Turon, Knightlord of the Empire

Turon · **Joined:** Mon Jul 20, 2009 8:33 pm **Posts:** 861

I'm tired of playing a character built around PvP when the PvP arena is so screwed up on account of game code changes, and knowing that those changes will never be made because Dulrik is completely absent and on top of that disagrees with making changes to help the game.

Bounty NPCs, scout pets that can't be hit, Sith'a'niel being the most easily defended city in the game, enchanting which takes hours of doing the same boring old crap to do, gladly fighting 3v1s and 6v1s in defense when no one else except Ericos holds the same scruples, losing fights because all my enemies do is avoid me or my groups until they have at least one more person than I do, being unable to do anything about people ganking your relic/farming your guards while offline, incurring more grind for everyone, auto surrender, attacking your own group, getting adjectives/names confused, etc etc etc.

Turon was a character whose primary goal and purpose was PvP, and the broken parts of the PvP system, especially CRS, bounty NPCs, and unhittable mood defensive scout pets, have made it so aggravating that it's more frustrating than enjoyable to play.

His backstory was simple. He was an orphan raised in Kytar as a servant, then grew up as a squire. His loyalty to the Empire was unswerving and he always did what he thought was best for the Empire, which made for some interesting decisions given that he followed Sargas.

I enjoyed the RP, but I'm not a fan of RP that isn't backed up by the in-game rules: If I'm trying to RP the leader of the Empire, and my city is easier to invade than it is to hit a dragon-slaying hedgehog that some centaur tamed, then my RP dictates that I am a failure. Also, the Dreamscape loot is unbelievably terrible for the amount of time/risk required in getting it, which would have been the only other thing I was really interested in exploring with Turon. All in all, I'm bored. I enjoyed it a while ago, but it isn't enjoyable anymore when the PvP game features are so broken/boring. It helps that I need to take a break for a while.

Congratulations Nico and Estobar, you beat Turon.

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[HP: 17%] [ME:  5%] [PE:100%]
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 o [Scores] Turon,, Conflict's Source, Knightlord of the Empire.             o
 o===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===o
 o    Status: Grand Master(1)   Race: Human            Class: Hellion        o
 o   Kingdom: Empire           Cabal: The Midnight Council (Leader)          o
 o===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===o
 o     Coins: zero                                                           o
 o  Carrying: 0/11 items                    Load: 0.0/275.0 pounds           o
 o===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===o
 o    Health: Slaughtered     Mental: Power starved  Physical: Fresh          o
 o Attribute points: 0        Wimpy:   0 percent    Mode: Kill/aggressive    o
 o===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===o
 o You are standing.                                                         o
 o You have begun the second-half of the journey to the next level.          o
 o You have played 903 hour(s) so far.                                       o
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[HP: 17%] [ME:  5%] [PE:100%]
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 o [Attributes] Turon, Conflict's Source, Knightlord of the Empire.          o
 o===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===o
 o    Status: Grand Master(1)   Race: Human            Class: Hellion        o
 o       Age: 60                 Sex: Male              Size: Medium         o
 o Alignment: Aberrant     Handiness: Left handed   Religion: Sargas         o
 o===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===o
 o       STR: Powerful           INT: Brilliant          WIS: Clever         o
 o       DEX: Limber             CON: Durable            CHA: Influential    o
 o===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===o
 o Carrying capacity: 11 items with a maximum weight of 275.0 pounds.        o
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[HP: 17%] [ME:  5%] [PE:100%]
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sk

Amateur   - spear              (mastered)    axe                (mastered)    
            dagger             (mastered)    flail              (mastered)    
            mace               (superb)      polearm            (mastered)    
            siegecraft         (very good)   sling              (fair)        
            sword              (mastered)    shield block       (mastered)    
            swim               (superb)      taslamaran tongue  (mastered)    
            uxmaln tongue      (mastered)    zhensh tongue      (mastered)    
            empire tongue      (mastered)    aghelian tongue    (mastered)    
            sylvan tongue      (mastered)    firmyrn tongue     (superb)      
            deep tongue        (mastered)    taslamaran writing (superb)      
            uxmaln writing     (mastered)    zhensh writing     (superb)      
            empire writing     (mastered)    aghelian writing   (superb)      
            sylvan writing     (superb)      firmyrn writing    (superb)      
            deep writing       (superb)      midnight cipher    (mastered)    
Novice    - parry              (superb)      second attack      (mastered)    
            hide               (superb)      sneak              (mastered)    
Initiate  - combat casting     (mastered)    self defense       (superb)      
Apprentice- enhanced damage    (mastered)    endurance          (mastered)    
            fast healing       (mastered)    haggle             (mastered)    
Journeyman- brawling           (superb)      third attack       (mastered)    
            xxxxx              (very good)   
Veteran   - crossbow           (superb)      cleave             (mastered)    
            xxxxxx             (mastered)    
Expert    - dodge              (mastered)    leadership         (mastered)    
            meditation         (mastered)    
Mentor    - intimidate         (mastered)    

[HP: 17%] [ME:  5%] [PE:100%]
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spells

Amateur   - cause light         (mastered)    curse               (mastered)    
Novice    - blindness           (mastered)    chill touch         (very good)   
            deafness            (mastered)    detect invis        (mastered)    
Initiate  - cause serious       (very good)   detect hidden       (mastered)    
            invis               (mastered)    poison              (superb)      
Apprentice- identify            (mastered)    protection          (mastered)    
            weaken              (mastered)    
Journeyman- plague              (superb)      shield              (superb)      
Veteran   - cause critical      (superb)      rift                (mastered)    
Expert    - detect aura         (superb)      hellfire            (mastered)    
Mentor    - domination          (mastered)    word of recall      (mastered)    
            xxxxxxx             (mastered)    
Master    - xxxxx               (mastered)    

jerinx · **Posted:** Wed Apr 21, 2010 1:21 pm

Turon was always good for entertainment and RP. Always willing to talk, answer, and do. Sorry the game went that far downhill for you - players like you will always be noticed and missed.

Neconct · **Posted:** Wed Apr 21, 2010 1:23 pm

I honestly could tell I'd like the player Edoras oocly if he wasn't on the wrong side. His tactics were a bit predictable after a while, and he was cursed with a rather disappointing supporting cast. Good solid character, but when it came to PvP his ego far outmatched his abilities, though a good part of that was he lacked the skilled allies. I hope you roll another character.

Bones · **Joined:** Tue Mar 10, 2009 5:36 pm **Posts:** 335

I will really miss Turon. He was always a steadfast ally on Maladash and definitely someone to fear/respect when you're on his ugly side. This was a very solid character from an RP and a PK standpoint and you are a great contibutor to the game. Take some time off from the game. That's what I do when the game becomes that frustrating for me. Then come back with something that upstages your hellion, which in my opinion, will be hard to do.

Was a lot of fun man. Sorry things went so badly for your experience on your hellion.

Marilynzelha · **Posted:** Wed Apr 21, 2010 1:29 pm

Wish you hadn't deleted. Seems like maybe you could have waited a day or two to make sure it's really what you wanted to do.

ladyjennbo · **Posted:** Wed Apr 21, 2010 1:44 pm

I'm pretty shocked that Edoras of all people Syndaled out of the game like that by deleting Turon and listing a bunch of complaints in his afterlife thread. I kind of thought the player was above that. But I agree with one thing - it is disturbing to me that Dulrik literally does not care about this game any more, and has not made ANY coding changes whatsoever on some basic things. If he's given up on SK, I don't see any reason to play myself.

Turon was a good leader and Edoras' characters always have my respect. But it sucks that none of you can RP defeat except by deleting. Someone has to lose a war eventually, sometimes. I feel like people don't like to do lose on an OOC level so they can't deal with it ICly. That's not directed at Turon, but this just seems like a good example of a situation where someone should have just said, "Hey, I give up. You win."

You can regroup, rethink, and wait until the game shifts sides. Nico's player does not like me, but I will say that before he came along Sith'a'niel got owned pretty regularly. He just happened to help the game shift in another direction. The Hammer specifically takes pretty dramatic shifts, from having two active players who suck at PK to having a veritable army and alliances like they do now. The Empire was just on the losing end of the shift. They've been on top before, they'll be on top again. I wish Turon would have waited it out.

yorwos · **Posted:** Wed Apr 21, 2010 1:50 pm

I honestly didn't expected to see this, that soon.

Turon was great to roleplay with and he gave me along with a couple more players the most emotional moments in sk, that affected my mood so greatly in real life, in a way I wouldn't imagine a game could cause that.

Thank you.

Baldric · **Posted:** Wed Apr 21, 2010 1:53 pm

Perfect hellion, imo. Stellar rp and excellent work in the pvp arena. A pleasure to play with.

Turon had balls. I like balls.

Good luck with your next and/or with real life. I might make a longer afterlife post later if I feel like it.

josephusmaximus3 · **Joined:** Tue May 20, 2003 1:19 pm **Posts:** 1896

Too bad. I was kinda getting into playing my barb char and looking to fight with Turon. Ah well, guess Ill have to see where it goes from here. I liked this char a lot with those of mine who met him. Hope to see you around again.

Minette · **Joined:** Sat Jul 16, 2005 7:50 pm **Posts:** 1798

Turon was a leader and a game changer, and they are a dying, rare breed now.

You also presented a certain degree of challenge and enmity for the 'good folks' to fight against. This was huge.

Enchanting takes way toooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo long, and it is extremely frustrating/boring to repeat the process in a short given period.

Among other things that have already been mentioned, such as the bounty NPCs, cabal relics, offline warfare, no longer top 20, Dulrik's disappearance, staff still being adamant on some features, yeah, basking in the sun is probably better than logging on.

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