You let the guy hanging out with you get assainated? For shame chema, for shame!

So I was messing around with a new character at the Fort in Port Royal last night, there were a few other low level characters there as well and this one guy that was in his high teens as far as notoriety went, we was killing everything, leaving nothing for anyone else, it was rather rude. So I jump on one of the higher level grunts he was beating on(since he had so 'kindly' killed everything else), he try'd the back off and let the grunt kill me tactic, it back fired on him, I took a beating then jumped off the wall, the grunt turned around and killed him, I circled back up and got the kill.

I don't know why some people have to be so rude, there was no reason for this guy to be killing all the level 1-4 cadets like he was. Its not like the others and myself were piggy backing his kills or something.

LoL So true!!

What's even better is if they're a mid-level trying to play with the big kids, and then demand to be healed every two seconds because they healed you. I'll only play that game for so long before I start to get a little slow in my response time... :laughks2:

"Hanging out" is hardly the case. I did not ask this level 10 character for help in killing the level 30+ enemies I was going after. He just figured he would join in. Gee, thanks. I knew it would just be a matter of time before he asked me to heal him since there is not an enemy in that cave that is less than level 14.

When I was level 10, I didn't even know where Padres was! One of the greatest lessons I learned was just getting too close to the Mercenary at PR. I was dead before I could touch a key on the keyboard. It was an excellent education on the limits of being a lower-level character. Players need to learn that there will not always be a higher-level character around the save them.

Besides, I didn't come up with this character name by accident. Elsewhere I used to RP this demon I am named after and I was merciless. I am a LOT nicer on POTCO and try to help n00bs when I can, but we are bloodthirsty pirates after all, aren't we? :pirate111za1:

You speak the truth. Too many of the newbies expect to be handed things. Note I said "handed" not helped. There's a difference. I had help but didn't leach off people I didn't know.

You did the right thing setting up the noob to get assassinated. I would've even attuned him and promised to heal him, then did nothing as he died. Maybe even crew him first to make it look like you're being nice.

IMO if you cant do it on your own, then you should be doing it at all. Thats how I am on the issue. Unless you go in and have a game plan in advance, thats the only way I will help someone. Occasionally if I see someone in need, and I can help them I will heal them while they battle the uglies. I get alot of courteous pirates that say thanks, others that just run off without a word...they get the imaginary bird.

True true! I got no problem helping others in their Quests if they come up agains a hard section (Like doing the Gernade Quest at L23 - you needs friends to do all that running around KH :) ) - but too many were beginnning to 'jump in' at any moment they felt like it...

I had to do it alone (and my second pirate I STILL did most of it alone) - its how you get the REP required + the experience (it looks SO funny to see a L29 with L4 sailing? Whats up with that? LOL - I had my War Frigate at L24 with my Second Pirate...) its how you learn 'tricks of the trade' and still survive - many of the 'gulls' wouldn't know how to make it on their own just because they don't have the experience of what it takes to handle a higher level enemy (switching weapons fast - using weapons in certain order for certain ones...) - you learn or be the example :)

when I help someone I tend to try and let them experience it so they know how its done rather than looking for me to do it for them.

I think the attacking update has its ups and downs. You can use it to get others killed (always fun). But sometimes its just plain annoying.

For example i was on yesterday killing seaveards and this guy with a doll kept running upto them, so whilst i was hitting him with a cutlass, dealing 180 dmg- 200 dmg a hit but he was using swarm dealing 500 dmg, so the seabeard started running after him. It just gets so anoying when moochers come in and take your kills.

kill stealers are definitely annoying, even more so when it comes to ships, no one seems to have much etiquette out on the high seas