Posted by Shokai(IMM) on September 1, 2000 at 16:04:05:
In Reply to: So why don't mages get an exp loss when they die to a rager 1/3 of a con isn't a reason to fear casting magics... posted by Graham on September 1, 2000 at 03:15:34:
> It's stupid saying that breaking a law (one cabals rules) should incite a greater punishment than another cabals rules. "Do do do
> Just be grateful spellbane doesn't obliterate anymore
> Are arbiters a cabal or are they a pseudo cabal for cf rules enforcement, i think this is an issue that totally needs clarifying. As it is, most players think they suck, newbies think they rule and Imbrogno thinks they are fucking gods and should never be allowed to be beaten.
If mortals dictated completely the Laws of the land, yes it would be idiotic, however the rules aren't *that* hard to follow. They basically read as 'do not attack in town' 'do not attack an Arbiter after a criminal'...if you follow those two, and don't raid Arbiters, guess what, you're safe. Can an Arbiter flag you for being Entropy? No. Being chaotic? No. Why are so many Barons and chaotics flagged? Because most people believe the only way they can be chaotic is to use the anarchist approach of 'we must break the law'. I'm not downing it, just pointing out it's not the only way. Now the next cabal that tends to have more wanteds per member than any other...Battle. I'd admire Battle if they didn't always do this stupid war thing because they have the numbers to do so. Don't get me wrong...I like battle, I do, and have played a fair number of them...my problem is that Arbiters and Battle have no reason for mass cabal warfare, and yet everytime Battle swells in ranks...oh look! War on Arbiters. This is the stupidest way to avoid a flag I can think of. To answer your question of why don't mages suffer an exp loss when killed by a rager...please. If you've played a low level mage when the rager/rager wannabe swarm is around...you know fear of magic. Ragers inspire fear, *I* won't play a mage until I get better at pk'ing because of the low-mid level rager swarm....so consider the magic haters doing thier job, eh?
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