What Are Heroes Running FROM?


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Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill View Post
OK, how about this.

Stalingrad, late 1942. Vassili Zaitsev, Soviet sniper, hides and waits for a likely Nazi target to come by.

There! He sees his quarry - a German officer. He takes aim, then stands up and breaks cover to yell "Hey, you, I'm going to shoot you now, stand still!"

Instead of being seen as a war hero, even having movies (such as Enemy at the Gates) based on the stories around him, he's used for the next half century plus as a lesson on "How not to behave as a sniper."

Get what's being said?
It's worth noting that Vasily Zaytsev's specific goal was to deter the Germans from ever entering his zone again. And it worked. And it usually works that way in PVP too.


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When in a warzone, it is recommended to travel in groups, preferably ones that have worked together before.

That way the lone sniper/stalker/MM can't pick people off without a challenge, and any gank-squads will think twice as well.



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Cast Mass Invis on team, then type "/afk That's right, come closer..."



"City of Heroes. April 27, 2004 - August 31, 2012. Obliterated not with a weapon of mass destruction, not by an all-powerful supervillain... but by a cold-hearted and cowardly corporate suck-up."

 

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Originally Posted by Soul Train View Post
When in a warzone, it is recommended to travel in groups, preferably ones that have worked together before.

That way the lone sniper/stalker/MM can't pick people off without a challenge, and any gank-squads will think twice as well.



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Cast Mass Invis on team, then type "/afk That's right, come closer..."
^ This chick is wise.


 

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I'm a Kinfender.

We are known in PvP circles as "Bait".



"City of Heroes. April 27, 2004 - August 31, 2012. Obliterated not with a weapon of mass destruction, not by an all-powerful supervillain... but by a cold-hearted and cowardly corporate suck-up."

 

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Whenever I PVP I sing "Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows everywhere......"


Really gets me in the mood....


 

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You may be surprised if you ever come across me like that. I occasionally will play possum and put my AFK flag up. I'm sitting right there watching the screen with my hand over the key for Dull Pain (I only do that with my main scrapper, no one else lives long enough to pull it off). I've suckered a lot of stalker players in like that.

You want to draw one out? Make yourself look like an easy kill
This is a good tactic especially when you have backup. That or sit in a quicksand/caltrops patch.


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I'm a Kinfender.

We are known in PvP circles as "Bait".
Hour Woman was the exception back in the day. That was the first time a lone defender dropped my noobish behind like it was a bad joke.

I miss her


"the reason there are so many sarcastic pvpers is we already had a better version of pvp taken away from us to appease bad players. Back then we chuckled at how bad players came here and whined. If we knew that was the actual voice devs would listen to instead of informed, educated players we probably would have been bigger dicks back then." -ConFlict

 

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Umm, ya, No. Don't you dare touch my farming grounds. Kay. thanks. bye...
You have specifically said in this thread you don't care about any of the people on the other end of your "farms", so why in the world should any of us care about you and what you want?


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Y'know, a lot of people playing this game don't like to play the PVP parts... but unless I'm wrong, don't lots of us gladly play games like Team Fortress 2, online Starcraft and other games that are all about PVP?

I think it just really shows that this game just isn't designed for PVP. It's too different from regular gameplay, there's too many variables and a steep learning curve. I mean, I'm looking forward to Star Trek Online, and I'd probably gladly PVP in that game, though I don't particular enjoy doing it here.


 

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You have specifically said in this thread you don't care about any of the people on the other end of your "farms", so why in the world should any of us care about you and what you want?
Cause i'm not the only one farming Zones? Besides, i'm Tokyo.


 

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Cause i'm not the only one farming Zones? Besides, i'm Tokyo.
*pfft* AE wasn't getting farmed by only one person either. Honestly, having an entire Japanese city farming a zone is enough reason to remove it for me.

Still, amusing thread, keep it up.


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Hour Woman was the exception back in the day. That was the first time a lone defender dropped my noobish behind like it was a bad joke.

I miss her
You and me both, buddy.


We'll always have Paragon.