A pvp suggestion to the playerbase

Started by Dwarfisim, June 05, 2014, 02:27:34 PM

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Dwarfisim

When your out and about, culling your sacrifices, or hunting down those horrors of the deep (the PC' types), and the fight of your life has ensued,after many a subdued battles -as in you have been. or have subdued- and the time has come to bring the conflict to an end...rather then change your setting to FD, change it to BlackoutMode.  Then, if appropriate, you can give them their last words, rp out once you have removed them from MOB danger (would be quite anti climatic to defeat your hated foe, to have a rockworm rob you of the glory)  and feel safe enough to type  quality RP ...rather then spam potions and feats/items.

I mention this, because I have only recently discovered the /c setsubdual blackout command, and until that discovery it was either subdual, or FD in pvp.  The blackout mode is not available on the pvp widget, so, perhaps few? know of it.  

Now, a word of caution. It is quite awful to experience as a victim, as you literally are blacked out, and cannot see/hear or do anything, so I would advise that you not trek across the server for several minutes carrying a knocked out body, as it is 1 breath short of hellish for the victim, as no one plays the game to simply stare at a black screen for 20 minutes.  A few minutes to get your downed foe to a secure place to rp the final moments.
Having those last words, deeds, and actions can make a huge difference between a satisfying end, and one that evokes less then happy thoughts.  

tldr-As an OOC courtesy to the player whose story your about to end, use blackout mode, and get them to a secure location so they can have that last bit of RP, before you take their head. Sometimes it is not feasible, but..most times it is.