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Yes, that is exactly the meaningful consequence we want, I'm glad you understand now!

well don't worry because now the horse can hire a mark on you

I don't know what you expected when you told Duke Semiro 'neener neener'.

Your average PKer is more of an RP'er and better at PvE than the vast majority of the game, but ya'll aren't ready for that conversation. Thinking that they are separate is entirely on the non-PK camp, because nearly every PKer participates in all of it at a higher rate than you guys give credit for.

This sums up this thread for the last 8 pages.

@Elyon Of course, I think we can all agree that 150 paid deaths in a row to escape a game mechanic is like the pinnacle of role play and immersive world building.

I don't really have a horse in this race, but thank you for not introducing this immediately after I drowned half a city and got a whole bunch of nameless NPCs on a mountain murdered by landslide.

Otherwise the Marks will have to take a ticket for their turn then go around and queue again while I get gangbanged.

Boy that post doesn't have any irony in it whatsoever.

Firstly this thread is hilarious. I love it. It's a whole leopards eating people's faces party scenario and it is truly wonderful. My dull morning has been sufficiently brightened by your efforts.

Secondly what @Atalkez seems mostly right. About 80% of serious pkers I know do actually take the rp side of things pretty seriously and are probably a lot better at the majority other parts of the game than most. Likely because becoming good at pvp requires a huge investment in the game beyond sitting around KILL RAT and eating pastries. They'll probably have, during that time of huge investment, visited most areas learned the lore etc. If you spend all your life in a city doing nothing or repeating the same foray you are not going to learn as much as someone who engages with far more aspects of the game than you do and I think you'll find as a rule these players will do well in non combat events or quizzes to.

If your IC actions consist of nothing but mindless bashing and forays then you aren't doing much for your character in a roleplay sense save for making them a punch clock murder hobo, which in itself is detrimental to other parts of the game. (I.e. starting a quest in tir murann and then returning to the appropriate vertani to find that he has met an unfortunate fate at the hands of some guy relentlessly killing everything they see until they hit dragon) .

God forbid a roleplaying game with a hugely detailed world where in some areas even the echo of your voice maybe sent somewhere else, where details so minute as blinking and breathing have been thought of, where denizens will occasionally have detailed parts in the story of what is going on would actually try to make it's static inhabitants a little more lively and less likely to just let Ghengis Khan waltz in for the fourteenth time this month and slaughter them all without consequence.

Caveat, I do meant to insinuate that non combatants in general do not roleplay of take their character seriously, merely the vast amount of people who seen to think that being Ugrach's chauffeur is their divinely appointed right.

Thirdly: @Skye it luckily happened after @Eurice nuked two planets, too. Between the two of you the marks would likely have afforded a new tower.

Fourthly: the contracts couldn't be made any more avoidable / opt out able if they flashed up in big red letters in front of you saying.... Oh wait

And finally, if the big friendly red words weren't enough for you and your script keeps killing that denizen either use a different script, keep a better watch on it, make a new script or don't use a script at all. Noone is forcing anyone to do the semi auto bashing most people do now. I've had my mount killed by people bashing before because they obviously weren't paying attention and maybe this might encourage more common sense and less "I know I can stomp this area in 5 minutes I guess I'll just watch the sopranos"

Wow...IMO that comment from Atalkez was far more rude and disrespectful than anything Namino said...wonder if he'll get hit with a forum ban? Some of the best RPers in the history of the game couldn't fight their way out of a paper bag. What is the criteria for PvE skill...world game results...that are open PK? Have you interacted with every single player in the game and evaluated their RP, PvP, and PvE skill?