I love this mini game! Clock tower and labyrinth are fun and all, but nothing beats a good vicious round of courtiers and villagers.
I won as the last villager again this year, although more on a lucky fluke than Mad skills (see what I did there…) For everyone saying that this game is boring, unfair, or lame, give it a chance!
I love being a villager, scouring for resources to survive the night, saving a fellow villager from a power hungry courtier, and the heart-pounding wait as you hide in terror, scanning every direction for ghosts. And I love being the courtier too, getting the thrill of the kill, the madness, the bloodlust, and the opportunity to terrify the poor villagers.
I managed to land into a good map, where people were duking it out and having a load of good time. A few rounds went so splendidly, with everyone just knowing what to expect from everyone else, we all ended up being courtiers with six minutes left on the clock. It was actually quite fun. Quite a few times I’ve ended up in some not-so-great maps…
Just some things for everyone to remember:
You are not supposed to have your weapons equipped in this game. If you do, this means you are glitched, and can kill everyone in sight. Please don’t – it ruins the game. Everyone will hate you for it. And doing it anyway, justifying it with “it happened to me, only fair I make others suffer” is not cool. Please, it’ll only make the game worse, for you and everyone else. It’s understandable if you had no idea it wasn’t supposed to happen – just understand that people have had one too many trigger happy jerks and your accidental attack may have blown the final fuse. And Anet, please fix this bug. It’s happened way too many times.
Now, some tips to get a good round moving:
=For Villagers=
1. Talk with your team. Use teamchat ( /t ) to strategize defenses or attacks. Villagers can go very far if they work together. This is what makes the game more fun, and a ton more challenging for courtiers.
2. As a villager, know when to hide, run, or fight. Don’t only do one – you will lose to the courtiers. And save your fellow villager! Most are more than willing to return the favor.
3. The best weapon to pick up, is the torch. It has a long duration on courtiers, and does not put you in combat. This means you will not get a speed reduction when you flee. Of course, every other item is a great tool to grab while on the fly, and you can’t always be picky.
4. Know your hiding spots. There are tons if you know what to look for. Just bear in mind that courtiers would know too…my personal favorites are behind houses…especially the one at the top NE corner of the map.
5. Doing the mini events aren’t a waste of time or weapons, and if everyone pitches in, can be accomplished very fast. I was in a great map earlier, and the villagers actually summoned fire imps. Needless to say, courtiers were kitten terrified.
6. There is a mini hidden quest which will give you a shotgun. Although it’s pretty risky to get if you’re a rookie. You’ll have to figure out yourself how to obtain it. (Hint: you need the hammer)
7. Falling off the edge of the map won’t kill you – in fact, it may save your life. I’ve used it several times myself for narrow escapes against courtiers.
8. Use your stealth carefully. It has a cooldown and you cannot move from your location once stealthed. I know a favorite tactic is to turn a corner, then stealth. There is also a way to do Mad King emotes and be stealthed…
=For Courtiers=
1. Standing on the stone portals will show you the location of villagers…dun dun dun.
2. Try not to spam the emotes, no matter how tempting it is. You’re a terrifying courtier, do you really need to beseech the Mad King for everything? It’s a lot more fun to fear your prey, toy with em, lead em into traps…then EVISCERATE THE BLOODY HELL OUT OF EM!!!! koff I like to play with my prey before converting em.
Mwahahahahaha
3. Check hiding spots. Really. Check em.
4. You can shadowstep across the map with your scarecrow. Plop down your scarecrow, hit 4 again and you’ll shadowstep to it. This however, will double the cooldown.
5. Talk in map chat! This really gets everyone motivated for some odd reason.
6. Use the traps. It surprises me how many courtiers will run past stuff and not pick it up. You know what villagers need to survive? Tools. You know how you can remove that chance? Pick up those tools and turn them into traps.
7. Falling off the map will teleport you back to the center of the map. It’s a really nifty shortcut.
Enjoy the tips, and good luck out there!
tl;dr version:
Go play Lunatic Inquisition. And read through it if you want some helpful tips. >.>;
(edited by Arikyali.5804)