Railroad Baron?

[Alex]

I'm new. I tried this activity and I honestly don't get it. Everyone is shooting each other like ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ while ignoring the point of the event, being on the train, right? Or am I missing something?

[Stics ✿]

Funny, this is the only online pvp event I've done and it left such a BAD taste in my mouth that I have not touched the pvp side of things since. It seems to not be a very well thought out game mode. I'd love a list of pvp modes that are worth playing.

[Pavel]

the question is do you want to be a baron only one can be a baron you have to try harder

[PafunaMT]

It's kinda like King of the Hill but on a moving train - you have to control the target car while everyone else is trying to do the same.

It is a glorious left-handed Mongolian ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, if you're into that sort of thing.

[Erynar]

The player who is first inside the area currently marked on the train as the target area scores a point per second until they leave the area or are killed (at which point, the first person who enters it next starts racking up points). Occasionally, the target area moves to a different part of the train. So, ultimately, the point of the event is to stay in the target area for more time in total than any other player. How players go about being the person in the target area the longest is up to them.

Ideally, of course, you'd kill the person currently in the target area so that no opponent is then racking up points, and then enter the area yourself. However, everyone else is trying to get to that area too, and you usually can't kill the person in the scoring area until you're close. Some of the players are going to try to get to the player currently scoring and ignore everyone else, but since any other player could kill you while you're trying to get there, and you don't want any other players to get into the scoring area, it's very common for players to kill each other the whole way along. This often has the negative side effect of leaving the player currently scoring within the target area for longer, racking up that many more points, and it _is_ a reason why plenty of people don't like the event, but in general, you're probably not going to even make it to the train let alone the target area if you don't kill other players along the way.

Really, the only way to avoid the problem would be if the players chasing the train acted as a team, but they have no incentive to do so, and in my experience, actually having a posse according in a coordinated manner in the event actually makes it that much more miserable, because inevitably, they take control of the train and then kill anyone getting close, and the person scoring doesn't even have to defend themselves. At least with everyone fighting for themselves, everyone has a chance. Plenty of people don't like the event though, and there are plenty of other PvP free roam events or showdowns for anyone who doesn't like Railroad Baron but still wants to do PvP.

[Alex]

Originally posted by Erynar:

The player who is first inside the area currently marked on the train as the target area scores a point per second until they leave the area or are killed (at which point, the first person who enters it next starts racking up points). Occasionally, the target area moves to a different part of the train. So, ultimately, the point of the event is to stay in the target area for more time in total than any other player. How players go about being the person in the target area the longest is up to them.

Ideally, of course, you'd kill the person currently in the target area so that no opponent is then racking up points, and then enter the area yourself. However, everyone else is trying to get to that area too, and you usually can't kill the person in the scoring area until you're close. Some of the players are going to try to get to the player currently scoring and ignore everyone else, but since any other player could kill you while you're trying to get there, and you don't want any other players to get into the scoring area, it's very common for players to kill each other the whole way along. This often has the negative side effect of leaving the player currently scoring within the target area for longer, racking up that many more points, and it _is_ a reason why plenty of people don't like the event, but in general, you're probably not going to even make it to the train let alone the target area if you don't kill other players along the way.

Really, the only way to avoid the problem would be if the players chasing the train acted as a team, but they have no incentive to do so, and in my experience, actually having a posse according in a coordinated manner in the event actually makes it that much more miserable, because inevitably, they take control of the train and then kill anyone getting close, and the person scoring doesn't even have to defend themselves. At least with everyone fighting for themselves, everyone has a chance. Plenty of people don't like the event though, and there are plenty of other PvP free roam events or showdowns for anyone who doesn't like Railroad Baron but still wants to do PvP.

Yeah, that's my point. I tried to do the whole "focus on the objective" thing and I always get shot in the back. And in all my games it was 2-3 people on the train sniping anyone who managed to survive the respawn free-for-all massacre.

[Stics ✿]

Originally posted by ZER0_K%:

Originally posted by Wiggin ✿:

Funny, this is the only online pvp event I've done and it left such a BAD taste in my mouth that I have not touched the pvp side of things since. It seems to not be a very well thought out game mode. I'd love a list of pvp modes that are worth playing.

if that left a bad taste in your mouth I tremble at the thought of you dealing with real life issues.

How is this response relevant to the conversation? I am expressing my experience with the mode specifically. It wasn’t fun to chase after a train to get shot at from behind every 20 seconds. I can’t imagine all the game modes are this frustrating. I really appreciate your helpful response though!

[Jed Clampet]

Originally posted by Alex:

I'm new. I tried this activity and I honestly don't get it. Everyone is shooting each other like ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ while ignoring the point of the event, being on the train, right? Or am I missing something?

Yes... they do that in all the events, that I've experienced. It's a shoot-fest, event before the event timer starts they all go shooting. I've stopped doing them events.

[Stics ✿]

Originally posted by Jed Clampet:

Originally posted by Alex:

I'm new. I tried this activity and I honestly don't get it. Everyone is shooting each other like ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ while ignoring the point of the event, being on the train, right? Or am I missing something?

Yes... they do that in all the events, that I've experienced. It's a shoot-fest, event before the event timer starts they all go shooting. I've stopped doing them events.

That's unfortunate