11-01-2007, 11:54 PM
Nice post Lindenwood. I feel like you agree with me on a lot of things, but you personally feel that I am a bit of a douche. Totally understandable. I really am sorry for coming off like that, but you and I have much different approaches to the game. I'm glad you are having a good time making what you consider good progress on your skills, with no macroing. Honestly, the gains you have gotten so far seem pretty impressive. However, you've noticed how my frustration w/ my progress has seethed into my posts. I'll try to keep it friendlier in the future.
To answer your questions:
1) Was XUO PvP really mostly based on using spells to kill people? Ive now heard a few times that armor and even weapons aren't that important in XUO PvP, and also everyone seems to mostly be complaining about not having easy magery (or even GM magery).
Don't know because I didn't play there, but it sounds like it probably was. I agree armor and weapons should be a bigger part of PvP, but magery is usually more effective. Magery is super important, and should be one of the most "achievable" skills. By achievable I mean having it not take weeks worth of unattended macroing, and not costing over 100k in regs (both are accurate figures with the current gain).
2) This is for kano and others. Have you guys even tried to do any of the things you keep saying are impossible without those GM skills? I guarantee that two people with an average combat skill of 60 will have just as much fun fighting eachother as two with all their combat skills GMed. Just the same, one person with all GMed combats fighting against those same two people with average combats of 60, will be just as fun.
Have I gone out pking? No. Yes, in theory i would be perfectly happy finding someone with the same skill total as me, and owning him... However, this is not reality. The time I run into someone with GM combats will outweigh however many times I run into a neophyte. For that reason, I've decided to macro my combats before getting to the real business. I know that a LOT of the more hardcore players feel this way.
However, I have gone out hunting with a friend. Lets just say a liche > us. It just irks me to go hunting when I know how much easier it will be with the proper combat skill rating.
To answer your questions:
1) Was XUO PvP really mostly based on using spells to kill people? Ive now heard a few times that armor and even weapons aren't that important in XUO PvP, and also everyone seems to mostly be complaining about not having easy magery (or even GM magery).
Don't know because I didn't play there, but it sounds like it probably was. I agree armor and weapons should be a bigger part of PvP, but magery is usually more effective. Magery is super important, and should be one of the most "achievable" skills. By achievable I mean having it not take weeks worth of unattended macroing, and not costing over 100k in regs (both are accurate figures with the current gain).
2) This is for kano and others. Have you guys even tried to do any of the things you keep saying are impossible without those GM skills? I guarantee that two people with an average combat skill of 60 will have just as much fun fighting eachother as two with all their combat skills GMed. Just the same, one person with all GMed combats fighting against those same two people with average combats of 60, will be just as fun.
Have I gone out pking? No. Yes, in theory i would be perfectly happy finding someone with the same skill total as me, and owning him... However, this is not reality. The time I run into someone with GM combats will outweigh however many times I run into a neophyte. For that reason, I've decided to macro my combats before getting to the real business. I know that a LOT of the more hardcore players feel this way.
However, I have gone out hunting with a friend. Lets just say a liche > us. It just irks me to go hunting when I know how much easier it will be with the proper combat skill rating.