DeletedUser
I'd just like to kick off a discussion by outlining my own experience over the last 6 months or so.
1. I chose the dueller class for the fun of PvP and happily mixed up duelling and working. All I had to do was pick an enemy town for duels and watch my own town. Then a new release came along.
2. Under the new release with on-the-spot duelling I couldn't just go to a town and duel whoever was awake and at my level, but I had to search all over the map for players, then check their town to see if they were sleeping (sometimes the duel said they were sleeping and the map didn't) or to remind myself if it was a hostile or friendly town. No longer could I take off my duelling togs to fulfil quest jobs while keeping a weather-eye on any strangers appearing in town in case I got jumped as opponents could duel me at locations I had been at several hours before. In short, duelling became a pain; and not just for me -attacks dropped off. So I took to self-ko'ing on quest opponents and concentrated on finishing quest lines. The NPC duellers allowed me to exchange health for experience and my character progressed happily into the Arizona top 100 without premium. Then a new release came along.
3. Now I couldn't knock myself out for immunity on quests any more. Premium players could even shoot me from half an hour away from the rocking chair on their porch. So many of my AP/SPs were for questlines that any serious dueller my level could take a piece of me. They didn't even have to look for me - the new duelling screens took all the work out of finding opponents. Luckily, I am almost at the end of the (current) questlines, so in a week or two I can start re-speccing back to pure dueller.
To me, each release has created a new game and caused me to change strategy and spec. Luckily, it has gone full circle, from favouring duellers, to not favouring them and back again, so at least I am still happy with my character class. It's like the goalposts and rules move every few months and it's a matter of luck whether it makes or breaks your game.
I'd be interested to hear what other people's experience is and what they think of it all.
1. I chose the dueller class for the fun of PvP and happily mixed up duelling and working. All I had to do was pick an enemy town for duels and watch my own town. Then a new release came along.
2. Under the new release with on-the-spot duelling I couldn't just go to a town and duel whoever was awake and at my level, but I had to search all over the map for players, then check their town to see if they were sleeping (sometimes the duel said they were sleeping and the map didn't) or to remind myself if it was a hostile or friendly town. No longer could I take off my duelling togs to fulfil quest jobs while keeping a weather-eye on any strangers appearing in town in case I got jumped as opponents could duel me at locations I had been at several hours before. In short, duelling became a pain; and not just for me -attacks dropped off. So I took to self-ko'ing on quest opponents and concentrated on finishing quest lines. The NPC duellers allowed me to exchange health for experience and my character progressed happily into the Arizona top 100 without premium. Then a new release came along.
3. Now I couldn't knock myself out for immunity on quests any more. Premium players could even shoot me from half an hour away from the rocking chair on their porch. So many of my AP/SPs were for questlines that any serious dueller my level could take a piece of me. They didn't even have to look for me - the new duelling screens took all the work out of finding opponents. Luckily, I am almost at the end of the (current) questlines, so in a week or two I can start re-speccing back to pure dueller.
To me, each release has created a new game and caused me to change strategy and spec. Luckily, it has gone full circle, from favouring duellers, to not favouring them and back again, so at least I am still happy with my character class. It's like the goalposts and rules move every few months and it's a matter of luck whether it makes or breaks your game.
I'd be interested to hear what other people's experience is and what they think of it all.
