07-19-2012, 05:58 PM
Echoing what others have said, Blizzard learned from World of Warcraft. Rob Pardo, Blizzard VP of Game Design, admitted in 2009 that arenas were the largest mistake Blizzard ever made with WoW; the highly competitive rated nature of arena PvP in WoW completely changed the game and their approach to balance, which they felt hurt PvE and annoyed players endlessly. Once it was established in the game, they couldn't take it away.
Consider the neutering of class skills and abilities that has to result when you try to balance a game that features 25-man raiding alongside 3v3 competitive player vs. player. It's insane, really. For those who were around in the beginning of WoW, remember how radically different the classes were from each other? Balanced, no; but you have to admit they were extremely unique.
In short, don't make MMO (or pseudo-MMO games like D3) a PvP e-sport; they'll leave that to things like Starcraft in the future. I think this is a case of "be careful what you wish for," because actually putting in a serious e-sport level PvP element into Diablo III would, in the long run, completely wreck the PvE side of the game.
Consider the neutering of class skills and abilities that has to result when you try to balance a game that features 25-man raiding alongside 3v3 competitive player vs. player. It's insane, really. For those who were around in the beginning of WoW, remember how radically different the classes were from each other? Balanced, no; but you have to admit they were extremely unique.
In short, don't make MMO (or pseudo-MMO games like D3) a PvP e-sport; they'll leave that to things like Starcraft in the future. I think this is a case of "be careful what you wish for," because actually putting in a serious e-sport level PvP element into Diablo III would, in the long run, completely wreck the PvE side of the game.
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