What are really the issues here?

Since there is no perma-death what is so bad about open PvP? You die, you go to death realm and your back. There is no loss execpt for a few minutes of making your way out.  How can you cry about open pvp? 

Ok role playing is the goal for PS.  Well how come open PvP can't be apart of such a role playing experience?  Doesn't the opposite make even less sense in such a world?  Some guy is role playing an a$$h0le and gets killed for it.  You think it is really roleplaying to have to request such an attack first?

Ususally the ONLY reason players cry about PvP in the first place, is because games are TOO unbalanced when it comes to character level or strength.  The degree of a noob vs. a veteran player is just too much.  It would be better to bring these seperations much closer together, giving even the noob the chance to kill a veteran player.  Will a system like this ever come about, probably not because of poor design for character stat builds.

IMO

It is stupid to cry about being killed when you lose absolutely NOTHING from dying.

What is the difference between a monster killing you or a player?  The monster kills you, you accept it, but if it is a player then that is somehow wrong??

If you want GOOD pvp, then you need to have a system that is generally fair for everyone. Allow even the newest character to have a chance against the oldest character. But most veteran players will cry about this since they dont like the idea of being killed by a noob. But if you bring these two closer together then you will not get a veteran player griefing noobs either.

All other systems will be horribly broken or make no sense in the context of the world or for an open roleplaying experience...

~Lyc

The NPC in the arena, Vresa Nohdirr, the "Bring me a sword" quest seems to be bugged. That is unless I have failed to do something to get the piece of paper she is suppose to give me to give to Harnquist. I tried to respond with several responses but none of them have succeeded in aquiring the note. If it is not a bug, can you tell me what I am doing wrong or neglecting?

Thanks

~Lyc

Is there by any chance a way to change the target icon or have the ability to change it manually myself?

The hot pink arrow thing-a-magig is kinda getting on my nerves. It is really out of place for me. Maybe no one else has any problem with it and that is fine, but me personally it is too distracting and out of place.

If it can't be changed then that really sucks and I guess I'll just have to target stuff less often.

If I can change it, where exactly is the icon, I have checked through the game directory but can't seem to locate it.

Thanks

~Lyc

chain does infact protect you more then leather...'

example... l/a lv 10 ; m/a lv 10

mob - ulbernaught

using l/a 70-80 h/p damage
m/a 40-50 damage

see the dif? i would hope so.. sure you threw pp at l/a dont mean a thing.. O.. not to mention that that was all 

You completely misunderstood what I was pointing out, so let me explain it again...

1 point in light armor vs. 1 point in chain.

If you have 1 point in light armor and wear a full suit of leather it protects better than having 1 point of medium armor and wearing chain.

So the basic run down is

1 point of light armor, leather is better than 1 point of medium armor, chain.

So leather is better than chain. Perhaps as medium and light armor are trained this may change as you pointed out with 10 pts in each. But that is not what I was talking about.  Early points of medium armor are completely "useless" since you are better off sticking with leather until you train up medium armor.

Understand now?

I played daggerfall... Infact the death realm was not completely randomly generated. I discovered that it was a variing of eight maps, once you learned the signs of each of the eight you could immediately tell which one you were in and thus find your way to the exit as simply as going from point A to B. 

But that is my point. You learn by taking in information of success and or failures. So how can you expect to know just how dangerous a Tefusang or Ulbernaught can be? You can't without first trying them out in battle.  It is only stupid if you die after discovering you were no match for them, yet you try to battle them again with the same failure. 

They could have just as easily made a cute pink rabbit nearly impossible to kill. Yet would you say that since it "looks" less threatening since it doesn't have large claws or fangs, that it somehow is defeatable?  Your logic makes no sense, that is, if you can call it "logic".

Dumbest? Thanks. Your too kind. Eventually you will end up there yes. Like in RL eventually we will die. Why are we so cautious in RL though. Do we approach tigers and bears the same way we do Tefusangs and Ulbernaughts? No. Only the stupid people do. These stupid people die.

You can't really even say that... Is it stupid for people to climb mountains, skydive, surf, join the military?  While the first three I just mentioned are hobbies that thrill seekers go after. They say if life did not have thrill seekers, we wouldn't have the type of society that we have because these are the people that take risks. So is it stupid to take risks? If you don't take the risk, you never learn from anything... and yes dying is always the possibility but thats what makes it meaningful to them.  The last one, do you call the people who choose to die for their country stupid? If you do I would like you to stand on stage infront of a thousand or so vets and say dying for your country is stupid...

I would just like to add...

There are moments when trying to figure something out just gets to your wits end.

For example, the death realm is not the easiest place to navigate on your first venture through. You gotta admit that it is not THAT easy to just walk through to the exit and call it good. Ok there might be some genuses out there who when from point A to B without any problem. So koodos for you, but my concern are with the people who aren't so quick to discover just how this place works.

I have spent some time just hanging out in the death realm to help guide some new visitors through. They are quite greatful however there have been about a handful so far (this is my third day here) that have just up and quit because of continously falling off ledges or frustrated from not knowing which way to go. Not to mention the lag can creep in right at the wrong moment sending an unexpected new-comer plumiting to their death to only have to restart the maze again.

I'm not saying to make it simple, or a breeze, because I understand it's purpose but come on, atleast throw them a bone and give some clues as what or where to go. I hope this is taken into consideration since dying is more than likely an enevitable experience for all and it might break many a player.

Just a thought~

Lyc

did you wipe the rain out of your eyes?