An OOC proposition

[Bivia]

Now the question I have is, is it 'nicer/better' to not return gear to the people who say no in this thread so as to not make their overall experience worse?

*ponder*

Stop. Thats too much thinking for my little brain.

[Razhak]

Sure dont return my gear.

It wont seriously be any other then what happens anyhow. And thats how it should be

[Atienne]

WoW Pvp.

sounds like what is being proposed

[Jaster]

Why even R.I.P and go to circle. Let’s skip that part and heal back to healthy when you go to 0 hps. That way pk won’t have to end, no one dies and spend times in the circle, and we don’t have to worry about gear lost/returned.

[Landon]

I would be ok if Circle time changed to 10 tics.

[isabel]

Why even R.I.P and go to circle. Let’s skip that part and heal back to healthy when you go to 0 hps. That way pk won’t have to end, no one dies and spend times in the circle, and we don’t have to worry about gear lost/returned.

I mean by that same logic..why not change col time to 2 hours, make all gear !notake, have smobs load only 1 item each.. etc. You can dramatically enhance the 'thrill' of losing gear every time you pk.

I'd be totally fine with col time being like 4 tics, and alting time being xrace being 4 mins. More than that is time enough for pk to change quite a bit so it's not really relevant. But the first is coding, and the second will probably happen only after another 10 years (?!).

Imagine if instead of splitting gear, people ONLY split scalps, uniques/rares, and focused more on pk mechanics!

[Rig]

People split basic sets? I give that dung away. My philosophy is if it's 1v1 and I'm having a good time I'll probably drop basics somewhere. More than 1v1 and I'm taking everything to equip my side/put somewhere for people to grab for re eq. Nothing about eq returns should be mandatory.

Pukes have plenty of places to stockpile. You have 6 rents between Cairhien/TV/FD/Maradon. That's 60 rent slots, which is 6 damn near full rekits. Not counting Caemlyn/Baerlon/Amador/Far Madding/Tear/Illian/Mayene/Steddings/EF. Adds up to about 200 rent slots altogether average. Again, plenty of room to store kits. I have 0 remorse for people too lazy to take advantage of all of that space.

[isabel]

Hahaha, I love how the word "lazy" is often used so seriously in the context of a text game that is entirely about entertainment just because people don't want to waste their time on mindless stuff.

I'd rephrase it as "optimisation" - people want to OPTIMIZE their time on wotmud.

The point isn't about rent space either, just as it's not about how hard or easy it is to smob up basic sets - By your logic, LS bonused players shouldn't be bothering about Rank 8 since all they'll get is a personal clan chest..so why are they going for it? Why is hunger/thirst an optional perk when it's so easy to buy a skin/butcher food?

[Joolis]

Damn y'all, we've got it easy. No other MUDs I played in the past even had rents or clan chests. You died, you lost it all and had to scrounge your way back to a full kit. Talk about intense PK.

[Anansi]

Optimize your time by having your rents sorted so that death isn't really an issue and you don't impinge on the rewards earned by those that kill you.

I find you generally fun to engage with and pk with and against Isabel but what you are advocating is a change in the fundamental structure of pk that has been going on since before Rig was a twinkle in his dads eye.

Can't you be happy with getting your kit back now and then because you provide what another person deems as great pk? Losing all your stuff often forces players into a situation where they have to socialize and group to get back to where they were and I don't believe that is a bad thing at all.

We play in an age now where so much eq is handed back to sides that unless you have something rare or you are packing max trinks for your setup, you are more than likely to receive some if not all of your items back.