Hi. All I do is red zone gank. Here's my killboard: albiononline.com/en/killboard/player/TyvQ5r8cQNeWdAAjyVPJbA . I did not play in alpha/beta, so the below is only about 6 days' worth of info but I hope it will be useful.I read often that some of you are confused/frustrated/excited/experiencing a multitude of emotions regarding the gankers in red zone. So I wanted to write you a short note and say hello.Before some tips/tricks and a very brief guide I'd like to just say a word about gankers and their role in content creation.A good game tells a story and lets you say, "I won! Great story." However, most of the time video games don't tell a story that you DESPERATELY want to tell to someone else. Like, you never want to tell someone a story about that time you were playing Balder's Gate II, even though that game was the absolute bestest ever.The amazing thing about Albion is that, as a sandbox game, the story is built on the random obstacles that other players place between you and your goal. Want to gather ore? Fight other gatherers. Want to sell ore? Fight other sellers.And overcoming these obstacles IS quite often the kind of story that you tell someone about!Which is where gankers come in.I'm literally giggling as I write that because I'm feeling that rush right now. It's the worst...but here's the key...*it's also the best.* Because if you get away from me and a buddy, then that's a story you are going to really want to tell, or at least going to think about. It's a major accomplishment. You don't tell people about finishing an T5 expedition. You DO tell them about escaping or even killing a flagged player.Furthermore, I want to mention that much of a sandbox economy is built upon the destruction of the created materials. Guys...I am fueling your market. I am creating the need for the materials and crafts that you are producing. I am literally your sink. When I kill someone, 30% of their stuff is trashed. That means that each of my kills is giving you a major boost in need for production.So, my 2 arguments are:1. Think of me and my friends as, like, Ash from Pokemon except in real life and way more annoying and dangerous. But remember how fun it was to actually wail on Ash with Bulbasaur, who was hands down the best starter Pokemon? Yeah.2. Small gang PvP and ganking groups generate the need for your market material.But enough theorizing. Let's talk strategy.If you want to gank (or survive gankers by reading tips, or hunt gankers by reading tips) here are some basic Albioffline tips.1.You will not make a ton of money this way at first, but you will gain experience and catch people and it will be fun. And fewer of you are likely to die. Do this for 5-10 kills. To kill anyone, you have to be able to catch them. So someone in your group -- preferably 2 people -- should run CC. I run double-bladed quarterstaff but others are recommending pole hammer. Check them both out. You also need at least one serious DPS.2. After you get some experience,You only need one CC and one DPS to really kill someone if the CC is skilled, and you will split the loot amongst fewer people. This is the money sweet spot.3. Stay mounted, and stay at gallop.You now worship Gallop. Do not get off your horse unless you are sure there is/are only one or two targets. If you see more than 2 players -- run. Seriously. This is a silver game, and blues are getting smarter every day. Pick...easy...targets.4. When you find a dismounted target(s), run right up next to them and try to get them to burn one of their speed boosts.If the person does not burn a boost, then dismount and start wailing. Make sure your CC does not spend all stuns at once -- always have one stun or slow handy.4. If target is mounted,Mobs are your friends if you are chasing. Mobs are NOT your friends if you are running (more on that later).5. If there are no mobs,Other players stay mounted, get ahead of horse, dismount, and break gallop again. HINT: having a ranged player be the first to break gallop is easiest and best.6. Once player is murdered, loot body carefully but quickly.If you overload, you are going to die. ALWAYS CARRY HIGHEST TIER BAG YOU CAN USE.7. Remount ASAP. Remount ASAP. Remount ASAP.Then get away from the body because the skull has notified blues where you are.8.Do not think "I'm on a roll, just one more." You only have to wait THREE MINUTES before you can go back into a city. I repeat -- after 3 minutes, your outlaw status goes away and you can re-enter city.9. If you have a lot of loot and are afraid, that's rational and OK.Get a drink. Text some peeps about how much fun you're having. Log back in, deflag, and safely walk back in town.10.-- those are player owned watchtowers and the players that own them LOVE to bait idiots like me and you into them so that they can have their guards kill you. stay away from those zones.11. When you find yourself being chased by blues -- and this is inevitably and will only happen more and more -- remember:95% of the time, if you can keep gallop, you can escape. That means that your worst enemies at this point are mobs. So, either get really good at avoiding mobs, or take a risk and use the roads. The roads will have blues but remember -- at this point in the game most blues shit themselves when they see a red, and they turn around and run, so take the risk if you know that you can't go through mobs. Whatever you do, keep gallop.12. You have 3 escape points:Yellow is usually 1 or 2 zones away. Remember: you can be knocked out but not killed in yellow. YELLOW IS EASYMODE. Yellow is your friend.13.for 2 reasons. First, most people here have friends who may be close. Second, many people can actually kill me if they just grew a pair and fought. So the non-panicking people are dangerous and you should carefully consider those fights.14. Killing people does not give you experience on your weapons or armor. You have to PvE. But because your rep will be low, you can't do expeditions anymore which kinda sucks, until you realize that yellow and red zone camps are way more lucrative.If people find this useful I would consider doing a slightly more advanced guide but I hope that many of you come out and start flagging up because more reds means more content, more stories, more fun, and more kills for me!So everyone come on down to red zone and let's have some fun.