The amount of deaths is irrelevant to the discussion. That has more to do with the fights a player chooses to pick, only a very very small percentage of those deaths are unavoidable.

You and Graatch are two of the most disingenuous douchebags on this game, including the Imms. Really, the proof is right in front of you.

A newbie on his second character. *second* with NO prior MUD experience, managed 117 kills with an RBW. Not even a giant sword, which would have probably gotten just as many kills as pincersvirf.

Zero area knowledge.

All the restrictions a normal RBW has.

Pincering unshifted Heralds, unfortunately for you, counts so long as your reply is 'Spend cumulatively 24/7 days for 2 years straight playing this combo that pretty much every single player playing for over 3 years understands the power and restrictions of, in an environment where the player peak is between 20 and 45 players. Have fun with on average only two potential targets in your PK at any given time, probably less.' In that case, yes, the fact that his opponents were inexperienced sacks of sh it just like him, counts.

That one example is a large enough sample size to call it, no matter how many people you claim are 10-45. That simply means they aren't aggressive enough and are also being hunted by people more experienced than them. My own killcounts would be much lower with a Rager of any kind, berserker or not, proportional to a low deathcount because I always without exception get screwed on rolling the dice on the RNG which is the basis of this game.

My personal problem with the lack of investment Ragers have is not actually deathblow, it's resist. If they could take damage, they wouldn't have the opportunity to dish it out without actually playing smart rather than just pulling Gulkras and jumping people repeatedly till DB fires, and everyone would be happy.

Balancing this game is not rocket science. It does not require the level of insight the Immstaff and veteran players consistently claim it does. I have been playing 10 years, long enough to know this and be able to point it out. The refusal to admit this is why people like me are watching the CF world burn, with glee I might add, and amusing ourselves on things like Dark Souls and League of Legends. The former will get frustrating for the same reasons as CF did (slow or non-existent response to feedback) and the latter is somehow enjoyable despite the dreck of the community because at least it's more or less balanced and has all but removed the influence of the RNG while still allowing for tactical maneuvering.

Where as CF is still stuck on Deathblow and A/B/S. I'd rather deal with the +5 lightning weapons at sub-level 20 in Dark Souls, the equivalent of facing Humansunder at level 15, thanks.