hibernia

[old.lathoniel]

i luv rvr, tis a great laff, the only thing that spoils it is the dying. so i was thinking (erk :/ ), why dont we set it up so that we have a battle in the middle of the valley between AMG and the mill, everyone can take up their usual seating positions. albs at wall hibs in valley, mids on mill. then we use the valley for fighting in. then every 15/30 mins we bak off, raise our dead and start it all over again. now i realise this isn't initially a great idea. what with a lot of nutters running round shooting clerics when rezzing and rushing the rest pads. but if we become responsible for our own sides and guild leaders smack naughty boys then maybe something could generate into some kind of constant battle going on. tbh im getting fed up of chasing hibs to their gaurds/keep (big girls ) or running away from mids bak to portal. seems rvr always concentrates on this area anyway, what ya think?

p.s. im not talking every night either. that would soon become boring, we could make it like a saturday night event

lathoniel 40sct
panterus 32arms

 

[old.Lonewolf]

This is WAR lad! Not fooking playground games!

 

[old.LandShark]

but what do we do about the stealthers who will sneak up/around/behind the other realms and start killing people?
Not going to happen, not that polite and calmly.
More fun when it's random anyway =)

 

[old.yaruar]

Originally posted by lathoniel
i luv rvr, tis a great laff, the only thing that spoils it is the dying. so i was thinking (erk :/ ), why dont we set it up so that we have a battle in the middle of the valley between AMG and the mill, everyone can take up their usual seating positions. albs at wall hibs in valley, mids on mill. then we use the valley for fighting in. then every 15/30 mins we bak off, raise our dead and start it all over again. now i realise this isn't initially a great idea. what with a lot of nutters running round shooting clerics when rezzing and rushing the rest pads. but if we become responsible for our own sides and guild leaders smack naughty boys then maybe something could generate into some kind of constant battle going on. tbh im getting fed up of chasing hibs to their gaurds/keep (big girls ) or running away from mids bak to portal. seems rvr always concentrates on this area anyway, what ya think?

p.s. im not talking every night either. that would soon become boring, we could make it like a saturday night event

lathoniel 40sct
panterus 32arms

That would count as rp farming which is prohibited in the CoC

 

[Keri]

Yes, it is counted as RP farming. A pity really, as I'm sure this was not the intent .. just to have some good old fighting fun.

Anyone who played beta will remember the early days of RvR there. Because players were relatively low level, and we wanted to actually test RvR, there was an unwritten code that said that healers and anyone who only wanted to be a spectator, could remove their weapons and armour, and sit away from the fighting, and they would not be killed. Then all healers were allowed to res the fallen, everyone recovered, and it all started over again. It was a blast, and gave anyone who wanted to a chance to at least see the frontier zones and observe RvR. More like a wrestling match than RvR, but fun nevertheless.

 

[old.Turath]

just have to say it, beta had something....different...more fun

 

[Khalen]

In the beta people weren't so templated / XP-uber grouped as now. People mostly built chars now with templates they made before they started. Having a target. In the beta almost no one knew what mezz was and how it worked (I tried the spell in beta but as seeing no effect I thought it was useless). Nowadays mezz is the only thing in RvR that makes the big difference in battles.

 

[old.chesnor]

I think the difference between beta and retail is people in beta genuinely played for fun. I got the impression then it was a thousand or so people playing a computer game. These days it all seems so personal, I mean I have seen some shockingly personal and insulting attacks on these boards. The beta community was smaller, tighter, more mature and generally more pleasant. The 'i 0wnz0r j00' brigade were a minority and it was a much more enjoyable game as a result.

Bottom line is people are taking this game waaaaaaaaaaaaay too seriously. Lighten up, have fun, don't be afraid to die. Its only a chuffing game after all....

 

[old.Lonewolf]

Ooo I am a phaanargod sjcpwpnpc thingymabob

What the hell is that anyhow....?

 

[Flimgoblin]

I think it's some place that the alien's in Robert Rankin's book come from...

(hence Penge and Brentford)

On the US servers:
Mythic said they don't mind duel events (i.e. proper staged fights rather than people letting the enemy kill them ... subtle difference) but they also don't mind duel-spoiling events.

Having 8 middies stand around without wielding whilst the 8 albs kill all but the healer, ress and then reverse the process...
That's RP farming and is against the CoC.

Having 8 middies and 8 albs watch whilst they fight one on one duels is ok to an extent, but noone's going to come help you when another 8 mids come along and slaughter the other duelists.
(or if 16 hibbies come along for that matter )

 

[old.chipper]

yeah i remeber that keri but towards end of beta our little pact seemed to cease as more and more ppl joined the game.
i agree beta was so much more fun it was played with a light hearted manner there was much more friendless but maybe that was because u could go onto another realm and talk to those ppl who u fought on the battle field i did so many times with hothnogg (btw where is he) i miss beta terribly would love the game to be like that now but i know it will never happen so ill just have to live with it like so many others will

/salute the beta krew back when times where good

 

[Herbal Remedy]

/salutes chipper even though he is still a tart

 

[old.Jable]

/salutes the beta too. it was better, no question.

 

[Aeiedil]

/salute

i may have only been a level 25 druid, but i could at least try and poision those purples even if it would never stick, such as on Licker hehe

 

[--Eraser--]

Originally posted by Lonewolf
This is WAR lad! Not fooking playground games!

in fact i agree with u this idea isnt in the way this game was designed for and me personally would find this events also boring...

but u take it FAAAR to seriously, mate.
its not a war, its still a game. the background of the whole thing here isnt that surreal, so try to dont let overwhealm yourself from your emotions

 

[Danya]

Originally posted by Aeiedil
/salute

i may have only been a level 25 druid, but i could at least try and poision those purples even if it would never stick, such as on Licker hehe

Haha, yeah licker was so much higher than the rest of alb it was silly... Course these days he rerolls every 5 mins so is about level 15.
Still Beta was fun, I was far too low level to really do much for most of beta but it was still quite fun.