My own feeling on Ganking and possible fixes

[Surrealz1]

Hello everyone, Id like to open this post for a constructive discussion on "Ganking"

Hi, I am Surrealz, 26yrs old.
I've not been player Warmane for years, But.
I've been playing MMORPG's for over 14 years and gaming in general.

Now that I've told you who I am, let dive into what am here to talk about.

I've been Killed/Ganked, A few times within my time on Warmane.
Now I know some of you guys are going to post something similar to,
"Grow up its part of the game" Or "Its a PVP server, What did you expect?" Or "Just go level somewhere else"
To you guys, Please don't bother replying to this post, We've all heard those arguments and they are getting old.
There is a reason why people keep referring to being killed being a Gank, its a BAD term.


Now First, What is Ganking

Ganking is the act of Killing a Low-level (inexperienced/Noob) player, while on a High-level character.

Second, Should Ganking Be considered "Ok" or "right" ?
That is an opinion based on your experience.

I'll put it plainly why I believe it isn't, I'll at least attempt to
Ganking a player accomplishes what?
For me, 3 things come to mind.
(Feel free to expand on replies)

1-Its unpleasant and usually useless in terms of game rewards.
2-Its supporting a toxic behavior from veterans towards newcomers which is the lifeblood of the server.
3-It is directly responsible for some of the Newcomers loss.



Why do I talk about Newcomers?
Newcomers add new possible revenue, newcomers to players to play alongside,
the opportunity to grow as a Private server.
I could see a second Icecrown realm put into place since we are already at 1.2k wait queue on peak time.
If we maybe could keep every single player within the server maybe we could do that.
Obviously, we can't discuss the whole player loss problem with only this situation,
Ganking isn't responsible for ALL of the player base loss, But definitely


Those are my thoughts on the problems and issues people have with Ganking,
If I've missed anything you'd like to add please feel free to write a constructive response. I'll gladly engage in a conversation.


Now, I do have a potential fix or tweak to our little situation that I think would be beneficial to the server and players. Old or/and New,

Its call a Level restriction.
Simply put its a restriction put in place, I would propose a 10 Level restriction.

Meaning an Lv.40 can only attack and be attacked by lv.30 to lv.50.
within 10 levels from your current level.

What would this Restriction promote and put in place?

1-It would promote a more fair approach to "Ganking" thus making open world PVP healthy once again.
Ex: Leveling player could group up to be safer and able to defend themselves against higher levels

2-Making players able to quickly react and maybe kill the attacker if skilled enough or escape if able.

3-Would promote Twink's back into proper existence for open world pvp.


Thank you guys for taking the time to read all of my rambles, I hope this has given you food for thought.
Obviously, the actual level and gaps are subjective to my own personal experience.

Feel free to reply to this, Looking forward to a great discussion! :D
Have a good day, Surrealz signing out.

[Obnoxious]

We host PvP servers and unrestricted ganking is considered part of the game on those, even on retail.