PvP rewards preview

[Kevin]

So wait a minute - this applies to PvP AND PvE servers?

If so, I'm laughing.  Once again the only major difference between the two will be the ganking while leveling to 60.  Once at 60, the bored players will be PvP'ing it up every night.

I don't think this kind of system should be on a PvE server for obvious reasons.  Consensual PvP doesn't fit the "warfare" mentality this PvP system is trying to create.  But I won't complain if they put it in, for it'll give me something more to do at 60 than Battlegrounds, plus I get the added benefit of no griefing on my way up to 60.

And when that level 60 Horde Warrior challenges my 55 Priest to a fight and I whoop his butt again, I'll actually GET something for it.  :)

-Bolty
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Actually putting it on PvE makes sense. They are trying to encourage more "War". It also makes sense in that this is probably going to be a fairly tight integration into the code and why maintian two code bases (right now the only real difference is when the PvP flag gets turned on for characters)? It also will help encourage more battleground participation.

But as I've said elsewhere, I think I understand Blizzard's theory on how it might cut down on griefing. I'm not convinced it will, but I'm very interesting in seeing if it does.


Of course I think a good way to encourage more PvP would be make a more robust crafting system. If players crafting skills could be used towards creating/repairing structures, I think you would see more PvP. Wouldn't you love to be able to attack the Crossroads and actually damage the walls and buildings? Sure would require a lot of changes to the code as you would need more dynamic structures along with the crafting skills, but one of the best things in the Horizons (too bad it had so many other problems) beta was getting involved in working on the tunnels to free the subjagated races. You had people fighting to defend supply lines and the crafters and they worked on the structures. It was fun. You of course could also have some more use for destructive type crafting too. But you could do a lot of fun stuff with mroe robust crafting. Too bad Blizzard only embraced combat and added crafting on as "something that should be in an MMO". I'm just wanting even more avenues for entertainment. Hopefully if the Battlegrounds work well they might start putting more of this in.