Should BW cause "controlled mayhem" in this game?

I admire your enthusiasm for wanting to come up with ideas to add some dynamic events into the game. However, if you're not already aware, you and those like you with this mindset are exactly what a great many gamers find so distasteful about PvP. It's great that you obviously love PvP, I'm happy for you. What's not great is your compulsion to insult or otherwise talk down to anyone who does not share your feelings on PvP. If PvPers ever want to be taken seriously, especially in an MMO setting, the condescending attitude for PvE players needs to stop.

To be a bit more on topic, the biggest problem with an event like you have in mind is the overwhelming faction imbalances. There's not much strategy and teamwork to put together when a /who search of your entire faction turns up less results than size of the attacking gankers.

So everyone is talking about "dynamic events" in upcoming MMOs, giant monsters attacking at unexpected places and causing mayhem, having an impact on the world.

BW could implement this in an even better way, and I bet it´s the most simple and fun way no one expected:
Don´t use scripted monsters which need to be taken down by 10+ low level players, why not using bored LVL50 players as attacking "Monsters"?

I´m really turned down by the fact we can´t even walk into all quest areas of the opposite faction, so let me know what you think about this:

BW could create a NPCs heavily guided door or passageway to the other factions area on every planet. LVL50ies need to defeat them and need to activate a detonator or hack into a panel which takes 3-5 minutes to activate an



open the passageway to the opposite faction area. This passageway could be defended by real players too if they are there quick enough.
Players of the opposite faction need to be informed by this via holocalls and by can decide on running there to defeat the high level players, and friendly LVL50ies can join the figh

This is the most dynamic event which is possible and would add great PvP dynamic fun to the game.
And it does not need to be scripted, which should make it relatively easy to implement.
The attacking faction could then occupy/capture taxi stations which then are marked "red" on the map and need to be re-captured. When the attacking faction is defeated, players respawn on their faction side, and there could be a
6-8 hour cooldown on this planet until this attack can be resta


It could even lead to whole planets being temporarily occupied which means actual "war feeling".
Is this something which could work, would it be fun?

I can´t stand the word "griefing" anymore - is this game about PvP on PvP servers or not? This game needs emotions, of course you need anger if you are ganked, that keeps people in the game and makes them organize and work out strategies. I´d call that motivation to play.

I can´t stand the word "griefing" anymore - is this game about PvP on PvP servers or not? This game needs emotions, of course you need anger if you are ganked, that keeps people in the game and makes them organize and work out strategies. I´d call that motivation to play.

They tried doing an unannounced open event.
People freaked and whined from one end of the spectrum to the other about it. This is the sad little world we live in...

Again, I believe you did not read the original post, there need to be things which make it DIFFICULT to enter the opposite factions areas, and the opposite factions needs to be made aware of it to organize defending counter measures.

- 1 LVL 50 will not be able to fight down 10 LVL 50 NPCs guards at the entrance, so "walking in and ganking" won´t work

- Then, you need to lay a detonator or hack into panel, which needs signifcantly more time (3-5 minutes)
Within this time, the opposite faction already has enough time to fight the attacker down

- If the attackers really manage to enter the area, they have NOT yet conquered any taxi station, again this would need a kind of "capture the flag" activating a panel and fighting down all LVL 50 NPCs guarding the station

- Only after that, and if the attackers "won" the station, the actual ganking could begin, at this time there could already a fight going on

- After defeat, there would be a 6-8 hour cool down necessary before the opposite area can even be entered

Are these not enough hurdles for attackers to keep the event fair?

This is simply a concept for realtime warzone events on all planets, where you don´t need to queue up, but plan with a guild, go there and start the warzone yourself in a much bigger area we already have and people are bored because the planets feel "lifeless and static".

Well, that is YOUR opinion. Perhaps it should be polled, then we´ll see what the majority wants - who knows.
BW should only focus on majorities to keep up subs. Results under 10% are meaningless.

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