On PK etiquette, from a new player: a little harsher, please

[yngvild]

I joined 8 days ago, after more than a decade of hiatus from the UO. In between, I have played tens of games, and often wondered about why none of them could bring the same sense of excitement. Finally, I thought -- fuck it, let's see if it's only my rose-tinted glasses, and see about play UO again. This was a few days before the Diablo III release, for which I have been waiting, mh, quite a while.

Second Age have mesmerized me since I joined, and my D3 is left wanting love.

All that is just so you know I'm very happy about the experience, here.

However: you peekays are not /quite/ doing your job. When I venture into a dungeon, I shouldn't bring more than what I can afford. If I do, I should lose (lose) everything if I am caught by peekays. I appreciate the thought of respect and care for your fellow gamer. However, a res, leaving regs and "valuable" (to the newbie) items on the corpse, giving an In Lor Xen to loot all of it, and going out of your way to save the mount--it's too much. Of course, as a newbie I sort of appreciate the break, but I think playing here would be more fun if I was clean-looted, and had my mount killed. (Leaving top-level runes and clothes on the corpse is courteous of course, but also replaceable.)

Things you have no use for can be dropped on the ground, if you have time. It's on me to get back in time to grab them before they disappear. If I didn't prepare to do so, my bad.

One thing I as a newbie to the shard (albeit a veteran to the game) will appreciate very much, is a gate to a town. With no second account, or friends that are playing, I am stuck with running out of the dungeon, and to town, to continue. There is nothing new and exciting for me to see between Shame and Empath Abbey, armed with a robe. Or getting from Deceit entrance to the mainland. A gate to town also helps me get back faster, so you can kill me again

In conclusion: when you peekay me, fracking clean-loot me, kill my mount, and give me a gate to town.

[Rammar]

In no time you'll be dry-looted, rez-killed, called countless juvenile names, have your mount killed, your corpse mutilated, and then gated to one-tile island. Enjoy!

It is nice to see though, that not everyone is intent on making every experience as a newbie a complete hell.

[Calador]

Why hold a red rag to a bull in this manner?

Why not smile and thank lady luck that you haven't been completely clean looted and left to rot and keep quiet about it?

Why anger the beast?

/edit - sorry I forgot to say hello and that was rude of me. Welcome to UOSA, it really is as good as it used to be here.

See you in game!

Cal

[WiseOne]

Hey, welcome aboard.If you want some help there are plenty of guilds (as well as individuals) that will be more than happy to help you. The overall majority of the community (as I see it) are nice and friendly people who just want to have a good time playing a game from over a decade ago (because it is that fracking cool!). If you need a safe place to macro up characters on your second and third accounts let me know via PM and I will be happy to friend you to an empty house which you will have at your disposal as long as you need, they just sit there collecting pixel dust. Once you have one good character on each account you can be fully self-sufficient and can gate yourself or go rez your ghost. I usually keep a second hidden near by or at least ready to recall and help from a house.

[iamreallysquall]

the logic the pk's who do this seem to have is the following they want your gold + any really valueables on you so if take your loot leave you what you need to get back out farming right away a recall out + rune + mount they figure you may be back out farming in 10 minutes or so and they can tell you again in another round and repeat the process also they want bounty + murder counts if they are deep stat pk's because they wish to whore the amount of kills they have on myuosa http://my.uosecondage.com/
also welcome to the shard hope you have fun here Toodles ;p

[rwuser]

I agree with the OP other then the gate.

PK's need to know their place and act accordingly.

All this efficient farming of famers buisness really means that all their insults arn't real or their intent to pk isn't genuine. THESE ARE REAL PEOPLE YOU ARE "KILLING" IN GAME, NOT NPCS!!! REMEMBER THAT!!

Comon PK's show some real respect to those you kill! All this wishy-washy wanna-be-blue stuff is really annoying!

Myself, when I get PKed I expect the whole shabang, nothing less; otherwise I find it insulting.

Finish your damned meal son!

[WiseOne]

Recall macro = almost never die

[Captain Awesome]

This post is ridiculous and made even more so by the fact that the OP didn't post their name. If you want PKs to be total toolbags to you, post your name so they can target you specifically. Me, I think it's plenty of a rush fighting and/or getting killed by PKs without having to walk back to town (because if they dry loot you, they aren't going to gate you) and restock everything down to my thigh boots I looted from an orc.

I've been dry-looted and left sitting as a ghost in a dungeon by PKs and haven't come to the board and complained, because it's part of the game. I'm not going to come to the board and beg them to do it though.

[LKP]

I've always PK'ed for my own fun and profit, not to ruin anyone else's day. It's especially pertinent now, when there are only so many players out there that a free shard like this can attract. The more people I drive to ragequit today, the fewer I can kill tomorrow. I apologize if you're a masochist and I don't ruin your day thoroughly enough, but it's my understanding that you're in the minority - most players would either not be pk'ed at all or, if they must be PK'ed, at least not be unnecessarily griefed.

[rwuser]

"I've always PK'ed for my own fun and profit, not to ruin anyone else's day."

Unfortunatly the moment you PK someone, you generally "ruin" their day; the least you can do is be honest with yourself and show them respect and finish what you started instead of doing half the job. If you don't like that, you probably shouldn't be a pk and stick to server wars or blue vs blue dueling instead. You treat them just like NPC's or a spawn with that thinking, its disgusting; show some class bro!

PKing is a *hard* role to play, because few people can really stomach the part; but atleast be genuine and put proper effort into it!

[LKP]

You realize your argument is self-defeating, right? Consider:

You want a PK to thoroughly ruin your experience.

You think this is best accomplished by looting you dry, killing your mount, res-killing you, talking some smack, and maybe doing a little dance on your grave.

By not doing what you want, I'm in fact ruining your experience. Consider yourself griefed. You're welcome.

Beyond that, you want your horse dead? Kill it yourself. I have better things to do. And for all the sane players who'd rather not have to go buy another horse, you're welcome too.

[Blaise]

Pretty sure it's an open-world RPG and players can play their roles however they see fit.
If that's how they roll, that's how they roll.

I've found a healthy mix of all styles, dry looters, cherry pickers, etc. Personally, I'm of the opinion that not raging and being accepting of their playstyle (however much I'll fight back/against it), garners the most friendly situations. A lot of the reds here know me and a lot only cherry pick my loot (they usually know I'm packing decent gear). The one's that clean me out completely (including my purple cloak and sash) are the one's I like the least.

No hate though, it's all part of the game and if they weren't there or were all predictable, I wouldn't get a thrill when fielding worrying about who's going to pop on screen at any moment.

[nightshark]

im going to start carrying a pair of scissors for you blaise

[Blaise]

im going to start carrying a pair of scissors for you blaise

Bahahaha!!! FU!!! ;P

Where's Rand, I need to buy more purps!!

[Gwartham]

I'm still trying to figure this place out only been here a bit more then a week myself.

The boards seem inviting enough, the irc is hit or miss.

But sofar honestly all I have run across in game is opportunists and douche bags.

This kinda stuck in me in a few posts I have seen where someone calls these types teenagers.

Now seriously, this is a what 13 or 14 year old game whose day came and passed over a decade ago.

These aren't teenagers, these are 30 year olds running around acting the dbag, remember that .

I am sure there's some pretty nice and cool people here, and hopefully will meet some of ya, but some times I wonder the attraction of this type of game to some.

Anyway, not knocking the place, but lets be honest about it the intent of some of the people here.