[quote name='notxasj' date='02 July 2010 - 04:33 PM' timestamp='1278068580' post='63153']
You obviously underestimate how much the community enjoys picking on those who are weaker. I decided to see how much I would be attacked if I stopped hiding out at sanctuaries and in less than 24 hours of idling at Marble Dale Park I accumulated 138 losses and 3 wins. So c'mon 1000 losses... at this rate is not a lot and yes you will get it in a week or two. Unless you avoid crowded areas always logout instead of idle or sit at a sanctuary and make sure not to pause at any spot for more than a couple seconds if you are traveling from one location to the next. Then I guess you would be correct that 1000 is a whole lot and you won't get it in a week or two.
So when will it start being a good thing for me to have all these losses??? Because after today's experiment it only reinforces the idea that I should be hiding because if I stay out in the open I will be 1000 off balance in less than a week.
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Ok. first things first. I am not a 'strong' player.
I won heads because I got tonnes of help from people who had already won and I knew where to hide and when to get out of my hiding spots. So if you want to win heads Mp5 is a piece of cake.
Now what I wanted to tell you is, during the second stage, I came to know about my true position in Mp5. Since we had to stay at Goe at all times, A lot of people who were training attacked me. I couldn't heal my crits as my VE was at a constant zero. I couldn't logout or move to a sanctuary as that would kick my score in the guts. The healing spells do not work in heads. So all I could get in defense was a tree, a water and an Unholy priest. I got like 300-400 losses in two days. And even after the competition got over, I kept getting losses that was until I decided to STOP hiding.
You talk about the losses Sajura, but there are certain rits NOT involving Drachorns and Angiens which will give you 40% wins as in victories if you know how to set them up correctly. Most mp5s attack you with training rits. Meaning they are archers, trees or newly acquired creatures with one or two of the bully crits... They are not really those ' You have no chance of survivng these MWAHAHA!' types. I agree that you'd be getting around 60% losses, But tell me, can't you cover up that to some percent by hunting for Mp5s with weak rits? Yes people target noobs for training because they are weak and 90% of them have single trees on defense. Its like saying, ' I will not attempt to fight back because I don't have drachorns and max angiens ' Angiens are of no use to you unless you know how to use them. And even if you own drachorns, by the time you come to mp5, the 'strong' ones have waaaaayyy stronger stats to crush noob mp5 drachs like flies. dst could probably do it with a single aramour . Some of the weakest creatures in MD can be a great asset in mp5. Weakest as in Weakest. You just have to keep experimenting and not give up.
Besides, isn't this the same story you have to face every time you move up an MP level? I was battered down to pulp when I was a noob mp3 and a noob mp4 as well. The only reason people blame mp5 as being ruthless is because there are no higher fighting levels. And you wanna know why the stronger ones keep 'picking on noob mp5s'(in your words)? Because there aren't any people to train with. People dont move up from mp4. They think being the strongest wolf in the wolf pack and hiding in a cave is better than moving out and being one of the weakest animals in the jungle and getting attacked. What they don't realize, is that they still are the weakest animals in the jungle even if they hide inside the cave.
As for On topic:
You will learn a lot of stuff in mp5. Learn as in LEARN. Lot about game mechanics and about people. Its way more fun than other mp stages. Because, If you are an rp kind of person, its awesome to RP with the former RPCs themselves and if you are fights only person, you'll find people ready to share their knowledge (provided you are humble and hardworking).
DO NOT fear mp5. You have to move on some day or the other. Don't forget that in the short amount of time you manage to buy for yourself by staying in mp4 and training stats, the 'strong' people from mp5 have better techniques to train with and more stats to gain in the same amount of time. You'd still be at the bottom of the food chain. You might as well move out and face it.
You can't reach to the top if you do not struggle. MD is not easy.