A thought of mine, whilst at Mara Central

Hello there. Fo those who dont know me, I am xAJx from Recursion. Many
people call Recursion the 'Carebear' server and that it is not the
place to be. I've been there since it was Regression, so to me, its
home / The main point I wanted to make about this post is simple:
What is fair? I know there have been many posts regarding this subject,
and it usually end up with the author of the post getting flamed and
then locked down by admin, but I seriously dont think this post will
*Crosses fingers and hopes* so please, no flaming or targeting anyone.



I am quite active when it comes to PvP. Have been since I was lv 45.
Its fun -  an instance wasw when Zion too over the Merovingian
outpost in 0-1.There may be circumstances where it isnt. Someone
stealing your Widows Moor Glasses you have been at the archives for 4
days trying to get as an example (More commonly known as 'Ninja
Looting'). I have always laughed off a defeat, said good fight to them
and continued in the fray. Its the best way to do it, if you get
annoyed, you just know that you are going to become a target for PvP.
You'll get the /tells telling you to *CENSORED*, get the abuse in Area chat
and then it gets a /ccr. I would love to know the statistics on a /ccr
for PvP abuse which originally started with the person moaning.



The words 'Ganked'. 'Rapped' along with others have slipped into MxO,
where more than one (or a whole faction in some instances) take out one
target. To me, it takes away the fun of PvP, and this is where the
majority of /ccr complains lie and the abuse starts. I said before, I
dont want to moan, so I am just putting my thoughts down. I know many
friends in PvP (from many orgs) and its always good to have fun. This
is something that I witnessed the other day:

• Between 4 - 7 people turn there flags on. A light PvP starts - equal with Zion, Merovingian and Machine


• 1 org gets beat, and they call reinforcements - enter 7 people from them.


• They gank and ake out the threat - another org calls reinforcements - twice as many


• Repeat steps 2 and 3 and we witness the PvP action of Recursion

After long this gets boring, and the PvP dies out. So this is my
findings on PvP. I am not accusing anyone, flaming anyone or attacking
anyone directloy - just finding I have found and wish to express them
with you all. They say the rule for PvP is : If you see red, then your
dead. Keep it real guys, and thanx for reading.

 I am from Vector. Hostile, non-carebear - whatever.   And it should be frimly pointed out that the two formats (hostile and non) are completely and radically different.  The way you play, the way you think are always considering when i run through this door will there be a big red there to kill me.  Without sneak coat i pity those who must level up.  However, back to the point.

 PvP on our server is a matter of territory.  One org will be in an area and eventually another will find this and try and take them out.  Now for me (i am only 41 but have been PvPing with the 50's since 27+ [hacker - duh]) when i see a sea of red the only strike i can make against them is to kill someone before i get raped - and believe me if you try and take on even a higher level in the midst of a sea of reds you will get knived, hacked, shot and spat on within moments you'll be hitting reconstruct.  So always i use sneak coat, and kill only those i can destroy within the 2 hits i have before i am forced to run.  A bonus of this is that on occaision i am followed and am then able to kill my pursuer far from the help and protection they were enjoying.  Occaisionally there are zerg wars where it will be mass Vs mass but i stay out of that.  I am an easy target and in those situations my team will be far to busy to help me live - and i don't like dying.

 So, to finish, I happily kill lower level reds when they are in a PvP area (mara c generally). Ganking? yes - but perhaps the only blow i can strike in the war effort.  Zerging, and calling reinforcements when being outfought, is inevitable.  So kill em but don't hang around.  And in turf wars over areas like mara - it is dirty and nasty and the stuff of life.

One more thing.  The 3 org system is brilliant - it keeps things interesting and the fleeting alliances made whilst fighting superior numbers is vital to community.  At sometime our enemies might need to be our allie - never forget.  Oh, and the 16 you ganked, he will get to 50 one day.