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It started with a half assed decision to go to Korvella and get a ticket to run one of the Rebel missions on the Corvette. I had just finsihed running solo missions on Dant. for cash and had stopped because my Mind buffs were long gone.

The thought was: I would grab a second mind buff as I left the Mining outpost that would last as long as my Doc buffs BUT in RL I was very tired so I forgot to go to the Cantina before I hit the Starport.

"Ah, F* it" I said to myself. I still had a Brandy with 15 or so charges left- that oughta be enough to knock heads with some NPCs if the need arises.

Once in Kor Vella, I spoke to the Sgt. and took a mission that would point me in the direction of the Imperial Base on Lok. This all went smoothly until:

Storm Trooper: Halt! So you may be inspected for contrabrand!

Now, you'll note in the sig that I'm a smuggler, so my inventory is LOADED with contrabrand- tools, weapons, spices, armor- everything really.

Me: (still running) RL thought to self: Man, F* that trooper! I'm gonna just catch a flight outta here so's I can get to bed.

ST: HALT! Or I'll Fire!

Suddenly, All these Imps are shooting at me. It's a sight I'm used to though- being in the line of fire from 5-6 very unhappy NPCs (paticularly Imperial ones). I don't usually PvP anymore because of the state of the game and I never really had a character for it. And there was another reason...what was it?...OH YEAH, I suck at it!!

I killed the last one as I was purchasing my ticket out and the next thing I know I'm in Mos Eisley and then a short time later the Nym's Outpost on Lok.

Again, I am tired- so when I pick a player city to shuttle to (so that I don't have as far to drive to get to the Imp base) I actually don't pick the one that is the closest but close enough.

Now, when that load screen comes up that is a sign for me to go to the bathroom in RL, like it is for a lot of you I'm sure.

So, I'm coming out of the bathroom when what do I hear blasting from the computer? That's right- FIGHT MUSIC!!

"OH S**T!" I run to the comp to find, sure enough, Tevin has gotten himself in a pickle. There's this dude beating on me and I'm auto fighting back.

For a split second I wonder why the hell I'm getting attacked as I load in- but this is a player city so things can spawn anywhere.

Quickly I start to throw in some moves- I noticed that this NPCs mind was HUGE compared to the Health and Action. so I use Hit 3 a couple of times.

That's when it happens: This NPC healed himself 2 times real quick.

Then it hit me-"NPCs don't heal themselves like that! THIS IS A REAL PERSON!!!

It was about that time that another person started to beating on me- Another REAL person! What the hell had I gotten my self into? Now I was waking up and taking into account my circumstances- I looked around the screen and red dots were EVERYWHERE. Most of them were in buildings and gathered together in such a way that I figured they were NPCs.

But the two red dots beating on me were definitely NOT- as they were telling me I needed to leave this city 'cause I was a rebel.

A message flashed across the screen stating I had been BANNED from this city and none of its services would work for me- that meant trying to shuttle right back out of here was out of the question.

"This is the longest TEF I've ever had!" I thought.
My combat screen was scrolling up almost as fast as my MIND was falling- It was the only thing that wasn't buffed.

"BRANDY!" I opened my inventory- blocking a majority of the fight scene.
"Where is it!? Where!!?"
I threw a couple more HIT 3s (not too many because I didn't want drinking brandy to fall too late in the action cue.
"FOUND IT!" I took two gulps and now I had a second to think.

As a Swordsman, you decide on one of two things in PvE encounters where there are more than one person beating on you:

Am I going to work them down one at a time with a focused attack on their minds or am I going to Area Attack them all and watch them fall about the same time?

But this was different. These were two thinking individuals and I had to make my decision quick- keeping in mind, I most likely had a base full of NPCs to deal with afterwards.

I decided to drop a bleed on the cat with the mind buff since he seemed to be some kind of Doc or Medic- those heals had to stop. Then I intimidated him (I wear a +17 Intimidation undershirt) and I spammed head hit 3. He went down pretty quick after that.

I turned to the other character- A chick who I couldn't tell if she was buffed or not as I already knew what I wanted to do.

I dropped a bleed on her, COBed, intimidated, and commenced to head hit her too.

As all of this was playing out in the cue I was trying to type out /deathblow to make sure the other guy stayed down (I never PvP so it's wasn't on my toolbar). But I kept messing up-

The chick went down and he stood up again- That was a short incap- but I had no time to think about it. I hit enter and got 120 faction points for DBing the chick. I don't think I finished typing the command but whatever I had in there was good enough.

I decided to hightail it at that point- I went to pull my vehicle but accidentally destroyed it (this is why I don't PvP) so I started to run between the area where all the Stormtrooper NPCs were. The dude didn't follow- I guess because his mind had to be shot to s**t and it had to be obvious I went there by mistake.

A short battle with the NPCs and I finally jumped on my trusty, non-destructive Kaadu and rode outta there.

The ticket for the Corvette will wait- but I AM very tempted to try PvP again. I will have to get my tool bar in order first though:smileygrin:

Message Edited by HOTDOG on 08-23-2004 11:46 AM

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HOTDOG wrote:

Quickly I start to throw in some moves- I noticed that this NPCs mind was HUGE compared to the Health and Action. so I use Hit 3 a couple of times.

That's when it happens: This NPC healed himself 2 times real quick.

Then it hit me-"NPCs don't heal themselves like that! THIS IS A REAL PERSON!!!

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Well, I'm a Master Swordsman. I got Smuggler 0 4 3 1. Medic 0 0 3 0 and Novice Pistoleer.
The only other PvP experiences I ever had were me getting ganked when I was at the bank while overt or while waiting at the ticket handler in the Starport so this was nice.

I'm going to try a little more PvP after I get Tevin where I want him which is:

Master Swords/Master Smuggler/TKA 4 0 0 0/Pistoleer 0 0 3 4.


Which may change a bit if I decide to go FS. I also debated mastering brawler but lately I think my pistol skills need to be backed up a little more. Either that or pick more medic back up- Healing in a fight is VERY valuable but I didn't use it in this last fight.

Message Edited by Gorecki on 08-24-2004 04:31 AM