Hi again... my, this thread erupted.
I see that I missed one critical point, the use of PvP points to get the super gear. It doesn't change my opinon much, but at least it makes more sense now.
Virg -- you are a soldier. Perhaps you are not a rank-and file, more like a Seal, or a mercenary. You get your fun from fighting other homins. Fine. In the real world you don't do it freelance. You are hired, or employed, or serve. Someone else provides your weapons, your food and (to a certain extent) your targets. You are totally dependent on those arms crafters, development engineers, even farmers if you want to think about it that way. One of the reasons I like Ryzom is the reality connection, however fragile it may be since this is a game and all.
You say that you don't like PvE, but you do like Marauder NPC's and boss hunts. Urmmm?
Right now PvP'ers have themselves to fight (and thank Jena that the civilian population is not targetable except in certain war zones). OP selection battles are strictly for PvPers and give you access to the highest value materials in the lands. You can trade for a lot of sup mats with a relatively small number of other mats from an OP. If a guild like Fluffy Bunnies "owns" a high level OP, you can be sure that they are not hoarding all the output of that OP -- they are paying out a share to all those who helped them. This is as it should be. But it doesn't help the rest of us who have neither OPs nor OP mats, even if we are master diggers. Heck most of the sups are being gotten by PvP guilds rather than by sharing -- and I don't see them on the market either.
So, like Daomei I do with excellent (and can get some really good results with it) and I map locations in areas I can survive in. I'm not getting these "huge rewards" that you're talking about. But that's OK because I'm doing what I like. However, he and I don't get Peace Points to spend in the Peace Shop and we can't get OP mats without "friends".
You might consider the possibility of forming a band of "friends" that we could hire with Peace Points. *grinning madly*
I see that I missed one critical point, the use of PvP points to get the super gear. It doesn't change my opinon much, but at least it makes more sense now.
Virg -- you are a soldier. Perhaps you are not a rank-and file, more like a Seal, or a mercenary. You get your fun from fighting other homins. Fine. In the real world you don't do it freelance. You are hired, or employed, or serve. Someone else provides your weapons, your food and (to a certain extent) your targets. You are totally dependent on those arms crafters, development engineers, even farmers if you want to think about it that way. One of the reasons I like Ryzom is the reality connection, however fragile it may be since this is a game and all.
You say that you don't like PvE, but you do like Marauder NPC's and boss hunts. Urmmm?
Right now PvP'ers have themselves to fight (and thank Jena that the civilian population is not targetable except in certain war zones). OP selection battles are strictly for PvPers and give you access to the highest value materials in the lands. You can trade for a lot of sup mats with a relatively small number of other mats from an OP. If a guild like Fluffy Bunnies "owns" a high level OP, you can be sure that they are not hoarding all the output of that OP -- they are paying out a share to all those who helped them. This is as it should be. But it doesn't help the rest of us who have neither OPs nor OP mats, even if we are master diggers. Heck most of the sups are being gotten by PvP guilds rather than by sharing -- and I don't see them on the market either.
So, like Daomei I do with excellent (and can get some really good results with it) and I map locations in areas I can survive in. I'm not getting these "huge rewards" that you're talking about. But that's OK because I'm doing what I like. However, he and I don't get Peace Points to spend in the Peace Shop and we can't get OP mats without "friends".
You might consider the possibility of forming a band of "friends" that we could hire with Peace Points. *grinning madly*
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Phaedreas Tears - 15 years old and first(*) of true neutral guilds in Atys.
(*) This statement is contested, but we are certainly the longest lasting.
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