03-26-2012, 08:56 AM
I hide in town because I started 5 days ago, have no skills maxed up and only regs and potions looted off corpses. Most of the blues at the bridge are the same, just like me, started recently and have limited items and skills. Anytime I see people who are blue and look like potential PvPers organize, the PKer's just run away, kite, or recall.
Currently, for me, and many like me, there is no possible way to defeat a team of geared and skill-maxed enemies. Meanwhile, the PKer's at the bridge get their rocks off by gutting any player, sometimes killing or stealing their mounts, and then touting their trademark sayings like they did something amazing, and well, I'm just hoping they're not deterring new players and possibly future PvPers that the PK's so desperately want right now. The behavior I've seen at the bridge isn't a desire for PvP, just a desire for bullying.
I screw around at the bridge for the lols and to steal whatever I can from PK's while I'm there. That's exciting, to get away with loot or escape from a near death. I run around only armed in newbied items because right now with my character there is no point in trying to fight back seriously. As far as serious PvP where I have supplies invested, I don't see myself wasting time at the Brit Bridge.
When my skills are up, and I have a decent amount of supplies, all I expect to see is panicked players spam recall, unless they outnumber me.
Because that's all I've seen so far from watching other players, when I'm running along side them and observing a fight (And hoping to score easy loot). It's easy to escape from a fight when you're losing by spamming or recalling. People talk about 15 minute duels in fizzle pvp, but with pvp now most of the time I see is 4 minute chases where no one dies that should be put to Benny Hill music, or a 1 sec gank of a new player. On occasion, I've seen players trapped, but that's more on luck, then planning, because if you're paying attention it's easy to get out of the way before a wall lands. I'm glad though that the addition of wall spam has altered how players react in world PvP, dynamic is good.
And I'm not creating opinions about you, I don't want to give you that impression, I have no idea who you are in game. I hold no reservations against those fellows, or you, even if I don't agree with their activities, it's all part of the fun. But I agree, the arena's might satisfy those looking for other types of PvP, and I may just decide not to participate in world PvP if people go out of their way to be @sses and then wonder why people don't come back to fight again, who knows. @sshole PKer's have long been a defining example of Ultima Online, and I guess I don't expect that to change, unless the entire server camped them deservedly.
Currently, for me, and many like me, there is no possible way to defeat a team of geared and skill-maxed enemies. Meanwhile, the PKer's at the bridge get their rocks off by gutting any player, sometimes killing or stealing their mounts, and then touting their trademark sayings like they did something amazing, and well, I'm just hoping they're not deterring new players and possibly future PvPers that the PK's so desperately want right now. The behavior I've seen at the bridge isn't a desire for PvP, just a desire for bullying.
I screw around at the bridge for the lols and to steal whatever I can from PK's while I'm there. That's exciting, to get away with loot or escape from a near death. I run around only armed in newbied items because right now with my character there is no point in trying to fight back seriously. As far as serious PvP where I have supplies invested, I don't see myself wasting time at the Brit Bridge.
When my skills are up, and I have a decent amount of supplies, all I expect to see is panicked players spam recall, unless they outnumber me.
Because that's all I've seen so far from watching other players, when I'm running along side them and observing a fight (And hoping to score easy loot). It's easy to escape from a fight when you're losing by spamming or recalling. People talk about 15 minute duels in fizzle pvp, but with pvp now most of the time I see is 4 minute chases where no one dies that should be put to Benny Hill music, or a 1 sec gank of a new player. On occasion, I've seen players trapped, but that's more on luck, then planning, because if you're paying attention it's easy to get out of the way before a wall lands. I'm glad though that the addition of wall spam has altered how players react in world PvP, dynamic is good.
And I'm not creating opinions about you, I don't want to give you that impression, I have no idea who you are in game. I hold no reservations against those fellows, or you, even if I don't agree with their activities, it's all part of the fun. But I agree, the arena's might satisfy those looking for other types of PvP, and I may just decide not to participate in world PvP if people go out of their way to be @sses and then wonder why people don't come back to fight again, who knows. @sshole PKer's have long been a defining example of Ultima Online, and I guess I don't expect that to change, unless the entire server camped them deservedly.