What are some classes that won't get jumped all the time (all things being equal and the person not being a jerk)?
I would assume affliction based, classes with little escape ability, and those that can't one-shot kill you would not be teamed as much?

This depends entirely on the person, and not at all on the class.

The people who you don't want jumping are the people that will do it without regard to your class. Earn your respect in PvP and you'll be fine.

Your type of class doesn't factor into the chance of you being jumped. If you prove yourself as a competent fighter, be respectful and don't lame anyone. People will tend to leave you alone.

Yeah, its a matter of attitude there.

if you're getting jumped and harrassed, its you, not the class.

Sometimes it could be the person jumping...because they want to be "lolz greifers"

True enough. The vicious cycle of douche.

I've only been jumped once, by Goryllin while I was in Jaru semi-raiding Shallam (and failing miserably). He claimed to be doing it in the name of Cyrene or something stupid, but when in all reality, he could've challenged me to a duel, and I would've stood with text-honour.

^ask Nexas, she challenged me to a duel, I accepted, and died.
Oh, same for Drave (duel) <--That one was mainly me running my mouth though.

Come to think of it, for Goryllin playing a knight class, he didn't show much honour by just jumping me without asking for a duel first.

You don't ask someone to duel if they're raiding a city...

EDIT: Missed the "competent fighter" part, nevermind!

You'll notice a theme.

I wouldn't say Goryllin doesn't have honor. Thats one part he does pretty well, asking for duels and stuff. If you are raiding, even the most honorable guy isn't gonna come up to you and ask for a duel instead of just chopping you into pieces.

thanks all

If I was going to jump someone, and I was trying to decide who to jump, If I was deciding this on the basis of class and nothing else. I would probably jump a serpent last, impossible to hold or chase the buggers down. But then again, im a shaman and I cant hold ANYTHING down.

Serpents, occultists and necromancers are the best runners. As a serpent you can block exits and you could probably ice wall as well if you have an enchanted ring, so their pretty nifty.

Goryllin had two contracts on me--or two causes, can't remember. One legit, one not. He dropped the non-legit one. Rped the other one well, and dueled me rather than jumped me. Haven't had a ton of interaction with him otherwise, but he handled all of that as honorably as possible.

People don't respect me.

Then again, I do tell marks and other people trying to kill me that I will use whatever method is necessary to kill them. Be it with the assistance of allies, borrowed artefacts, a totem, et cetera, it doesn't matter. This is because Rynn is really sick of the concept of Honour in combat. Or being fair for that matter. Combat just isn't fair. See: monk versus bard. (- off Darby I'm not dueling you)

Respected combat classes: Dragon, Gorlasintan, Knight, Serpent, Rangor.

I would avoid anyone with skill/class/stat enhancing artifacts, only cause two things will happen if I do 1) something in my combat system shuts down, and I lose all offensive capabilities (see my horribly built limb counter that I try and make work) or 2) I die in 3-4 hits (see: duel with Xenomorph/Goryllin/Akia)

other than that, the only other people/class I really hate sparing against is raja/mhun apostate and raja/mhun occultist

a knight should never fear sparring an apostate or an occultists. Knights should only fear teh monks

I'm actually relatively surprised at how little I'm ever jumped. Bleak jumps me all the time, but he's just easy, free xp. As stated earlier, I'd much prefer to jump a monk or knight than I would a serpent. Evade > Everything. (Even blocking and icewalls, Exelethril.)

People dont jump you because their scared of you

Ha, I was just a smart purchaser with my arties and got the most bang for my buck . Anyone could be half-good with what I have.

In general, the only way to avoid being jumped is to be scary enough that noone wants to mess with you, and respectful enough that noone will go out of their way to team you.

For me, I qualify for the former, and purposely exclude myself from the latter, so that things do not get bland. If I wasn't constantly an asshole to everyone in the game, noone would ever try to fight(team) me.

There's noone safe from me(if I decide to log in again) regardless of who you are, what class you are, or what you have.

...that's what I was implying, Kresslack, when I said that I purchased arties the sentence before that one. Gold star for reading comprehension, though.

People could be half good with nearly any of the combat/denfense arties, not just certain ones(although certain arties do make the others look like children's toys *cough*Logision*cough*), was what I was implying. Here's your gold star back.

No I don't want it anymore.

serpents suck

Ya ok, tell that to Decan.

You can't get to him, he's surrouned by innumerable defenses in that old oak tree, and he has ninja bodyguards.

Even if Santar did get to him, Decan would just dominate him like he did last time.

I think I was teaching Subterfuge to my protege at the top of a tower the last time Goryllin jumped me without warning and without asking for a duel first.

There are also points where people won't jump you due to THEIR class. Certain classes just aren't good at keeping you from leaving the room to prepare. A monk can JPK in and start loading you up with tekura before you know what's going on. A jester, on the other hand, would probably have to start fashioning which can be easily avoided by simply leaving.

i get jumped by any and everyone every five minutes but I wanted to learn combat and try a new approach of what was becoming boring anyways, besides lots of ingame drunken provoking will definately help you catch beatdowns. Also agreed on the not earning respect as a competent fighter helps a tad too > >

It doesn't help that you're a medium-level mark, when it comes to the getting jumped part. And you don't have a city, which is odd considering Ashtani were calling out that you were a Naga. I'd at least get a city so you get the defense and a reliable worm warp system.

He's not naga, he is an idiot of the highest degree.

(if he is who I think he is)

I know I can't beat the other marks, I just joined the mark for kicks and get xp fighting. I'm not artied or high level or anything. Only a slight few corpse camp -cough- Sabiru, Kallorn, Shecks. The rest will jump you but aren't so, out to prove something. But oh well, I'm mark and won't whine unless I'm really wasted. I wouldn't call people idiots Sabiru, I only farsee you in Mhaldor or out and about surrounded

I killed you -once- outside of the cave, and another time when you decided to insult Mhaldorians, and then I killed you in Shallam defendable. Plz be remember all details. Kthx.

Adding to that, I kill you not because you're mark, but because of how retarded you were when you got kicked from Mhaldor.

as I said it's all good, when I'm bored I'll quit mark, build back up to level 80 something again, collect some more arties and probly do it all again alittle better for it. Don't turn this topic into a how much Tahlas sucks as a mark thing, I kill plenty but just not the big bad wolves of Achaea...yet

For a second there, I thought you were Vipor.

I wasn't pointing out how bad you were at mark. You called me a corpse camper, and I was defending myself.

fair enough Kallorn, and as far as the Mhaldor thing, I was wasted...the Hashan thing..also wasted:) So you guys remember and I don't is the thing. That why I'm a rogue who is insane and isnt bothering anyone on CT's or HT's for a good long minute

Dude, getting wasted while playing Achaea is baaaaad.

It's a wonder people understand what Tahlas says. His posts seem to have been written while wasted. I've interacted with his character while he was drunk and boy, was he scary. So... Being wasted in achaea has more influence on people getting jumped, than what one's class is.

I believe our interactions in-game were not very ic, and furthermore if you'd like to go into detail with your feelings regarding those said interactions I'd prefer you'd do it privately becuase they had nothing to do with this topic. And no class has nothing to do with being jumped obviously, I have just been using Tahlas as an outlet lately to be the bad guy which he is. I have several respectable charc. on all I.R.E. games and am not posting "wasted" at this time. I'm sure there is plenty of time for me to be likely banned in the future for all of that nonsense.