RE: Well then...
>>However, I really still think your
>>exxagerating the idea that experienced
>>characters will want to pk
>>guys for the hell of
>>it,
>
>These are experienced players only in
>the sense that they play
>every minute of their waking
>lives in order to beef
>up their characters. Then
>after they've achieved ungodly stats,
>where any sort of quest
>provides meagre amounts of experience,
>they get bored and decide
>that rather than say "I've
>truly played UO" and stop
>paying $20 a month, they
>decide to ruin people's day
>by splattering any newbie that
>steps out of the safe
>zone.
In this case, with UO - they macro or train their skills up and gets some good armor, perhaps from their guild, and then look for easy targets like the miner's that move outside of the guard protection.
>I can't remember the name, but
>this other online "RPG" that
>looks SNES Zelda-ish has major
>PK problems, so bad that
>people took the initiative to
>protect players from PKs on
>only ONE level. They
>were raided and quite damaged.
> Some clans have been
>destroyed from PKs.
>
Nexus. That game was shot to hell and back because of PKs, exploits, and various other stuff.
>>However, I really still think your
>>exxagerating the idea that experienced
>>characters will want to pk
>>guys for the hell of
>>it,
>
>These are experienced players only in
>the sense that they play
>every minute of their waking
>lives in order to beef
>up their characters. Then
>after they've achieved ungodly stats,
>where any sort of quest
>provides meagre amounts of experience,
>they get bored and decide
>that rather than say "I've
>truly played UO" and stop
>paying $20 a month, they
>decide to ruin people's day
>by splattering any newbie that
>steps out of the safe
>zone.
In this case, with UO - they macro or train their skills up and gets some good armor, perhaps from their guild, and then look for easy targets like the miner's that move outside of the guard protection.
>I can't remember the name, but
>this other online "RPG" that
>looks SNES Zelda-ish has major
>PK problems, so bad that
>people took the initiative to
>protect players from PKs on
>only ONE level. They
>were raided and quite damaged.
> Some clans have been
>destroyed from PKs.
>
Nexus. That game was shot to hell and back because of PKs, exploits, and various other stuff.