Reopen pvp island.

[bois]

What was a good idea somehow always turns to mush once certain attitudes take over elements of the game.

The Christmas opening of center island has always been one that a lot of players look forward to. Players get to talk to opponents and trade stories have fun , pvp a little and compare gears and some tactics. Even reminisce about the year past. Sure there are moments of bad blood but in the past this has been far and few between because players usually sorted it out with a pvp at the back of the island.
It seems that the programmers sorted it out this year so PvP now would take place at the WZ side by the boats of respective realms.

As years go by, the noticeable drop in EQ (emotional quotient ) and possibly IQ as well , fed by sugar intoxicated zealots under the effect of RPitis, lead to utter foolishness at the boats.
Players who want to get in cannot because of excessive camping. Now I am not against minor camping (kill a person only once ) but incessant camping and the new game of CC the player to death is just plain garbage. All realms do it so don't try to make any excuses.
As the event wear on I notice that it is getting worse by the hour leading to even more ganking and players who normally do not engage in it , do to avenge their mates.
Yes , some may say I am whining and it is a war game (emphasis game ). Your opinion is noted and shelved. I do not believe that NGD intended the boats to be a flashpoint such as it is now.

Now I think an adequate solution is to reopen pvp island. Fix it up during the next year and have it ready for xmas 2011. There players can pvp in arenas and still chat. The portals take them back to their respective realm gates so they cannot pop in and out and make a nuisance of themselves. I think the entry points can remain the same. Players will simply need escorts to get in. Putting 1 archer guard there might be going too far but it may come to that as well.
I obviously do not expect other players to have the maturity or moral compass that I do but at least think about your actions. Ease up for the Xmas. You have all year to gank people.

Regards
Artec

[Minorian]

I agree it is quite lame, everyone just camps and kills, and at the sight of a real fight clicks the boats and is completely safe.

Pretty much whenever I am on I camp our (Ignis) boats, purely because I want our realm to be able to get to the island, since it means alot to many people.

My opinion, add a save guard to each boat for the respective realm, no more camping, and a safe passage.

[VandaMan]

Placing an NPC by the boats to teleport you in place of clicking on the boats would be a simple way to solve the problem. Call him a ferryman or something. Since you can't speak to NPCs of other realms, campers could still do their thing, but they can't simply jump to the island when retribution comes.

[Znurre]

Placing an NPC by the boats to teleport you in place of clicking on the boats would be a simple way to solve the problem. Call him a ferryman or something. Since you can't speak to NPCs of other realms, campers could still do their thing, but they can't simply jump to the island when retribution comes.Good idea.

As for the camping itself, I find it a nice change of pace.
If you want your realm to be able to enter the island, just camp yourself and get some fun meanwhile.

EDIT: Actually, an NPC would be awesome.
You could make it teleport you to the island with a delay of 3 seconds.
It would spawn a dialog like the logout dialog, which would reset on attack.

That way you solve 2 problems:


People that escape in the last second to save themselves.
People that just tries to run past the campers with any means they have, without fighting.

[Bladnoch]

BUt the guards who guard the boats have to be epic killers, like one-hit killers. That way there's no fighting back, you can kill a whole group pretty quickly and all lessons are learnt. > : )

[Inkster]

A simpler solution would be to teleport players if using another realms teleport not to the island but to the middle of the ocean ^^

[KKharzov]

BUt the guards who guard the boats have to be epic killers, like one-hit killers. That way there's no fighting back, you can kill a whole group pretty quickly and all lessons are learnt. > : )
Yes. Placing a guard at each dock is truly ingenious.

However you are forgetting the second someone from the enemy realm would step out there (for the PvP's you all frolic and enjoy so much) they would get KOed by the guard. Thus making the entire idea fail.

Shits fine the way it is now, NGD isn't going to change it. Enjoy the rest of the event folks. I know I will. Looks like a few of you still need to learn your ABC's. You still can't distinguish the warzone from a flower picking meadow.

For the record, I find the boat fights themselves very fun to play in. Players from Ignis and Syrtis organize themselves and warp through for great open field battles where you can expect the enemy, or sometimes tricks and twists. I have seen some players have come up with very hilarious ideas.

[Bladnoch]

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Calm down, it was only a suggestion. I haven't even BEEN on Regnum in ages, this is about as opinionated as I've got in the last 6 months over this game. And if they were 'fights' then that's what everyone else would call them, but since the term has been coined as 'camping' I'm guessing it's not the fairest of tactics.
No need for the attitude. :/

[bois]

Van's idea is not bad and personally I would prefer if there was no guard. Putting a guard is like trying to legislate behaviour. Impossible.
The pvp island existed 2 years ago I think. It was not perfect but I enjoyed it. If it is still out there, it would be nice to see a return. Campers could do their thing, chatters do their thing and you could still have a few pvps. If I recollect correctly, the teleporters put you back at your realm gate. I found that system worked pretty well at that time.

[Pwnography]

Tbh, i enjoy it when someone come to CI and says "Alsius/Ignis/Syrtis boats camped, we need help", and people for the realms who aren't camping work together to kill the campers. While CI is open this seems to be the only RvR action happening, at least on horus.

[Gabburtjuh]

Keep it this way, I enjoy the pvping xD