GIVING FREE RIDES

Okay, so your male Role is finally Level 30. You've done the quest to fly and you finally have your Sword/Manta/Higher Level Wings. You can now fly everywhere in the world. Anytime.

A low level player, maybe a friend, maybe a lover, or a complete stranger comes up to you and says, "Kua pasakay?" Do you?

Me, I do. Since I got my flyer, anybody asking for a ride was given one as long as I was headed in the general direction. I'd even veer off a little if need be to drop her in a safer place. It's not because I'm a perv who uses the opportunity to get to know chicks. Nope. It's just another good gaming practice.

Why not. You lose nothing. In fact the intimacy increases Vitality while its activated, so that by the time I get into battle later on, I have my Chi Burst ready to go. Plus the flight doesn't go boring because, well you can have a little chat with your passenger.

It's the same concept when I see some players running away from a monster. I drop down, run towards the monster and slam it with an attack macro. I sometimes get a thank you for my trouble. But if I don't, at least I know I just maybe helped save a life. It makes me feel a little better.

It may be a virtual world, but your actions define what you are. I'd like to be seen as an honorable warrior who defends the weak and helps the ladies. And it's a great way to get buffs in case you picked up a Yu Ling who happened to be bored of flying alone.

Achieving higher levels has sort of a reponsibility that goes along with it. With great power comes great responsibility. Part of that is to help those who haven't reached your level survive the world. Pass the kindness you got, when you were low level, forward. It may be giving free rides. But in the long run it's really better to give than to receive.

KUA PA BAP

As fate would have it, all the Roles in PW seem to have what players love to refer as buffs. Although being the Filipinos we are, who have to Filipinize all words on the planet, refer to it as "Baps" and adding the prefix "pa" to denote action. It is common to see lower level Roles chasing the higher levels denoted by their eldritch weapons and/or special steeds. Though not frequent in the safe zones of the cities. It is very prevalent in the wild and it is not uncommon to see players ignore monsters just to get close to another player to ask for a buff.

A buff you see, however mundane can spell the difference between success and a loss of XP due to death. Take for example the Yao Shou buff skill of Inspire. It adds a certain percentage of life over and above that of the character's. So what used to be 100 HP is now 110, all because of a single buff. And buffs do not easily go. Some buffs if not most, last 30 minutes when laid on. Again, more reason for the throng to flock towards the high levels. Others get buffed accidentally: you're standing around Ironsmith So So when the Yu Ling beside you decides to buff her teammates. She misses, Boom! You get buffed too. Nice! Of course it is only polite to say thank you for the buff.

But seriously, buffing anyone who asks for it really should be obliged by those who can buff. In the end, it makes Pangu a better place, and who knows, you might make a friend. Helping other players helps you too, it might be their attack that would divert that second Pirate Archer from making a pincushion of your Role's back. Remember that the next time you see "kua pa bap."