The downfall of PKing

[hunterhunk]

I know it's been completely noticeable, but Era PKing has become almost extinct. I feel there are a few reasons as to why this is.

1. There is no competition or incentive to PK anymore. This is obvious in gangs, parties, even street pking in general. There is no reason for a lot of players to pk, because there is no reward in doing so. This new group of players has no desire to be good at pking. Era is a place not only to make money and buy guns, or run a business, but to kill people and enjoy it.

There is no easy fix for this problem, but the staff team has to encourage competition in some way to make the players PK. When people log on Era, aside from the occasional gang raid, there is not one person out on the streets pking others.

2. Re-introduce the importance of the Spar Complex. The Spar complex is basically a ghost town nowadays. I guess this sort of ties in with the competition argument as well. Still, players need to come here to improve their skills so they can enjoy pking.

What I recommend here is to have weekly or monthly spar tournaments here. Also, make the ranked spar a place where only uzis, aks, and handguns can be used. So that sparring itself in the ranked isn't about having the best weapon. There should also be an award aside from having an npc in the spar arena. Maybe some Event Coins, a rare gun (account locked), or something. I don't know, but anything to bring back sparring to Era.

3. Gangs need to have some kind of enforcement to defend their base when being raided. I have seen this so many times in the past year or so. Gang leader will tell their players to get off tag if being overwhelmed in a raid. Why? Because they don't want to lose some points. People care more about their point scores than defending their base.

A fix for this problem? Well, I would personally say remove the points system, or at least improve it. For example, if Black Holst is being raided by Blazian Bandits, BB overwhlems BH a few rounds and the member counts are close, and BH gives up. BH's points should be cut in half or something along those lines. The points system is flawed and it should be removed until improved.

These are just a few things I have noticed in the past year or 2. Something needs to be done about this. I feel it contributes to the dropping playercount. Era has always been known for its pking, and now it's known for playing some stupid instruments.

If you have any better ideas feel free to post them. I am just trying to help solve the problems.