trap three times in a row and then complaining about the trap being unfair, but I'm willing to learn! *chuckles*

Tee hee, I'm off to write a song about this. This is just too funny!

 

[Lessurl]

Ok, was a bit late and i was tired when i wrote this so my story was a bit confused as always. My party ran to help me when i got mezzed by the minstrel first time, one of them was a warden so when mezz ended ( i broke it i tell ya ) i gave chase with wardens fast run and sprint, bcos the orange had been hurt so badly it was runnin slower than it would have plus if minstrel songs are like bard songs (which i assume they are) they don't work straight after combat so i managed to get into range of stun. I was ignorin the minstrel bcos i had no chance of even scratchin it. I do not see how i ran into a trap the second time as i knew the minstrel was there and was merely trying to kill the orange b4 the inevitable happened. Also third time i didn't see who it was who killed my party mate till shortly b4 my death when the three of us caught up on the orange coward usin warden speed again. Bein a bit confused (ok drunk) i was merely followin my party mates after they yelled invader and sprinted off.
Anyway i still don't see how you can view this as fair, as when i first bumped into him i was alone and he was in the trees waitin to ambush. I was lucky that for a change i spotted him b4 i was dead. He conned orange to me and all he would have had to do was run towards me and start hittin me and i would have been dead (which is what i was waiting to happen). But instead the coward called for the help of his far higher lvl minstrel friend to get him out of a situation he couldn't handle. I can see how usin a lower lvl char to bait someone of higher lvl than him would be a fair tactic, but usin someone who with a bit of brains or courage could have killed me himself easily is hardly very sporting if u ask me.
Ok that's my opinion, you can disagree if u like, but i for one have a strong dislike for babysitters

 

[Lessurl]

Re: Re: Babysitting

Originally posted by Rashim


I admit I've never heard of anyone falling for the same trap three times in a row and then complaining about the trap being unfair, but I'm willing to learn! *chuckles*

Also i'd like to add that if this was a trap it was a funny one as the minstrel seemed to be going out of their way not to hurt me until it became obvious that killin me was the only way to keep their friend alive.

 

[old.Rashim]

Re: Re: Re: Babysitting

Originally posted by Lessurl


Also i'd like to add that if this was a trap it was a funny one as the minstrel seemed to be going out of their way not to hurt me until it became obvious that killin me was the only way to keep their friend alive.

Hmm, ah well ... maybe you got a point here.
But then again ... us Albs have a nice sense of humor, so probably you fell for a funny trap. Trap is trap. And even if it wasn't a trap, I'll still write that song and generations to come will sing it. So there!

 

[old.Nol]

dewd

We do the same thing on our frontier to entice the lowbie mower's into traps. If you in the frontier mate, expect to be treated in the worst way possible. We stage far more elaborate traps to try catch albs, we even hide people in walls and stuff...

 

[old.Paranoid]

Re: Re: Re: Babysitting

Originally posted by Lessurl


Also i'd like to add that if this was a trap it was a funny one as the minstrel seemed to be going out of their way not to hurt me until it became obvious that killin me was the only way to keep their friend alive.

Could have been that you were grey to him, and he dont want to kill greys... and was trying to let you live but was forced to kill you??

 

[Pfy]

Re: dewd

Originally posted by Nol
... we even hide people in wall and stuff...

Heh, that actually made me giggle ...

 

[old.Burgess Prime]

I like the babysitters idea, actually. The whole point of this game is to make your realm as strong as possible. That's why players can make better weapons than NPCs. And those weapons eventually end up being used against enemy realms. The quicker a realm can get a load of high-levellers the better, and every bit helps. Sometimes I hang around lower level fighting areas and rezz any unfortunates, and heal other between fights. Every bit helps.