Se why no openworld pvp?

[Squintina]

Openworld pvp is the greatest source of excitement in mmorpgs. Imagine killing all those botters, FATE grinders and plain whiners!!!

Maybe to you. SOME of us don't like coming home from a hard day's work only to be killed by some jerk while trying to enjoy a bit of farming or grinding.

I played on a PVP server in WoW at first. It was so much <sarcasm>fun</sarcasm> trying to do quests on a low level character while being ganked by lvl 80+ toons.

It was also so much <sarcasm>fun</sarcasm> reaching the level 60 area, which even in a pve server has pvp due to towers, and being randomly attacked by not just one, but 5+ pvpers that thought it was entertaining to attack lower level players in their full pvp 6k+gs gear as a group. Then stay in that one area, which of course had all the lvl60 quests, to kill anyone who dared come back as soon as they spawned.

You might use it for botters. Lots of people will use it to annoy those of us who just want to play in peace. Also what do you have against FATE grinders? Many people still need to level or grind for ATMA. I'm sure they'll find it <sarcasm>fun</sarcasm> to have their progress interrupted for no good reason other than because some other person feels like it.

Now if you had suggested a PVP map, which would only have pvp-related quests, pvp-related vendors, and any gathering nodes would not be unique (which means a pve-er could still stick to a regular PVE map) THEN maybe I'd agree.

[Saiyakupo]

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I completely agree with this statement. Open world PVP would effectively ruin the game for me. People could no longer even farm for mats without fear of being stabbed in the back, because the gear you wear while gathering isn't suited for any sort of combat. Open world pvp doesn't make sense for a game like this unless it's placed in only certain pvp revolving zones.