Question on protocol

[Smitty]

Howdy,

Because of an incident tonight I have a simple question with most likely a hard, arguable answer. I will follow whatever those who know will say regardless of how I feel.

If someone is in a specific place training and someone else comes along, what is the appropriate action? Should the new person leave since someone was already there, or do they take turns (in essense hafling the spawns)?

Also, how does this relate to levels? If one person is in an area that is level correct (challenging or very difficult apponents) and someone who has MUCH (5+) levels less comes into the same area, how would that be handled?

Of course I'm wanting to know because this did happen. I was the higher level in the, what I thought was, the correct area when someone at least 4 levels, if not more, came into the area. Thinking back I don't think I was nice about my requests to leave to begin with, but this thing has happened so many times that he was the "straw" that broke my back.

So, advice?

[serpitus]

Smitty,

Handle it how ever you want! *pauses* Just don't cross any lines or break any rules. Stay out of the area of Greifing.
Try some RP on for size. Chase them out with a broom. ;D Cry like a baby to one of the over worked DM's. Offer them a foot massage. *trembles* Rob them of all their worldly possesions. Tell their mother on them. *stern look*
Handle it however you want! *pauses* Just don't cross any lines or break any rules. Stay out of the area of Greifing.
*slowly spoken* Handle it, however you want.

I usually get a level and then go explore. Places you have been will change before you know it. ;D

[Phoenix]

Well, how I handle it greatly depends on how the other person reacts.

When someone else shows up, I try to party with them as long as the XP is still decent. If that doesn't happen (XP is bad, level differences, or RP differences), and I just got there, I tell them that ooc, and let them know I will send them a tell when I'm done in the area. If I have been there for a bit, I leave.

Now, there is the occasional player who will be a jerk, and not talk to you about how you want to handle the area, and will just start killing things. If this happens, I RP out the situation.

What would my character do if someone just came down here and started fighting? Probably just keep fighting (depending on the char of course, but most people wouldn't up and leave), and of course the best thing to do is go for the weakest enemy, because that's strategic. Now if I get all the XP because I land the last blow, WAH! I already tried the courteous route.

[Kliest]

I would always try to party up. You may find you get better spawns and even more xp.

Plus, put yourself the the others shoes. You both probably use that area quite a bit, and it might have been a long walk to get there. Now you find you have to wait an hour, or more, for some yahoo in YOUR area.

You never know when that person could become a valuable ally, so it may be worth it to make friends.

Kliest

[JoScMa]

As one who has to deal with these things many times over, it's all about courtesy. If you have been in an area and killing monsters and another individual comes in and starts to take your kills without a single word spoken, that individual just broke the courtesy rule. If the individual just stands there and not killing monsters (or maybe the spawn hasn't reset yet), you may want to speak up and ask kindly if s/he wants to share the area or what not. Whenever I run into this situation as a player, I try being kind at first. If the other acts like a jerk, I respond appropriately by contacting a DM or getting on the DM client myself.

[taylor]

im with kliest, i invite people if they wish to join me.

but if they start killing the creatures without a word then like mack said they have broke a un written rule of courtesey, (it is unwritten right?) anyway you should send em a tell saying im training here if you would like to join me then ill invite you other wise can you leave me to train.

that seemed to sound pretty fair.

[JoScMa]

Courtesy is a rule and the entire issue with people killing monsters in an area first falls under that rule.