Those are all great ideas Hani. We have been discussing the possibility of a pvp tournament for a while now, It'd be nice to implement different win conditions instead of just "hack each other to pieces til enemy team dies". We just need to be realistic and realize the dev team probably can't implement any new gameplay at this point, so we need to see how we can use the map and what's already there creatively.
I think the major problem with tagged pvp at this point is the feel of really low rewards. You fight for 30 minutes nonstop, grind down your gear, then realize you only got 1-2k pvp pts max. And knowing that many ppl exploit the system to get 50k in a couple hours makes it worse. OP wars prove that with good and unique rewards even folks who dont normally like pvp still participate.
@Nehrie: LOL no, it wasn't 7 years. Game launched Sep 2004, Outpost pvp was added Dec 2005. So pvp wasn't really added that late at all. In fact, if the game had continued on its original path, it'd have been MUCH more heavily focused on pvp with partial territorial control of zones by faction a big thing. That would come in the form of spirals. A shame it never happened.
I think the major problem with tagged pvp at this point is the feel of really low rewards. You fight for 30 minutes nonstop, grind down your gear, then realize you only got 1-2k pvp pts max. And knowing that many ppl exploit the system to get 50k in a couple hours makes it worse. OP wars prove that with good and unique rewards even folks who dont normally like pvp still participate.
@Nehrie: LOL no, it wasn't 7 years. Game launched Sep 2004, Outpost pvp was added Dec 2005. So pvp wasn't really added that late at all. In fact, if the game had continued on its original path, it'd have been MUCH more heavily focused on pvp with partial territorial control of zones by faction a big thing. That would come in the form of spirals. A shame it never happened.
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