Concerns about the PvP and why it might not succeed, though I want it to very much!

[Saziel]

This actually makes me happy. I don't want to know who I'm PvPing against, and I also don't want to be known.

[Wyvernheart]

We should at least get an option... I am also a ballista player who took part in the Ballista Royal, Remora's Man Slayers. And I saw little in the way of player harassment. This is really demoralizing for me. Without an option implemented I would not recommend this game to my friends.

As for server lag, I'm not worried, after all xi was ps2 and Ballista was just fine in my book. Loved it, and we had names....

[Wyvernheart]

Also this was not an issue for other mmo's dcuo or wow.... Come on lets have alitte faith in the community.

[cotti]

I, for one, LOVE the name "Fresh Meat", it's friggin' hilarious.

But... Sorry, I wouldn't fight for it. I don't care about having "proper" names or not. At least, "Fresh Meat" gives a bit of slapstick comedy tone to PvP. A MUCH welcome detail.

[prymortal]

Hello all
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There were a few clarifications on PvP mentioned during the Letter from the Producer LIVE at Tokyo Game Show[/URL]:

Q. Exactly what will PvP-specific skills entail?
A. There will be abilities you can use to immediately recover from sleep, bind, or other enfeeblement effects cast on you, and also passive traits that will reduce the duration of sleep effects. We will also expand these skills moving forward, as they can be used during the Front Lines PvP planned for the future.

The fact that you can even use sleep in the first place Is A Fail In My Book.
i like PVP but i dont respect cheap tactics that developers allow in PVP games, let alone the people who are willing to use them!
Its all good to have abilitys to remove them but no... thats not how its done, you dont allow cheap tactics to be added in there in the first place, its just sad.

^^ Not ammused, it could be great, but atm its just... FAIL, NO, NOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bind on the other hand isnt bad since you unbind after 1 attack + ranged & mages can still cast while under bind & tanks can use def abilitys, So not a cheap tactic/ability.

As for as those abilitys go for PVE perfectly fine, its a game!
But PVP its like 2 men holding you down while a 3rd punches your face in, not acceptable.

[Cymoril]

Well they are only offering Gay-Rena. What a cop out for a huge company to offer. They already have a history with the 3 companies that could be fractured at any time. I purchased this game with a good 3 way fight in a pvp zone (similar to a DAoC pvp zone or Molvik battlegrounds) setup in mind when I read about there being 3 Grand Companies.. Instead Arena /sigh. Thanks for allowing me the 1 month for the title but I wont pay for a game that "might" have something I may be interested in down the road. Have fun all and good luck on not having to go FTP.

[civilpaw]

The best decision would have been to give each player their own privacy settings. That way, people who can't handle competition can hide behind their anonymity.

Competition and harassment are two completely different things. Two people can compete with one another and still be civil, respectful and mature. There is absolutely no reason to harass another person because he was unable to best you in competition, nor if he bested you.

[literally]

The fact that you can even use sleep in the first place Is A Fail In My Book.
i like PVP but i dont respect cheap tactics that developers allow in PVP games, let alone the people who are willing to use them!
Its all good to have abilitys to remove them but no... thats not how its done, you dont allow cheap tactics to be added in there in the first place, its just sad.

^^ Not ammused, it could be great, but atm its just... FAIL, NO, NOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bind on the other hand isnt bad since you unbind after 1 attack + ranged & mages can still cast while under bind & tanks can use def abilitys, So not a cheap tactic/ability.

As for as those abilitys go for PVE perfectly fine, its a game!
But PVP its like 2 men holding you down while a 3rd punches your face in, not acceptable.

You have clearly never actually done PvP in an MMO or have any idea of how it works.

Well they are only offering Gay-Rena. What a cop out for a huge company to offer. They already have a history with the 3 companies that could be fractured at any time. I purchased this game with a good 3 way fight in a pvp zone (similar to a DAoC pvp zone or Molvik battlegrounds) setup in mind when I read about there being 3 Grand Companies.. Instead Arena /sigh. Thanks for allowing me the 1 month for the title but I wont pay for a game that "might" have something I may be interested in down the road. Have fun all and good luck on not having to go FTP.

What made you think they would have the PvP zone done any time soon? Pretty sure they announced several months before launch that the first PvP format would be arena. So many reading comprehension issues around here...

[jebali]

Competition and harassment are two completely different things. Two people can compete with one another and still be civil, respectful and mature. There is absolutely no reason to harass another person because he was unable to best you in competition, nor if he bested you.

I agree with you

when I pvp and I have in all the mmo's I have played I want to know who I am fighting I want them to know who I am, that is normal for pvp. this is beyond stupid any self respecting pvp player will find this offensive and down right sad. beyond that so now what do you do when player "fresh meat" is teleporting around ? oh wait guess they did not think about exploits in pvp cause that has never happened in EVERY mmo ever. why don't they just have us run slap ballons at each other if they are that worried about pvp players being that pathetic they can not take a loss.

[BalthierLove]

Meh. PvP isn't THAT important to me so....I don't really care what they do about the name crap.