08-13-2008, 11:56 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-14-2008, 12:23 AM by Sir_Die_alot.)
For lack of a better post to reply to I'm posting it to Mav's because it's more where I'm coming from.
On the typical PvP server there is no excitement because the only difference between a BG and the larger world is the run back and the frequency of cross factions meeting. I absolutely expect someone to smack me when I'm trying to take their flag/capture their tower/kill their leader. If I'm just riding my chicken along a path on my way to Karazhan my expectation of a PvP confrontation should go way down. On the average PvP server it doesn't, red = dead. Hey look another gank party waiting for their Kara group to get together. YAWN. Such a place is for the people to stretch their epeen because there is little else to do cross faction.
A pve server is just as bad. You have no way to counter things like the opposite faction stealing a mining node and you KNOW you can turn your back on them. The world of farmcraft. <_<
The better option is somewhere in the middle and the only server I've seen it on is the one I'm on now. It's a RPPvP server and of course there is ganking and camping. PvP server = thems the rules. But its not CONSTANT. I can go to skettis and MAYBE that person with a red name will attack me and MAYBE he won't, people don't go out of their way to make you a corpse. The POTENTIAL for danger makes it so much more interesting AND rewarding when it does come to a fight. It also allows those people who want their epeen to have more fun at it. Its not rare to see one alliance do their dailies totally unmolested, when another who is from a certain guild or just "that guy" has 5 or 6 people rushing to jump them.
This also does not hurt world PvP, no it makes it BETTER because the faction hate is PLAYED not real and born of frustration from getting corpse camped... again. Events can be cross faction arranged, my server has crashed on some occasions due to the popularity getting out of control. I've gone to some where I could only guess at around 200 people being there.
For a really fun PvP experience there needs to be a mix of the above. My experience is that it doesn't happen on the average PvP server because people are too focused on "its red its dead". Predictable game = boring game. Wether its born of too much pvp or too little.
On the typical PvP server there is no excitement because the only difference between a BG and the larger world is the run back and the frequency of cross factions meeting. I absolutely expect someone to smack me when I'm trying to take their flag/capture their tower/kill their leader. If I'm just riding my chicken along a path on my way to Karazhan my expectation of a PvP confrontation should go way down. On the average PvP server it doesn't, red = dead. Hey look another gank party waiting for their Kara group to get together. YAWN. Such a place is for the people to stretch their epeen because there is little else to do cross faction.
A pve server is just as bad. You have no way to counter things like the opposite faction stealing a mining node and you KNOW you can turn your back on them. The world of farmcraft. <_<
The better option is somewhere in the middle and the only server I've seen it on is the one I'm on now. It's a RPPvP server and of course there is ganking and camping. PvP server = thems the rules. But its not CONSTANT. I can go to skettis and MAYBE that person with a red name will attack me and MAYBE he won't, people don't go out of their way to make you a corpse. The POTENTIAL for danger makes it so much more interesting AND rewarding when it does come to a fight. It also allows those people who want their epeen to have more fun at it. Its not rare to see one alliance do their dailies totally unmolested, when another who is from a certain guild or just "that guy" has 5 or 6 people rushing to jump them.
This also does not hurt world PvP, no it makes it BETTER because the faction hate is PLAYED not real and born of frustration from getting corpse camped... again. Events can be cross faction arranged, my server has crashed on some occasions due to the popularity getting out of control. I've gone to some where I could only guess at around 200 people being there.
For a really fun PvP experience there needs to be a mix of the above. My experience is that it doesn't happen on the average PvP server because people are too focused on "its red its dead". Predictable game = boring game. Wether its born of too much pvp or too little.