Quote Originally Posted by Mayhemmer View Post
Nobody asked for this suggestion, but I'll give it anyway because it's stuck in my mind. Why not encourage CBU3 to try something that plays to the game's strength? Why not try a PvE-based PvP mode? Something akin to Destiny's Gambit, or Maplestory's monster carnival (wonder if I'm the only weirdo that even knows what that was)?

I know the idea of 'competitive PvE' would come with it's own host of balance concerns, but it's been done before, and done pretty well. Get creative. It'd be nice to have a mode you could just queue into on repeat because it's fun to play, and not just leave you upset. PvE content, designed for PvP.

Wonder if it's ever been considered.
That's essentially officializing speedruns ingame. Either it gets random enough that you can't just optimize a meta to attain an unbeatable record or the rng involved is too wild that competing under random conditions fails to make it a competition.

Alternatively there is PvPvE.

That said, to say that PvE is this game's strength only holds value if you cite for how long they have developed PvE... and even then it isnt exactly great given how much they already invested in it because they keep taking things out that are good and make it worse. Two steps forward 1.5 steps backward.