08-10-2008, 10:08 PM
I've played on a PvP server since something like February '05. I've levelled 7 characters through at least the STV killzone, and do you know how many enemy players I've found whose purpose is only to ruin others' game time? And I don't mean people of equivalent level fighting, and I don't mean the random bored 70 who happens to dismount on his way to wherever he's going and lay down a quick gank, or even people who spend a bit of time every once in a while tearing up some lowbie town or harassing some quest hub. That's obviously not something most of you like around here, but it's avoidable, really not a big inconvenience if you've got practice gank-dodging, and, honestly, it's just par for the course, and if you have the right mindset for it it can both be a bit of fun and good practice for evading enemies, breaking line of sight, and properly using your abilities to foul up a stronger enemy (not always possible, of course, but you might be surprised how often it can be useful). I mean people who obviously take the majority of their enjoyment in-game from just logging in, ganking for an extended period, logging out, and repeating the exercise the next day.
That number would be two. A human rogue by the name of Aeonic who used to spend hours every day standing stealthed next to the flight master outside of Gadgetzan. And a gnome rogue named Xenocider, who, in just a staggering display of single-mindedness, had at one point spent several hours every day running circles around STV killing every red name he could find for over a year and a half.
Those people suck. But hey, the second one at least, I'm pretty sure was only there because he was a terrible player who couldn't kill anyone his own level, and as such, was barely up to the task of ganking. I had lots of fun messing with him.
And I suppose most of you would say that those first things I said that didn't count for a real 'ganker' or 'wanker who only enjoys ruining others' game experiences' are over the line anyway. In which case all I can really say to that is that you just won't have very much fun on a PvP server. And I'm sorry for that, because I like it quite a bit, and I wish you could share that.
That number would be two. A human rogue by the name of Aeonic who used to spend hours every day standing stealthed next to the flight master outside of Gadgetzan. And a gnome rogue named Xenocider, who, in just a staggering display of single-mindedness, had at one point spent several hours every day running circles around STV killing every red name he could find for over a year and a half.
Those people suck. But hey, the second one at least, I'm pretty sure was only there because he was a terrible player who couldn't kill anyone his own level, and as such, was barely up to the task of ganking. I had lots of fun messing with him.
And I suppose most of you would say that those first things I said that didn't count for a real 'ganker' or 'wanker who only enjoys ruining others' game experiences' are over the line anyway. In which case all I can really say to that is that you just won't have very much fun on a PvP server. And I'm sorry for that, because I like it quite a bit, and I wish you could share that.