Dygz, it can't be a pvx game w/o requiring both sides of the spectrum. I know that pvers hate pvp, which is why they shouldn't play games that make them do pvp. But if those pvers want to play the game either way - they'll have to put up with pvp in just the same way as pvpers put up with pve.We have not received permission from Dygz to share the quoted post.
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You'd need to level up first and that's mainly through pve. You then need gear to survive that pvp. Theoretically your friends could give it to you, but those would have to be some very loyal friends that give their hard-earned gear TO YOU, while you sit on your ass and do nothing.We have not received permission from worddog to share the quoted post.
Which is exactly why the game is called pvx. You have both pve and pvp at the same time. And in most cases you need both to progress.We have not received permission from worddog to share the quoted post.
Yeah, as we've discussed before, I agree that open seas change was definitely a push towards the pvp side of the spectrum. But until they tell us what's in those seas, outside of the "ohhh, there's, like, so much cool stuff there and it's, like, so valuable that you just HAVE to pvp for it", I can't say if I fully agree with your dislike for it. I understand why you dislike it, but if all the explorable content is locked behind hardcore pve (that's supposedly the stuff that you gotta pvp for) - I'd assume you wouldn't be able to explore that stuff either way, at which point there'd be nothing for you in the open seas.We have not received permission from Dygz to share the quoted post.
While your assumption is a logical one, considering AA being one of the inspirations, Dygz is still a mostly explorative pve player. And he said in the past that hardcore content is not really his forte. So if exploration (outside of literally empty open waters) is blocked by huge bosses or super strong mobs that can hunt you throughout the open seas (I'd personally love those) - I'd assume Dygz wouldn't be able to explore the stuff that's locked behind those mobs/bosses.We have not received permission from Noaani to share the quoted post.
BiS mats and drops themselves will only come from open world bosses, so, yes, you'll have to pvp for them against anyone else trying to get them.We have not received permission from Savic Prosperity to share the quoted post.
The chances are, you'll need a strong guild to even have a chance at the boss itself. And with a strong guild come strong war enemies. At which point you'll have ffa pvp even outside of the open seas.We have not received permission from Savic Prosperity to share the quoted post.
Which is exactly why some of us have been asking for more PvE talk. There are ways of having "instanced" bosses that still have pvp linked to their farm.We have not received permission from Savic Prosperity to share the quoted post.
But that's the only type of content where you can push your players to their gameplay limits. Doing some cute quest by running around and maaaybe solving puzzle is not really pushing anyone who has above room temp IQ (Fahrenheit-wise). But having a boss that has several different mechanics all stacked up onto each other, and all those mechanics require players to do different actions in synergy and at correct timings - all of that pushes people to do their best. And when you add the factor of "if you want to farm the boss - you gotta go through other people who want the same thing", you now added additional difficulty to the equation, and it's also a different kind of difficulty.We have not received permission from Savic Prosperity to share the quoted post.
And if those assumption will prove to be real, then I'll completely understand why Dygz wouldn't want to play the game.We have not received permission from Noaani to share the quoted post.