(UPDATED with Prizes!) Weekend Cut-throat Event

Yea I was a ranger. Damn those shield charging marauders were impossible to kill, after wasting 10-15mins kiting one and getting no where but nearly dead I just got to the point where if I saw one I turn and left.

Grats to the winners! It was a blast, and hope to be able to do it again soon.

Awesome I got #2, 42. I only died 3 times total.
/endbrag I mean posted for statistical value! Yes...that's it...

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EDIT: Wanted to add that I ended the race at level 13.

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Chris wrote:

We've distributed prizes (on new hardcore characters on your accounts - kill them if you want the items in default).

This was a Default league. Why are prizes awarded in Hardcore?


As for the event, good times. This time i decided i would hunt rather than be hunted. I sped to lvl 4, Phase Run, etc. But my connection was fucking ass again and i realized trying to kill anyone would end in tears. I took a half hour to go to the local game shop and plugged my laptop in there. Ahh 90 ping, how i miss you.

First attempt at a kill, and I GET KILLED. I was 4 and the guy was level 2 when i entered, but he was 3 when i got to him. I basically got destroyed, i was like wtf. Found out after the event that it was NotSorry, so i don't feel nearly as bad. But at the time i whimpered back into my corner and went back into mostly avoidance mode.

Reached level 9, died a couple more times, and killed a few. Realized that i prefer to play this in my usual methodical way, not as a hectic race. Can't wait to try a permanent HC CT league. That would be about the only way i'll play PoE again before Open Beta - permanent cutthroat leagues.


Couple feedback issues.

1) it would be nice to get a message of who killed you. So i can figure out what just happened, etc. And who to hunt back if the feeling arises.

2) this is a big one: instance creation can be massively abused to make it harder on hunters and hammer the server. E.g. when you are going to a new zone, you can create tons of empty instances to clog up the list.

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munkytv wrote:

Awaiting the recounts of glorious bloodshed!

i got a gcp off one of my player kills :)

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dknight wrote:

Awesome I got #2, 42. I only died 3 times total.
/endbrag I mean posted for statistical value! Yes...that's it...

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EDIT: Wanted to add that I ended the race at level 13.

So it looks like just going hunting from the very start rather than leveling and coming back for free kills pays off

#1 - lvl 11 not even top 100 ladder
#2 - lvl 13

I got to level 12 half way through, then me and my comrade made a mistake attacking a group of two rangers(NetherDark,xxxNagibatoRxxx) in the Prisoner's Gate, where we killed them/the killed us, But they claimed victory.

So me and my oher team mate were left with nothing, so we atempted to start gathering items again to make a comeback, but found out that "Thrukk (Silty)", didnt know how to do anything other than camp the first two area's for what I can only assume was a problem for everyone and a few others.

By that point "cut throat" just sucked as everyone had the same idea...camp the mudflats/terraces and farm low level's or people who had been killed at a higher level and had lost everything with no way to move ahead or regain any chance to defend themselves to progess again.

You might aswell have made the game hardcore, as if you die, the person/s who rightfully deserved the points get them....instead "Those people who die end up feeding the less deserving terrace entrance trolls who have no real reason except to harass previously injured/newbie player's, making moving forward in the game pointless for them and anyone who has died.

Marauder's seemed completly overpowered damage/defence.

Witch's got pritty bad too with the freezing/damage that was disproportionate without pentaly.

Stream was recorded =D for those wishing to recount the fun/time-wasting

http://www.twitch.tv/uchigatana/b/315747382

The best advice I can give for Cut-throat is always keep extra gear, everytime I went back to town I did a quick check of my loot and made extra sets just in case I died. Take everything you can carry that is useful from those you kill.

Whoot Whoot!
The top players of each class ranked by player-kills of unique accounts will receive:
Templars:
Gornar (DaJackel)
DECKARDCAlN (Baz85)
CT_Morgan (Coldet)

68,Coldet,CT_Morgan,Templar,13,194401

There is one other thing that MUST be addressed for future games as it can easily be abused.

During the second Private Cut Throat test I was invited into a party. My team mate either left the party or kicked me then attacked while I was on low hp from creeps. I barely managed to escape, but this is certainly a lousy tactic that can easily be abused. Characters that were previously in a party need a cool down before they become hostile.

Backstabbing is a way of life, I personally love this feature. Join a group wait til they are low then kill them and steal their loots, makes you really stay on your toes at all times. Would make my job easier than having to chase them down all day and walk into a 1v6 just to get a shot at parties. Kill them from the inside!