So, if you are a tower taker, or an avid pker. You will know how annoying shovels can be.....Ugh, I just cringe at the name.
So if you don't know, if someone uses the shovel to cover you in snow, no biggie right ? But no, you get stuck and can not move. You also can't move after the snow goes after a bit of button spamming. This is all fine and well, but it turns a fair fight......Into a unfair fight, that guess what ? Is not in your favour.
Normally it is just new-ish players that use this cockblock & kill method of killing.
Basically, I thought I would just raise a point, its a bit like the burgers to be honest, it unbalances fair fights, making the game frustrating and non fun to play. So, my idea is, not for the shovel to be removed, the snow is not piled on, or it is, but it does not stop you from moving . Or it does not put snow over you, would be a shame if it was removed, because its a pretty cool feature. ( the snow being thrown onto you)
Rant Over.  

It seems like a valid strategy. Why get rid of it?  

If you had pr0 skillz you would dodge every one of them.  

To be honest, sure it is a strategy, but what I was getting at, was that people have all their kills form it, you need no skill to perform it, it just turns fair fights completely unfair, not balanced in the slightest. For someone like me, without one anyway.  

Then get a shovel.  

Exactly what kind of fight are you referring to? From what I know, pking was never some kind of honorable duel ordeal, it was just killing people to increase a stat. It is a valid strategy for towering, as it provides a different method to attack than the usual "noob recruit a hundred people and attack a tower" tactic.  

Posted by Breezy

Then get a shovel.

Noob question.... Where the **** would that be.  

It at mod town in a pond inside the water fall  

Posted by Psycher!

Exactly what kind of fight are you referring to? From what I know, pking was never some kind of honorable duel ordeal, it was just killing people to increase a stat. It is a valid strategy for towering, as it provides a different method to attack than the usual "noob recruit a hundred people and attack a tower" tactic.

I agree, what I mean is, when you and someone else meet, no one else is around, and you are on the same health, say you are also the same kind of skill level / capability. Fair fight right ? The person with the shovel can easily win, without even being hit, by just shovelling then spamming the sword. Its kinda annoying, not a huge ordeal, just a little thing I thought I should bring up.

Get me now ?  

I understand your reason, but it doesn't seem to be a huge game-breaking problem. It depends on your point of view as well, since using alternative tactics that are at the player's disposal may be considered skill of a different kind. However, iClassic has never been a game that any type of alternative strategy is particularly useful, so I can see where you're coming from. That is something I don't like about towers, since it's always the same and never allows for variety in how you take them.  

Fix to problem: You can't be "snowballed" on your mount It's not like you're stuck forever, maybe just a second. I'm sure you can dodge them as well.  

Posted by Psycher!

It seems like a valid strategy. Why get rid of it?

/thread.  

What are you talking about... I can move instantly and get rid of the snow with no wait...