When I am online, I have not. I only get shattered and watch people run away and talk crap in general chat about it.
Well, if they're talking crap in gen chat after they shatter 30% of your potions, perhaps because of this:
15 potions is a joke. You can get shattered by 5 different ppl over 10 seconds and be down to 15 pots in a a fight
So they break down to what, 1 str, 3 Dex, 1 cure, 2 heals, 3 conflag, 3 refresh and 2 Nova's. Ur done in that fight. Go restock.
when it happens over and over in 1v1.. guess what happens.. the person who got shattered will just leave and restock. So, it just ends up hindering pvp. You are probably one of the people that would call someone restocking a win though.
I can definitely see why people talk trash if you're only going to pvp when you have a full pack of potions... ? yea, that's it.
When I was active, I couldn't tell you the last time I saw you pvping or relevant in pvp so this is a curious question. In the last year, the shatter pot epidemic has become worse and worse due to decreasing level of skilled players and the community as a whole not wanting to get better but to only nerf or troll the advanced players.
I didn't know you weren't active, but then again I haven't pvped
on Atlantic very much since the pet revamp came out... going there and seeing everyone band together each person with a pet... yea, being outnumbered as always is detracting enough, but by tamers? It's not like we didn't see it coming though...
I agree with the decrease in level of "skilled players", except I'm 100% sure shattered potions aren't to blame for it though.
IMO it's the following:
#1) The attitude that no one can pvp without every crutch in UO (see the quotes above). this includes third-party programs as well btw,
I'm not accusing anyone, simply acknowledging it (it's a crutch)
#2) Many people refuse to pvp unless they outnumber others. (probably because it's been increasingly difficult to kill people as item/property accessibility is greater).
#3) The randomness of things like Casting Focus & Poison Immunity interfering with What made pvp good in the first place. (Yea, I've been trying to get this sh*t removed since it came out).