11-10-2007, 10:03 PM
Maka, I already said we have been using two definitions of "gank," and I thought I was clear which one I was using. Everything you just described was more what I (we?) would call PvP, and I think most everyone would agree that it sounds interesting. Still, not suprisingly, it is almost entirely scroll-based.
INs PvP was definitely not only item-based. Scrolls weren't necessary, but they were still used quite often. Every feature of PvP was used. Here, even under the circumstances you described, it is based only on a few parts of PvP.
To add to that, there were also people the consistantly fought in 10k worth of equipment in a world where 40k was the norm and 100k was uncommon. They were good enough to take the beating and still win. Our PvP was also about reading people, but also about staying calm. Lets say you are both low HP, and you try to FS me down. You drink a mana potion, and right before your last FS hits, I drink an invis potion. Then, at the bottom left of your screen, you see Kal Vas Flam, and when I cast me second one, you are screwed because you can't drink a heal pot, and your heal is coming too late.
But then, what if you started whailing on your GH scrolls, and managed to survive?
We had just as many tricks, but like I said they also involved using shields, bandages, and also risking more expensive equipment for the advantage it will give.
But eh. I guess ill just start running around naked with some axe. Maybe a bow. When people start fighting back with weapons, ill start wearing armor again.
But, I won't be able to do much without scrolls, so ill have to work on that I suppose.
INs PvP was definitely not only item-based. Scrolls weren't necessary, but they were still used quite often. Every feature of PvP was used. Here, even under the circumstances you described, it is based only on a few parts of PvP.
To add to that, there were also people the consistantly fought in 10k worth of equipment in a world where 40k was the norm and 100k was uncommon. They were good enough to take the beating and still win. Our PvP was also about reading people, but also about staying calm. Lets say you are both low HP, and you try to FS me down. You drink a mana potion, and right before your last FS hits, I drink an invis potion. Then, at the bottom left of your screen, you see Kal Vas Flam, and when I cast me second one, you are screwed because you can't drink a heal pot, and your heal is coming too late.
But then, what if you started whailing on your GH scrolls, and managed to survive?
We had just as many tricks, but like I said they also involved using shields, bandages, and also risking more expensive equipment for the advantage it will give.
But eh. I guess ill just start running around naked with some axe. Maybe a bow. When people start fighting back with weapons, ill start wearing armor again.
But, I won't be able to do much without scrolls, so ill have to work on that I suppose.

