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SourD
02.01.2012 , 12:06 AM | #1
.People have been wanting a PvP game that was based on their ability, as opposed to what they wear, for years. This is not it.


PvP'ers (unless you live with Mom) have been looking for this for years. SWTOR is not it.

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mutee
02.01.2012 , 12:10 AM | #2
It's hard to make a mmo with good pvp that doesn't rely on gear, i mean people get bored when there's nothing to work towards.

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shon_tsu
02.01.2012 , 12:12 AM | #3
I dunno. When I heard about the expertise stat, and that it was intended to give a slight advantage in pvp, I thought it was a good idea.

Of course, I took slight to mean maybe 5% or something.

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Bekkrah
02.01.2012 , 12:16 AM | #4
Quote: Originally Posted by mutee View Post
It's hard to make a mmo with good pvp that doesn't rely on gear, i mean people get bored when there's nothing to work towards.
I personally would work toward vanity items, experience and in-game currency. I PvP mostly for fun so I would trade the gear grind for a skill based combat system any day of the week.
If gear only accounted for 10% of a players damage output then it would be a non-issue. It would be 90% skill and 10% gear but most MMO developers are silly imo and always go for the 50/50 route.
PvP is suppose to be about player vs player anyhow, not gear vs gear.
Bekure is the name, pronounced [beck-rah]

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xxdragonragexx
02.01.2012 , 12:18 AM | #5
Whether or not expertise is there, battlemaster will still have 20% better stats than fresh 50s.

MMOs like these will have gear progression simply because not enough people will play mmos without one.

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LoL-K-Noob
02.01.2012 , 12:19 AM | #6
Protip: Its call carrot on the stick. Gives incentive/reason to actually pvp.

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Bloodylittle
02.01.2012 , 12:19 AM | #7
Quote: Originally Posted by mutee View Post
It's hard to make a mmo with good pvp that doesn't rely on gear, i mean people get bored when there's nothing to work towards.
DAOC's skill based system.

Why more companies dont look at this is beyond me.
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BurnsTwoThree
02.01.2012 , 12:19 AM | #8
Quote: Originally Posted by SourD View Post
I have been wanting a PvP game that was based on ability, as opposed to what I wear, for years. This is not it.


I (Yes I live with Mom) have been looking for this for years. SWTOR is not it.


It is still based highly on ability. But of course getting geared, then playing geared opponents doesn't count as ability > gear.

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SourD
02.01.2012 , 12:20 AM | #9
I am sure a couple of ya didn't play DAoC ....

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Absit
02.01.2012 , 12:21 AM | #10
The people that want skill-based PvP are the people that enjoy PvP for PvP's sake. The problem is that's a small minority of the customer base. Catering to us would be business suicide.
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