Kill stealing

[chierii]

So, flist, tell me this:

You're heading back towards Arcadia after killing your targets. You've got an Odin next to you so there's no way you need Blobs for your quest.

There's a Blob with very low health moving towards a player with full health. Okay, maybe the other player hasn't loaded yet so you can't see he's countering.

But still. Demon with low health + nearby player = they're fighting, right? What could possess someone to take away that last chunk of HP (and the kill credit)?

And I wasn't at low health myself so I clearly didn't need any "help".

What the fuck is wrong with people?

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[mature.livejournal.com]

And this is why I avoid MMOs. Feral is strongly restraining herself from commenting.

[chierii]

I've only personally seen two instances of kill stealing in the...how long have I been playing this game?

And a friend of mine has encountered a couple herself, but it seems fairly rare if the demon in question isn't a common XP mine.

It's just that this one was so pointless. I wasn't in a group of enemies where others were training their expertise, I wasn't at low health or even in the process of being hit, and the demon would not give out even a hundredth of the percent of XP this player would have needed for the next level.