From edgepoint specifics:

1. PK
Characters receive edgepoints for PKWins based on:
- Total PKWins, regardless of level, at 10, 25, 50, 100, 150, and 200
kills. PKWins beyond 200 do not earn a character further edgepoints.
- PKWins by level tiers (11-25, 26-35, 36-41, 42-50, and 51) at 5, 10,
and 15 kills within that tier.
- Solo PKWins at 40 and 60 kills.

NOTE: In this case, a PKWin is defined as having struck the killing blow.

My question:
Does killing blow mean directly in combat? Do we get credit if someone runs, and dies to bleeding/poison?

Thanks!

It's when you get the "you land the killing blow" on so and so. So yes, when they flee and die and you get that credit. So I'm not going to say every time you fight someone and they flee and die you will get the credit because there's some factors that assign the credit - who did the most damage, etc.

Ok, makes sense, I completely get that.

Is it possible that there is a problem with receiving that echo?

On my current I've had a few people flee and later die to bleeding/poison/etc, have had them tell me it was the poison that killed them, and even gone to the room and saw the corpse desc (IE, the corpse of xxx is here, covered in boils) - and not received the echo.

Thanks so much for looking into this.

You should (in the sense that it's our intention) get the echo and credit whenever one of your maledictions, pets, etc., kills an opponent.

However for technical reasons sometimes the MUD doesn't figure it out and things do not go according to plan. A log of such incidents with as much detail as possible posted to the bug board will go a long way in helping us fix these issues.

I don't think I ever got a killing blow echo from cloud of wasps or wolf kinship if I wasn't in the same room.

That there's another outcome. You get the credit but not the message.

I don't think I ever got the echo for a fiend killing blow, but they all showed up in Llaryin's PBF (and I'm pretty sure I got the edge points for them).