I took no joy in that kill...

ontheleftcoast · October 2015

Earlier today, in the Haderus campaign, a DC buddy and I were running around wiping mobs in the Arboretum when we came across a solo AD Templar. It was a quick fight which we easily won. Of course we expected him to come back and try for a rematch and he didn't disappoint. And again. And yet again. I should note that he barely scratched either of us in those encounters. Finally we went over to the respawn point for AD and just stood there hoping he'd take the hint and head back down the ladder. But, no, he broke the truce and heavy attacked my friend with his Restoration staff then tried to Jesus beam me from the platform. I spammed throwing daggers and burned him down in seconds. It was the saddest 'victory' I've ever had.

PBpsy · October 2015

Sorry . I am all out of cookies.

SHADOW2KK · October 2015

Shrugs, hostile deserved it:}

TequilaFire · October 2015

Maybe he wanted you to 1v1 instead of 2v1?
Maybe then you would of felt better.

ontheleftcoast · October 2015

TequilaFire wrote: »

Maybe he wanted you to 1v1 instead of 2v1?
Maybe then you would of felt better.

But that was sort of the point. My buddy just stood there and I one-keyed him to death.It was so mismatched it was sad.

SHADOW2KK · October 2015

ontheleftcoast wrote: »

TequilaFire wrote: »

Maybe he wanted you to 1v1 instead of 2v1?
Maybe then you would of felt better.

But that was sort of the point. My buddy just stood there and I one-keyed him to death.It was so mismatched it was sad.

AP is AP. plus he deserved it, he could have walked away.

Broken truces should always result in death for the transgressor hehehe.

TequilaFire · October 2015

Well some people are new and are at least trying I guess.

SHADOW2KK · October 2015

True

Prof_Bawbag · October 2015

You learn more from your defeats than you do running with zergs. I began like that. I was fodder, didn't enjoy being fodder, but I learnt where to tweak my build and I'm no longer fodder. Thanks to people like you, I actually shed my PvE ignorance and actually paid attention to my gear and skills.

SHADOW2KK · October 2015

Prof_Bawbag wrote: »

You learn more from your defeats than you do running with zergs. I began like that. I was fodder, didn't enjoy being fodder, but I learnt where to tweak my build and I'm no longer fodder. Thanks to people like you, I actually shed my PvE ignorance and actually paid attention to my gear and skills.

Good man, welcomes to the war:}

Its better IMO duelling, you learn better that way.

ontheleftcoast · October 2015

Prof_Bawbag wrote: »

You learn more from your defeats than you do running with zergs. I began like that. I was fodder, didn't enjoy being fodder, but I learnt where to tweak my build and I'm no longer fodder. Thanks to people like you, I actually shed my PvE ignorance and actually paid attention to my gear and skills.

That's something I didn't consider. Yeah, maybe they did learn something from that encounter. Thanks for the perspective!

THEDKEXPERIENCE · October 2015

I've started to guest into campaigns that are heavily weighted against my side just to pick fights. Seems like the best way to practice. Maybe this guy just wanted to learn something by fighting two better opponents.

kylerjalen · October 2015

Prof_Bawbag wrote: »

You learn more from your defeats than you do running with zergs. I began like that. I was fodder, didn't enjoy being fodder, but I learnt where to tweak my build and I'm no longer fodder. Thanks to people like you, I actually shed my PvE ignorance and actually paid attention to my gear and skills.

Agreed here.
I'll be honest, I still am quite awful at PvP buuuut, I love Imperial City and to be honest, in order to actually survive and thrive, one has to have some semblance of PvP knowledge. I am currently working on "re-working" my gear and build so that I can do better. This is part of the "fun" of a game, learning and figuring out new things as well as giving and getting help from other like-minded individuals.

SHADOW2KK · October 2015

kylerjalen wrote: »

Prof_Bawbag wrote: »

You learn more from your defeats than you do running with zergs. I began like that. I was fodder, didn't enjoy being fodder, but I learnt where to tweak my build and I'm no longer fodder. Thanks to people like you, I actually shed my PvE ignorance and actually paid attention to my gear and skills.

Agreed here.
I'll be honest, I still am quite awful at PvP buuuut, I love Imperial City and to be honest, in order to actually survive and thrive, one has to have some semblance of PvP knowledge. I am currently working on "re-working" my gear and build so that I can do better. This is part of the "fun" of a game, learning and figuring out new things as well as giving and getting help from other like-minded individuals.

Well said and welcome to the war also:}

Sneak is your friend, and kill as quick as possible, either npc or human, then instantly into sneak.
Take regen drinks, go vampire for at least the passives it gives to sneak.
If solo or in small groups, dont have tunnel vision, stay hidden, stay alive, and have situational awareness at all times.
Think like a hunter, and rake in the stones/AP:}

Kuroinu · October 2015

ontheleftcoast wrote: »

Earlier today, in the Haderus campaign, a DC buddy and I were running around wiping mobs in the Arboretum when we came across a solo AD Templar. It was a quick fight which we easily won. Of course we expected him to come back and try for a rematch and he didn't disappoint. And again. And yet again. I should note that he barely scratched either of us in those encounters. Finally we went over to the respawn point for AD and just stood there hoping he'd take the hint and head back down the ladder. But, no, he broke the truce and heavy attacked my friend with his Restoration staff then tried to Jesus beam me from the platform. I spammed throwing daggers and burned him down in seconds. It was the saddest 'victory' I've ever had.

A visual representation of this epic battle.

FriedEggSandwich · October 2015

Had a similar experience last week, only with a magicka dk. Me and my brother (also a sorc) were just peacefully grinding bone shards in the memorial district and he came over desperate for a fight. We beat him easily, mainly because he wasn't using scales for some reason, and then he came back again. Same again, and he kept coming back. On the 4th or 5th time he decided to bring the boss with him but forgot that sorcs are really good at kiting, so this didn't work out for him. My brother and I then had to fight the boss and he came back again and again, dying over and over while we kited the boss. Props to him for his determination. I wondered if he was collecting footage for a "rip dks" video or something. To magicka DKs: if you want to fight sorcs then slot scales.

Prof_Bawbag · October 2015

kylerjalen wrote: »

Prof_Bawbag wrote: »

You learn more from your defeats than you do running with zergs. I began like that. I was fodder, didn't enjoy being fodder, but I learnt where to tweak my build and I'm no longer fodder. Thanks to people like you, I actually shed my PvE ignorance and actually paid attention to my gear and skills.

Agreed here.
I'll be honest, I still am quite awful at PvP buuuut, I love Imperial City and to be honest, in order to actually survive and thrive, one has to have some semblance of PvP knowledge. I am currently working on "re-working" my gear and build so that I can do better. This is part of the "fun" of a game, learning and figuring out new things as well as giving and getting help from other like-minded individuals.

Yeah, I'm far from being one of the best and probably on par with yourself. I remember this one guy kept handing me my arse on a plate and must have thought I was trolling him coming back time after time with the same result - me dying rather quickly. However, I wasn't dying just for the sake of it, I wanted to see what he was doing, where my gear was letting me down and which skills i could add for survivability. I came away from those particular encounters knowing a little bit more what i had to do and also invested time in increasing my provisioning. I found my regen was just awful, but was a non issue in PvE so I made new gear with divines and changed my stone to atronach. Which helped me with my heals and still allowed me to output damage. I also learnt how to dodge roll and block. Again something you rarely have to do in PvE.

Once i get more experience under my belt I will attempt to become a little bit more offensive, but for now, I'm comfortable using regen and heals, so it's the first baby step so to speak.

G0ku · October 2015

ontheleftcoast wrote: »

Finally we went over to the respawn point for AD and just stood there hoping he'd take the hint and head back down the ladder.

Maybe if he comes back constantly give him a chance to 1v1 if you´re that superior?

There should be an instant-kill debuff for enemy players waiting at an others factions respawn area, just saying... If it´s just two, nevermind.

But recently when you go to do a dailys you see about 20 of these baddies standing down there waiting to *** you. Seems to be the retaliation for killing them off in small scale while they were trying to catch grinders off-guard. No TV and no AP after the initial kill but they will stand there waiting like hungry vultures.

Rylana · October 2015

OP sounds like a braggart trying to get some kind of recognition for his endeavors.

I shall enjoy teabagging he and his buddies corpses if I ever run into them.

Brrrofski · October 2015

Why not?

What does he have to lose?

I always do in IC. Even if I'm outnumbered I'll give it a go. I never usually kill then all, but I'll take one or two down.