I love Prydwen these days \o/

[Groborthir]

Ok, so, this is a whine post, just like the rest of them, which means if you can't be arsed reading those you need to stop reading here, m'kay?

Just some sporadic whine, because I've been "zerged" over and over today and I want to take it out on FH!

I've spent the last 2-3 weeks soloing, occasionally duo'ing or running with Saitoh and two others at maximum. During the hours I've been soloing I had less fights against other solo enemies than I can count on one hand. Trakold is one, Baldgrim is another, but he was only trying to get some roleplaying material for his movie, so that doesn't count! I've been run down by groups countless times, but hey, it's Emain, I'm asking for it. However! I'd like to think that there's even the smallest reason in assuming that at least on the absolute off peak hours it should be possible to run without getting steamrolled. In general it is, but at some point you're bound to get run over by a group of savants who just got out of fins list or a group of 7 SM's (BUT WTF, IT'S CABALISTS THAT ARE TEH FOTMZ0R?) and a healer. I don't understand the incitement to run with that many at, say, 5 AM, but I'll leave it at that. For instance the other morning where about five BD's with a shaman and a healer took the liberty to lock down AMG.

Mids are complaining about not having enough stuff to kill, but I guess the SM groups running around all the time regardless of enemy status doesn't really help.

"Soloers" complain about there being no solo enemies around. Well duh? As I said, I've been soloing for 2-3 weeks, and I have hardly met a handful of other soloers. Oh, and I have a funny anecdote to go with this! At least I think it's funny! Nilmeia was soloing the other night, and I accidentally killed the dps spammer twice. Teh chantur returns with a bard, whom I kill along with dps spammer. Back comes Nilmeia with a druid, gets killed by a duo or whatever, then comes back with even more people. I found it funny! Well, except when they killed me. All three times. Where are the stubborn morons (commonly referred to as "rp cows") like me who just become vengeful and returns solo, instead of bringing friends? Is it the "screw skills, I'll just outnumber the bastard" sentiment that reigns free?

And last, but not least: Hib stealthers, scum of the earth. Yesterday (I believe) Evex and his bumchums were having a ball at AMG, six in numbers. After a few attempts I finally found some decent alb stealther bait, and this was the result:

In light of that humiliation, Evex and bumchums apparently decided that they wanted to outdo themselves today, so this brings me to:

Prydwen rocks!

Q_Q

 

[Awarkle]

Welcome to emain

I have to keep saying this to my guild mates if you want to solo go to odins or hadrians im sure other people would be there.

Emain = certain death.

 

[Shike]

stealthers roxxors.. tbh.. especially the zerging ones..

about the grps running around any time of day, well, been so the last year, albs done it, mids done it and hibs done it.. no reason to whine about that really

 

[Ivan]

I dont know what to say .... help me here : should Prydwens state be blamed on Natural Evolution or Natural Degradation ?

 

[Corran]

Stubborn as you are and often slaughtered. Them hibs are there as well today, well 1fg some the same some not. However it funny to slaughter them with the group im in atm just to annoy them and give them long trip back

 

[izikiel]

I was in emain an hour or 2 yday

ran into perhaps 1-3 fgs etc....

Pretty decent action

 

[Rustane]

Yeah why do you go to emain ?
Come odins .. mostly its just me and my dd traps there

 

[izikiel]

oopsie.. was on camlann

forgot I was in pryd sections =/

 

[Lerium]

Hmm I'm actualy there playing my shade ...and have to say most of the time I solo/duo now and then Trio because Im farely low RR however that was mainly a guild group and its hard to say "NO you cant group with us" to people you like and get along well with.
I see you about alot in emain Gorb, and must say your one of the few people I dont normaly attack (cause your quite scary) BUT ...if the mincer had'nt poped SL in the middle of us you may have got out alive

(my first post of FH )

 

[Maeloch]

Go odins you n00b! Or do some walking like hibs do and go hadrians.

Mael, 50th ment.

 

[Corran]

oh, and depends on time of day.. till 17:00+ odins/HW is pointless.. Though had some really fun fights last night in them 2 zones after getting bored in odins. The duo i run in done well which makes a change too

 

[Araudry]

the nice morning zergers camping amg like always

 

[Groborthir]

Go odins you n00b! Or do some walking like hibs do and go hadrians.

Mael, 50th ment.

The snow in Odin's make me go blind. No, seriously! :[

Oh, and walking to Hadrian's ... Well ... Yeah ... Uhm, I'm fat and lazy! And cabalist speed isn't what it used to be!

 

[Groborthir]

about the grps running around any time of day, well, been so the last year, albs done it, mids done it and hibs done it.. no reason to whine about that really

Yeah, I know. I think albs had a pickup group out this morning, and that's probably why mids made the SM group that kept farming me. So I blame albs!

 

[sko]

If you solo without speed or stealth in Emain, you're an idiot. If you are a solo caster before ToA, people would mock you and laugh in your face. You are overpowered ! Don't cry babygurl.

 

[Melachi]

The only way to solo and stay sane, is if instead of whineing about when you dont get a solo fight, to appreciate the solo fights you do get.

If you stop using Amber pets you might get solo fights, alot of solo stealthers wont be arsed attacking you when its insta lose becuase of those chain stunners + highest dps baseline spell in the game..

 

[Corran]

Yeah, I know. I think albs had a pickup group out this morning, and that's probably why mids made the SM group that kept farming me. So I blame albs!

because group of albs was 4 when the mids turned up afaik. made a random fg now though and finally got a fg with a cleric and killed the buggers

 

[Boggy]

I solo in Emain (was there this morning) but I never expect to meet other soloers. I only do it when I don't have enough time/patience to get a group.

There ARE a few people solo in Emain, but there are far more people grouped so the odds of you running into a soloer before you encounter a group are small. If you go to popular spots like AMG, as shown in your picture, the odds get even smaller.

DAoC is aimed at grouping and encourages grouping. You can't expect to be successful solo. I expect to die without killing anything everytime I solo. Those times I don't are a bonus.

 

[Belomar]

Baldgrim is another, but he was only trying to get some roleplaying material for his movie, so that doesn't count!

Pfft, I nearly had you! And I was soloing in Odin's the night before that, trying to get more material, and came upon a Nightshade (look hard enough in the intro to the Mid chapter of my movie and you see him just before I fade out). He got to ride my FZ, however, and then humiliated by 40 dmg hits (and dmg shield!) until at 15% a Mid FG added on our nice little fight.

Ah, and your pet is called Bob? He looks an awful lot like George, I bet they're related.

 

[Straef]

I solo Shame we're on same realm then eh grobo And I agree to your whine Get zerged just as mutch and kill even less :x

 

[Groborthir]

If you stop using Amber pets you might get solo fights, alot of solo stealthers wont be arsed attacking you when its insta lose becuase of those chain stunners + highest dps baseline spell in the game..

I'll stop using amber bob when my following requirements have been duly met:
1) Runemasters stop secondary speccing for blue nearsight, thus not having the range advantage at all times against me.
2) Chanters stop using dps debuff and/or baseline stun.
3) SM's stop mezzing and rooting, along with using spec lifedrain which has a higher dps than my baseline lifedrain even when I debuff 50% of its damage.
4) Archers stop using FZ, PS and in hunters' case pet.
5) BD's stop using insta lifedrain and insta body debuff.
6) When one of the other cabalist pet types not being amber gets high intercept rate or a DD+snare nuke.

And there are solo stealthers who can be arsed to jump me, one of them being Trakold, and as far as I know he has still beaten me more times than I have beaten him. :]

 

[remi]

better start that phat moc lifedraining newbie

 

[Wilburn]

I soloed in emain yesterday, and killed a mincer. Think he was called Carpp or smthing(he had shitty matter resists cause I dottet him for around 215 pr. tick).
My 2nd solo kill in emain and my 4th solo kill all in all.
The funny thing here is that I usually get ganked by 4-6 stealthers and look like a pincushion when dead. But then again, I play a shammy and I'm not used to getting alotta killspam but nevertheless I like soloing. (and grobo I KNOW u farmed me numerous times in emain)
sosnotty the gimped shaman u sometimes see getting ganked in emain, playing solo

 

[Ormor]

Thanks for being honest and sharing mate.

 

[remi]

I'll stop using amber bob when my following requirements have been duly met:
1) Runemasters stop secondary speccing for blue nearsight, thus not having the range advantage at all times against me.

You have grey NS , enuff to interupt rm's blue one and get the advantage.

 

[redB]

Just download radar ;o
Really usful for when your trying to solo (And when in groups for that matter!). You can avoid the zergs or get perfect jumps on stuffs that out numbers you.
Tis good ;o

 

[Wazkyr]

Grobor, tell em about last night in emain, we maybe got a little zerged, by the hibs... But they just sucked hardcore (320 dmg AFTER DEBUFF... rox enchanter, i didnt have ressist buffs)

 

[Ormor]

What good are resist buffs when debuffed :l

 

[Boomeruk]

at amg, just now... jumped me and a skald duo

GET A LIFE U FRIGGIN GIMPZ!

 

[Ethild]

A few points I think I should make here,

The class you play is a pretty strong class, and can beat most things quite easily 1v1. MoC LT is obviously strong versus a number of opponents too, all the more reason not to jump you 1v1. It is surely hardly surprising that people tend not to try fight you solo.

Obviously I can completely empathise dieing to 4/5/6 opponents at once though, thats just Zzz.

As for that screenshot this morning, sure there is a lot of hibs there.. but it does tell quite the one sided story. You are aware that group died to 11 alb stealthers approx 10 mins after that? All at amgE. I arrived just in time, to run away again.

In fact, as I'm writing this, I've just seen fg alb stealthers, plus a fg non stealthers gank said hibs one by one in bowl.

I find due the population imbalance, it can only play around this time anyway, anything prime time when the school kiddies are home is just silly stealther wise. I'm sure plenty of other hibs feel the same. Hib just doesn't have the numbers of stealthers to compete with the alb 1/2/3fg stealthers running around. There are normally more albs amgE, than hibs total RvRing in all zones. Its hardly surprising the few active RvRers are going to take advantage of the small period in the day when they can play.