Well I would sit down and go through my packs first...No Overthere Hammer, no Gate potion, no levitate potion, no invisible potion, no guildmate around to evacuate me, does my camouflage work while swimming? Can I cast a de-aggro spell on myself like Harmony to reduce my aggro radius as well as cast it on mobs? Do I have enduring breathe spell or is it a special foraged kelp that allows me to swim under water for a period of time? Maybe I have a Fishbone earring...hmm. Let’s swim and explore! What can I find and forage along the way? I will try not to die...I will have fun exploring! If I don’t make it...Death is just a poor mans evac! Or I /shout “Hey...you porting out? Can I bum a ride. I got some foraged blue glow berries for trade, they boost your mana regen...May please the wife also.”
Flapp said:I am going to swim and make it an adventure. it will be fun.
Rival guilds doesn't mean they are bad guys. Inner Circle and Havenlight used to race each other for everything, but I ressed a million Inner Circle even tho I was in Havenlight.
May your adventure turn out better than mine. ;p
I would contact the rival guild. I may be in desperate need of an evac, but surely there is a deal to be made. Everyone wants something. If I have to pay through the nose, then so be it. I should be more careful about getting myself stranded on an island. Shame is temporary, losing life/gear/exp is forever.
There is no rivalry if you ask me. It never hurts to ask, you always have the option to swim. Why make it hard on yourself?
This question is the equivelant of buying a TV in store or having it brought to you by postal services. One is a little more convenient than the other. In the end the goal is to get the TV, or in this case, get to shore. The road there is the adventure.
“Risk your gear...”??
This has me intrigued for sure. It will make exploration that much more dangerous if this is indeed something to worry about.
I like to explore, I love every aspect of it, the discovery factor... If I felt it is just too dangerous of a spot for now, I would make friends with the person who can port, duh!! :) Or as others have stated, start working on that “swimming” skill.
My thought process:
1) Ugh, I fell off the boat again
2) What's on this island anyway?
3) (after some exploring) OMG, I can't wait to get these things back to town and... oh yeah, right
4) Hey, I wonder if I have everything I need here to build a boat
5) Hmm, I bet I can make it to that next island over on the horizon there
6) Go back to #2
....
A week later, I finally make it back to town.
I've never had had rivals even playing On RZ for 5 years .
No problem with asking a so called rival guild , but I think I'd rather swim to see whats on other side . perhaps a sand bar with a sunkin ship (treasure) perhaps a island with seaweed creatures ,
or perhaps my death due to a snarky shark :). No matter which way i swim , I will gain skill in swimming . win win :)
Elf Enchanter - I don't need the help of rivals, be it my destiny to perish, it is my own cross to bear...If I need to, I will stun that which I encounter and quietly slip away
Skar Rogue - Burn the place and bail, maybe my rival dies in the fire
Human Druid - Ask for help...wait for someone else that can do the fighting for me
No room for reality here..
Kilsin said:Scenario (fictional)- You find yourself stranded on an island in Pantheon, do you swim and risk your life/gear/exp or do you endure the shame of calling for help from a nearby rival guild member who can teleport/evac you to safety? Please explain your answer. #MMORPG #communitymatters
I'ld swim for it. I am always up for a challenge or an experiment in the game.
If I know that it's just certain death in the water (or an extreme chance thereof) I'll call out to the community. Be that rival guild or not, that doesn't matter for me. We're a Pantheon community after all.
It does not feel like a shame-thing for me. To my understanding, we /the community are there to help each other out. Most likely I wouldn't be the first or last one being stranded on that island and many would have this stranded anecdote to look back on. It's those things that band you with the other players. It will be a fun memory after X-time. Similar to all the nostalgic references we now read on the forums from other games.
if you find shame in asking for help then you probaly need it. so ask for help for me lol