Lets get back to the 'Honour' theme.
I'm a little dismayed at 2 incidents that happened in the Omni Arena late last night and this morning.
Not being a PvP'er (who can be when you are a nano MP with 2900 HP :( ) myself and 2 friends went down to the Arena to try out some stuff, the effects of Mind Quake on an NT, how long an Enforcer can last against a demon, does the Mez pet actually DO anything, that sorta stuff.
All went well for 20 mins or so, we did most of the things we needed to do, other peeps had a try against the demon or tested their weapons against him etc. Then whilst 'fighting' Codestrap a lvl 182 NT, he was checking out NS against the demon, I suddenly get an 'Attacked by Xenome' message. Next stop reclaim.
For those of you that are unaware, Xenome is a lvl 200 Atrox MP with Demon and big gun.... (oh to have tons of spare IP)
I learned that he then attacked Codestrap who has just a few more HP than I do (like double) and who is better equiped to deal with being battered to death by a demon than I. Codie repulsed the attack and actually had Xenome down to half life when Xenome ran out of the Arena and terminated to avoid being killed 'in combat'.
Up until now, apart from Xenome being a total GOIT for attacking me when I was focussed on what was going on between my demon and Codie, you would probably say 'Ah well you were in the Arena so.......' and to a point I would agree with you. None of the 10 or so other players in the arena at the time felt the urge to attack me but what the hey.
The interesting bit comes the morning after. Having done experiments at higher lvl, my friend and I decide to do a bit of sparring at lower lvl, 77 and 76 to be precise. So off the the arena we go.....
When I arrive there the arena and the surrounding area look empty, save for a lvl 7 female Engie stood in the middle of the area with her bot. As my friend hadn't arrived and all was quiet I zoned into the arena, I didnt think the lvl 7 engie would pose a problem if she threw a wobbly and tried to batter me to death with her bot (not that she would have been able to under PvP rules anyways). No sooner had the Grace Period ended then I get an 'Attacked by Xenome' message!! I dont know why, but I had instinctively moved towards the exit machine during the grace period when I entered the area, had I not done so I would have been another notch on Xenome's belt. As it was, once I got outside, I had to find somewhere to zone to break agro as I got the message several times whilst out of the arena too.
Being rather happy to have been ambushed by this Goit twice within 12 hours I sent him a gentle tell questioning his parentage and enquiring of his likeness to a part of the female anatomy.
He proceeded to try to convince me that that was the first attack he had ever tried... 'I have never PvP before and have NEVER attack anyone before, I wanted to see what it was like, I do not know what to do' and 'I do not have a title, I have never PvP'. I then relayed the actions of the previous night and revealed that I was the one he killed and he changed his story to 'I was jumped by 10 people I never started it' and then he said 'I cannot possibly kill you anyway you are too low, I am 200 you are 77, it is not possible'. Then he said 'I will let you kill me, by excuse, come into the Arena you can kill me' as if I was gonna fall for that one!!
It was pretty obvious to me that this Gimpoid was laying in wait for anyone to enter the arena so he could attack them, he must have been hidden cos I couln't see him there when I looked from outside the arena nor when I zoned in. That coupled with the goings on the night before seems to indicate that Xenome is deliberately targetting people unaware of his presence and killing them before they have had time to react, where is the honour in that? And why should I be subject to that sort of behaviour when trying to get to grips with the mechanics of the PvP aspect of this game in the only place available to me where I won't (or am unlikely to) get ganked by clanners (this is not a post against getting ganked by the opposite side in a political area... been there..... had that done to me... avoid those areas ... move on )
Idiots like Xenome should be stopped surely...
It has since occured to me that the engie might well have been 'bait' for anyone curious enough about why a char is stood alone in the middle of the arena to enter and ask. Mebbe I'm being cynical?
Deepthought lvl 159 MP
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