Posted by Imbrogno(VIP) on September 10, 2000 at 09:52:19:
In Reply to: Re: posted by Rooqweaz on September 10, 2000 at 09:19:21:
> > Why do people bitch when I use my guards?
>
> Because they are not suppposed to be used in PK.
>
> If you play an arbiter to guard the law it is ok
> but if you just play a combo "warrior with charmies"
> to pk people, you suck.
> Guards are not the same as deathblow, dopple or whatever. They are vulnirable to abuse (like the flag-power)
> They attack criminals out of range, they attack people
> when you are ghost.
>
> If you use your arbiter powers to pk people (even if you don't break rules) people would hate you
> like they hate Fuerln (who used any excuse to flag and
> hunt people down).
> To let you understand, just an example:
> let's say, you feel that this giant X is going to attack this elf Y in the town soon.
> Will you:
> 1) enter the room and warn them to prevent the crime
> and thus you will be true guardian of law, who
> worries about crimes being commited and tries to prevent them
> or
> 2) you enter the room, call guards and wait for the crime to quickly flag and PK/loot this X as soon as he commited the crime.
> In this case, you don't worry about the law, you just use it as an excuse for PK with guards.
> It is not against the rules, you are allowed to provoke the crime and flag people then, but
> in this case you just act like an asshole and people hate you.
>