> Is there a way to play without encountering these a**holes??
Yep, play in private, passworded games(either solo, or with friends you
trust). That's the only real way you can be sure to avoid them. If you play
in public games, you run the risk of being PKed. It sucks, but if you play
public games, it's the risk you take. If you're not willing to take that
risk, play in private games, or play softcore where being PKed doesn't mean
anything other than a loss of gold.
> Thanks, Iron.
> > Hi,
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> Thanks, Iron.
Ok, thanks.
One more thing (and then I'll leave it alone), are HCL PKers
'glitched' characters?. you know, like 2000 to all skills etc...? or
can they be beaten? Are they very, very good players? Or just script
kiddie cheats using off the shelf hacks?
Do I have a hope in hell if I stand and fight?
Thanks for all the suggestions and advice,
Iron.
Shiflet - 17 Feb 2008 12:22 GMT
> One more thing (and then I'll leave it alone), are HCL PKers
> 'glitched' characters?. you know, like 2000 to all skills etc...?
Nope. No such glitches exist, currently. The only current glitch chars are
stacked auradins, which make for annoying duelers, but somewhat poor
pkers(since stacking an auradin requires 2 characters, a fair amount of
time, can easily be seen being set up, and since auradins lack teleport).
> or can they be beaten?
Some can. There's more than 1 dead character on the HC ladders who died in a
failed PK attempt.
> Are they very, very good players?
Some are, many are not.
> Or just script kiddie cheats using off the shelf hacks?
Many of them are, the ones who PK legit tend to be the good ones.
> Do I have a hope in hell if I stand and fight?
Not likely, because the PKers who use hacks to kill most likely won't ever
fight you to begin with. They'll kill you from offscreen with TMC and AA, or
while in town with TPPK, and you're not likely to ever be in a position to
face them head on. And the ones who kill legit with no hacks are a)built
*specifically* to kill other characters and b)built with VERY costly, top of
the line godly gear. If you're not similarly built and geared, you're not
likely to beat one of them head on.
> Iron.
royls@telus.net - 17 Feb 2008 21:39 GMT
>One more thing (and then I'll leave it alone), are HCL PKers
>'glitched' characters?. you know, like 2000 to all skills etc...? or
>can they be beaten? Are they very, very good players?
Maybe one in 100 has real skills. One in 20 uses top gear that makes
them extremely powerful. The rest have no special skills or gear and
just cheat.
>Or just script kiddie cheats using off the shelf hacks?
Almost all are the latter.
>Do I have a hope in hell if I stand and fight?
No. It would be quite rare for a PK cheat (and they almost all cheat)
to even be on your screen when they kill you.
However, a few PKs are just idiots who want to annoy others, and will
even do things like enter a Normal chant game after the chanter has
left, hoss everyone, and promptly get killed by somebody's merc as
soon as they show their face outside town.
-- Roy L