If you want to pvp, then GO PVP!
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 8:40 am
(To the admins: I didn't miss-click, I wanted to post this here, as it's meant to advertise field PvP. That it might be a fun story filled with screenshots is purely coincidence.)
[Disclaimer: This is aimed at people who know HOW to PvP but for whatever reason don't want to advance past silly Notoing at the GY or dueling. If you're new to PvP all together, join IRC and duel anyone and everyone who accepts, that's it, fastest, easiest and cheapest way to learn.]
So. Lately I've been hearing multiply people say they want to get into fielding, I'm talking like 6+. Yet every one of them seems to make an excuse as to why they don't go orange. "I don't know anyone." / "I'm gonna build my own guild... soon..." / "No guild will take me." / "Bad timezone." / "I'm waiting until it's a bit more active." (<--- spot the irony?).
So instead of well.. doing what they 'want' to do, they talk about it, but don't actually do it. And miss out on a lot of the fun.
So here it is:
Step 1: Make a guild, solo, with a friend, with friends, it doesn't matter. War everyone out there. (Alternatively: Join a war guild.)
Step 2a: Don't be an ass. People remember.
Step 2b: If you want to jump into a fight, join the side that has less people on it. People remember.
Step 2c: If you don't know what's up, take a minute or 5 to get a better picture before you mindless spam into someone. People remember.
Step 2d: Don't dry loot and horse kill everyone every time. People remember.
Step 3: Have fun fielding.
(If you make a guild with enough friends or join an established guild you may ignore rules 2a-d at your own risk. Just don't show up solo.)
If you follow the above your evening might look like this:
(Setting: You're red because even if you beat the blue GZ huggers 2v3 they still count you [Hi *F*], but enough people are orange that you're not in stat. People know you're neither a whining bitch nor a backstabbing ass. At some point or another you've either helped most of them out of a sticky situation or not taken advantage of them even though you could have.)
The beginning of your evening will look like this. You're alive because you stick to the rules. Multiply oranges/reds on screen don't feel the need to rid themselves of your presence because they a) don't like you or b) don't want to be back stabbed by you. It's pretty laid back, basically the cool kids vs the gz huggers (people like Seether for instance). Lot's of health bars out in cause something starts and you either want to help or fight someone. But all still pretty random.
Then something happens.
You see group A fight group B. Who's with whom? You don't know. Which group is larger? You don't know. So you run after them. Get a gist of what is happening. What do you do? Right, unless either group has someone you REALLY REALLY don't like, you stay out of it till you know who's at a disadvantage.
Fast forward 2 minutes and voila, you've found the smaller party and started a chat. A chat leads to a skype invite. And suddenly, solo guy in a solo guild isn't solo anymore.
And before you know it, you're involved in a few field fights and have a ton of fun!
Yes, in the end you might have died twice. Once might have been in the middle of roughly 15 people, skillfully alternating between explo, eb and para. Once might have been us 3v2 others that got the better of you. But you also got your skills. You got a bit of loot. Did you come out even? Who cares. Cause you had a truckload of fun!
[Disclaimer: This is aimed at people who know HOW to PvP but for whatever reason don't want to advance past silly Notoing at the GY or dueling. If you're new to PvP all together, join IRC and duel anyone and everyone who accepts, that's it, fastest, easiest and cheapest way to learn.]
So. Lately I've been hearing multiply people say they want to get into fielding, I'm talking like 6+. Yet every one of them seems to make an excuse as to why they don't go orange. "I don't know anyone." / "I'm gonna build my own guild... soon..." / "No guild will take me." / "Bad timezone." / "I'm waiting until it's a bit more active." (<--- spot the irony?).
So instead of well.. doing what they 'want' to do, they talk about it, but don't actually do it. And miss out on a lot of the fun.
So here it is:
Step 1: Make a guild, solo, with a friend, with friends, it doesn't matter. War everyone out there. (Alternatively: Join a war guild.)
Step 2a: Don't be an ass. People remember.
Step 2b: If you want to jump into a fight, join the side that has less people on it. People remember.
Step 2c: If you don't know what's up, take a minute or 5 to get a better picture before you mindless spam into someone. People remember.
Step 2d: Don't dry loot and horse kill everyone every time. People remember.
Step 3: Have fun fielding.
(If you make a guild with enough friends or join an established guild you may ignore rules 2a-d at your own risk. Just don't show up solo.)
If you follow the above your evening might look like this:
(Setting: You're red because even if you beat the blue GZ huggers 2v3 they still count you [Hi *F*], but enough people are orange that you're not in stat. People know you're neither a whining bitch nor a backstabbing ass. At some point or another you've either helped most of them out of a sticky situation or not taken advantage of them even though you could have.)
The beginning of your evening will look like this. You're alive because you stick to the rules. Multiply oranges/reds on screen don't feel the need to rid themselves of your presence because they a) don't like you or b) don't want to be back stabbed by you. It's pretty laid back, basically the cool kids vs the gz huggers (people like Seether for instance). Lot's of health bars out in cause something starts and you either want to help or fight someone. But all still pretty random.
Then something happens.
You see group A fight group B. Who's with whom? You don't know. Which group is larger? You don't know. So you run after them. Get a gist of what is happening. What do you do? Right, unless either group has someone you REALLY REALLY don't like, you stay out of it till you know who's at a disadvantage.
Fast forward 2 minutes and voila, you've found the smaller party and started a chat. A chat leads to a skype invite. And suddenly, solo guy in a solo guild isn't solo anymore.
And before you know it, you're involved in a few field fights and have a ton of fun!
Yes, in the end you might have died twice. Once might have been in the middle of roughly 15 people, skillfully alternating between explo, eb and para. Once might have been us 3v2 others that got the better of you. But you also got your skills. You got a bit of loot. Did you come out even? Who cares. Cause you had a truckload of fun!
It just happens. So that is a huge bonus for me!