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PK Basics Class

Post by Prya » Mon Jun 27, 2022 9:59 am

Summary: PK Basics class taught by Lord Draz
Point of view: Accepted Prya
Main character: Draz
Minor characters: Ruby, Prya, Adanell, Glave

Draz says 'first and foremost, survival in pk comes down to zone knowledge, and taking
responsibility for yourself.'

Draz says 'that responsibility can literally break down to choosing a leader who will take
responsibility for you, but thats for a different discussion.'

Ruby nods at Draz.

Draz says 'now, breaking these down, zone knowledge, is what will allow you to be mobile, to
regroup, to doubleline from danger, to be predictable or not, and to get safe'

Draz says 'we can teach you skills, give you equipment, come to your aid,.. and without this, you
will die, again and again.'

Adanell nods in agreement.

You wince and nod.

Glave ponders life, the universe, and everything.

Draz says 'if I were teaching the opposite of this class it would be to break down the group you're fighting, and separate those without knowledge or skills, and kill them'

Draz says 'do you all play with maps?'

You nod in agreement.

Adanell nods in agreement.

Glave nods in agreement.

Draz says 'have any of you not, ever, reentered into a pk sitution and eaten a bash'

Adanell shakes her head.

You look around sheepishly.

Adanell says 'always got bashed'

You say 'I've done that more times than I can count'

Draz nods in agreement.

Draz says 'ok'

Glave says 'I haven't, but I've done very little pk'

Draz says 'so I teach survival in a couple of different modes'

Draz thinks hard.

Draz says 'wait'

Draz says 'do any of you not know what the terms doubleline, and stacked commands, mean, and do any of you not know how to doubelline'

Ruby says 'Walking back into bashes, stabs, and weaves is a painful lesson'

Adanell says 'i know basically what dline is'

Adanell says 'the theory of it'

You say 'I do know how to dline, but never think to do it in the middle of combat. Rarely do I know a zone well enough to find a room to do it from'

Draz nods in agreement.

Draz says 'ok'

Draz says 'so, I don't think much of the way others teach dline, so I'm going to cover that first'

Draz says 'what a double line consists of, is any command that you enter, during fleelag.'

Draz says 'you cannot doubleline without fleelag, subsequent commands after a doubleline are what are called stacked commands, not a doubleline.'

Adanell nods in agreement.

Draz says 'generally speaking, in the vast majority of pk situations, you should be able to tell
almost instantaneously from looking at the map if there is a safe doubeline opportunity'

Draz says 'and what it consists of, is if there is a way you can stack a command, so that after
fleeing, you do not reenter the room'

Draz says 'does that make sense?'

You nod in agreement.

Draz says 'all follow me'

Draz beckons everyone to follow him.

You now follow Draz.

Glave now follows Draz.

Ruby now follows Draz.

Adanell now follows Draz.

Bend in the Graveled Path
[ obvious exits: S W ]

Draz says 'what is a safe dline from this room'

Draz says 'everyone answer, quickest answers appreciated'

Adanell says 'west'

Draz says 'west works'

Draz says 'what else'

You say 'w or s'

Draz nods in agreement.

Draz says 'what is a dline and stacked command you might enter'

Draz patiently twiddles his thumbs.

Adanell says 'flee west west?'

Draz says 'sure.'

Draz says 'anyone else?'

You tap your finger to your lips

You say 'flee south south?'

Draz says 'sure'
Draz says 'ANYTHING that doesnt bring you back here'

A Graveled Path
[ obvious exits: N E W ]

Draz says 'what about this room'

Draz says 'what safe dline do you have'

Ruby says 'south'

Draz says 'fast answer'

Draz says 'no.'

Draz says 'next?'

Adanell says 'north, east or west'

Draz says 'wrong'

Draz says 'next?'

Adanell says 'south could bring you back in'

Adanell says 'or west or east lol, sorry'

Draz says 'a command that you can stack'

Draz says 'fleeing from this room'

Draz winks suggestively.

Draz says 'that will not reenter this room'

Adanell says 'north north'

Draz says 'sure, a dline and a stacked command'

Draz leaves west riding a gray palfrey. <<
Adanell leaves west riding a warhorse. <<
Ruby leaves west riding a warhorse. <<
Glave leaves west. <<
You follow someone.

The Great Square
[ obvious exits: N E S W ]

Draz says 'from this room, right now for you, what is a safe dline'

You say 'maybe none?'

Draz says 'glave, your answer is different to everyone else's :)'

Adanell says 'west'

Draz says 'nope'

Draz says 'correct'

Draz says 'glave?'

Glave says 'having trouble with my map ;)'

Draz says 'ah'

You say 'but if you flee south west would fail right?'

Draz says 'glave, as you're dism'

Draz says 'thats fine'

Draz says 'who cares'

You ponder life, the universe, and everything.


Draz says 'if u flee s and w fails, you're in a room with good easy safe dlines'

You say 'I see. The goal is just to not reenter the room'

Draz says '100%'

You say 'Not to actually get that direction'

You nod in agreement.

Draz says 'do not reenter the room'

Adanell says 'and that is where i have been going wrong'

Draz says 'so almost every room '

Draz says 'oh'

Draz says 'glave'

Draz says 'type resetqueue'

* R HP:Healthy SP:Bursting MV:Fresh >
resetqueue
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[269] = "w",
[270] = "w",
[271] = "w",
[272] = "w",
[273] = "n",
[274] = "s",
[275] = "w",
[276] = "w",
[277] = "w",
[278] = "w",
[279] = "w",
[280] = "w",
[281] = "n",
[282] = "l",
[283] = "l",
[284] = "l",
first = 263,
last = 284,
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checkleftvalue = <function 1>,
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(wotmudmapper): Queue reset. 22 command(s) was/were removed.

Draz says 'we all do'

Tarlomen's Gate
[ obvious exits: N S ]

Glave says 'done'

Draz says 'now'

Draz says 'if you wanted to dline from this room'

Draz says 'what would you choose, ladies'

You say 'e or w'

Draz says 'good choice, wanted to trick you I did'

You chuckle politely.

The Warders' Practice Yard

Draz says 'aight'

Draz says 'that was just a type lesson'

Draz says 'now a few things you can add to this, with respect to dlines and running'

Draz says 'most of the pkers on here have been pking for 10+ years'

Draz says 'some 20+'

Draz says 'some getting close to 30.'

Draz says 'so chasing the person fleeing, is ingrained'

Draz says 'so it is very seldom a good choice to just dline and sit there'

Bend in the Graveled Path
[ obvious exits: S W ]


Draz says 'if you flee from here, I will hit w w k xxxx, s e, k xxx'

Draz thinks hard.

Draz says 'actually that's not a great example'

Draz says 'if im hitting someone here'

Draz says 'they're probably someone i think will die'

Draz says 'so they're probably not someone who will dline effectively'

Draz nudges you.

Adanell coughs loudly.

Adanell blushes.

Draz says 'so not you guys, in future'

Glave blushes.

Draz says 'so.. when fleeing, when you have a predictable dline, I like to ingrain a habit to include a stacked command or two'

You nod in agreement.

Draz says 'for example fleeing from here,.. dline w, s w'

Draz says 'puts you at jimar'

Draz says 'which isn't actually a great room'

Draz says 'but as soon as you've moved more than 2 rooms, the possibilities for someone 'randomly' chasing you reduce hugely'

Draz says 'in that case if you then went say.. s w again'

You follow Draz.

The Sunset Gate
[ obvious exits: E W ]

Draz says 'you have mob support, and gate defences'
Draz says 'now..an advantage for fcs particularly, you have high will'

Draz says 'you can literally bounce from gate to gate here'

Draz says 'fleeing, dline, and move'

Draz says 'never building enough fleelag to eat a bash'

Draz says 'as in never.'

Draz says 'everyone understand what I mean there?'

Adanell nods in agreement.

Draz says 'aight'

Adanell says 'i think so'

Glave nods in agreement.

You nod in agreement.

Ruby nods in agreement.

Draz says 'so, running, and moving, mobility is important'

Draz says 'and refresh is one of the biggest advantages you have'

Draz says 'on an fc you shouldn't ever run a horse hagg, even if you're going to dism and run after'

Draz says 'because if someone hits you on a hagg horse you cant flee before bash, you need to dism, which will give them long enough to land a bash'

Draz says 'so if running, run your horse low moves, get off the main path by more than 1 room, dism, lead, fresh, and ride'

Draz says 'if you get hit, that horse is gone, carry vials to get in'

Adanell nods in agreement.

You nod thoughtfully.

Draz says 'if your horse is eqd and you are confident in your mobility, same thing just without the
refresh, stop in places you know you have a safe dline'

Ruby says 'Having at least one vial on you is super important'

Draz nods at Ruby.

Draz says 'it is very seldom useful to stand at anything without a safe dline unless its a choke and you're using it as one'

Draz says 'ok'

Draz says 'that was basics of dline, stacking commands after flee, not hagging your horse,
refreshing quickly'

Draz says 'there is a skill called refresh riding which is doing the same thing in a group, its good
to know it'

Adanell blows the smoke away from the end of her quill as it overheats

Draz says 'not reentering a room where a bash could be running'

Draz says 'which counts the same for stab'

Draz thinks hard.

Draz says 'right stab'

Draz says 'there are people on this game who have never eaten a stab'

Draz says 'there are people on this game who don't practice notice'

You boggle at that.

Adanell says 'I am deffo not one of them'

Draz says 'you are not those'

Draz nods in agreement.

You nod in agreement.

Glave ponders life, the universe, and everything.

Draz says 'now, during pk specifically, but as a general rule of thumb, any time you are not in a
place that is intrinsically safe'

Draz says 'and just to be clear..this room is not intrinsically safe'

The Warders' Practice Yard
[ obvious exits: N E S W ]

Draz says 'you should be engaged with the game at all times'

You say 'You mean 'no hide' by intrinsically safe?'

Draz says 'even a no hide isn't necessarily safe'

Draz says 'i've stabbed people dead mag sq, caemlyn square, in cityheads. etc'

You peer closely at him, trying to figure him out.

Draz says 'a particular mc slept someone who KNEW he was there in a nohide that had anti stab mobol'

Draz says 'the mc then incind him and killed him in one weave'

You frown.

Draz says 'clan rooms are typically intrinsically safe'

Draz says 'you can also consider most nohides and cityheads as safe'

Draz says 'if you're wandering around fal dara and stop in a random room, it's not intrinsically
safe'

Draz says 'if you are spamming from fal dara to Tarwin's gap and hagg your horse, its not
intrinsically safe'

Draz says 'etc'

Adanell nods in agreement.

Draz says 'now whether you spam look, whether you spam diagnose, whether you just dont stay in a room for 3 seconds, ever, is up to you'

Draz says 'but..there is seldom a reason to take the risk of not doing one of those'

Draz says 'oh or spam k dark, or, for fcs, spam weave short weave h.xxx'
Ruby says 'I'm a big fan of spamming diagnose h.dark'

Draz says 'doesn't cost you moves, makes them think they can stab you, etc'

Draz says 'now'

Draz says 'if you were doing that'

Draz says 'and you aren't 100% sure you can engage, or land a weave, before a stab lands once you discover they're in your room'

Draz says 'the correct option is..?'

Ruby says 'Leave the room'

Adanell says 'run'

Draz nods at Ruby.

You tell Ruby 'what does it do to diagnose h.dark? would that interrupt a bash or stab?'

Draz says 'running implies.. a lot'

Draz says 'you wanna drive a rogue crazy?'

Ruby tells you 'It won't interrupt, but you'll get a message saying their health. It doesn't cost
moves to spam it, where k h.dark takes 1 move each time'

Draz says 'walk slowly through a zone'

Ruby snickers softly.

Adanell chuckles politely.

Draz says 'but never long enough to eat a stab'

You tell Ruby 'got it thank you'

Draz snickers softly.

Draz says 'ok'

Draz says 'that's never eating a stab'

Draz thinks hard.

Draz says 'now in combat'

Draz says 'a good offence is the best defence'

Ruby tells you 'I usually use it every second while I'm in the blight or between every combat round when I'm clearing mobs in the blight'

Draz says 'i teach a class how to never lose a fight to an abser'

Draz says 'generally i start it by beating the crap out of a few fcs :)'

Adanell chuckles politely.

Draz says 'then they start to get it and I get tooasssted'

You nod in agreement.

Adanell says 'i was oging to sssay that sounded a good class, until then'

You say 'I need that class'

Draz says 'now this can involve higher level skills, that someone like ruby can teach you'

Draz says 'which would involve things like fleeing before bashes, status weaves, etc'

Ruby blushes.

Draz says 'but the biggest takeaway from that class'

Draz says 'is don't ever buff more than 2 bashers at once'

Draz says 'and if you're bashed'

You nod in agreement.

Draz says 'you can always, always, land a long weave before their next bash'

Draz says 'if the only thing you do is hit weave xxx'

Ruby nods in agreement.

Draz says 'during your bash lag'

You tap a finger to your lips.

Draz says 'if you're in combo, or in good enough dodge to dodge..lets say 1/4 hits'

Draz says 'you can beat any abser in the game just with that'

Adanell says 'really?'

Draz says 'or combo user for that matter'

Ruby says 'You'll likely win that war of attrition, since you might parry their attacks while you're
bashed, but your weave won't ever miss (unless you fail, of course)'

Draz says 'if ice spikes does..75 dmg'

Adanell nods in agreement.

Draz says 'and they land '

Draz says 'oh right'

Draz says 'this is on average'

Draz says 'someone might land 100% of bashes against you'

Draz says 'which honestly.. run?'

Ruby mutters under her breath, "Malfeasor."

You nod in agreement.

Adanell says 'so you can start a weave whilst you are bashed?'

Draz says 'malfeasor bashes at 65%, chill him and you're fine, just dont engage on him if another basher is bashing you'

Draz says 'you can 'stack' a weave while you're bashed'

Draz says 'also that was a misnomer, don't buff someone who has malf as a dodge fc without wvd on'

Draz says 'when he's not under batt'

Draz says 'now'

Draz says 'couple more skills to add'

Draz says 'the thing about don't ever dline into a bash'

Draz says 'also don't let people just bash you'

Draz says 'if ds enter your room and hgit you'

Draz says 'a bash IS rolling'

Draz says 'flee.'

You nod in agreement.

Draz says 'like, again and again'

Draz says 'I hit fc, she doesn't react, bash, and now there is a batt fc'

Draz says 'you have good fleelag, you can use dlines, you don't even need to dline that first flee'

Draz says 'just dont eat an engagement bash'

Draz says 'now if you're spamming long weave a particular target'

Draz says 'and ds enter'

Draz says 'and you start rolling'

Draz says 'hooboy, he's in for a surprise if he misses bash, and you land a weave, and he then eats a bash in missed bash lag..and 2 more spikes'

Draz says 'but that's basically it'

You say 'Can I ask a question about fleeing off bashes?'

Draz says 'yes'

You say 'If I'm in a group'

Draz says 'hrmm'

Draz says 'that was the next bit'

Draz nods in agreement.

Draz says 'if you're in a group, unless you're specifically called to stay in'

You say 'I worry that if I flee off the person on me engages on someone else'

Draz says 'thats fine'

You say 'And they won't want to buff that many'

Draz says 'f— em.'

You chuckle politely.

You say 'Got it'

Adanell says 'straight forward'

Draz says 'you being in pk'

Draz says 'weaving long weaves'

Draz says 'and not eating a stab or bash'

Draz says 'is so much safer for them'

You say 'So just flee, wait for bash timer to be over and go back in and reengage'

Draz says 'mmm'

Draz says 'honestly you learn a bit of back and forth'

You nod in agreement.

Draz says 'higher level maybe you flee, reenter, they've engaged someone else, hit and start weavin'

Draz says 'but at this level'

Draz says 'flee'

Draz says '3 seconds'

Draz says 'ensuring noone running a stab timer on you'

Draz says 'enter, engage, weave'

Draz says 'potentially ask for a target'

You nod in agreement.

Draz snickers softly.

Draz says 'and you can totally flee saying'

Draz says 'cant buff xxx, fleeing'

Ruby nods in agreement.

Draz says 'also the group scenario'

Draz says 'my..never ever eat a bash on engage thing'

Draz says 'was primarily focused on if you're solo or significantly outnumbered'

Draz says 'if you're in a full group, firetruck it, you can take some damage, so long as you're
outputting'

Draz says 'ok'

Draz says 'never things'

You say 'I see, thank you'

Draz says 'dodge, autowimpy is your friend'

Draz says 'but being at autowimpy sucks'

Draz says 'so as soon as you're batt, check hps, set wimpy to 1 under'

Draz says 'does anyone other than ruby want to tell me why not to have it set at your current hps?'

Ruby grins evilly.

You glance around.

You say 'No idea'

Adanell says 'sorry, don't know'

Glave says 'not sure'

Ruby raises her hand.

Draz snickers softly.

Draz says 'ok'

Ruby says 'If autowimpy is at your current hps, a missed bash will cause you to flee. That means your weave that's rolling will get interrupted instead of landing'

Draz says 'correct'

You say 'Ahhhh I see'

Draz says 'you know the example i gave before'

Draz says 'now'

Draz says 'autofleeing out of bashes'

Draz says 'either before the first round, and almost always before the second'

Draz says 'is..useful yes'

Ruby tells you 'viewforum.php?f=102'

Draz says 'aight'

Draz says 'sorry'

Draz says 'what else was i meant to cover, and what didnt make sense'

Ruby says 'Oh'

Adanell says 'it all made sense, just need to practice it to get it into muscle memory'

Draz says 'shoot'

Draz nods in agreement.

Draz says 'particularly'

Draz says 'oh'

Ruby says 'What about an autowimpy flee vs a regular flee?'

Draz says 'wait'

Draz says 'if you're using autowimpy, rely on that if u can'

Draz says 'but usually you should be able to flee before a bash can land'

Draz says 'now there is another skill'

Draz says 'let's say you're fighting someone who’s very very good'

Draz says 'you flee, and they hit you instantly, flee instantly, hit you, flee instantly,..hit you'

Draz says 'you might flee '

Draz says 'ruby fd now'

Draz gives a Tower guard an order.
A Tower guard now follows Draz.

Draz says 'someone dism pls'

Draz waves.

Adanell stops riding a warhorse.

Draz stops riding a gray palfrey.

Draz starts riding a warhorse.

Draz leaves south riding a warhorse. vv

A Tower guard leaves south. vv
Ruby leaves south riding a warhorse. vv

Lord Agelmar narrates 'To arms! Fal Dara is under attack!'

You tell Draz 'Thank you! Very helpful!'

The Fal Dara alarm horn sounds loudly.

Glave says 'was that the end of the class?'

You chuckle politely.

You say 'They were called to assist in Fal Dara'

Adanell says 'i think so, sounds like an emergency'

You say 'That was extremely helpful!'

Adanell says 'was indeed'

Adanell nods in agreement.