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Originally Posted by Heinel

I guess I should explain the system a bit more. The attack and defence rating is a number purely for PvE. Different armor also have another thing called "invulnerability" and they differ by rarity of the item itself and by type. So heavily armored Guardians take little damage from all sources and is nigh impossible to kill, while a squishy ToS can still get one shot by most other classes.

The reason why the offensive and defensive rating doesn't count in AoC is because the game is FFA pvp everywhere. So the game is basically a giant gankfest and in order to not give the higher level players too much of an advantage and lower level too much of a handicap, this system is put in place so that the difference between a high or low level is not too big. It is not unheard of that people had killed players 10 levels or so above themselves (which is impossible if the ratings are to be taken into account, as the character will be grey and hence do like no damage and suffer a very very high damage penalty, as is the case with pve mobs). It is one way of promoting skill over time.

i honestly like the fact that as you get higher lvl you get harder to kill... im not sure i would be satisfied as much if im a lower lvl and i kill a higher lvl just because they were nerfed on the pvp side of things... to me its not skill its just squaring things up so ppl dont cry to much.. i enjoy the thrill of hunting and getting the chance to go up againt a hard player not knowing if im going to win, and when the higher player screws up and you get that lucky shot off that devastates him or you hold out enough for reinforcements and he dies it makes it much more rewarding to me. of course there is the chance im gonna die too, but thats what makes being out in the world not knowing whats around each corner so exciting.

as for the interview im usually an advocate for not making it to hard.. mostly for like having to group 24/7 cause im a casual player, and im usually roaming around with my husband and no ones else. however, i do believe in stuff you need to group for especially special stuff that grants you access to places such as the abyss portals and such. i just found the whole artical to be a big whine fest... if they did everything that kid said the game would be easier then wow...