kittenblackfriends wrote:The first day I was back on the server, a weaponmaster walked up to me as I was on my way to a low level area and just smashed me into the ground with minimal RP.
The interaction was reported and documented.
Funny story; every new character i make usually gets pvp'd by stupidly higher level players with little to no interaction.
Spike: *Half orc walks up* GIMME GOBLIN TREASURES!! *pvp smash*
Ryang: *Wizard walks up* Aasimar? GET IT! *dead*
Terry: *smashed by two high level kobolds looking for forced slave rp*
Mifune: *Midlevel Necro of the week walks up* FOLLOW VELSHAROON OR DIE!! *fireball/flame arrow death*
All of these happened in the Bramble Woods, for some reason.
That said, personal experience? Pvp deaths are less about "super powerbuilds" and more "we have more decently leveled players on our side than yours". Case in point: all of my first-day pvp deaths were done by people around level 10 typically (except the kobolds; those were around 18). It all happened in the brambles because all of these players knew 99% of the players there are level 3-5. Dickish pvp is not limited to powerbuilds.
Short version of this? Groups, numbers, and dozens of rolls per round > one or two powerbuilds more often than not. I've only seen a handful of instance where people were stupidly outnumbered and still won (Shaalira the Younger and Valiney the Archmage vs the entire church of Bane for example).
See, when it comes to large scale pvp, usually this is how it goes.
1. Group A decides to do a raid/seige. They gather all of their forces and go to town on person/group/town B.
2. Person/Group/Town B usually has little to no heads up about this, or not nearly enough time to coordinate OOClY (people in group A usually have similar playtimes, whereas group B may not for example)
3. Group B gets the hell stomped out of them due to being outnumbered and considerably less coordinated/prepared.
Sometimes step 2 gets skipped entirely, and large groups just show up in town to smash. This got EXTREMELY common and repetative at one point. This is also why exile and racial killscripts were made.
There are some people that powerbuild the hell out of their characters, make a sudden debut once they've gotten their builds potential up, and start smashing people that don't agree with them. That happens. I can't really deny that. They don't make up the majority, though.
As far as RP goes; most of my characters start getting recognized/making before hitting level 14. Mechanical strength does not equal rp influence.