Killstealing at the frontier

[old.Hendrick]

Let's say you are running around the frontier alone. Maybe because you are bored, maybe you are on a shopping-trip to your relic keep or you'd just like to pop over to your guild's claimed outpost and fortify the doors there.

Now you run and run and nothing happens, when suddenly you come across a person from another realm with seemingly similiar intentions like yourself.
Weee! One on one! Oh the fun, you think, and charge into battle.

You get mezzed and watch the silly skald stare at you dumbly while you ready your dirty-trick-move in all calmness, then he starts thwacking you and you throw dirt in his eyes. You beat him up real nicely and bring him down to 10% health with loosing almost nothing of your own and you grin broadly on your seat because the enemy does not have IP and will go down in a second.

Then he does go down, but only because someone else came along and just dumped a fireball in the trolls arse.

Now I ask you, what would you say to the friendly caster guy?

 

[Pixie.Pebr]

I wouldn't say anything.
In my opinion there ain't no such thing as "killstealing" in the frontier.
If it is alive, help kill it.

 

[Melodic]

I'd probably thank him nicely and move on...

kill stealing, my arse... this is supposed to be a war not some gentleman's game of croquet

 

[old.neenee]

agreed, ks dont exist in rvr, just bundle anything.

i once got told not to ks a briton on excal (way back) i told the troll to suck it and bundled in anyway.

thats the only time ive seen it happen/mentioned.

 

[Danya]

I'd wave to the caster and carry on my way. As noted, it's war not a game of croquet.

 

[old.Psi]

Agreed, so such thing as kill stealing in RvR.

 

[Jupitus]

Been in the casters position a couple of times (aye - I move too slow stealthed) and felt a bit awkward, but I have never ever had anyone complain about this... I would agree with the otehrs - no kill stealing in the frontiers.

Jup.

 

[Sharma]

Originally posted by old.Hendrick

Now I ask you, what would you say to the friendly caster guy?

Wanker

 

[Skrad]

Let me guess... if he didn't cast the spell and the skald's mate destealthed and twatted you, you would be the first to say sarcastically, "oh yeah, thanks for the help you useless ......."

 

[Turamber]

What the others said, its supposed to be a war out there, not some private duel.

 

[Fafnir]

Perhaps we all should stop the zerg, pick out a target and go bash eachother up, until one realm is left standing?

 

[Silent Shadow]

I agree with Turamber

 

[ImLestat]

I agree with what basically everyone already have said.

 

[Azal]

I nearly always say thanks


you never know what might have happened, had situation been reversed you woulda been pissed off to know a realmmate didnt help you and you died cus of it so why complain when they help? just doesn't seem worth it to me.

Besides, get pissed at them and next time they might not help, when you really do need it and if you did most of the dmg u get most of the rp still anyway so it's not like you miss out on much

 

[kr0n]

/y Thanks for help, would've taken him solo tho :>

 

[Uncle Sick(tm)]

Originally posted by kr0n
/y Thanks for help, would've taken him solo tho :>

In other words: being the arrogant arsewipe that you are.
*blinks eyes*

 

[beck-uk]

I agree with everyone. The fact is you will get most of the RPs, the only thing you wont get and what you may be pissed off about is not getting the "UberGod just killed genericMid" type message. If this does piss you off then go play UT or Quake!

Beck
49 Minstrel (full time RVR for the minute) Just feels better killing an orange con!!

 

[SilverHood]

hmm, mixed feelings about that one

It feels very good when you know you just soloed someone 100%, and you know for a FACT that you can take him all the way

Sometime ago, I was was racing about in emain, went LD, and when I pop back, Slayn is there waving.... being unbuffed and slammed the minute I make a move, I thought I'd show him.... he hits bloody hard, but after IP, the fight was going my way... one more hit from me would have seen him dead, I was still at over 50% hp... and some skald races over and insta dd's him to death...

Ofcourse, I thought, bloody skald interupting an excellent fight, but ofcourse, you don't say this out loud.
I knew for a fact that I had beaten Slayn solo (with IP ), but had I really? Some could argue I didn't take him solo, cos I had "help".

Sometimes, its killing fameous enemies, or rivals on the field that makes this game enjoying to play.
I love my one on one's with Shane, think he's leading the score by one atm, so if I was fighting him, and somebody else assisted, it takes away that feeling of victory that I would have felt otherwise. It also meant that the kill didn't count on my personall tally, and I would have to seek him out solo, again (3 times so far- not everyday you meet a solo paladin in emain )

Of course, I'm gonna be a total hypocrate here... if I saw someone else having a one on one with a hib/alb, I'd go and assist. You help your realm mates; whether they need it or not, and thats really the bottom line here.

 

[Sharma]

When im 50 i wish to have a one-on-one with furball

May stand a better chance now i fight up close rather than blowing things up from afar and dieing the moment it gets to you.

 

[Generic Poster]

If someone said they want to solo, I'd let them get on with it.

Otherwise there's not enough time to stand around and assess the situation. Run in, swords drawn.

 

[old.Krusha]

Originally posted by Skrad
Let me guess... if he didn't cast the spell and the skald's mate destealthed and twatted you, you would be the first to say sarcastically, "oh yeah, thanks for the help you useless ......."

What he said .

 

[Goku TheWarrior]

no such thing as killstealing imo, and like some one said, u dont what might happen, enemy stealthers could be near, the enemy could have FA or IP so I think its best to just jump in and help out as quickly as possible.

 

[old.linnet]

I'd say 'thanks '


Would you have been so upset if he had damage buffed you instead of nuking though?

 

[old.Hendrick]

I'm not that upset really, more interested in other peoples opinion about the matter. Silverhood summed my feelings up pretty nicely.

 

[Lanfaer]

If I see someone having a 1on1 in emain I'll check the health of the mid and alb/hib, if it seems like the mids winning I'll just standby and watch him make another notch on his sword etc. But if it seems like the mid's loosing I'll nuke faster than you can say cheese, cause the melee classes really enjoy their too few 1on1's where they can measure their strenghts .. they really can't do that too well in teh zerg .. and I don't want to ruin their fun

 

[Gabrial]

Originally posted by Uncle Sick(tm)


In other words: being the arrogant arsewipe that you are.
*blinks eyes*

What he said

 

[Rasp]

Originally posted by Azal
I nearly always say thanks


you never know what might have happened, had situation been reversed you woulda been pissed off to know a realmmate didnt help you and you died cus of it so why complain when they help? just doesn't seem worth it to me.

Besides, get pissed at them and next time they might not help, when you really do need it and if you did most of the dmg u get most of the rp still anyway so it's not like you miss out on much

Exactly right. Last night at MMG in emain, I see Cush unstealthed to the right hand side of the wall. I runs over and whacks him a couple of times getting him very low on health. Then who should pop out but Monsieur Azal on my arse. Thankfully I had realm mates close by who came and dispatched them even though i really wanted to smack Cush myself

 

[old.SadonTheGrey]

I'd say omg wtf, how did you land a bolt on him?

Why didn't the 'target in melee' blocking code not kick in?! wtf?!

nerf!!111

 

[spyte]

/Cheer or /Victory and possibly do you need a group

But lets look at this another way:

Your A wizzy and nuke the hell out of a Middie when along comes some Merc and does the final 1/4 dmg what do YOU say

Personally If I see an Alb in a fight with a Mid/Hib I wll not hesitate to send a nuke in, Why because you don't know who is over the next hill and I like my Tanks unengaged and rdy for the next enemy.

Taroc Wizard of 50 Season's & Proud Mrydiddon of the Realms
Breathing Helps Paladin of 49 Season's and God's Warder

 

[Kurfew]

go roll a wizzy


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