Kill Stealing

Kill Stealing involves a player killing another player's target in order to gain his or her "prize". These include loot, experience points, a point score, etc.

Overview

Kill stealing is extremely prominent in multi-player shooters and MMORPG's. Many times, one player will attack another player or A.I. enemy, and damage them heavily. Another player will attack the same target, do less damage overall, but is still able to inflict the final blow, getting the point or the experience. The player who attacked first feels as if their work was for nothing, and usually gets frustrated.

In team games where only 2 teams are competing, kill stealing is only a minor problem. While players who had kills stolen may feel some dismay, the points still go to the team's overall score. Some games will acknowledge both players work by giving one player a kill point, and the other an assist point. Assist points are rarely added to the team score, but are used as proof of the work done by helpful players. If, however, more than two teams are in a match, a kill can be stolen from a third player not on either team of the fighting players. In free-for-all games, kill stealing can be a major problem. A stolen kill will give a player a point many will think s/he did not deserve. Some players will deliberately steal kills, so that they will get points/experience with the minimal effort, spend less ammo/magic, and face a lowered risk of danger from other players.

Name	Platforms	Developer
Quake Arena Arcade	XBLM	Pi Studios, LLC.
Battlefield 3	PC, PS3, X360	DICE
Red Orchestra: Heroes of Stalingrad	PC	Tripwire Interactive, LLC
Anarchy Online: Alien Invasion	PC	Funcom Oslo A/S, Funcom Productions A/S
Quake Live	MAC, PC	id Software
EverQuest: Underfoot released on Dec. 15, 2009	PC	Sony Online Entertainment
Altitude released on Dec. 4, 2009	MAC, PC
League of Legends released on Oct. 27, 2009	PC	Riot Games
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising released on Oct. 6, 2009	PS3, X360, PC	Codemasters
Overlord II released on June 23, 2009	PS3, PC, X360	Triumph Studios

Concept Name:	Kill Stealing
Appears in:	220 games
First appearance:
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