The difference between that and a real fight is when someone dies usually a red bola tamer doesn't take there place. Surprised they didn't gate out when elisha's avril char died.
I agree. This is not legit, and due to the fact that they will do this, and also gank and trap mounts...they will be punished, without remorse.
Tips to combat bola tamers...(not necessarily for Arsene since he seems to know what he is doing)
Their template must be evaluated for potential weaknesses. Often, due to the need for tactics, they forego a melee skill. Occasionally, they use other templates, but this is most often the case. This makes them highly susceptible to stun, as well as melee damage. Use your blade spirits to great effect. Paralyze, and invis their mounts if you can or desire. The pets will not attack you with it's spells during that time, as long as noone damages the pet. It can still use it's firebreath on you. If you have a bard, use discord, and peacemake and invis the pet. Depending on the template of the tamer, you have to decide whether it is smarter to go after the tamer or the pet, hit and fade, etc. Often it is useful to pepper them with damage from a fringe range, and then only engage when you are ready to fully commit, and they are vulnerable to near instant death. Remember, if they have no melee skill, you are free to punch disrupt and stun the tamer at will. Dexers will destroy them. If you get bolad at close range, just keep after the tamer on foot. Do NOT run around defenseless when you are bolad. Attack during the time you cannot remount. This will keep half the damage off you. If you get bolad at fringe range (10-12 tiles), just run away and call your mount with you. Use faction warhorses if they are available to you. They have half the remount delay. Occasionally, it is better to damage the pet, and disrupt the pet's spells instead, until there is a threat that the tamer will lose it's mount. Fast poisoned weapons are excellent for this. If you poison with magery, then you have to be smart about your disruption, since the pet will be trying to cast cure on itself. Once the pet's health is about half, it's firebreath becomes much less of an issue. A poisoned pet that is remounted, that makes me smile.
You can beat these guys. Perhaps I will float around with a bard here and there in the future. Other tamer templates should be evaluated for weaknesses, and fought accordingly.
It is never ok to be out there ganking somebody, die - and then get on an alt to maintain a gank differential. You do that, you are just plain cheap. Many US players that are among the best PVPers consistently do that still to this day, all day long.
Be kind, I bet they donate a lot to the server, help the server in many other ways, and also have to try to compete with a ping that is much greater than ours. That makes it much more difficult for them, and there needs to be some leeway for that fact.
I am sorry SM, but you guys do have it coming. If I ever see SM on a guild tag, it's kill on sight, no exceptions, for perpetuity. Anyone that helps you in any way - kill on sight, the same.
I still like that you guys are here playing though, and I really like that you are making videos.