chazwozza wrote: Tue May 21, 2019 9:06 am
Is it even worth being Destro on this one sided server?
Absolutely. It's even more worthwhile to run solo, as you get to see the true nature of some players. Adversity brings out the best and the worst in people, and that's true in games as well as in life.
You get to see how people act when they are alone vs. when they are in groups - some act massively aggressive when they are in a group but run away the instant you find them wandering alone. Some corpse jump their kills, while others /salute after a fight. Some use emotes as a way to communicate while others use them as weapons to try and humiliate their opponents. In the end though, watching how your opponents act when they outnumber you - or you outnumber them - gives some amazing insights into their (and your) true character. It reveals their inner cowardice, their bravery, and in some cases their sense of humor and fair play.
Years ago on live (and also here when I first started playing again) I used to get really mad whenever I'd come across a 6 man group or a warband and they'd just steamroll over me when I'm running solo. I thought, why do that, there's no real competition in it when you outnumber someone that greatly. However after much solo roaming (I solo roam mostly for the challenge of it, groups and warbands just feel too much like easy mode to me) I came realize that for many of those players that's the only way they will ever have of defeating me, and to my eyes it really isn't a defeat when I'm grossly outnumbered. Another thing that I noticed is that for every time a steamroll happens, I usually have 2-3 fun interesting fights in between them. So for me it ends up being more than positive in the long run.
All I can advise is that you develop some sort of code of conduct that you feel is honorable, and then try to hold to it. I tend to try and go easy on newer players as I want the population here to grow. Your own code may differ greatly.
To give some examples -
I try not to attack players that are solo and under level 20, unless they attack me first. Usually, I'll just try to get close and then hit them with a /poke emote and then ride off (kind of like counting coup). I'm not always successful at this tho, and if my bloods up I don't always check peoples level before attacking them. If I notice during a fight that you are low level I'll usually try to back off and let you escape. However if you attack first or try to mock me in some way then all bets are off
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For players 21-30 I'll usually try to kill them once or twice just to put the fear of god into them, then let them go after that. Dependent of course on whether or not they attack me, or if they are a Witch Hunter or or Bright Wizard (cuz seriously, screw those guys
).
Other than that most others are open game.
I do however try to do weird things now and then just to keep the other side off balance and keep things fun. Shadowing a player on the opposing side and emoting to them until they emote back is fun, as is trying to get them to follow you to a hidden world object without either of you attacking each other. Hell, I've actually developed truces with some order players over time without ever having actually talked to them. We just see each other, emote a greeting and then pass each other by.
Things like that are what makes this game so much fun, and looking back on the past few months it may be what has been missing recently. With the influx of new players, some of the weird things that people would do have taken a back seat to the constant need to push for the best gear and the highest renown rank. Having that stuff is nice, but that won't be what I remember most about this game years from now. That memory will probably still be having an entire warband of order ride past me in Praag, not a single one attacking me, and most of them /saluting or /waving. Freaked me the hell out, let me tell you...
Keep Warhammer weird, people!
