(Old league) Cut-throat testers wanted

Chasing after that Ranger made me want for Trap and Totem gems too. Never could catch him but he looped back over the same area a couple times.

I think the notification that someone has entered your zone should be left in, was like that in Demons Souls (loved that game) and it really does get the blood pumping when you see it.

That was really fun, would play again. To the people complaining about losing your stuff, use your stash.

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Chris wrote:

My notes are:

- Don't show unallied players on the map
- Fix problem with zoning/portalling
- Suppress the person has entered/left messages
- Investigate whether EU players see NA instances

I agree with these things except suppressing entered/left message, especially if unallied player marks go.
Ice and phase run seem way too powerful for PVP.
Also flicker going to be an issue ^^

Wow, I made it onto the ladder. I think this is a first in my entire life. *tear*

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Wittgenstein wrote:

I think the notification that someone has entered your zone should be left in, was like that in Demons Souls (loved that game) and it really does get the blood pumping when you see it.

Goodness yes, and even if we don't get a sound cue, at least make the notification a different colour. Even better, flash that sucker in the middle of the screen. With a really loud noise.

Give me a reason to wear a diaper while playing this game. Please.

I really can't believe I missed this. DAMNIT. Well anyway.. even though I am a hardcore pvper played so many open pvp games like darkfall for example. I think.. just randomly farming monsters and getting ganked with no warning isn't that fun unless the battles actually lasts longer than I think they will. The person getting pked should be able to tell when someone enters the instance (like it already is I think).

I really want cut-throat to be a balanced and fun league for everyone.. so there are more people to compete with (and pk) lol..

@KillDeer
It was a fun chase across multiple zones. I tried to stand and fight as long as my potions held up then high tailed it out of there. You two were bold chasing me through hordes of mobs. I hate to have goat shaman do my dirty work for me.

Edit: I agree the zone announcement is integral to the heart pounding experience and should be left in. I feel single target melee attacks are at a serious disadvantage because they can never hit a moving target. Cold snap on the other hand is immensely overpowered. Perhaps elemental status effects should have shorter durations or diminishing returns in PvP. A pair of cold witches got a lucky GCP from my corpse.

Overall I feel the death penalty of losing all your stuff makes cutthroat only a feasible league for short events. Resurrecting with only your gems and flasks leaves you too crippled to continue.

What a shame, did'nt make it this time :(
Reading all the replys makes me want to join :)
So my question is, when will the next cut-throat league take place?

That was so much fun. After about level 8 I started to look for instances of people. I felt bad for killing some lvl 4's in mudflats and the poor guy ran back with his skill gems in his inventory, so we decided to leave them. 1 guy must have dropped at least 5-6 rares in the ledge. All together, every player we killed felt like a "mob of wealth" and there was a total item explosion on the screen.


I was connected through the US gateway and Zheo was connected through EU gateway and we couldn't see the same instances on the list. I just picked one, entered and he followed so we ended up in the same one. So, there is a way to work around this issue, at least. Some kind of party identification on top of the head of your team members would be nice. I imagine a green ball floating above their head doing the trick and keeping it simple.

I can't wait for this to be a more permanent league.

That said, I think it'd function a lot better as a regular 'event' rather than an on-going thing. Starting from level 1, iron-man style, removes a lot of the 'grief' possible in this method of play. A timer also regulates that. The last thing I'd want to see is some sort of permanent King of the Hill scenario.

This doesn't just mean regulating high levels ganking low, it also applies to those who have had more time to acquire good stuff.

Like I said, I haven't had this much fun online in a very long time. It was basically the same as D1 ironman, except with increased invasion possibilities and a lot more variety of character. It was great.