09-23-2005, 10:24 PM
Rules? What rules?
The only rules are imagined. Sometimes, Honorable action can be inspired, but enforcement is impossible and 'dishonor' understood when:
1) Ease of killing
2) Extreme difficulty to communicate
3) Near-balance of Powers
4) Competition for resources
Not so different from real world. I've seen and been the big powers that can and will bully and abuse those too weak to defend, and on the other side grasping to summon arms to PvP defend an area.
There's the odd WoW player with two accounts, who can two-box from both sides, thus communicating--but its much faster and easier just to eliminate a threat before it becomes worse.
Reasons to not fight?
1) Occupied with other events
--The same 40 man guild raid is ordered to avoid PvP to get to the instance without a hassle
--Busy farming/gathering
2) Total Imbalance of powers
--No need to exert effort, or impossible to fight off in reasonable time
So... in case of 1) There are guild rules of engagement for PvP. Individuals vary.
Been on both sides. I've helped Alliance lowbies on their side, near their graveyards and seen which players have character. I've ganked and been ganked everywhere, helped, cooperated, frightened and ignored. There are no rules, only demonstrations of imbalanced power and limitations of time and material resources.
5-6 level 30's will gang up on a 60, and call on other 60's if they get slaughtered. Defense? Hah. There's only PvP, the reasons are never noble.
Honor? Fair? In War? Is that what the british thought fighting in formation in big red coats against a guerilla war willing to ambush at every corner?
You can only be benevolent if you're the one with power. Otherwise, just a door-mat for everyone else to step on.
Long live PvP! Good going keeping that PvP flag up on PvE servers. I hope Blizzard flags PvP for attacking important faction NPCs on your servers, if they haven't already.
The only rules are imagined. Sometimes, Honorable action can be inspired, but enforcement is impossible and 'dishonor' understood when:
1) Ease of killing
2) Extreme difficulty to communicate
3) Near-balance of Powers
4) Competition for resources
Not so different from real world. I've seen and been the big powers that can and will bully and abuse those too weak to defend, and on the other side grasping to summon arms to PvP defend an area.
There's the odd WoW player with two accounts, who can two-box from both sides, thus communicating--but its much faster and easier just to eliminate a threat before it becomes worse.
Reasons to not fight?
1) Occupied with other events
--The same 40 man guild raid is ordered to avoid PvP to get to the instance without a hassle
--Busy farming/gathering
2) Total Imbalance of powers
--No need to exert effort, or impossible to fight off in reasonable time
So... in case of 1) There are guild rules of engagement for PvP. Individuals vary.
Been on both sides. I've helped Alliance lowbies on their side, near their graveyards and seen which players have character. I've ganked and been ganked everywhere, helped, cooperated, frightened and ignored. There are no rules, only demonstrations of imbalanced power and limitations of time and material resources.
5-6 level 30's will gang up on a 60, and call on other 60's if they get slaughtered. Defense? Hah. There's only PvP, the reasons are never noble.
Honor? Fair? In War? Is that what the british thought fighting in formation in big red coats against a guerilla war willing to ambush at every corner?
You can only be benevolent if you're the one with power. Otherwise, just a door-mat for everyone else to step on.
Long live PvP! Good going keeping that PvP flag up on PvE servers. I hope Blizzard flags PvP for attacking important faction NPCs on your servers, if they haven't already.