09-07-2005, 12:03 AM
When the game came out, I wanted to play horde. The main lurker critical mass appeared to be Alliance, so I went to Tich and guilded up my toons with the Basin tag. Appropriate considering when the LL went down for a week (a long time ago), I registered at the Basin to get my D2 technical discussion fill. I've considered both places home ever since.
Boutros, MJ, and I are the main self-avowed Lurkers on Tich (that I know of offhand), although plenty of the tich Basin (and SR Basin) lurk here. I work during the day, but I've got a few alts I'm going to be working on for significant chunks of time on the weekends.
My primary toon has 12,181 lifetime kills (~98% from a 4-week AV stint), but I still consider myself more of a carebear type who tolerates the occasional outdoor non-consentual play interruptions as a cost of playing the faction I want with my friends. I still let far more alliance toons go on their way (occasionally giving them the advantage of the first strike) than I initiate combat. I wasn't terribly good at PvP in the beginning, and would say BGs and assisting horde in battles already under way (got tired of being shamed by people saying "so... you like to watch eh?") has developed my PvP ability to "passable".
In hindsight, I have 0 regrets of being on a PvP server. I haven't always been comfortable, and certainly wasn't always safe, but the PvP element spiced things up a lot. Some of my favorite moments have been the non-verbal communication I've had with Alliance players - when someone dances with you or helps you by peeling an add you obviously couldn't handle, when the expectation is that they are expected to put a knife in your back... not sure how to put it...
In an environment designed to glorify the basest elements of human nature, I have encountered the closest equivalents of genuine human kindness and that I've seen in any multiplayer game to date. Those precious moments were worth all the jaunts back from my buddy, Mr. Spirit healer. :wub:
Boutros, MJ, and I are the main self-avowed Lurkers on Tich (that I know of offhand), although plenty of the tich Basin (and SR Basin) lurk here. I work during the day, but I've got a few alts I'm going to be working on for significant chunks of time on the weekends.
My primary toon has 12,181 lifetime kills (~98% from a 4-week AV stint), but I still consider myself more of a carebear type who tolerates the occasional outdoor non-consentual play interruptions as a cost of playing the faction I want with my friends. I still let far more alliance toons go on their way (occasionally giving them the advantage of the first strike) than I initiate combat. I wasn't terribly good at PvP in the beginning, and would say BGs and assisting horde in battles already under way (got tired of being shamed by people saying "so... you like to watch eh?") has developed my PvP ability to "passable".
In hindsight, I have 0 regrets of being on a PvP server. I haven't always been comfortable, and certainly wasn't always safe, but the PvP element spiced things up a lot. Some of my favorite moments have been the non-verbal communication I've had with Alliance players - when someone dances with you or helps you by peeling an add you obviously couldn't handle, when the expectation is that they are expected to put a knife in your back... not sure how to put it...
In an environment designed to glorify the basest elements of human nature, I have encountered the closest equivalents of genuine human kindness and that I've seen in any multiplayer game to date. Those precious moments were worth all the jaunts back from my buddy, Mr. Spirit healer. :wub: