Playing the Lute/Flute in Cyrodiil = Don't attack

kijima · December 2014

Just thought I'd put this out there.

How about something that the more seasoned players take on as good sportsmanship, or spirit of competition. When you see an opposing player standing in a field somewhere in Cyrodiil playing the Lute/Flute you bypass them, leave them be and don't attack.

Sorta like an AFK thing where only the scumbags would take the cheap shot of attacking someone AFK.

I'm not saying you leave 20 people along that are all playing the Lute, or if someone is in your Keep while it's being attacked, or they are behind an enemy gate. Then by all means, kill kill kill!

I know there are players out there that won't attack an opposing player if they don't respond with attacking or defending themselves, and I for one think that's great. I think it shows who are the truly great players and who aren't.

Thoughts? (And No, I'm not having a care bear moment. I still hate you all

)

Teargrants · December 2014

Wrong, you are merely half right! Playing /lute in Cyrodiil is the officially sanctioned method of praying to Dee Tick. Dee Tick cares not for /flute, you may freely attack any /flutists.

Gaettusk · December 2014

Have someone with FCs deep in enemy territory doing /lute until they need more people there=easy backcap while being seen

Roechacca · December 2014

Let's form a Band OP .

KBKB · December 2014

All is fair in love and cyrodiil unless you exploit... I ama stop myself before I go a round in circles

KBKB · December 2014

Wait don't we have stealth for when you want to afk? If you are silly enough to stand there in an open field without hitting ctrl slightly off the main path then you deserve to be afk killed.

Artis · December 2014

But if you go afk you can simply find some quiet place and press Ctrl.

Laggus · December 2014

It will inevitably be used as a trap by gankers.

Keron · December 2014

Laggus wrote: »

It will inevitably be used as a trap by gankers.

...and that is precisely what went through my mind on reading the first sentences of the OP.

Enodoc · December 2014

Artemis wrote: »

But if you go afk you can simply find some quiet place and press Ctrl.

That's what I do, also combined with /sit5 or /playdead so that if anyone found me they might realise I was AFK.

TheBull · December 2014

kijima wrote: »

Just thought I'd put this out there.

How about something that the more seasoned players take on as good sportsmanship, or spirit of competition. When you see an opposing player standing in a field somewhere in Cyrodiil playing the Lute/Flute you bypass them, leave them be and don't attack.

Sorta like an AFK thing where only the scumbags would take the cheap shot of attacking someone AFK.

I'm not saying you leave 20 people along that are all playing the Lute, or if someone is in your Keep while it's being attacked, or they are behind an enemy gate. Then by all means, kill kill kill!

I know there are players out there that won't attack an opposing player if they don't respond with attacking or defending themselves, and I for one think that's great. I think it shows who are the truly great players and who aren't.

Thoughts? (And No, I'm not having a care bear moment. I still hate you all )

Rich

JaJaLuka · December 2014

If you bypass them, then they are behind enemy lines when they return. A prime opportunity to use the remaining forward camps and ninja a keep or get your group flanked. Not a good idea to leave people alive unless you're duelling (which is understandable, you don't just attack everyone) or having a friendly moment with another player/friend from another alliance.

Keron · December 2014

JaJaLuka wrote: »

If you bypass them, then they are behind enemy lines when they return. A prime opportunity to use the remaining forward camps and ninja a keep or get your group flanked. Not a good idea to leave people alive unless you're duelling (which is understandable, you don't just attack everyone) or having a friendly moment with another player/friend from another alliance.

I fail to see the difficulty in bypassing "enemy lines". There is no line of sight between two keeps and since the area in between is usually deserted anyways, you can even brazenly ride through and be successful 11 out of 10 times. So what's different if you gank an afk player or not?

NotSo · December 2014

The only time I see this working is if the /luter is also only a pvp recruit .

Agrippa_Invisus · December 2014

Luters will be shot on sight.

kewl · December 2014

New strat, drop the outer wall, move into the breach and start spamming lute while reinforcements stream in.

Satiar · December 2014

But our music improved guild morale!

FluffiestOne · December 2014

Sure, I'll spare people doing /lute... the flute though... that [snip] pisses me off.

[Moderator Note: Edited per our rules on Cursing & Profanity]

Fruitdog · December 2014

I can't wait for the "NERF /LUTE!!" threads

eventide03b14a_ESO · December 2014

You can't be serious OP... If you want to run to the bathroom find a corner to hide in. If you are going to be gone for an extended amount of time then logout. But if I catch you playing a lute, flute, or even a theremin in an open field and you are not my faction, I'm going to send an arrow right for your head.

Cody · December 2014

i do this a lot in BWB. lol. just last night i was standing in front of alessia, on a rock, right in the field of the enemy siege weapons, playing the lute:D its pretty fun, y'all should try it!!! i may even hop on lagblade and do it just for the heck of it, to see who attacks and who does not:)

Cody · December 2014

Agrippa_Invisus wrote: »

Luters will be shot on sight.

and if i survive?:D

dodgehopper_ESO · December 2014

I don't like this idea. If you're an enemy, and my job is to keep my territory, I won't let a spy in front lines like this, and I certainly won't let you sit there and lute happily giving your friends information. Its a nice sentiment, and it might make sense for 1v1 tournaments, but beyond that I'm afraid this isn't an idea anyone can really honor.

Agrippa_Invisus · December 2014

Cody wrote: »

Agrippa_Invisus wrote: »

Luters will be shot on sight.

and if i survive?:D

We reload.

Cody · December 2014

Agrippa_Invisus wrote: »

Cody wrote: »

Agrippa_Invisus wrote: »

Luters will be shot on sight.

and if i survive?:D

We reload.

and if i roll a DK and spam reflective scales?

Suntzu1414 · December 2014

we should open a bar (in Cyro).

Kill Well
ST

kijima · December 2014

Some of you are getting this all wrong, of course you can go hide in stealth blah blah blah. And sure, we did use one of our players as bait, she'd strip down to her underderps and play the lute. We'd all stealth in behind her and wait. Wouldn't take to long for someone to try and take the opportunity to slay her.
Never ended well for the ganker

This was months and months ago. I understand all this, I've seen all of this and more.

But then on the flipside I've been attacked while AFK by what I'd call decent player, I've not retaliated because I was away and the attacker has stopped, probably knowing that it's a cheap kill. The player that did that by the way was mimichanx, props mate! I couldn't care less if someone killed me while AFK, moreso impressed that a wasn't.

Understand the issue with spying and all that sort of thing, and you'd be stupid to do it inside someones gate, or right near a battle etc.But there would be times you could do it. Your fighting with your guild another decent guild, all good players. Yeah, you could AFK and go hide somewhere, but wouldn't be good to AFK while fluting? This one time, at band camp I stuck a....

For the most part I'm talking about the the experienced players, the ones that are good players, that don't take cheap shots. Have a metric tonne of AP and wouldn't get any satisfaction out of killing someone AFK.

Still this thread has made for an amusing read. It's also got me wondering how many Lute players does it take to crash the server?

FLUTE PARTY!

eventide03b14a_ESO · December 2014

kijima wrote: »

Some of you are getting this all wrong, of course you can go hide in stealth blah blah blah. And sure, we did use one of our players as bait, she'd strip down to her underderps and play the lute. We'd all stealth in behind her and wait. Wouldn't take to long for someone to try and take the opportunity to slay her.
Never ended well for the ganker This was months and months ago. I understand all this, I've seen all of this and more.

But then on the flipside I've been attacked while AFK by what I'd call decent player, I've not retaliated because I was away and the attacker has stopped, probably knowing that it's a cheap kill. The player that did that by the way was mimichanx, props mate! I couldn't care less if someone killed me while AFK, moreso impressed that a wasn't.

Understand the issue with spying and all that sort of thing, and you'd be stupid to do it inside someones gate, or right near a battle etc.But there would be times you could do it. Your fighting with your guild another decent guild, all good players. Yeah, you could AFK and go hide somewhere, but wouldn't be good to AFK while fluting? This one time, at band camp I stuck a....

For the most part I'm talking about the the experienced players, the ones that are good players, that don't take cheap shots. Have a metric tonne of AP and wouldn't get any satisfaction out of killing someone AFK.

Still this thread has made for an amusing read. It's also got me wondering how many Lute players does it take to crash the server?

FLUTE PARTY!

Hitting someone who is defenseless doesn't make me a bad player. It makes me an opportunist. While you may not agree that it's ethical, it's certainly not an indicator of skill.

kijima · December 2014

eventide03b14a_ESO wrote: »

Hitting someone who is defenseless doesn't make me a bad player. It makes me an opportunist. While you may not agree that it's ethical, it's certainly not an indicator of skill.

Yes it does, you suck.

See what I did there.

Roechacca · December 2014

LMAO