Being paid to PvP in RV

[bellona100]

Last night the blaster GOOD 2 paid me for defeating him.  He was fighting Android 006, and I saw this from a distance.  So I tp'ed next to him and placed my henchmen on "Attack".  GOOD was already at ~50% health, so sending him to the hospital was no major achievement.

 

I then look at my Inbox and find an email from GOOD for 100 million Influence.  I said in Chat that he didn't need to do this, and to that he replied that he won the influence - and then some in a Costume Contest during the Halloween Event.

 

So my question is this:  What is more odd, the fact that I made Influence PvPing, or the fact that another PvPer enters costume contests?

 

Oh, I was playing a Merc/Elect Affinity MM - under /Empath buffs.

[SeraphimKensai]

As a retired PvPer, my entire PvP team used to spend like 2 hours per character making the perfect costumes. Because we'd farm/market quite a bit we'd often do influence prizes for tournaments and such as well.

 

So no you're story doesn't seem that odd.

[Glacier Peak]

What's more odd is seeing anyone post in this sub forum 🤔

[UltraAlt]

23 hours ago, bellona100 said:

So my question is this:  What is more odd, the fact that I made Influence PvPing, or the fact that another PvPer enters costume contests?

 

Wait.... I'm confused ... I thought costume contests were PvP. When did NPCs start winning/participating in costume contests?

[chase]

On 11/21/2023 at 2:11 PM, UltraAlt said:

 

Wait.... I'm confused ... I thought costume contests were PvP. When did NPCs start winning/participating in costume contests?

And not just contests... costume creation itself is an act of PvP.

I'm, of course, referring to the forbidden and some say mythical art of costume-fu.   There are many, many layers to this level of warfare, but the truest masters of the art can entirely stun a foe with a well-timed transformation, leading to an easy win- or, in PvE, cause a whole team wipe.    Even one such as I- who has faced great eldritch horrors and even faced the depths of depravity possible in a late-last-century-army-field ration- could not help but pause in their presence.   I... I cannot put what I've seen in the battles of Bloody Bay, but it was perhaps the best evidence that a video game could be the venue for crimes against humanity.  

I will not evoke any by name here, but if you feel targeted by this post, know that you've forever scarred my psyche.  

:D

[BazookaTwo]

I used to think GOOD was a troll til I talked to him. He's a genuinely great fella.

[bellona100]

On 12/6/2023 at 12:24 AM, BazookaTwo said:

I used to think GOOD was a troll til I talked to him. He's a genuinely great fella.

Agreed, he is a good guy.  But...  He's too much with the blasters.  There are other ATs out there.