Simple Solution to PKing

Edairu · 25-10-2008, 19:46

To let players feel safe from PKers in questing games (especially Hardcore) all Blizzard has to do allow an "Accept Hostility" button or something similar.
For Example:
Player A and B are questing at level 10. Player C who is level 80 joins the game and immediately hostiles Player A, as soon as this happens Player A has to choice to either: "Accept Hostility" from Player C or: "Deny Hostility" from Player C. If Player A is too busy to respond right away, the Hostility is automatically denied, and Player C is unable to attack Player A whatsoever until he accepts the hostility.

This way, even without adding a level restriction to your games, there's no way you can be killed without allowing it to happen. So for Hardcore-only players, this lets them be safe in public games with friends without having to worry about PKers ruining the fun.

Feel free to add any suggestions or comments.

teh_Thrasher · 25-10-2008, 20:50

sure sure sounds kind of good but then u cant really pk cause people will just not agree to the hostility. =[

taking player killing out of the game is upsetting

sounds like the game is getting kind of touchy feely

Edairu · 25-10-2008, 22:05

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Originally Posted by teh_Thrasher

sure sure sounds kind of good but then u cant really pk cause people will just not agree to the hostility. =[

Yeah, that's the point. I know I'm probably the minority but I don't see the fun in joining a public tristram run (or the like) HC game as a level 80+ char then proceeding to PK a bunch of new level 9-15 characters. It's even worse when trying to do any public games in Nightmare at level 40ish, because without fail a PKer will eventually join and attempt to slaughter you for ****s and giggles.

Anathema · 26-10-2008, 09:37

maybe there needs to be a level restriction for hostility. You can only hostile someone 10 levels lower than you, for example. If someone wants to run around killing people, thats fine and dandy, but lets make it somewhat fair.

lower levels an hostile anyone higher than them though, since it's great fun killing level 80s with a level 40..necromancer.

Gigashadow · 27-10-2008, 00:50

It's not going to fix the issue due to rigid PvP, come on...

Pig Vomit · 31-10-2008, 22:49

#1 reason I walked away from D2 over a year ago. Never wanting to play public HC because some p.rick want's to enhance his gaming experience by ruining mine. PKs only care about "the hunt". There is no competition involved. Why do you think people came up with tppk progs? If you can't get your kill legitimately, cheat.

There should be a place for all types of gamers. Carebears, duelers, and d.ickheads. I obviously fall into the first category since I'd rather have fun cooperating with someone rather than laughing at them when they have no clue wtf just happened.

The only way I'd ever purchase and therefore spend anytime playing D3 online is if they fix tppk & all variations for all time.

I know Blizzard doesn't give a fuK. So I'm forced to abandon a game I once enjoyed very much.

Apocalypse · 04-11-2008, 17:10

maybe it is just me but, is not the easiest solution to have servers where pvp is allowed and servers where you can't go hostile no matter what? both servers could still allow for pvp games you just would be unable to go hostile on the one server

Gigashadow · 04-11-2008, 17:24

Yeah... if DIII is big enough, that wouldn't really cause any division issues - PvP servers work fine in WoW.

Athanasios · 05-11-2008, 16:35

I just hope they dont turn D3 into some touchy-feely kinda game. Most people played D2 because of two reasons, the loot and the violence. Granted, something needs to be done about the Pvp system but I hope they keep the Diablo "egde" that keeps players always coming back for more...

Gigashadow · 05-11-2008, 22:40

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Originally Posted by Athanasios

I just hope they dont turn D3 into some touchy-feely kinda game.

Absence of a hostility does not make a game "touchy-feely" (what the h-ell does that mean, anyway?). It just makes it a different kind of game.

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Most people played D2 because of...

I'm sorry, have you collected the census of all SP and MP players of DII from years 1998 to present day and categorized them by why they played DII? Have you checked them all with lie detectors?

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Originally Posted by Athanasios

the loot and the violence.

Plenty of games have loot and plenty of them have violence. I don't see why you need DII to have any of those. They are certainly not what makes DII unique.

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the Diablo "egde" that keeps players always coming back for more...

Have you collected a census? No? Be quiet then. And from now on, post "that keeps ME coming back for more". Stop speaking for other people like some self-centered narcissist. It's really getting annoying. Placing yourself above others because you like to play a VIDEO GAME a certain way... (rofl) If you really want to get back to some medieval hardcore style of a world, you can go join the US military and visit Iraq. Leave people who don't need that alone.