entlefolk of Genesis,
Every so often, it is fun to gaze upon statistics. Recently, with all of
the efforts being put into guild balancing, I was given cause to look
into the last year's worth of events in which one player was killed by
another - so called playerkills.
Much has been said about this or that aspect of the current balance of
things, but at the end of the day history favors the victor. And thus,
the numbers do not lie.
A few things to consider with regard to these numbers:
- All deaths of the player Vinz have been removed from the statistics
as his is a playstyle that does not represent the norm, and had the
effect of skewing the numbers something terrible.
- All deaths as a result of joining an undead guild have been removed
from the statistics.
- All instances where a player killed themself have been removed from
the statistics.
- This is one year's worth of statistics, from June of last year till
now.
Rankings of most kills scored by a guild:
Rank | Guild | Kills | Alignment
-----+----------------------+--------+----------
1 | Morgul Mages | 29 | Evil
2 | Dragonarmies | 14 | Evil
3 | Army of Darkness | 7 | Neutral
4 | Dragon Order | 6 | Neutral
5 | Gladiators | 5 | Neutral
6 | Priests of Takhisis | 4 | Evil
6 | Mercenaries | 4 | Neutral
7 | Neidar Clan | 3 | Good
8 | Shadow Union | 2 | Neutral
9 | Calians | 1 | Good
9 | Spirit Circle | 1 | Good
9 | Vampire Coven | 1 | Neutral
10 | Knights | 0 | Good
10 | Rangers | 0 | Good
10 | Kender | 0 | Good
Rank | Alignment | Kills
-----+----------------------+--------
1 | Evil | 47
2 | Neutral | 25
3 | Good | 5
Total PvP Kills: 77
Interesting points to consider:
- Though logins indicate that Good aligned characters are similarly
present and active in the game, they perform vastly fewer kills
on other players than neutral or evil players.
- Rangers, Knights, and Kender (all good aligned) scored zero
kills.
- Morgul Mages scored double the number of playerkills of the
second highest guild, and six times more than average.
- Vampires and ScoP have both (at various points) been labeled
some of the most unbalanced guilds in the game, yet are tied
near the bottom of the list with one apiece.
Draw your own conclusions. I'll do the same! :-)
G.
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