Cabal Online

HI, I was just wondering if this game was open pk? meaning that you can be pked anywhere at anytime? or is it just by maps? or maybe even a pvp area, thanks in advance.

Yes it is open PK, however if you PK in newb zones (maps) you will get a penalty, such as not being able to talk to NPC's for 10 minutes ect. 

Originally posted by Defect

Yes it is open PK, however if you PK in newb zones (maps) you will get a penalty, such as not being able to talk to NPC's for 10 minutes ect. 

does it have non pk channels though? I saw somewhere it did.

I was reading the user guide today and it said that you have to pick a channel when you join a server. The white channels are open pvp (player can attack you without warning) and the green channels are not (players can request a duel with you, fight will start once you click "Accept" or carry on if you click "Decline").

I am still in the training process (played only a few hours) so I haven't seen much of end game yet.

let me clear up the open PK questions.

of the 2 servers there are a total of 13 channels.

channel 2 called novice is no pk, but allows for duels, which can be accepted or denied. this channel is ofter very packed.

all the other channels you can hold shift+click on the poor guy you wish to pk, and attack.

the war channel is not yet avaliable, after the 20th of feb when the game officially releases they may enact it.  this will be for nation wars lv95+ i believe. nation wars will be this games version of nation vs nation open pvp, you choose your nation at lv95.

oh and your character may choose any of the 13 channels within its server as you wish, but cannot go on the other servers.

pk'ing is sorta stupid in this game as you loose honor points, which affect what you can but at shops and the quality of drops.  if you must kill, dueling is fair and much better with no negative effects. other than that guild wars atm are the only other way to kill others with no penalty (very fun btw), oh and if you pk too much you go to jail for 2.5hrs or whenever you find the exit, which ever comes first (its a bigass maze)

hope this clears up the pk questions

What you're calling "stupid", I'd call genius.  You see, unrestricted PvP in the wrong channels is possible but it carries penalties depending on how often you do it.

1 PK every 10 minutes - no penalty other than NPC talk (all PK has an NPC talk restriction)

2 PK - lose honor points

3 PK - lose honor points and lose items on death.

4 PK - lose honor points and people can PK you without penalty.

5 PK - Lose honor points and you're sent to jail for 150 minutes.

These are probably incorrect but I'm too lazy to really look it up accurately.  They're mostly correct based off of how I remember it, though.  Note that there are channels and maps you are allowed to PK without penalty.

yeah the penalty for PK is kinda brutal.

most of the game right now has huge amounts of negative honor points due to rampent pking.  will be funny after final release when all these people realize the importance of honor points to wear armor, craft armor, or ever gain a top character rank.

i forsee many people starting over making a new character because they have -500k honor points

seems everyone should have stuck to pvp, no penalty there, and they make it fair by not allowing for hp potting.