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However, I'll chime in with a related annoyance: people who PK others going for 200 and then shout about how they are preventing that person from getting to 200/etc to showboat it around. I will acknowledge that yes, in this example, it was perfectly acceptable as far as where and why the PK happened. However, the shouting of deliberately trying to prevent someone from getting 200? Come on now. Poor form. That's just asking for people to start preventing the offender from getting to 200 and treating that individual worse. It, contextually, ends up driving some of those attitudes/tensions that are frustrating for anyone to have to deal with.

This is why the shout was brought up. Seems pretty clear why people have issues with that type of behavior.

I think there's a big difference between a fanatical character making a post essentially claiming PK on anyone who trashes Varian versus your average Shadow/Bama person making the push to 200. Man, who knew Aetolians got so testy when it came to their PVE? With the current setup for how things are in terms of consumable buffs, that's really up to the players themselves to weigh the options between getting involved in IC conflict that takes away from the goal of 200, or choosing to let it slide and fight another day.

Being a villain with the intention of making other players miserable (openly stating you're trying to prevent them from getting to 200?) isn't being a villain. That's just being an asshole.

MY pet peeve is on the similar vein - in that bashing to 200 sounds miserable. If you want to maximize your $$$ investment to get the most out of your chocolates/chalices/knives/etc, you essentially need to focus entirely on bashing and distance yourself from any sort of RP that may take up precious time. Hot take, but I think it's a terrible thing to encourage people to push RP to the back burner and have them play a single-player PVE game for a bit, reward them with some RP event tailored to them and then they can continue playing the multiplayer version of Aetolia.

Would love to see the option available to pause consumables so people aren't forced to choose. Hell, put a cooldown on it so people can't just toggle it on/off all willy nilly. CONSUMABLES PAUSE [buff type], and it'll say something like "By doing this, you will be unable to resume being under the effects of this consumable for a minimum of 30 MINUTES" or something.

I've had enough people get on my case in-game for not giving them enough time/attention because I wanted to get to 200. People have been absolute jerks with no attempts to understand or work around it. So frankly, I don't really think anyone should be called out for how they enjoy the game. They should be allowed to play the game, within reason of not ruining it for others, and be able to skip that part. People should try to respect things a little better and be more understanding.

However, I'll chime in with a related annoyance: people who PK others going for 200 and then shout about how they are preventing that person from getting to 200/etc to showboat it around. I will acknowledge that yes, in this example, it was perfectly acceptable as far as where and why the PK happened. However, the shouting of deliberately trying to prevent someone from getting 200? Come on now. Poor form. That's just asking for people to start preventing the offender from getting to 200 and treating that individual worse. It, contextually, ends up driving some of those attitudes/tensions that are frustrating for anyone to have to deal with.