Can I get a yes or no answer to this question:
If I am NOT bloodmarked, can I be attacked and killed by other players?
PvP works like this.
Activate bloodmark > Get Hota
Not activate bloodmark > Get Hota
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If you’re NOT bloodmarked, you can only be attack, or be attacked by bloodmarked players.
If you ARE bloodmarked, you can attack, or be attacked, by anyone.
If I didn’t feel like dying today I would’ve guffawed and heehawed at this audibly.
I mean i’ve killed my fair share of hota barbs, but it is literally S+ best class/skill in “pvp”
I meant that what you said is funny, mister.
I know, i was just stating the obvious. 
Yes you can, very much so…
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Thank you, that’s the answer I was after.
go in and try to defeat the HOTA bosses
F that. The grind in this game is way too tedious to go testing PvP mechanics on a hardcore character.
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Yes you can be killed by them. Blood marking yourself only makes you capable of initiating a PvP interaction on someone else who is not blood marked. If somebody is blood marked and you are not, you can also initiate PVP on them.
This system seems to be generally in case you want to just work together with somebody without being in a group. That way your AoE attacks won’t damage them.
Sometimes you will walk up to an event and someone else’s already doing it. That way you can also do the event without accidentally killing them and vice versa.
I think it’s a pretty good system and a W for the game.
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But what’s a little killing among friends eh?
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20 characters it dont
Bloodmarked players can kill you regardless of whether you are bloodmarked.
And if you try to fight back, you’ll be bloodmarked yourself.
Which I think is pretty stupid - you should be able to kill bloodmarked players without being bloodmarked yourself, and you should even get extra bonuses for killing bloodmarked players when not bloodmarked yourself, since you’re sort of defending the innocent then.
I’d like to see an army of non-bloodmarked players going and slaughtering everyone who bloodmarks themselves. 
EDIT: Apparently you don’t get bloodmarked for fighting back. But I still say you should get extra bonuses for killing bloodmarked players when you’re not bloodmarked yourself.
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No you don’t get bloodmrked if you fight back.
Its weird and underdeveloped.
Why isnt there simply an arena where people can duel or 3v3 and whatnot?
Even D2 had dueling…granted it became unbalanced but at least the feature was there and it was straightforward.
I swear these D3 devs cannot STAND that Blizz north did everything better (the guys who CREATED Diablo) and try to distance themselves as much as possible.
Think of Bloodmark = Friendly fire
I had an interesting duel with a player today, it can happen.
It’s a different world now. Games aren’t made for enthusiasts anymore, they’re made to grab as many people as possible. That means different design priorities.
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