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It seems with the success of Warhammer Online and it’s impressive RvR (PvP) system that PvP is back in a big way. So big that the almighty juggernaut Blizzard is considering changing the way their current PvP system works. In a recent post on the Blizzard forums, it was stated “we want to give you the ability to queue for Battlegrounds from anywhere in the world”.
This is one of the best features that Warhammer introduced, being able to join a PvP battle from anywhere at anytime. Not only will Blizzard be adding this to WoW, but I’m sure this will become a must have feature for all future MMOs that have PvP.
Apart from adding this feature, it seems Blizzard is reconsidering its entire PvP system. After all if PvP is back they don’t want World of Warcraft to be left in the dust.
You can give some credit to Age of Conan for being the first big title to reintroduce PvP back into a stale MMO world, however considering the absolute debacle that followed, that’s all the credit that can be given. Warhammer Online not only brought back PvP, but did it right straight out of the gate. Having been there since launch on a open RvR server I have to say I’m having a blast. While there was some skepticism that doing regular quests would turn into a ganking party, I can say this is not so. While you do run into the enemy once in a while it’s not frequent enough to get you all riled up, in fact I enjoy it. Finally PvP is back!
Has it even been around long enough to see if it has brought anything to the table besides another short distraction?
I think it’s a successful game, and I wish it all the best, seriously, but give this about a month or two…will it have even half of the players it does currently? We’ll see.
And of course Blizzard will consider any outside idea that is successful. They can just take the idea, make it run perfectly, and the game will gain more users.
I’m glad you and other players are enjoying it, but let it last a year with the current playerbase. I think PvP, in the end, unless paired with great PvE, will always settle down into a niche game.
It is called the 30 day syndrome. Happy pills work for 30 days…then they start to wear off.
As to PvP, I agree with Beau…
WAR has piss poor PvE, and people WILL get bored of killing each other…
Especially when zones empty out, and there is no one to fight.
Im not sure why everyone says the PvE is piss poor. Im only about 1/2 way through (lev 18), but I don’t see any difference in the PvE in Warhammer then in other games, although I haven’t done any raids yet.
Questing seems the same but I have to agree that Warhammers PVP has re-kindled my interested in PVP. WOW had gotten so old that I had all but quit playing. Just need something to come along and put the life back into PVE now.
I’m kind of new to the whole pc gaming thing and i wanted to know how to join pvp and if it is the same as RVR gaming?