And your aggrieved bad attitude against PvPers is precisely why you think you have a problem. You don't. Just play the game. You alluded to the fact that I had previously done something egregious to your character. I haven't done anything against anyone that is illegal by the game's rules. Whatever happened to you(or your guild), you probably earned it. I don't have to justify my game play. I didn't design this game. I would drop you or anyone else I wanted to drop by myself if I could. I can't. The game mechanics don't allow it. You're complaining about the semantics of the term PvP instead of learning to play it.
I am not in a gang, I am in a guild. Get it straight!! Stop using offensive terms. I protect and defend players who are in my guild and also allies/friends outside my guild. Why don't you? Why doesn't your guild protect you? Does your moral compass prevent you, or is it that you or your guild are incapable? Or maybe both? That is not my fault, but yours. I am not a bully! I am an affective PvPer who has played the game for years. I will continue to drop anyone I want for any reason I want without harassing them. Maybe if an aggrieved player like yourself stops putting themselves into positions of vulnerability, aka attacking others, they can stop feeling the victim. Yes, that is how the game mechanics continue to work.
This is why I'm not a fan of PvP in its current state. So only a select few can participate in PvP? All others should stop attacking because then they will become the victim?
What do you suggest they do when they are attacked? Just accept it and try to outlevel their attacker? Because, afterall, they wouldn't want to put themselves in a position of vulnerability by attacking.
Those who take pride in their smashes are almost as big of a farce as PvP as a whole. I am not referencing all those who take pride, just those that are well connected and have large amounts of players for backup.
"Well it's not my fault I make friends. Maybe you should make friends to defend you" <---- A very common statement I see on these PvP threads. And frankly, I am dumbfounded by its popularity among PvPers. I have friends on this game and I'm sure other Non-PvPers do as well. "Why don't you get them to defend you?" I could. But its frivolous. My friends and I "care" about levels. It doesn't do us any good to gang up and attack the PvPers. The PvPers lose XP (that they don't care about) and now they can drop me and my friends all 5 levels (that we care about). I might as well just tough it out and hope it stops.
"Theres PvP Protection. Why don't you just purchase it?" PvP Protection is expensive. Not everyone has the funds to protect themselves while they try to outlevel their attacker. imo, its the FS version of extortion. I am paying gold to protect myself from PvPers. Doesn't sound quite right to me, but I'll accept it as the alternative is being constantly attacked.
There is a gang of PvPers (Gang is defined as a "group or band") that control PvP. They are essentially untouchable. Players are taught from a low level to never attack X guild or Y player because they will be constantly harassed by his/her friends. How is this a conducive environment to encourage those to PvP? Why would I want to participate in PvP if I can't target certain players because of their social rank? This is why, imo, PvP is dead.
Until this PvP oligarchy can be controlled or removed I do not think PvP will ever thrive.
Edited by pinkdude, 14 February 2015 - 23:32.