Posted by Someone on March 28, 2000 at 00:31:53:
In Reply to: Two super-cabals. posted by theidiot on March 27, 2000 at 21:34:06:
Cabal wars are pretty lame now days. Yes, there seems like only two or three sides. I will not count troupe and dawn as a side though because no one really even cares about them. Arbiters, they are just in the way. So that leaves, master&empire, vs sylvan, barons, ragers, and all the rest of the lightwalkers.
What makes it lame is neither side will fight with their allies when in fact they all should. It should not be this Axis & Allies war. It should be a bunch of cabals fighting eachother. Empire should not work with anyone, unless they are bloodoathed. They should also attack anyone that is not bloodoath. Too many times I hear on the cabal channel, is blahblah a master? Should it matter, he is not oathed, kill him.
Now ragers and sylvan. This is another friendship that should not be. It is pretty sick how ragers turn a blind eye to warders and go grouping with people like Pikel just so they can run to the Palace and summon some sleeping fire giant anti-paladin that is 9 ranks below them and kill him when he is already naked. I never did understood that. More importantly, why they always say that as long as a warder doesn't use magic in front of me it is ok when a rager warrior will attack some dawnie warrior outright and say, I attacked you because you had a potion and I saw you with a mage. That is just shameful. If they let mages exist in their cabal, they are just as evil as anyone else. Quit playing stupid.
Barons, they aren't so much of a problem. If they attack Empire too much, they stop being random and Pico actually enforces his cabal's ideals. Now, here is the kicker, when was the last time they did something to a warder or rager? Hrmmmm...now that would be random chaotic behavior. Of course, the lich is not included in barons. He pretty much stopped being random a long time ago. It is pretty obvious he is going to kick your ass. I would be surpised, if he went into battle unprepared like Scarabs old lich. Now that is crazy and random and he was an arbiter. Heh
Blah Blah Blah....I am starting to whine. What I am trying to say is theidiot is actually right, there is something wrong with the cabal wars. It should not be two sided. I think the immortals should make all the cabals indepenant of eachother. When you join a cabal, you should only help those of your cabal. Running to the aid of Empire when warders attack, should not be what masters do when they have so many spells to learn. Warders sitting in dwarf forest should not happen when there are a whole bunch of other forests in Thera that should be protected and never are. So on.
Yeah, it may seen stupid right now, but in the long run it would stop all this one sidedness we have in the game. You know what I mean. Someone checks the who list and sees 3 ragers and 3 warders on, so he doesn't log on his imperial because he doesn't wanna die. Imagine this same thing but warders and ragers fight eachother also. It gives him a chance to log on. It works with masters and empire also. If they aren't working so closely, a rager could log on and not get the living shit kicked out of him. Granted, we know it isn't supposed to work like that, but it does. I think cabals not helping eachother would end this. This goes for SEC halls of Empire also. When was the last time they had a disagreement? Been awhile since they are struggling just to keep from sinking. Lets end this all log on or none stuff. Taking and holding someones cabal item for five days straight is getting old.