The pkers should have been a bit more involved in the fighting instead of mostly just watching. Guess they got a bit too cocky after too many successes.
They got too complacent with their plan working on the party’s before.
I mean it’s probably rather rare for a new group to be able to react properly in a rather messed up situation as crim and her party found themselves in, the PKer are only there to make sure the monster actually kill the party.
Also Crim’s party isn’t really outplaying the PKer’s as they are more or less just forcing their way through.