08-13-2004, 09:44 PM
Wyrm,Aug 12 2004, 05:16 PM Wrote:Not sure if that was meant to be sarcasm or not, but the holiday is Halloween.Well, considering that you can pick and choose who to play PvE with, I don't think that would be a real problem.
If it's going to be completely free outside upgrades, that's going to create a D2-like atmosphere, aka a ratio of people you can actually play with to people who can only be described as less-than-pleasant of 1:10,000, I'm not going to have much hope for it.
The way the game works, is PvE is divided in "Missions". Each mission can be completed as many times as you want, but you only get the finishing reward once. Note - you will not have to redo missions over and over, just to gain levels. Anyways, each mission has an "Outpost" area, with the idea that everyone who wants to do that mission is there. In there, people can socialise, plan, and pick their teams. After the team is ready, it enters the instancecd mission, meaning that they are the only people in the area. No lamers. No trainers. No l33t-speakers. No leechers. If your team ended up with a prick, it's a simple matter to restart the mission, and kick him out of the team - although I have never had to do that during the GW E3 for everyone event.