Translated interview of some Elyos Assassin.

[Mark]

elliot has set up a Wordpress-powered blog (a very good idea, if you ask me) where he'll be posting translations it seems (got the link from his signature). His most recent translation is this:

[Interview] Pro ‘Abysser’ Lvl 45 Assassin ?? from ?? server! Read What They Read, See What I See

I really, really like this interview. I want to be that guy, running around the Abyss alone killan doods. It's what I was born to do. Your thoughts on this awesomeness?

[Onslaught411]

Stealthing around killing people who are fighting mobs. While fun, this isn't the epidomey of pvp or indicative of any prowessness. I'd like to see him try a class that can't stealth and come back .

Either way, thanks for posting this.

[Mark]

times one ****ing million. Stealthing and killing people is the epitome of skill to me. It's how I play FPSs. Let my team mates run ahead of me and get shot at while I pick off the people shooting them, or follow some guy in FFA until he runs into someone else, then kill them both, etc. That's how I roll. I don't play fair, hah.

[lyankyj]

Rank 8 already (and was 9 already, he just spent his APs), thats incredibly fast, at this rate, in 2 months Heroes will appear.

[Mark]

Hmm, that doesn't sound like too terrible of a thing, LYJ. I mean...should it take longer? Since there's only two heroes per server...and they don't stay the same people for long (hopefully).

[lyankyj]

Originally Posted by Mark

Hmm, that doesn't sound like too terrible of a thing, LYJ. I mean...should it take longer? Since there's only two heroes per server...and they don't stay the same people for long (hopefully).

Now the Hero System itself is not a bad thing at all, in any level, but the fact that ppl cannot advance further (at least till the first big patch/expansion) in pvp ranks are troubling (accessing all -most- content of endgame leaving no goals behind).

Problem is that as soon as they max out Abyss Ranks (doesnt even need to reach the last 3 ranks, coz that only few can achieve and the others stay without content), an important part of the endgame vanishes with that achievement . As ppl are gettng closer to complete endgame pvpve content (as far as gears and Abyss Points go - + what's the point of pvp -beside fun- if not to be the best in skills and achivements), ppl are gonna acquire more and more Abyss Points. Since they don't need to spend it, they take it out of rotation and by the time new ranks appear (would be quite hard to implement more into this though, since they cant just add new one after the one you becoming a Hero), it becomes way more easier to achieve those and ultimately the point of the AP system will lost (e.g. having an endgame, continous goal what keep players ingame).

Kill/death ratio as requirement for higher ranks are somewhat helping to slow down this process, but in the end, it doesn't really chance that much. Alas quite a few games fall into this already.

They should change rank requirements or add more ranks (with proper content) prior the the last 3 ranks soon or ppl will abandon the game after the first 6-8 months.

[dalin]

nice "blog"... but damn, 12 hours is one hell of a commitment...

ill just have to make due with my PvE-ing i suppose...

[Mark]

Me too. But how did he get that raid gear?

[Shoee]

Lol thats pretty cool

[finalfight]

what kind of statistic's the pvp rank is taking? i mean just gankng pve doods is worth to be an hero?

[Mark]

Uh, no, you've gotta kill people from the other faction. PvE doesn't affect your Abyss score at all.

[Helena]

lmao so he just goes up to some random assassin n goes hay can i interview u thanks

[Killer]

thats cool

[justamemory]

Originally Posted by Helena

lmao so he just goes up to some random assassin n goes hay can i interview u thanks

if it can work with sex, why not ego!?

[jflanden]

Anyone have a link to the live PvP Streams he does?