kill Stealing ?? Rule??

2»

Comments

  • Smexxyfox - Heavens Tear
    Smexxyfox - Heavens Tear Posts: 722 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    He said "...dont want to be a squadmate..." so in other words the BM/Barb refused his help.

    Honestly thats just asking for it, I'd have to agree with Scarag on that one. Not only does channeling take long there is also some of us with some lag and constantly tiptoeing around some jackass thats to good to party with you is just a waste of time. Anyone that sais no to free bonus exp needs to get whacked with a phonebook.
  • Scarag - Heavens Tear
    Scarag - Heavens Tear Posts: 12 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    Why would I want to be in a squad with you? All you would do for me is give my target a nice shine and polish before I burn its lungs into charcoal.
  • Smexxyfox - Heavens Tear
    Smexxyfox - Heavens Tear Posts: 722 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    lol wait till you get a few lvls and those melee mobs start cutting off your extremeties before you kill them , then see where that attitude gets you.
  • AndromedaB - Sanctuary
    AndromedaB - Sanctuary Posts: 1,376 Arc User
    edited February 2009
    Scarag - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    Most of the time when I kill steal from someone its because my spells that take a very long time to channel like Divine Pyrogram. While I am channeling its quite often a Blademaster or Barbarian will start to attack my target while channeling. I dont blame them for attacking them. I attack from so far away they probably dont even know I am behind them let alone attacking the same creature they are. But sometimes when I see a Blademaster or Barbarian that takes all day to kill a creature and they dont want to be a squadmate of me I will purposefully steal their kills. I am not going to waste my time and wait forever for someone to kill a creature when I want to kill it as well. If I waited for them every time I would never kill anything because I usually start attacking a creature with spells that take a long time to channel (so I can use the quick channel spells right after while fighting).

    Kill stealing also saves lives. I sometimes see someone who doesnt know they are being attacked my several creatures or that their target has "increased life" or "increased defence" and not able to handle the situation. I will purposefully start a push area of effect spell like Will of the Phoenix to get them off the person being ganged up then and get them after me. I will then fly out of there and save their life. I have no obligation to save someone else's life. I risk my own to save theirs when I don't even have enough hitpoints to handle 5 strikes.

    When it comes to neglected loot I have no problem with people taking my loot if I don't pick it up right away and neither should anyone else. If enough time goes by that anyone can pick up the loot its obvious that the person who killed for that loot did not care enough for it to pick it up right way. Yes, I know there are times when your getting attacked by several creatures and you have to move on to the next one or retreat and its difficult to pick up your loot. There you have to make a choice. Its either killing the next creature or your drop. You can always have both and there are situations you must choose. I don't think anyone would want a valueable item to just disapear and nobody acquires it. And if I have to retreat after I kill a creature I would prefer that someone else gets the loot rather than to disapear.

    There is no rule and there never should be for kill stealing or neglected loot recovering. It is to subjective to opinion who stole who's kill. There is quite a long time to pick up an object before anyone else can pick it up. There could be a safeguard implimented to make it 1 vs 1 killing but, squads would be useless against that creature and also people who like to start with spell or ablities that take a long time to channel will never get a chance to kill anything. If you kill a creature and it drops loot you want to pick it up don't waste your time and pick it up already. If someone can pick it up its like trash on the side of your property and its fair game to pick up.

    Anyone who complains to me about stealing your kills or taking your loot should just realize that you do not own the creatures and that you do not own that loot once someone else can pick it up. If you want to prevent kill stealing get yourself a 60+ wizard.

    and its hell getting there
  • Saitada - Sanctuary
    Saitada - Sanctuary Posts: 3,220 Arc User
    edited February 2009
    produde wrote: »
    It's really not an issue from my experience. There are players that just let the loot lay there while they continue taking down more mobs. Some players never intend to pick stuff up as they are just grinding....I tell them, " Pick your stuff up if you don't want to lose it." If they don't and just contniue to kill mobs within a reasonable time, I pick it up before it rots...makes me wonder if they have the same attitude in RL.....

    Sometimes individuals will run right up on your fresh kill while your attempting to kill anther mob that agro'd, and loot your stuff before you really have the chance too loot it yourself. I've taken to just looting right as the mob dies, even if it means I die because I am dead tired of these Ninja looters. If someone kills something, and has another mob on them and is killing that, don't run up and take their **** before they can, have "some" decency and wait a minute or so or till after they kill the mob that they were fighting, if they run off. Loots yours, if they pick it up, never was.

    ~Saitada

Categories