You Need To Reward Open World PvP - ASAP!

Its not that i disagree with what you say mate, but for a lot of people, chasing that better gear is what the game is about.

And yes, you get into a silly little circle of introducing ever better gear to keep those players happy, and then giving a boost to new players. But its kind of what people want.

One of the big problems in WAR was people leaving once they hit the level/ gear cap. Lots of people there were complaining that the devs took too long to raise the bar.

I agree, it all seems a bit pointless. But without it, you are going to lose a lot of players who hit the cap early and don't bother sticking around because there is nothing else to shoot for.

I'm a hardcore gamer and I like keeping PvP as even as possible. If you want to compete/better yourself you don't handicap your opponent.

When PvP becomes about gear instead of enjoying the actual gameplay then you end up with a love/hate demand for "content" in the form of better maths on items. Then you end up creating a greater gap between new players (the life-blood of healthy PvP), and veterans who not only have more knowledge, but now a significant gear advantage as well.

Then you end up trivializing this previously prestigious gear by creating higher tiers of gear that are easier to get in order to try to close the gap between new and old players. If it all gets recycled like this you might as well just wipe the server every so often and start over. It's just rehashed crap.

I understand that kids are fond of this DBZ style power level increasing scheme, but some of us actually just like to PvP because it's fun... or at least it can be if it's not turned into a tedious grocery shopping list for items that enable you to play on an equal level with some and totally demolish others.

To some in this generation that's what an MMO is all about... FYI, that is definitely not what everyone wants.

Man all that stuff u said can be exploited who's to say u have your friend roll a toon on other side meet u somewhere u and u just keep killing him for xp points and medals and so on if they did that would ruin the game.

Didn't say the rewards had to be gear, bro.

PvP because it's fun is ********, as well. I've not been on the MMO circuit long (aside from five years of WoW and about as many of Runescape when it first started out), but some acknowledgement of success when you win is the only way to keep the majority of players happy and they spent too much on this game to be able to lose as many people as they would lose from having the same thing at the same level with absolutely no change. The logistics of sticking to just the PvE and select hardcore PvP crowd won't cover their massive costs.

I'd be all for cash rewards, titles, cosmetic stuff, consumables... you name it. In my experience, the people petitioning for rewards are typically the people that really want gear for it, not the rewards listed above. I don't think you'd really find many people opposed to non-gear rewards.