Shadowbane is a game that offers the possibility of being a total gankfest. People would compete to try and be the top griefer killing/looting players 40+lvls lower than them on a daily basis. Not my style but that was an accpect of the game some seemed to really enjoy
See I dont view that as ganking, thats PvP. Ganking imo and lots of others is a max level player attacking a beginner. That is ganking to me, just outnumbering the other side is not ganking, its when the other side has absolutely no chance in not only winning but even fighting back.
QFT
LOL L2's new advertisement is wonderful..... Take a step back in time and relive the original Lineage II experience as it was in the beginning. Create a classic hero from the original 5 races and 31 class options and jump into the nostalgic hardcore level grind where the rewards can outweigh the risks. It's your chance to experience the game the way it was when "hardcore" meant something!
a note on AOC.. anyone else not think about the fact that none of NCsofts other games have been huge smashes, like EQ or WoW? they've remained pretty small.. I doubt AOC is any different. You don't automatically become master game makers over night.
huh? ncsoft? Funcom developes the game -_- Funcom > NCsoft btw :P
but Lineage II is prettig big, and ncsoft is one of the biggest mmo publishers these days
ow and RvR is group PvP, if both sides are unorganized you might call it ganking but RvR isnt designed for ganking.... u need tactics to win!
MMOs currently playing: - About to play: Lord of the Rings Online Played: Anarchy Online (alltime favorite) and lots of f2p titles (honorable mentions: 9Dragons, Martial Heroes, Dekaron, Atlantica Online)
LOL L2's new advertisement is wonderful..... Take a step back in time and relive the original Lineage II experience as it was in the beginning. Create a classic hero from the original 5 races and 31 class options and jump into the nostalgic hardcore level grind where the rewards can outweigh the risks. It's your chance to experience the game the way it was when "hardcore" meant something!
Any fight which isn't fair and favorising 1 side is ganking.
RvR is ganking by definition, you attack someone not based on challenge and difficulty, but on the fact they are the other side.
DAoC is a massive gankfeast. So is EvE. 95% of the battles are ganking.
For a fight to be considering as not ganking, it must be unclear which side will win. And if there is a rematch, it must be unclear which side will win the rematch. To be not ganking, you find a group of 3, you send 3 peoples in your group, at RANDOMN and watch, never helping them. In RvR, you will help your teamates and crush these 3 fools. This is ganking.
Well techincally by your own personal stance on PVP I'm not even sure why youre on this thread since you consider all PvP Evil. RvR is not ganking you can't gank someone if they're expecting it. You go into an RvR zone your expecting to run into all sorts of situations, if your not then you obviously have no place playing an RvR game.
Please Refer to Doom Cat with all conspiracies & evil corporation complaints. He'll give you the simple explination of..WE"RE ALL DOOMED!
It is a word commonly used in online video games, usualy used in an MMORPG. Ganking is the process in which a group of charecters gang up on one or more players that do not have a chance to defend themselves, Or when one high level player does the same action to a player way below his or her own level.
In addition to that, here are the three definitions of gank from Dictionary.com
damn were all wrong ganking is actually the process of creating fake crack cocaine
LOL L2's new advertisement is wonderful..... Take a step back in time and relive the original Lineage II experience as it was in the beginning. Create a classic hero from the original 5 races and 31 class options and jump into the nostalgic hardcore level grind where the rewards can outweigh the risks. It's your chance to experience the game the way it was when "hardcore" meant something!
MMOs currently playing: - About to play: Lord of the Rings Online Played: Anarchy Online (alltime favorite) and lots of f2p titles (honorable mentions: 9Dragons, Martial Heroes, Dekaron, Atlantica Online)
Yes, if you order the Limited Edition of the game you get an in-game spell.
The spell surrounds the the player in a pile of fake cocaine, and in addition giving him a very runny nose. Thus causing him to then inhale all of the gankage that is surrounding him until he is defeated.
Afterwards his friends shout, "Wow, you got ganked."
Originally posted by elvenangel Characters that are higher lvl than the max level requirement for a Tier (as in someone whos' say a Tier 3 toon) can not go into the Tier 2 or Lower RvR or enemy PvE areas. If they do they shall be immediately turned into Chaos Chickens. There for they can not Gank. You can not be killed in PvE zones unless an enemy player comes into your PvE area (yes they are split apart by Faction) and you Flag yourself for PvP on purpose. There fore once again you can not gank. Ganking is to grief, harrass, ambush unsuspecting often lower level or lower skilled players that present no true challenge. Besides RvR games are built as GROUP PvP ... kinda hard to solo / gank a group of people.
6 players taking on 3 = ganking
12 players taking on 6 = ganking
20 players taking on 12 = ganking...
And so on.
RvR, is at the base, a ganking paradise. You see someone from the other side, you attacks, no matter how fair/unfair it is. He could have a better group/more peoples with him. 95% of the fights happening in a RvR setting are ganking.
The best rewards are given when you RAZE an enemy capital city...they are given while you GANK! The game is rewarding, ganking, and enforcing it with better rewards. Now, because you gank you are stronger and can gank even better.
This isn't true.
The only game to have RvR at the moment is DAoC until the release of WAR.
In my 7 years of playing DAoC I have seen 1 person kill 8. I have seen 3 kill 20. I have seen 20 kill 76.
I have seen 130 take on 130 and only 4 survive (meaning a fair fight).
In an RvR game it matters not how great your enemies numbers are, what matters is if they can play the character they are on.
The zerg is the essence of RvR correct. The larger the groups for battle the better the battle is going to be.
Just know that the larger zerg is not always the victor in RvR, it's the players who thirst for blood, it is the players who loves the thrill of the fight who will win.
You will see MANY a 20 vs 12 in WAR and the 12 will win. Why because 20 noobs are no match for 12 highly skilled players.
I gank cause you get mad, I only target people who can't handle the gank they post on forums about how they hate gankers, and post my character name saying i'm a ganker noob and calling me all kinds of names, giving me great joy in ganking. It will never end the people who play these games are to addicted and think it's real life to ever not complain about being ganked
These kind of ppl weigh there time in game against time in the real world saying oh ifyou gank me I can't level up on time and will have no time for studying. these kind of ppl put the video game as top priorty and have no life.
The nearest answer to your quest is AOC.Just two months away.
Correct. AoC has foolishly placed crafting resources into zones, of which those who wish to craft must acquire them. If that isn't the PERFECT place to gank I don't know what is.
The only game to have RvR at the moment is DAoC until the release of WAR. In my 7 years of playing DAoC I have seen 1 person kill 8. I have seen 3 kill 20. I have seen 20 kill 76. I have seen 130 take on 130 and only 4 survive (meaning a fair fight). In an RvR game it matters not how great your enemies numbers are, what matters is if they can play the character they are on. The zerg is the essence of RvR correct. The larger the groups for battle the better the battle is going to be. Just know that the larger zerg is not always the victor in RvR, it's the players who thirst for blood, it is the players who loves the thrill of the fight who will win. You will see MANY a 20 vs 12 in WAR and the 12 will win. Why because 20 noobs are no match for 12 highly skilled players.
If the 12 beat the 20, it is even more ganking.
Ganking = a fight which is easy and has no challenge in it. Which is 95% of the battles in DAoC or EvE.
- "If I understand you well, you are telling me until next time. " - Ren
The only game to have RvR at the moment is DAoC until the release of WAR. In my 7 years of playing DAoC I have seen 1 person kill 8. I have seen 3 kill 20. I have seen 20 kill 76. I have seen 130 take on 130 and only 4 survive (meaning a fair fight). In an RvR game it matters not how great your enemies numbers are, what matters is if they can play the character they are on. The zerg is the essence of RvR correct. The larger the groups for battle the better the battle is going to be. Just know that the larger zerg is not always the victor in RvR, it's the players who thirst for blood, it is the players who loves the thrill of the fight who will win. You will see MANY a 20 vs 12 in WAR and the 12 will win. Why because 20 noobs are no match for 12 highly skilled players.
If the 12 beat the 20, it is even more ganking.
Ganking = a fight which is easy and has no challenge in it. Which is 95% of the battles in DAoC or EvE.
Ana your not really helping out the anti-gank discussion here.
If 12 people are running in a zone and 20 let me stress this number 20 that is 8 more people than the 12. These 20 people thinking they are "zerging" and lose to a group of 12.... well that isn't ganking that is being a poor player.
A group vs a group , can never be considered a gank, if a group of 20 rolls up on a group of 10 and kills them.... all I can say is next time you better come with more people or..... learn to play your classes better so you do not lose.
Like I said I have seen 1 Sorc take out an entire group of Mids thats 1vs 8.... is that a gank? and for who? technically the mids should have "ganked" the sorc, instead the sorc "ganked" a full group of mids???
I have seen a single Mana chanter roll into the center of a keep and demolish 15+ people in a cluster, I have seen a single Bonedancer roll over about 17 people before finally being taken down by stealthers.
Here is my only definition to the word "gank" - 1 player vs 1 player where the odds are so imbalanced and equipment so skewed that 1 of the 2 have 100% no chance to win.
Example from DAoC - Level 50 Infiltrator, 100% SC Gear/ Arti gear with maxed stats, ML10, CL 10, RR13 vs a Level 20 Wizard in /level gear, ML0, CL0, RR0. <----- NOW THAT IS A GANK.
Lol what the heck? What is this obsession with anti ganking? In some of those posts I read that people say that "true" PvP only occurs when you are in an RvR setting. Wait a sec, so you define ganking as one group of players attacks another smaller group, and/or sneaks up on them and kills them?
Thats fine, but the problem is there is no such thing as PvP WITHOUT ganking. One side in a war will always have one more or one less soldier than the other. One side will always have some sort of disadvantage. Its bound to happen. Regardless if you are out farming in a PvP zone or out in RvR, *ganking* is going to occur and indeed it IS true PvP. PvP is player vs player. When you enter a PvP zone you CONSENT to having a player attack you anytime and anywhere. You will have unfair numbers and you will get sneak attacked regardless if you are in a RvR zone or a farming zone. Once you enter a PvP zone that is it, you agree to be allowed to *get ganked* and that in itself IS PvP.
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Shadowbane is a game that offers the possibility of being a total gankfest. People would compete to try and be the top griefer killing/looting players 40+lvls lower than them on a daily basis. Not my style but that was an accpect of the game some seemed to really enjoy
QFT
Take a step back in time and relive the original Lineage II experience as it was in the beginning. Create a classic hero from the original 5 races and 31 class options and jump into the nostalgic hardcore level grind where the rewards can outweigh the risks. It's your chance to experience the game the way it was when "hardcore" meant something!
huh? ncsoft? Funcom developes the game -_- Funcom > NCsoft btw :P
but Lineage II is prettig big, and ncsoft is one of the biggest mmo publishers these days
ow and RvR is group PvP, if both sides are unorganized you might call it ganking but RvR isnt designed for ganking.... u need tactics to win!
MMOs currently playing: -
About to play: Lord of the Rings Online
Played: Anarchy Online (alltime favorite) and lots of f2p titles (honorable mentions: 9Dragons, Martial Heroes, Dekaron, Atlantica Online)
ncsoft is a publisher............
Take a step back in time and relive the original Lineage II experience as it was in the beginning. Create a classic hero from the original 5 races and 31 class options and jump into the nostalgic hardcore level grind where the rewards can outweigh the risks. It's your chance to experience the game the way it was when "hardcore" meant something!
Well techincally by your own personal stance on PVP I'm not even sure why youre on this thread since you consider all PvP Evil. RvR is not ganking you can't gank someone if they're expecting it. You go into an RvR zone your expecting to run into all sorts of situations, if your not then you obviously have no place playing an RvR game.
Please Refer to Doom Cat with all conspiracies & evil corporation complaints. He'll give you the simple explination of..WE"RE ALL DOOMED!
Here is the definition of ganking from the Urban Dictionary.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ganking
It is a word commonly used in online video games, usualy used in an MMORPG. Ganking is the process in which a group of charecters gang up on one or more players that do not have a chance to defend themselves, Or when one high level player does the same action to a player way below his or her own level.
In addition to that, here are the three definitions of gank from Dictionary.com
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Gank
1) To steal - 2) To show disrespect for; to hurt another's feelings - 3) Fake crack cocaine
So in other words -
20 players (level 40) vs 10 players (level 40) is Disadvantage By Numbers.
20 players (level 40) vs 10 players (level 10) is Ganking.
When one player repeatedly kills a lower level player who has no way to defend himself, it is considered ganking.
When another player ambushes an equal level character and catches him off guard, it is not ganking but rather cunning gameplay.
Originally posted by Shifty360
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Gank
3) Fake crack cocaine
damn were all wrong ganking is actually the process of creating fake crack cocaine
Take a step back in time and relive the original Lineage II experience as it was in the beginning. Create a classic hero from the original 5 races and 31 class options and jump into the nostalgic hardcore level grind where the rewards can outweigh the risks. It's your chance to experience the game the way it was when "hardcore" meant something!
Damn I should of thought to check the dictionaries lol Thanks Shifty.
Please Refer to Doom Cat with all conspiracies & evil corporation complaints. He'll give you the simple explination of..WE"RE ALL DOOMED!
even then ncsoft will not publish AOC
MMOs currently playing: -
About to play: Lord of the Rings Online
Played: Anarchy Online (alltime favorite) and lots of f2p titles (honorable mentions: 9Dragons, Martial Heroes, Dekaron, Atlantica Online)
Yes, if you order the Limited Edition of the game you get an in-game spell.
The spell surrounds the the player in a pile of fake cocaine, and in addition giving him a very runny nose. Thus causing him to then inhale all of the gankage that is surrounding him until he is defeated.
Afterwards his friends shout, "Wow, you got ganked."
Lotro PvPM ganking
http://www.mmorpg.com/galleries/Teiman
Example:
http://www.mmorpg.com/photo/3d1c4edb-2d6f-4046-8b62-cb834df96c44
Is not really ganking ;-), but is 16 vs 1 or something :DDD
6 players taking on 3 = ganking
12 players taking on 6 = ganking
20 players taking on 12 = ganking...
And so on.
RvR, is at the base, a ganking paradise. You see someone from the other side, you attacks, no matter how fair/unfair it is. He could have a better group/more peoples with him. 95% of the fights happening in a RvR setting are ganking.
The best rewards are given when you RAZE an enemy capital city...they are given while you GANK! The game is rewarding, ganking, and enforcing it with better rewards. Now, because you gank you are stronger and can gank even better.
This isn't true.
The only game to have RvR at the moment is DAoC until the release of WAR.
In my 7 years of playing DAoC I have seen 1 person kill 8. I have seen 3 kill 20. I have seen 20 kill 76.
I have seen 130 take on 130 and only 4 survive (meaning a fair fight).
In an RvR game it matters not how great your enemies numbers are, what matters is if they can play the character they are on.
The zerg is the essence of RvR correct. The larger the groups for battle the better the battle is going to be.
Just know that the larger zerg is not always the victor in RvR, it's the players who thirst for blood, it is the players who loves the thrill of the fight who will win.
You will see MANY a 20 vs 12 in WAR and the 12 will win. Why because 20 noobs are no match for 12 highly skilled players.
I gank cause you get mad, I only target people who can't handle the gank they post on forums about how they hate gankers, and post my character name saying i'm a ganker noob and calling me all kinds of names, giving me great joy in ganking. It will never end the people who play these games are to addicted and think it's real life to ever not complain about being ganked
These kind of ppl weigh there time in game against time in the real world saying oh ifyou gank me I can't level up on time and will have no time for studying. these kind of ppl put the video game as top priorty and have no life.
Correct. AoC has foolishly placed crafting resources into zones, of which those who wish to craft must acquire them. If that isn't the PERFECT place to gank I don't know what is.
Tecmo Bowl.
If the 12 beat the 20, it is even more ganking.
Ganking = a fight which is easy and has no challenge in it. Which is 95% of the battles in DAoC or EvE.
- "If I understand you well, you are telling me until next time. " - Ren
If the 12 beat the 20, it is even more ganking.
Ganking = a fight which is easy and has no challenge in it. Which is 95% of the battles in DAoC or EvE.
Ana your not really helping out the anti-gank discussion here.
If 12 people are running in a zone and 20 let me stress this number 20 that is 8 more people than the 12. These 20 people thinking they are "zerging" and lose to a group of 12.... well that isn't ganking that is being a poor player.
A group vs a group , can never be considered a gank, if a group of 20 rolls up on a group of 10 and kills them.... all I can say is next time you better come with more people or..... learn to play your classes better so you do not lose.
Like I said I have seen 1 Sorc take out an entire group of Mids thats 1vs 8.... is that a gank? and for who? technically the mids should have "ganked" the sorc, instead the sorc "ganked" a full group of mids???
I have seen a single Mana chanter roll into the center of a keep and demolish 15+ people in a cluster, I have seen a single Bonedancer roll over about 17 people before finally being taken down by stealthers.
Here is my only definition to the word "gank" - 1 player vs 1 player where the odds are so imbalanced and equipment so skewed that 1 of the 2 have 100% no chance to win.
Example from DAoC - Level 50 Infiltrator, 100% SC Gear/ Arti gear with maxed stats, ML10, CL 10, RR13 vs a Level 20 Wizard in /level gear, ML0, CL0, RR0. <----- NOW THAT IS A GANK.
Lol what the heck? What is this obsession with anti ganking? In some of those posts I read that people say that "true" PvP only occurs when you are in an RvR setting. Wait a sec, so you define ganking as one group of players attacks another smaller group, and/or sneaks up on them and kills them?
Thats fine, but the problem is there is no such thing as PvP WITHOUT ganking. One side in a war will always have one more or one less soldier than the other. One side will always have some sort of disadvantage. Its bound to happen. Regardless if you are out farming in a PvP zone or out in RvR, *ganking* is going to occur and indeed it IS true PvP. PvP is player vs player. When you enter a PvP zone you CONSENT to having a player attack you anytime and anywhere. You will have unfair numbers and you will get sneak attacked regardless if you are in a RvR zone or a farming zone. Once you enter a PvP zone that is it, you agree to be allowed to *get ganked* and that in itself IS PvP.