User:Jaeger ayers/So You've Been PKed

Preamble

This is very much a work in progress, feel free to add your own observations, criticisms, insults, catcalls and questioning of my sanity, intelligence, lineage, hygiene and species on the talk page.

Hot Survivor-On-Survivor Action

So you logged in to discover that Trenchy McWonderGunderson unloaded five shotguns in your general direction.

How Not To Deal With It Gracefully

Go to your favorite survivor forum and gripe about how dumb and random PKing is, petition Kevan to ban or nerf the act, demand a revive ASAP so you can avenge your needless death, declare war on the PKer's group and start a cycle of retribution that will drag on and on and on.../

How To Deal With It Gracefully And Effectively

Wait. Take a deep breath.

"He" did not kill "You". He (or she,) the human player at the other keyboard, instructed his character to shoot at your character.

Consider the effort in a Player Killing - the AP spent gathering ammo, choosing a target, then pulling the trigger or swinging the axe.

The end result? Your character is temporarily dead. Consider the AP spent shambling to the revive point, and for your friendly neighborhood NT Technician to find and apply a syringe to your unfortunate condition.

Chances are, the kill cost more than the revive.

My characters have only been PKed a couple of times. Here's what I imagine they would say:

JustAnotherConsumer - "Well, that sucked. I wonder who manages the revive points around here..."

jaeger ayers - "Nice hat. I knew I shouldn't have let my health get so low. Time to go eat some braiiiins..."

Needles Needham - "I hope the low-level survivors at the hospital will be okay while I'm gone. I better hurry to the revive point."

Hopefully, you have mates that will jab you if asked nicely, or there is a well-run revive point nearby.

If not, this could be an opportunity to see how the other half (un)lives.

How To Destroy PKers

You don't. Is impossible. Even if you plaster the screenshot over every survivor forum ever, type DNR!!! 'til your fingers bleed and dig up a million zillion shotgun shells to fire at the guy, chances are he has buddies ready and waiting to revive him, or some random interloper who either didn't hear or doesn't care will send him on his evil, evil PKing way.

How To Deal With PK Groups

Take another deep breath.

Don't go to the PD. Go to a factory. Why? Because the crowbar is mightier than the shotgun.

Or more specifically, the claws of a zombie horde are mightier than anything you could throw at them, so why not let them do the dirty work?

Skilled PKers are used to being hunted by humans. So they hide in isolated spots, Dark buildings, ruins, places that "normal" survivors might think twice about entering.

If they're silly enough to stick with one hidey-hole, they've done most of the work for you.

Weaken the barricades. If it's Dark, light it up. If it's ruined, fix it. Fire off flares outside. Harass local zombie mobs and run the scent trail past the hideout.

Killing PKers doesn't work. It amuses them to see silly players treat the game as Serious Business, then abandon barricades and revive queues to pursue vendettas. So make it as hard and un-fun as possible for them to bug you.

Most of all, don't take it personally. Living well is the best revenge, I say.