People who leave PVP when they die

Ludic

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

[XoO]

N/

I had an interesting situation earlier tonight in Tombs. I was a W/Mo, and all 7 of my teammates had died. I was still fighting and able to keep myself alive long enough to try and lure the team fighting me into the two other teams on the map. Lucky for me, I was able to sneak off to a spot literally in between the 3 remaining teams. (I have screenshots of this, it's actually pretty funny. I'll post them later.)

As I did this, the three remaining teams were all at a standstill, because nobody wanted to charge me because they'd open themselves up for an attack from one or both of the other teams.

So eventually, a couple of teams started to fight, and I was able to sneak off back towards my base unnoticed. Unfortunately, the only person I could rez was the one monk who had stayed. Everyone else had disconnected after they thought I was done. The monk and I were able to hold out, and do pretty well for being 2 on 8.

I just wish people would stick around long enough to see what's going on. I'm not the best PVPer, but I like to think I'm competent. I just wish I could get into a group where the people are serious and good team players. Too bad my clan was basically started with a few offline friends and myself.

ManadartheHealer

ManadartheHealer

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2005

Awaiting GW2

W/

I have found circumstances that are the opposite of what you described in PvE (never in PvP though) where the whole team died but one person, and we still managed to pull of the mission

I do hate it when people leave early. They could always stay, watch, and learn something

Ludic

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

[XoO]

N/

Well, I never thought I'd see that situation in PVP. But I knew for sure that if I put myself in a place where the team had to open itself up to attack from another team, that nobody would come after me. I literally was standing in between three teams for a couple minutes just waiting for someone to do something.

Sagius Truthbarron

Sagius Truthbarron

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

Animal Factory [ZoO]

A/

This happens in all games where you have random teams. It would be nice if everyone stayed, but there is always that human spirit of "Oh, well, I don't want to put too much effort into this, besides, we might have lost anyway!". Though, the situations you described were pretty grim, many leave at the first sign of loss, no matter how minor.

Weezer_Blue

Weezer_Blue

Elite Guru

Join Date: Feb 2005

Just a Box in a Cage

Hurry Up The Cakes [Oven]

I always stay to see it through the end simply because the end is sometimes very funny, or something may happen to turn it around even if the odds are stacked against you.

Terminal

Terminal

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

Vocal Minority, R.I.P.

Mo/Me

Even if i die in a situation, i allways find it extremely intreaguing to watch the surviving person in 3rd person mode, watching the spells/specials he uses, how he does the best with what he has in that perticular situation given his build.

I don't mind losing, but if my last teammate uses his head and fights with it till the end rather than doing something completely kamikaze, that usually leaves me with a smile on my face. I almost allways watch any fight, PvP or PvE, till the end.

Yabba

Yabba

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sagius Truthbarron
many leave at the first sign of loss, no matter how minor.
yep, this is very annoying.

had today a pickup group with only one monk.
at his first death the monk left in the middle of the fight ... (we still fought for about 3 or 4 mins but finally lost after that)

and i had once a team in the tombs where it happened that 6 died but the last 2 escaped and rezzed when the other 2 teams were fighting.
all got rezzed and we killed the 2 other teams and won the round (we even managed to reach hoh with that pug)

people who leave during the fight on purpose are dumb or inexperienced.

anything can happen as long as there is one member of the group alive.

besides it can be fun to lay around and watch the ongoing fighting for a while