DISCLAIMER: If you are a carebear, a Werefox, one of those fags who cries about honor in an online game, or a Memoire you should not read this guide. It is designed for players who are playing to kill other players in cold blood. I do "not" adhere to this weird belief of "honor" in a game. I have no problem killing someone fighting mobs, and if you're reading this, you shouldn't either. I DO NOT support bringing more people to outnumber an enemy, though. That's the gayest thing ever. And I don't support bringing a character more than 5 levels higher than the target, that's the second gayest thing ever. But this guide is about killing players who may not want to defend themselves, or may not be able. You have been warned.
Bonus disclaimer: This guide is assuming you're playing an alt based on PKing and don't plan on going over 55. Nowhere do I claim that archers and mages are the best PVP classes. I claim that they are the best PKers, and I explain why. If you don't agree with me, you can deposit your complaint slip in the care bin and I will get to it as soon as possible. The care bin can be found by clicking the little "X" in the upper right of this window. The next step to accessing the care bin is to find your windows folder, find "system32", and drag it into your trash. Then click "empty recycle bin." Leave your notice in the window that pops up and I will be sure to check it soon.
There's a distinct lack of playerkillers in this game, and I believe that's one of the reasons for the carebear overpopulation. Like deer, if we don't slaughter them meaninglessly then there will become too many.
So what's a carebear hunter, or PKer as they shall be henceforth known, to do?
Well, I've created this guide in hopes to help you new up and coming PVP/PK based players. Rock on, my friends.
For those of you who haven't figured out how to attack players yet, underneath your minimap (upper right corner by default) you should see a round button with two swords. Click on that and then turn off protection. You must be over level 30 to start PVP/PKing.
Index:
1.0: Requirements
*1.1: Extra recommendations
2.0: Picking Your Fights
*2.1: WHEN GOOD GANKS GO BAD
3.0: ULTIMATE PK TECHNIQUE
4.0: Misconceptions/Tips
5.0: Player-hunting areas
6.0: RageQuit PK Videos
7.0: Making Your Own PK Videos
1.0: REQUIREMENTS
First of all, your heart has to be in it. PKing is not for the weak of heart. You have to love killing these players, it has to be something your'e always willing to do. Unless you roll a griefer (more on this later) then you will probably eventually become known as a PKer and will have to PK more and more to defend yourself. PKing is a fulltime job and if your heart isn't in it, you won't do well.
That said, like L2, range is everything. For playerkilling, you must be a ranged class to be effective. Sorry, but that's life. That leaves Priests, Archers and Mages. While priests are excellent PVPers, I don't reccomend them for PKing. I'm not expert on priests but they just don't seem that effective for PKing. Between archers and mages, it's a toss up.
ARCHERS: You have spike damage, ways to kill both heavy and light/robe classes. You have a ranged stun, a paralyze, and a speedup skill. Lastly, you have the armor to survive a countergank and get the hell out of there. Archers are, in my opinion, the better class for PKing but NOT BY MUCH. Mages will outdamage you, they have blink, and they will level much faster. Archers level incredibly poorly and have trouble getting parties.
MAGES: You have an unmatched damage output and twoshotting players of your level is not uncommon. However, you do not get your stun until endgame. You also lack the survivability of an archer, but PKing is about killing people who aren't ready for it. Keep your eyes open and be careful of ganks and you will do fine as a mage. As a final note, mages do better than archers fullbuffed.
It all boils down to playstyle. Some of the best PKers I've seen (Alkurah <3) play a mage, while I play an archer and absolutely love it.
On top of this, you're going to need a PVP/PK clan that's got your back. It's just required. The sad fact is that most players hate PKers and you're going to have trouble leveling especially as an archer. A PVP/PK clan will be able to support you not only in combat but in dungeons and finding the equipment you need.
Get yourself a heirogram, too. Once you get past 40 pretty much everyone you try to PK is going to have one. Before that, many of the people you try (2/5 or so) will have one. So you need one to even up the playing field.
1.1 EXTRA RECCOMENDATIONS:
I HIGHLY reccomend the following items:
A 1.5ms aviation item. Hit O ingame to bring up the cash shop, you can get them from there. This is very important for mages and also important for archers who aren't a high enough level for wing mastery over 1.5ms.
A World Trumpet. This is just useful for about everything, from bragging to advertising your clan, to selling. Just have one. Even if you're not going to PK.
A running mount: This makes you far faster than other players and is amazing for getaways. I don't have one, personally, but I've seen them used and they save lives.
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2.0: PICKING YOUR FIGHTS
Some great tactician said in a more flowery way that picking your fights is the most important part of war. This absolutely true. If you go flying into a group of 2 mages, a warrior, 2 archers and a priest and try to kill the warrior, you're an idiot and get what you deserve.
So, uncle Ambition, how do we pick our fights?
Well, little Jimmy, I'm glad you asked.
Firstly, check the area for more of the clan you're killing, and make sure they don't have a party. This is probably the most important thing. It's damned hard to fight off a gangbang and it's much easier to just avoid that.
Next, check the level of the mobs in the area and make sure the target is around your level. If they're too high, move on. If they're too low, don't kill them. That makes you what is known as a faggot.
Check, check. They're alone, and my level. What's next?
Click on them and check their class.
If there's a bow, it's an archer. Wings are an elf priest, then there's sword-like-things for a wr, yingyang for a mage, etc.
Ease of Targets (For an archer, easiest to hardest)
1. Mage
2. Werefox
3. Priest
4. Archer
5. Warrior
6. Werebeast
If it's a mage, it's a fairly easy kill. Werefoxes are the same way, just ignore their pets. Priest is a lot harder, but still possible. Archers will usually be able to escape. Warriors will get away from you, but most of them have huge e-penises because they think their skills look cool so they'll try to stay and fight, and then die. Werebeasts can't kill you but you can't kill them either. Maybe you can as a mage, but I don't know, I doubt it. You can't as an archer. Just leave them alone.
Ease Of Targets (For a mage.
THIS IS ASSUMING YOU HAVE THE JUMP ON THEM AND THEY DON'T KNOW YOU'RE THERE.)
1. Warrior
2. Werefox
3. Archer
4. Werebeast
5. Mage
6. Priest
When you're a mage, it takes a little more planning. Firstly, you absolutely must be sure they don't know you're there. If they do, things are going to get messy very quickly. Warriors, as a whole, go down very fast when you get first hit. Werefoxes (this is about light armor foxes - if they're in heavy they're a free kill and if they're in robes you've got a challenge ahead of you) will go down pretty fast too, but be careful and get them when they're fighting a mob. If their summon is in defensive mode and they're not fighting a mob, you're going to have it on you and it's going to hurt a lot. Archers go down a little faster than werefoxes but most archer players are PVP-based and will probably react faster, not to mention that many of them will have a ton of con. If they turn around and land a stun on you, things will get nasty very fast. Werebeasts don't have much mdef but they have a ton of HP to make up for it, so make sure you're at your maximum range when you attack them. If you're over 50, they'll probably 3-4 shot you and you're going to get stunned to make matters worse. A mage is an interesting fight. You both have a ton of mdef, to the point where I would say don't even bother. Definitely engage them while they're fighting a mob, try to wait until they slip up and aggro two if possible. Lastly is a priest. Don't mess with a priest. They have excellent mdef and they're going to have their selfbuffs on, so if you start shooting them, you're going to do approximately negative damage. On the other hand, Plume Quill does a ton of damage to you, and you're going to die. Just don't do it.
Other tips to make PKing easier:
1. Lead with a stun.
2. Wait until he's fighting a mob.
3. Wait until he's fighting a mob and then stun. (Win button.)
4. Be high in the sky when scouting for targets. People are less likely to notice you and it's much easier to escape if you get counterganked.
5. If you're counterganked in the sky, turn off your flier. You'll fall way faster and probably be able to get away. Turn your flier on again before you hit the grond so that you don't have to sit through the animation of getting it out again.
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2.1: WHEN GOOD GANKS GO BAD
There's times when there will be a countergank, or you'll get ambushed, or you forgot arrows, or ran out of manapots. There's just times when shit goes bad.
Example:
Here's me chasing down a nub warrior who ran in here to escape me. He heads around the corner...
... And out jumps 5 of his clanmates, most of them werebeasts over 45. No thank you. I spin my camera around and head immediately back out for the teleport.
Peace nubs.
So, how do you get away like you just stole Lelouchi's lunchmoney?
Well, it's not as hard as it might look.
First of all, don't stop and cast your speed up skill. Wings of protection or whatever. That skill takes FOREVER to cast and has an after cast time delay, you're going to get surrounded and die fast. Cast it BEFORE flagging so you've still got a bit left.
Spam jump while running away, doublejump if you're in a dungeon with supergravity. I don't know why, but it makes me feel like I evade better, so that means it's an amazing pro pk strategy. Do it.
Use teleports. Teleport out of a dungeon if things go wrong, and immediately fly up. Or run around behind the dungeon entrance and see if they can't find you. Get creative. If you're PKing as a werebeast or werefox for some god awful reason, try changing forms. The few moments it will take them to realize that it's the same class (or few minutes, if they're Memoires) will buy you more time to get out of there. Also, try porting out, waiting until you first see your enemies and porting back in. It works wonders, for some reason.
Activate your ground mount if you have one. Most players don't and you'll have no trouble outrunning players flying or on foot with one.
If you're a mage, do not forget that you have your teleportation, use it whenever it cools until you're out of vigor.
If there's a tree coming up in your running path and you've got a decent lead, try to get them stuck on it. A lot of people will just spam F-keys and autofollow their target and you can use this to your advantage.
If you have to run to town for whatever reason, keep in mind that if you're red the guards will kill you. This means for dragon city and such you must be flying BEFORE you get to the wall, you'll have to be high enough to get over it. Do not wait until the last second to start flying, that's a recipe for disaster. Trust me.
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3.0: ULTIMATE PK TECHNIQUE
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4.0: Misconceptions/Tips
1. Warriors are good PKers. NO, THEY'RE NOT. You have decent spike damage but you're close range and thus you suck. NEXT.
2. Werebeasts are good PKers. NO, THEY'RE NOT. Your stuns are nice to get a non-red kill but that's it. You're melee. They're pretty good for surprise ganks endgame with Perdition but other than that, range still reigns supreme.
3. Going red makes people attack you. WRONG. Useless you're maroon, most people don't give a damn. My clan goes around picking flowers and mining rocks and nobody cares.
4. Archers sux0rz. WRONG. They're a PVP-only class, and that's IT. They're excellent at PK and PVP.
5. All PKers just kill people who are lower levels than them. WRONG. I don't, and neither should you. Kill the people who are questing in the same place you are; this makes questing easier (less competition) and owns noobs at the same time.
6. CON BUILDS WTHOMZOWN PVP. This is wrong. You've got to deal damage, too. And most con builds don't. Not to mention that surprise spike damage is everything in PKing.
7. Go red just before you set up your vend shop overnight. The afk time will waste away your karma and you'll be white in the morning.
8. The best thing to do when you're red is to kill more Memoires. WRONG. THIS IS A COMMON MISCONCEPTION. THE PROS HAVE CLEARED IT UP FOR ME RIGHT HERE:
STRAIGHT FROM THE PRO'S MOUTH. IF YOU GO RED, STOP, DROP, HIDE. BEFORE THE OWN'T PATROL GETS YOU.
9. Archers wtf suxxxx0rs endgame. WRONG. Archers are absolutely fine endgame as long as you don't go major con. You won't been quite as powerful as a mage, but you're much better suited to killing robes than mages are and your evasion will still tank warriors and werebeasts effectively (even with bloodbath.)
More to come as I hear them.
5.0: Player Hunting Areas
30-35: The hills outside 29fb are an excellent place, anything in those forests. Also the Serene Valley.
35-40: The areas around fishing village, the areas between 29fb and fishing village, the flying mobs underneath Tears of Heaven, the area with the tombstones around fishing village.
40-45: Clan of Haste, Hasten Plain and surrounding area. If you're really ballsy, you can try dragon wilderness and sundown town, but be careful as there are many high levels in that area.
45-55: Oh wow, you're getting serious about this stuff huh? Stick around Dragon Wilderness and Sundown Town, that's a vast area with plenty of playerkilling to be had. Check the bosses that spawn in this area that are required for quests (one of the taurens, the big dragon, etc) as you can often find parties killing those. When you DO find a party killing them, start nuking the werebeast if you're a mage or stun and rape the priest if you're an archer and watch the whole party die. Hilarity insues. P.S: You do this to me and I'll eat your face.
55-65: Coming soon.
66 and up: Get out of my guide.
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6.0: RageQuit PK Videos
High 30s/low 40 basic ganks and PVP:
http://www.stage6.com/user/RageQuit/vid ... Day-In-PVP
A bit dirtier PVP, lots of ganking and stunning while mob fighting. Also a couple of good chases from Memoirun. I'm 40-41 through this one:
http://www.stage6.com/user/RageQuit/vid ... pic-Battle
Slightly higher level, ganks that generally result in the targets running away (even 2v1...) and I'm not the only person in it. One of our clan mages is featured in it as well, and the infamous werefox WILLSMITH has a segment too proving that foxes aren't as bad at PVP as everyone thinks (videos starring him and only him coming soon...)
http://www.stage6.com/user/RageQuit/vid ... -Christmas
E-Peen: Level 40-48, entirely centered around me, who is an archer if you haven't figured that out yet. Lots of ganks, lots of good pvp, lots of 1v1, lots of 2v2. Just lots of everything. This is my favorite video so far, and you should like it too. Guaranteed or your money back.
http://www.stage6.com/user/RageQuit/vid ... P---E-Peen
No Fear: A collection of ganks, still high 40s, where we're mostly outnumbered or outleveled. Shows some good teamwork tactics for distracting high level melee classes or kiting big groups of players while your ranged take care of them. Also a duel or two and some normal fights in it, I needed to get them off my harddrive.
http://www.stage6.com/user/RageQuit/vid ... ---No-Fear
You can find all of RageQuit's videos at
http://www.stage6.com/RageQuit
7.0: Making Your Own PK Videos
First of all, I won't be giving you links to any of the programs I use, since they are all programs that I paid for. You're on your own if you want to break the law in cracking them yourself.
Recording: FRAPS is the only serious choice. I've tried other recording programs and they're totally crap. Get fraps and if you have a dual core make sure it's later than 2.9.0 so you can record fullscreen at a high resolution. Older versions of fraps won't record fullscreen for anything over 1024x748 or wtf ever.
Editing: Sony Vegas 4.0 or Adobe, but I really recommend vegas. Adobe is the industry standard but if you don't want to have to take a yearlong class to learn how to make your videos, use Vegas. Vegas is very user friendly (especially 4.0) and easy to pick up. Later versions do more but are less user friendly and with fewer encoding options. Which brings us onto our next section...
Encoding
(WARNING: THIS IS ASSUMING YUO HAVE VEGAS 4.0 LIKE I TOLD YOU. NEW VERSIONS OF VEGAS TOTALLY SUCK AND THEIR LACK OF PRESET ENCODING OPTIONS IS THE REASON WHY.): Click File -> Render As (assuming you're running vegas. Also, make sure you selected the area you want to encode, do this by left clicking at the end and dragging the bar to the start.) Okay, you've got a few options here. An old friend once told me "use wmv 9 and set it to the preset 3mbs video". Well, that's a good tip, it will be fairly high quality with a reasonable size. BUT, that friend hated DivX, and I don't. So, what I recommend is taking his advice. Use the WMV9 preset for 3 mbps like so:
The results will be absolutely fine if you're just going to host your video on FileFront and make people download it. However, god gave man a gift.
The gift of Stage6.
http://www.stage6.com is the ultimate movie hosting site. It really is. It's entirely DivX based and you can have you movies hosted in high definition. It's like YouTube for people who are over 12. I host PVP videos on there constantly (
http://www.stage6.com/user/ragequit) at 1200x720 size. You fullscreen my videos and it looks like you're playing the game yourself. Stage6 has options to stream the video like youtube or just download it, whatever you viewer likes. And it's free.
So what do you need to upload to stage6?
Well, firstly, we need to compress your wmv9 again and make it into a DivX file. This is not a bad thing, this is a good thing. It makes your movie smaller (and easier to download) with barely any hit on quality.
For compressing the movie, I recommend (VERY STRONGLY) Dr. DivX, which you can find at
http://labs.divx.com/DrDivXDownload
This will encode your file to DivX encoding by your specifications. If you're encoding fullscreen and want your vids to turn out as sexy as mine, I reccomend these settings:
After that it'll take you to another window that should have your movie name on it. Click resume to start it. Enjoy.
When you're done encoding, register on stage6 and install the stage6 divx uploader. And you're all set. Go out and make a name for yourself.
7.1: FINDING SONY VEGAS 4.0
THERE HAS BEEN MUCH BITCHING AT THE AMBITION ABOUT "OMG I CAN'T BREAK THE LAW AND PIRATE VEGAS 4.0, I DON'T WANT TO SPEND $550 BUYING IT LEGITIMATELY, HELP ME AMBITION!!! THAR IS NO TORRENTZ"
Well, Ambition (myself) does not advocate piracy. It's illegal and totally against the law, too.
But, I know where you can find a trial version of vegas 4.0 in fully legal fashion.
Try this.
http://www.freefunfiles.com/software/au ... s-4.0.html
Enjoy.
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You have reached the end of my guide. This is what it used to say here.
Quote:
This guide is a work in progress. I plan on updating it often, yell at me if I don't. Sorry for you guys who don't like PKers, you can go /challenging. Peace.
Hope this helps some of you. Now get out and get that red name.
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However, I've since quit PW with the rest of my guild due to GM abuse, lag, and overall lack of PVP/PK/Fun. That said, this guide is no longer a work in progress. It's done as you see it. I do come by the forums once in a while to make sure they reach their troll quota, so I may answer any questions you have.
If you're lucky.
~Amby
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