Virg --
I think it is very unlikely that a dev or CSR would comment on this thread since they can't get any positive result by doing so. If they comment positively, the next demand will be "When?". If they comment negatively, the next thing will be "Why not?".
We know from the past that the developers and support staff read these forums and that sometimes, months or years later, we see results.
As for the OP battles, you may be right that the Marauders came out in force for the last set of them, but how many Marauders are actually hard-core PvP players and how many just saw an opportunity for one of their own to take an OP? I don't know, but I'm willing to bet that not all Marauders are in it for the PvP, just as not all non-Marauders dislike PvP. I think the role-play and PvP attitude lines are pretty much skew to each other.
Nuno --
I love the idea, but there is really nothing now that would keep the PvP players from occupying the Arena and holding games under the same restrictions. I've wondered for some time why there isn't a PvP post in the Forums keeping track of PvP matches(single, double, four-homin team, full kit, basic kit, naked) with records of wins, losses, etc.
With a little work on the part of the PvP players they could set up betting pools for the season, side-bets on individual matches. Homins not interested in PvP otherwise might get involved in the gaming aspect of it, both as part of the game and as part of roleplay. (I would hope that any Fyros Patriot would support an honorable Fyros warrior who is showing his/her skill in fair combat!)
That doesn't answer the question of "should there be more in-game reward for PvP activities," but it would certainly show the devs and CSRs that there was a lot of interest in it.
-- just my thoughts -- I leave the details to those interested.
I think it is very unlikely that a dev or CSR would comment on this thread since they can't get any positive result by doing so. If they comment positively, the next demand will be "When?". If they comment negatively, the next thing will be "Why not?".
We know from the past that the developers and support staff read these forums and that sometimes, months or years later, we see results.
As for the OP battles, you may be right that the Marauders came out in force for the last set of them, but how many Marauders are actually hard-core PvP players and how many just saw an opportunity for one of their own to take an OP? I don't know, but I'm willing to bet that not all Marauders are in it for the PvP, just as not all non-Marauders dislike PvP. I think the role-play and PvP attitude lines are pretty much skew to each other.
Nuno --
I love the idea, but there is really nothing now that would keep the PvP players from occupying the Arena and holding games under the same restrictions. I've wondered for some time why there isn't a PvP post in the Forums keeping track of PvP matches(single, double, four-homin team, full kit, basic kit, naked) with records of wins, losses, etc.
With a little work on the part of the PvP players they could set up betting pools for the season, side-bets on individual matches. Homins not interested in PvP otherwise might get involved in the gaming aspect of it, both as part of the game and as part of roleplay. (I would hope that any Fyros Patriot would support an honorable Fyros warrior who is showing his/her skill in fair combat!)
That doesn't answer the question of "should there be more in-game reward for PvP activities," but it would certainly show the devs and CSRs that there was a lot of interest in it.
-- just my thoughts -- I leave the details to those interested.
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Remembering Tyneetryk
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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