PKs/Thieves are not all children...
- By Nighthawk

I have been hearing for SO long that PKs are 14 year old Diablo/Quake players. I've been playing since January and I'm pretty tired of hearing it.

I play two characters on Baja. One PK, Nighthawk, and one tank theif, Crum. Does this mean that I'm a child or that I'm out to ruin the game for everyone? No - neither. I'm 28 years old - I've been playing RPGs since the ole pen and paper D&D (even before AD&D). I don't like to screw up other people's games either. Granted, it happens. I steal, kill and loot houses - but all "legally" within the game (without using exploits).

Yes, I played Quake. I liked it. NO - I don't play the way I do in UO because of Quake mentality. I think the Quake/UO PK comparison is one of the most mismatched comparisons ever done. In case you haven't played Quake, the OBJECT is to kill people - in UO, it's a choice. That's a vital difference. Diablo? I have no idea, I never played it. From what I've heard about it, it's no wonder it has such a bad rep.

My points are this. I hang out with a lot of PKs/former PKs. Only two of them are under 19 years old - that's out of over 50 people on one shard (that I know).

Stop saying it's Quake thinking. Stop saying we're children. You're just looking for excuses for dying.

I've been PKed several times. You know what an ADULT does when he's PKed? He laughes. I laughed my ass off the first time I thought I had a PK dead (back in my anti days) and I ended up dying. I saw someone run around a corner yelling "Corp Por" and I thought they were going to hit him to finish him off... heh... wrong. I got ressed, borrowed a rune/recall regs and went to re-equip and my game day continued. Simple.

If you just sit, whine, bitch, nag, complain and do nothing - then you're doing two things effectively. Wasting our time by having to read it and wasting your game time by not just continuing to play. I've had countless ghosts sit there and bitch and moan endlessly about the fact that they died. If you think that is effective use of your time, then you should roleplay a ghost and thank me that I gave you the opportunity to practice. :)

Anyone who's been PKed by me would tell you that I try to be a nice guy. I've gated/ressed every kill I've made with one exception - people who insist on talking shit/cussing me out when they're dead. I always hit my SS to talk to ghosts so I can talk/res/gate/etc... if you're sitting there cussing me out, there's not much I can/will do for you.

Hell, there was one guy that I killed near my house who was obviously not a heavy pvp'er, but he didn't run or try to recall. I not only didn't loot him, but I ressed him AND gave him 500 gold for fighting like a man.

I understand that not every PK does this, but the point is that people PKs aren't dumb children that can't get a date. We aren't Quake addicts that want UO to be all PVP. Many of us are adults who have just done everything else in the game (roleplaying, dungeons, been to the sights around Sosaria, quests, etc). The simple fact is that the one that doesn't get old and stale, is pvp.

Frankly, the fact that magic doesn't work in towns and that people can recall out in 1 1/2 seconds kills guild wars. So, please dont' come back with that arguement. I'm in one of the strongest guilds on my shard (Malagents), so don't think I haven't tried.

That's the way I look at things...


Nighthawk
The Nice Murderer

PS - for those of you who keep posting "his bow is awesome because it's a pre-patch bow of XXX", stop. The POST-patch bows are better than the pre-patch. And NO, there were no silver pre-patch. *sigh*


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