Thread: 3.2 PvP: Feast Game Mode Discussion Thread.

Iirc it says whichever party member does the most damage to the supply box recieves the buff/item. Curious as to how healrs are suppose to get the healing kit from it.

Unless,of course, you can exchange buffs amongst your team.

Either way, right from the start the game it sounds like a race to defeat a PvE object.

Originally Posted by Atreus

Either way, right from the start the game it sounds like a race to defeat a PvE object.

Hopefully they have next to no HP, then it's less of a PvE thing, and more of a dash to pick up the Rocket Launcher.

Originally Posted by Nalien

Hopefully they have next to no HP, then it's less of a PvE thing, and more of a dash to pick up the Rocket Launcher.

What I dislike more than that is that the first actual PvP clash after the box will never be on equal footing. What's the point otherwise

Originally Posted by Nalien

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Yeah you're right. It's a lot we can't confirm until it's out. I'm just hoping that it would be a little more about map control to earn the boxes before they pop or are broken, than a race to get them before even fighting.

Originally Posted by Houston009

Iirc it says whichever party member does the most damage to the supply box recieves the buff/item. Curious as to how healrs are suppose to get the healing kit from it.

Unless,of course, you can exchange buffs amongst your team.

I got the impression that the buffs are applied to the entire team, and the type of buff coming out of the box is either random or determined by the number of medals dropped from a defeated player. It should be fairly balanced regardless of who attacks it and what's inside it.

Originally Posted by Atreus

What I dislike more than that is that the first actual PvP clash after the box will never be on equal footing. What's the point otherwise

I don't think that this is going to be a big issue. They weren't 100% clear in the live letter about it, but the way boxes are handled does not seem random. I got the impression that the types of boxes dropped and when they are dropped, is directly tied to player actions and performance. For example, if you score a certain number of medals off of a dead player, poof, a box spawns. Either that, or the type of box that spawns will be tied to player performance. I can't confirm that with certainty, yet, but when they said that the number of medals dropped by a defeated player would have "various effects" I got suspicious that this is what they were talking about.

It would make sense too. IF it works this way, the boxes would be a way of gaining momentum or initiating a comeback. The team who did the killing would have the advantage (unless the dead guy can respawn and get their ass back there fast enough), but the fact that either team can win it makes it pretty fair, and a good way of turning the tables.

Thinking about it, perhaps it would be better for them to have more HP... That way it becomes more of a tactical choice; You can start whacking on a box, but then you might get "ambushed" by your opponents...

Originally Posted by Nalien

Thinking about it, perhaps it would be better for them to have more HP... That way it becomes more of a tactical choice; You can start whacking on a box, but then you might get "ambushed" by your opponents...

Yeah, but that's what Slaughter was. IMO, and I think many share my sentiment, Slaughter as a game mode blew chunks compared to the more traditional game modes like "Team Deathmatch", "CTF", or even Seize.