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Posted by: Malediktus.9250

Malediktus.9250

Can you do something about crab toss griefers? People with the lowest score just keep using cc skills like the rod on the most skilled person so he cant get his deserved win. At the end it helps them nothing because they still have one of the lowest points and nowhere near the champions score (usually ranked last 3 places).
This is one of the reason I play this minigame after reset or switch instances all the time because i cant be bothered with this griefing minigame.
The griefers who just keep chain CCing the most skilled players for their own amusement might be intended part of the game or not, but it turns any player who wants the most skilled person win off.
Why should I bother playing a minigame where noobs win because griefers mass CC the person who is clearly superior?

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Posted by: Astral Projections.7320

Astral Projections.7320

Pvp happened in a pvp area?

Sounds awful.

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Posted by: Fortus.6175

Fortus.6175

Hahaha, based on your constant insistence on “skilled player” and “clearly superior” denotation, i would bet you had the crab and somebody was pulling you/fearing you all the time. Sorry, but working as intended. You coulndt take a mini game.

This is coming from a guy that wins that more often than not. Learn to watch for them, there arent more than 2 rods per game, or 1 cone. Watch who has it, run erradically, dont intent to hold the crab for too long, set it up so that you can get it back quickly again, not to not lose it.

Hope that helps, that will hep you reach the highly skilled and superior status you so wish for.

/cheers

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Posted by: Electro.4173

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I’ve actually encounter these people targeting me, and I’m not even that good at Crab Toss.

Last week I had someone do this to me for a good majority of the game for no reason. I had a score of like 30 and only got the crab once early in the game. The winner had like 120 and there were a couple others with high scores as well. But this guy just kept using the fishing rod on me on cooldown for the entire second half of the game or more (I didn’t even get the crab once during that time period either).

I don’t really get it. I can understand trying to keep the leader from getting a higher score at least to some extent (something like an “I can’t win so you can’t either” mentality or just trying to take someone good “down a peg” and give other people a chance, perhaps). Not that I condone it, its poor sportsmanship to abuse someone in a free-for-all game, winner or not, but I at least see a point to it. But why abuse some random person? Just trolling I guess. Daily achieves force people to do it so those who don’t want to actually play will just pick a target and abuse them for “fun” or whatever.

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Posted by: Hawk.3574

Hawk.3574

Or just throw the one game and go after them with the rod if that is all they are doing. This is surprisingly satisfying and can be hilarious if they start raging.

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Posted by: Smooth Penguin.5294

Smooth Penguin.5294

People are complaining when a competitive PvP mini game is played as intended?

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Posted by: DaShi.1368

DaShi.1368

Crab Toss is my least favorite of the activities. I love the holiday activities, because then I never have to do it for the daily achievement.

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Posted by: kimeekat.2548

kimeekat.2548

Crab Toss is my least favorite of the activities. I love the holiday activities, because then I never have to do it for the daily achievement.

Gods, yes, THIS. The holiday activities (clings to bell choir) are so much more rewarding and less upsetting. Crab toss… I get my grubby hands on the crab and lose it almost immediately. Usually don’t even have time to read the skills I get from the crab before someone’s knocked me on my face or stolen it with the fishing rod. If I get into a game halfway through it’s a relief to not have to play as long but it’s also upsetting because I hardly ever break 20. As much as I drag my feet about southsun survival, at least there I feel like there’s more time to read skills and gather — and even if I lose via dying, there’s still ways for me to efficiently “keep in the game” points-wise. I’m not ready to just sit my character down halfway through.

… that said … I still feel like OP is complaining about the game working properly. PvP is the worst.

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Posted by: Healix.5819

Healix.5819

Crab toss is a game designed to grief. The whole goal is to grief others while carrying the crab. You’re simply getting out played. Any skilled player that knows all the tricks could handle a few “griefers”.

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Posted by: Malediktus.9250

Malediktus.9250

So if someone with 6 points keeps spamming rod or other cc stuff on me while I have 100 points or something and says “i am doing this to annoy achievement farmers” its fine? I think its harassment

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Posted by: Smooth Penguin.5294

Smooth Penguin.5294

So if someone with 6 points keeps spamming rod or other cc stuff on me while I have 100 points or something and says “i am doing this to annoy achievement farmers” its fine? I think its harassment

They can do whatever they want to you. It’s a competition. If I saw you had the most points, you’d be my target all match too.

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Posted by: Vayne.8563

Vayne.8563

Pick up a plank and target the guy with the fishing rod. Also, you can steal the fishing rod from him the same way you can steal the crab. It’s what I did when someone did it to me.

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Posted by: Malediktus.9250

Malediktus.9250

They just steal it back or pick up other annoying stuff like the immobilses or fear.

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Posted by: Guhracie.3419

Guhracie.3419

That stuff is in there to be used exactly as you’re describing. Maybe not for the reasons you’re describing, but that’s basically how the game works regardless of their intentions. It would be like getting mad that the other team is constantly knocking me down in keg brawl, even though I don’t have a keg. It’s a byproduct of the game.

With all that said, I’m not a fan of Crab Toss anyway. I don’t think it’s very well-designed.

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Posted by: Malediktus.9250

Malediktus.9250

in Keg Brawl you can help your team win that way, but in this game you gain nothing from it other than making someone angry?

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Posted by: Melchior.2135

Melchior.2135

in Keg Brawl you can help your team win that way, but in this game you gain nothing from it other than making someone angry?

Making your opponent angry is perhaps the single most universal competitive game strategy. Flustered opponents are ineffective opponents.

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Posted by: SlothBear.9846

SlothBear.9846

Nobody can grief you worse inside crab toss than the devs did by putting it in the rotation.

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Posted by: Master Yi.6129

Master Yi.6129

Fight back? You can attack trolls with rods, you know.

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Posted by: Hamfast.8719

Hamfast.8719

Don’t worry about me… I won’t grief you. I don’t care for Crab Toss, so I stand off to the side and move a little bit every time the game threatens to boot me. Since it’s every man for himself, I hope this doesn’t anger anyone. (If it were a team game, I would do my best to help, as much as I dislike it). So I take a couple minutes and sort out my Inventory and take the easy Daily Achievement. And I don’t seem to be the only one who does this in Crab Toss. I often stand right next to another player who isn’t participating either.

For me, Crab Toss is the worst of the 4 Activites, and it seems to pop up every other day. I probably like Keg Brawl the best, and it only seems to come up once a week. WHY aren’t they all available every day? We should be able to participate in the ones we like, when we like.

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Posted by: Shaduy.5629

Shaduy.5629

So if someone with 6 points keeps spamming rod or other cc stuff on me while I have 100 points or something and says “i am doing this to annoy achievement farmers” its fine? I think its harassment

Oooooh someone is knowingly destroying your game experience?

Sounds familiar. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULOzruEtYOo

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Posted by: UrMom.4205

UrMom.4205

lol, i did this a couple times, targeted the player that had the crab the most and just cc and interrupt them the entire time….but now due to this thread, i’m going to do it every time, cheers OP

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Posted by: azizul.8469

azizul.8469

lol, OP, whatever other players do in the Crab Toss arena, it is working as intended.

what do you expect ? free and easy win ?

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Posted by: BatsLoveCaves.5768

BatsLoveCaves.5768

Crab Toss is horribly designed in more ways than just this.

If you’re trying to get the achievements, I understand your irritation. But if you’re actually trying to be the “best” at Crab Toss, you’re just trying to be the king of crap mountain. The game is broken, and restricting CC weapons won’t fix it. Trust me.

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Posted by: Scar Rufo.7935

Scar Rufo.7935

Great thread but I am not sure why you feel that you are entitled to win in a PvP game. At least the posters that complain about the lousy loot drops want changes for all of us. I have been playing all the rotation of games for months only for AP, I do not really like them but I try. I learned something here, in Keg Brawl the ppl that just attacked me all game were trying to win; lol I had a grand time just going for them after they tried that. And the thing you hate in Crap Toss; yeah I always try to get the crap carrier, and some times a few random folks for laughs, I still do not really know how to play it…

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Posted by: Ayrilana.1396

Ayrilana.1396

Likely just players that do not know how to switch targets or just are not paying attention.

Crab toss is one of my favorite activities along with sanctum sprint. I usually play pretty high and I never use any of the weapons other than karka egg or the horn.

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Posted by: DeathMetal.8264

DeathMetal.8264

Working as intended. Remember, in those activities, random players end up in random instance of activity. They all have different skillsets and way of playing. However, more know that it’s a PvP area, and will try their best (even, as you say, they are losing anyway) to do their best to thwart others from winning?

Also, who are you to say that the losing players to just give up (well, you said not to use CC). I mean, never give up right? The only way to win in a contest, is to never give up, even if all hope is lost.

And no, imo, you are not a superior player (whether you said/implied it or not).

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Posted by: Phantasmal.5631

Phantasmal.5631

This game is so much fun! It takes awhile to get used to, but once you get the hang of it, it’s easily one of the best of the mini games.

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Posted by: Darkobra.6439

Darkobra.6439

How come someone as skilled as you are hasn’t learned to dodge and attack? Maybe you don’t deserve the win if you think hitting sprint every so often is enough?

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Posted by: Magnus Steelgrave.6580

Magnus Steelgrave.6580

Likely just players that do not know how to switch targets or just are not paying attention.

Crab toss is one of my favorite activities along with sanctum sprint. I usually play pretty high and I never use any of the weapons other than karka egg or the horn.

Yeah more than likely people used to auto targeting and hitting you by mistake cause you’re likely the one with the crab most often if you’re that good… but also if you’re that good then its time you learn to adapt, that’s what separates good players from great is their ability to adapt and overcome new obstacles and challenges.

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Posted by: Duke Nukem.6783

Duke Nukem.6783

sorry no support, dont play crab toss alot and im not that good at it (im not bad either) but it hink this is intended as part of any pvp game