Guild Wars 2

Southsun survival is a very cutthroat game mode, that is the entire basis for the idea. Pitting player vs player in an ultimate show of survival skills is sure to shed blood and cause a want for revenge. The ghost system of course, is designed to give players a chance for revenge as well as hasten the length of the matches.

But I’ve noticed that players in this game mode more than others end up applying very abusive tactics throughout the game. I can’t enjoy Southsun Survival anymore, not because flaws with the game mode itself but rather a select few players who make it unpleasant.

More than once I’ve found players focusing less on the game mode and more on ruthlessly stalking and killing me specifically round after round after round. Surely I cannot be the only person who has had these forms dirty cherry-picking tactics used on them. When I offer no resources to the people who kill me and they still follow me for as long as it takes to ensure of my death, no matter the cost to them, that is blatant enough that the player wishes to make the game as unpleasant as possible for others.

Some have even go so far as to whisper me with offensive remarks, insulting me as a player which is above and beyond simply playing the game. One player ignored a target with 9 rations and no traps or arrows who was beside them simply just to wait for me to come out of the shark infested waters I had taken refuge in. The entire time she waited, she used offensive terms to insult me as a player.

I don’t expect justice to be done beyond the report I filed of verbal abuse on this player, but I just would like to know if this has ever happened to other players out there. It’s a true shame that a few bad apples can spoil the bushel, but because of these abusive tactics, I no longer have any desire to play Southsun Survival.

in my experience this only happens to me when i gloat that iv won 10 rounds in a row and ping my splendid chest stack…..the moral of the story is shut up and keep your head down and dont talk at all

What did you do that made you such a target?

danbuter.2314:

What did you do that made you such a target?

In worst experience I had, I had scored the game winning kill off someone with a headshot. They proceeded to kill me and only me in every subsequent game until I quit, following me directly out of spawn with either pistols or swords.

I ended up reporting them for verbal abuse after I hid in the shark infested waters to deny them the satisfaction of killing me themselves which prompted them to use very offensive terms for me.

Log out, wait 2 minutes, start a new Survival. Tadada new opponents !

I’ve run into that in every competitive game i’ve ever played and you’re never going to get rid of it. Some people are just petty.

I found similar things happening in Southsun survival. One player said “kitten#8221; when I, being killed by him, to launch a Karka. One play said “kitten ” after I trapped him to death. I was amazed by people reacted that way. The game design is to get as many point as you can, this point will accumulate to earn the 2,500 achievement. After killed, the mist is supposed to get on the live player, kill them (by trap or karka), to get those points. I hope they understand what this game is about and stop being so upset by others pursuing them. For now, I’d just say “sorry I killed you” to sooth them. Come on, it is just a game – a mini one even.

Duke Nukem.6783:

…..ping my splendid chest stack…..

Too many jokes……never mind.

You are kidding me, right? If something like that happens to me I either kill them or leave and join another game. Reporting people for killing you over and over while it is legal to kill you ( over and over ) is just lame. This game is about killing, not about being nice to eachother. Personally I don;t hunt people when they kill me but I see no reason to blame them for hunting me. It’s what they CAN do.

PokerTuna.6170:

You are kidding me, right? If something like that happens to me I either kill them or leave and join another game. Reporting people for killing you over and over while it is legal to kill you ( over and over ) is just lame. This game is about killing, not about being nice to eachother. Personally I don;t hunt people when they kill me but I see no reason to blame them for hunting me. It’s what they CAN do.

If you read more closely you would see that I did not report them for their actions but the verbal abuse that they paired up with it. Messaging others with comments that are nothing but offensive insults with very very offensive language even after the game is over is well beyond simply hunting others.

Speaking of the shark infested waters. If you have enough rations on you there is a great spot behind the crab toss arena next to a platform where you can hide until everyone has died. I have won many matches using this cowardly but very helpful tactic. No one ever goes there and every win nets you +50 points.

Rukral.2870:

In worst experience I had, I had scored the game winning kill off someone with a headshot. They proceeded to kill me and only me in every subsequent game until I quit, following me directly out of spawn with either pistols or swords.

If I’m one of the last two survivors and you take the victory from me, you can be sure I will hunt you down. Not because I lost because of you but because you might be one of the strongest players and I need to make sure you’re dead before going after the others.

i need to retune the strings on my violin.