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What do you think of the giant stealing ethic?
I think that groups should kill giants. 12%  12%  [ 9 ]
I couldn't care less if you payed me. 18%  18%  [ 14 ]
I think that giants should be left to the people who get them first. 70%  70%  [ 53 ]
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 Post subject: Pet peeves.
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Everybody has something that annoys them, some more than others, (in this game, lots of things for lots of people) but my cheif problem is Giants. Oh, I love em. The challenge of killing em, makin sure I dont die when some random mobs aggro up next to them... but I can't stand it when people come in and start randomly attacking them. Now I know everybody seems to "accept" this, but I don't understand why. The way I see it, the giants were added as an extra challenge for people feeling a little adventurous. Not as a great thing for a bunch of people to come in and steal all of your experience... now I know people treat these like mini-uniques, but that still doesn't mean it isn't a legit killsteal when it's just a bigger champion of a creature. Seriously.

Now I know most of you will probably flame me for this (on my first post too) but I just can't get over that this seems to be the standard around here. I PMed some guy asking if he could let the giant alone... and he rudely PMed me back with some random swears and a "was your #)*&ing name on it?". Arrgh.

Opinions? Discussions? Angry mobs? :-) (oh, and Hi! nice place you've got here).

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As long as you get the kill what does it matter?


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err.. it just a gaint
once i was fighting gaint flower and some nuker dude came ... zerk, ks me
and guess wut the gaint drop and sos
but wutever, it just some vitule stuff
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My point is that the exp. of the giant is the incentive to kill it, but it has become an insentive to mobs too. It's hardly worth it to go on a giant now unless you're in the middle of nowhere. And half the time, you don't end up with the kill, because some lvl 40+ lvling their wolf will come and take it out in under 10 seconds, while your skill is still recharging :-(.

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Unless you have zerk, giants are a waste of time. Without zerk a giant takes longer to kill than the number of mobs you'd need to get equal exp.

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cuchulainn wrote:
Unless you have zerk, giants are a waste of time. Without zerk a giant takes longer to kill than the number of mobs you'd need to get equal exp.

If caves are overcrowded*cough* or if mobs are too spread out with low spawnrate, then just go for the giant, regardless.


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I dont care any more because whenever I do have the giant some idiot with a blade does the knock down 4-5 times and kses me.


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I take giants for the xp, i could care less about drops.

The thing that tickles me pink is when i'm fighting w/someone and they whisper me "don't ks."

Makes my day. :D

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I see people voting for "groups" (2 right now) but none of them are posting. big waste of the poll if we can't know WHY you swing that way, opinion wise. :banghead:

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first come first served IMO

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I wouldn't mind having some competition if we both found the giant at the same time. But if it's some dude 10+ levels higher than the mob, then that pisses me off. >.>

OR if someone kills it when it's almost dead.


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i couldn't care less for the drops

i just want the xp so that i can lvl up

but as a nuker, i usually get the drops :)

but ppl get pissed at me and then annoys me and then i have a hell of a day

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I just leave the giants to whoever got to them first. They take to long to kill + they usually don't drop good anything usefull anyway.

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I think giant should be for groups, however, I would prefer a giant to myself and get mad when other people come by b(because I'm greedy and want drops to myself :p).

So yeah, giants belong to everyone, but if you're like a lvl 30 guy and then come KS a giant white tiger from some noobs, that is wrong. XD

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first in for me

my biggest peev is when i start to nuke a freshly spawned giant

some blader will then run over and use his force attack which hits just before my nuke completes

he then tells me not to ks HIS giant :x

he rarely gets the kill even with kd and zerk

i am aware that he may not have seen me start my nuke before him, and i do not complain if he want's to share it

but we all know how long a nuke takes to launch

if his 0.5 second attack hits 0.5 seconds before my 2.5 second attack - we all know who started first

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That should just make you want to level quicker, if the higher levels are coming back and taking your mob. Play Guild Wars if you want your own mobs (instanced zones). It adds more fun to the game if what you have can be anyone elses at any instant, or vice versa! Competeion makes this game Great


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well, i don't really mind if player jump in and help killing the giant.

i mean, the exp are being split according to how much damage you made to the mob. the better you are, the more exp you get.

what i really do mind is people ks on normal size mobs, im not talking about ks accidents, is like they are intended to ks you. for example, im shooting this mob for couple arrows already, and they come in and nuke them. wtf?? can't you see im killing that mob????

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Really really dont care...i just pwen all the way i dont care whos there lol

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my peev is when ppl start ksing my plain mobs, usually outdamage any giant, and if someone already started to attack one (giant) i politely ask if he wants help, if he says no/doesn't answer, I leave him alone. If he says yes though, I help.

But, I usually rally 4-6 mobs and then GhostSpear their ass, but then some ..... random dude comes and starts messing with the mobs I'v already done 1/4 damage to. Geez.

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In the caves they dont really drop anything but gold anyway. Sometimes i even leave them alone if i dont have zerk cuz of all the agro mobs.


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i find it first its mine i get so pissed after me saying like 100 times please leave it and dont ks and they carry on and say everyone else does it dam sheep

this is one thing i go murder for

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i only 'KS' a giant when it has over 3/4 hp left

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cuchulainn wrote:
Unless you have zerk, giants are a waste of time. Without zerk a giant takes longer to kill than the number of mobs you'd need to get equal exp.


only for a str blader ;)

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this is one thing i go murder for


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Caras wrote:
As long as you get the kill what does it matter?


Means i loose a bit of the exp i've just spent pots on to kill the mob..


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yeah lol once it've gone past like 15-20% and someone come and KS, they get like 30-40% of the XP just by wasting mp pots..

great :(

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I'll always leave the giant alone if someone is fighting it unless a few exceptions

1. They have TRIED to KS me on a giant before that day

2. They are botting

3. we both see the giant at the same time, then it's both of ours (97% or higher hp on the giant)

I love it though when people try to KS me, being a blader w/ sos+5 weapon it happens very rarely, usually a nuker that has zerk is the only thing that can KS me. but it's good to be able to do the KD over and over, only when I need to, I don't go up and KS someone just because I know I can, I don't usually be an as$hole if I'm not provoked, I just love the glaviers and nukers that try and KS blader, they should know better, bladers suck at uniques cause we can't knock down, but odn't try and KS a blader w/ a really nice setup, or you won't get anymore giants if we're really mad at ya.


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AND ROCK THIS PLACE WITH CHARLIE CHANG!!!

*cough*

Uhm its a giant they spawn like every 5-30 minutes depending on the mob so w/e.

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I think giants should go to whoever finds them first. If I'm out hunting and find a giant that no one's fighting, I'll attack it. While I'm fighting it, I hate when other people come in and try to steal it. Likewise, if someone's already fighting the giant, I'll either leave them alone completely, or ask if they need help. If anything, I'll take the regular mobs that spawn around the giant, or heal the player if it seems he/she's struggling.

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