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Imagine a world (Gruesome PVP Combat Descriptions) - Not for the faint of heart

IYIIYI Member, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
in General Discussion

You log into the server you picked just after installing the game all your friends got you hyped for. After completing the starting quest and achieving your first mount, and set of beginner gear you notice an odd crowd just on the edge of the next zone you were prompted to enter. You cross the border to the next zone and *BOOM* you're dead; You just got farmed by the group of epic pvp gamers that prey on the new players to their server.
You get reassured by your friends that it's normal for that to happen and they encourage you to just forget about it and they say they're going to come and get you from the border and take you to the nearby town. You type /sit and begin to wait for your friends.

-Time Passes-

You see your friends approaching the border of the zone you cannot enter due to the group of epic pvp gamers. As they get closer you notice that the group of epic pvp gamers starting to notice the small group of friends making their way down the path. *The epic pvp gamers all cloak and setup an ambush* You try to tell your friends there are a group of epic pvp gamers but they're still laughing at you for dying to the group of epic pvp gamers. *All your friends die and lose the materials they were bringing with them to give to you* One of your friends gets mad at you and begins to cuss you out for not telling them that there was a group of epic pvp gamers. You tell your friends it's no longer worth it and that you've wasted 4 hours of your evening just trying to leave your spawn to play with them. *You log out and uninstall the game*

~Bored + Tired/shitpost, only lols in the comments 😴😛

"Imagine dying to a broken sword."
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Comments

  • VmanGmanVmanGman Member, Braver of Worlds, Kickstarter, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    WoW’s and New World’s safe little worlds with opt-in PvP are there for you. Have fun!
  • CROW3CROW3 Member, Alpha Two
    Verra is a dangerous place. Enter at your own risk.
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  • daveywaveydaveywavey Member, Alpha Two
    Cool story bro
    This link may help you: https://ashesofcreation.wiki/


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  • akabearakabear Member, Braver of Worlds, Kickstarter, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    This is what happened in the first week of open beta in Lineage 2.
    Those in the starter town island were blocked from getting to the port to cross to the main land.

    There may have been a few that got overly frustrated, but in my case, I recall losing my gear twice when approaching the port, then returning with a much larger group and turning the tables.

    A few of us walked away with better gear than we could have achieved the way we were playing at the time and the joy of overcoming the conflict was far greater than the prior frustration.

    Like most hard things in life!
  • George_BlackGeorge_Black Member, Intrepid Pack, Alpha Two
    The self victimization is strong in this one.
  • AzeemAzeem Member, Alpha Two
    edited November 2020
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    I've been waiting to whip this bad boy out
  • IYIIYI Member, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    psa- my squad is the epic pvp gamers to all the shitters claiming I'm self victimizing 😂😂🤣🤣
    "Imagine dying to a broken sword."
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  • VmanGmanVmanGman Member, Braver of Worlds, Kickstarter, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    IYIed wrote: »
    psa- my squad is the epic pvp gamers to all the shitters claiming I'm self victimizing 😂😂🤣🤣

    Hahahaha
  • SathragoSathrago Member, Alpha Two
    edited November 2020
    IYIed wrote: »

    ~Bored + Tired/shitpost, only lols in the comments 😴😛

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  • George_BlackGeorge_Black Member, Intrepid Pack, Alpha Two
    Shitpost it is.
    Complains about PvP and that it will lead ppl to unistall, then switches it up saying his squad of elite kids will lead players to uninstall.
  • Cold 0ne FTBCold 0ne FTB Member, Alpha One, Adventurer, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    After seeing Steven's DMing style there is no doubt in my mind that this is not changing. You also failed to mention the fact where those players get negative experience form corruption and lose combat prowess. Suddenly if they die they lose a shit ton more xp than you. Unlike a new toon that takes no time to level a higher level toon takes far more. Not to mention the riskes involved in loosing gold/materials.
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    That is not dead which can eternal lie. And with strange aeons even death may die.
  • PercimesPercimes Member
    Cold 0ne FTB wrote: »
    After seeing Steven's DMing style there is no doubt in my mind that this is not changing. You also failed to mention the fact where those players get negative experience form corruption and lose combat prowess. Suddenly if they die they lose a shit ton more xp than you. Unlike a new toon that takes no time to level a higher level toon takes far more. Not to mention the riskes involved in loosing gold/materials.

    Since there is no deleveling, a max level character is not affected by experience dept (unless there is a reputation/faction kind of exp). Losing gold and materials can be easily avoided by not carrying any when planing to mess with lowbies. Crappy gear is probably enough to massacre them at first. The only real penalty is the combat prowess degradation, and that is only if their targets had been non-combatants and didn't fight back.

    A call for help from the lower levels (some may be alts with friends and guild mates) would bring other high levels, with no penalties to their combat prowess and in normal gear, to defend the area. Switching character for a time can work on the patience of these defenders. Log on an alt elsewhere in the world to level or mess with other people and come back 30-35 minutes later to kill a few more. Switch back. You're now wasting the time of both the lower levels and the higher ones. Some people like to mess with others and call this pvp, I can't fathom what's the fun, but grief play appeal to some, even if only for a few nights.

    I doubt this will become "a thing" in AoC. Oh, it will happen, but I don't know to what degree and how players will deal with it.
    Be bold. Be brave. Roll a Tulnar !
  • AtamaAtama Member, Braver of Worlds, Kickstarter, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    You forgot the last part of the story where the “epic PvPers” get destroyed by bounty hunters who kill their corrupted arses and take all their loot.
     
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  • daveywaveydaveywavey Member, Alpha Two
    Atama wrote: »
    You forgot the last part of the story where the “epic PvPers” get destroyed by bounty hunters who kill their corrupted arses and take all their loot.

    Yaaaaaay! I like a happy ending :)
    This link may help you: https://ashesofcreation.wiki/


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  • mcstackersonmcstackerson Member, Phoenix Initiative, Royalty, Kickstarter, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    edited November 2020
    Percimes wrote: »
    Cold 0ne FTB wrote: »
    After seeing Steven's DMing style there is no doubt in my mind that this is not changing. You also failed to mention the fact where those players get negative experience form corruption and lose combat prowess. Suddenly if they die they lose a shit ton more xp than you. Unlike a new toon that takes no time to level a higher level toon takes far more. Not to mention the riskes involved in loosing gold/materials.

    Since there is no deleveling, a max level character is not affected by experience dept (unless there is a reputation/faction kind of exp).

    You don't delevel but having an exp debt will weaken you in combat as well as reduce drop rates from monsters (just learned this one).
    player death
  • IYIIYI Member, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    edited November 2020
    Everybody took this post so seriously it's pretty funny ( ͡• ͜ʖ ͡• ) Hopefully no one is butthurt or annoyed over the topic but let me slap another one of these memes together.

    ~~~~~
    Dual Shields is a stupid concept. It's like rolling with a raid group that is absolutely terrible at raiding as a healer and no matter what you do everyone keeps dying. The same thing will happen to the dumb-ass person who roles a 2 shield tank, he may be able to tank everything but eventually the rest of his team will die and he can do nothing about it lololol.
    ~~~~~

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    P.S. Roll an actual team comp when doing certain activities.
    "Imagine dying to a broken sword."
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  • AtamaAtama Member, Braver of Worlds, Kickstarter, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    IYIed wrote: »
    Dual Shields is a stupid concept. It's like rolling with a raid group that is absolutely terrible at raiding as a healer and no matter what you do everyone keeps dying. The same thing will happen to the dumb-ass person who roles a 2 shield tank, he may be able to tank everything but eventually the rest of his team will die and he can do nothing about it lololol.
    Luckily for you, dual shields have already been ruled out by the developers. That is not an option in Ashes.

    /topic
     
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  • IYIIYI Member, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    Atama wrote: »
    IYIed wrote: »
    Dual Shields is a stupid concept. It's like rolling with a raid group that is absolutely terrible at raiding as a healer and no matter what you do everyone keeps dying. The same thing will happen to the dumb-ass person who roles a 2 shield tank, he may be able to tank everything but eventually the rest of his team will die and he can do nothing about it lololol.
    Luckily for you, dual shields have already been ruled out by the developers. That is not an option in Ashes.

    /topic

    good ( ͡• ͜ʖ ͡• )
    "Imagine dying to a broken sword."
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  • NagashNagash Member, Leader of Men, Kickstarter, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    I need to make a PvP Bell meme for these posts
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    The dead do not squabble as this land’s rulers do. The dead have no desires, petty jealousies or ambitions. A world of the dead is a world at peace
  • IYIIYI Member, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    I hope that all the forum warriors are this vicious in game (⌐■_■)
    "Imagine dying to a broken sword."
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  • AtamaAtama Member, Braver of Worlds, Kickstarter, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    IYIed wrote: »
    I hope that all the forum warriors are this vicious in game (⌐■_■)

    YOU JUST DON'T EVEN KNOW SON!
     
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  • SathragoSathrago Member, Alpha Two
    edited November 2020
    I feel like my senseless hardwork was not appreciated.

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  • AtamaAtama Member, Braver of Worlds, Kickstarter, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    Sathrago wrote: »
    I feel like my senseless hardwork was not appreciated.

    tenor.gif

    *gentle pat on the head*

    *discreetly wipe off my hand*
     
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  • FuryBladeborneFuryBladeborne Member, Braver of Worlds, Kickstarter, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    edited November 2020
    Percimes wrote: »
    Since there is no deleveling, a max level character is not affected by experience dept (unless there is a reputation/faction kind of exp).

    Current death penalties. These scale with increased debt.
    Skill and stat dampening
    Lower health and mana
    Lower gear proficiency
    Reduction in drops from monsters
    Drop a percentage of raw materials
    Damaged gear (Repair costs are intended to matter)

    Additionally,
    Removing corruption through grinding will be impacted by xp debt.
    When an expansion releases with additional levels available, then the previously max level character will have to clear debt to continue leveling.


  • NagashNagash Member, Leader of Men, Kickstarter, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    IYIed wrote: »
    I hope that all the forum warriors are this vicious in game (⌐■_■)

    You are just asking to get ganked, you know that
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    The dead do not squabble as this land’s rulers do. The dead have no desires, petty jealousies or ambitions. A world of the dead is a world at peace
  • PercimesPercimes Member
    FuryBladeborne wrote: »
    Percimes wrote: »
    Since there is no deleveling, a max level character is not affected by experience dept (unless there is a reputation/faction kind of exp).

    Current death penalties. These scale with increased debt.
    Skill and stat dampening
    Lower health and mana
    Lower gear proficiency
    Reduction in drops from monsters
    Drop a percentage of raw materials
    Damaged gear (Repair costs are intended to matter)

    Additionally,
    Removing corruption through grinding will be impacted by xp debt.
    When an expansion releases with additional levels available, then the previously max level character will have to clear debt to continue leveling.


    All these depend on death and corruption. Levels difference can reduce, if not eliminate, the risk of death for the high level. That will depend on how much levels make a difference in the power progression. Maybe it can be mitigated with numbers: if only a few low levels are enough to take down a max level player the hypothetical scenario of this thread won't happen that much. As for corruption, the butchered low levels would have to be flagged as non-combatant for the attacker to receive any, thus even that is not guaranteed.
    Be bold. Be brave. Roll a Tulnar !
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