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Nice write up and I really liked the maps. Thanks for the update.
Thanks Kristen, excellent find as always. Please pass on our thanks to Rigelhav also.
I have not participated in PvP in other MMOs (well not voluntarily) but I am excited about it in SW:TOR. I’m really looking forward to getting my butt handed to me, wait… that’s the goal, right?
I will!
And I know what you mean. I wonder if SW:TOR will finally entice me into PVPing for real.
Hey! What did I do to anger you so much that you never answer me Kristen? It’s not like I tried to get in to your panties or so.
I’m not trying to get to to your panties Kristen. I have other peeps to stalk. No offence.
I haven’t seen you ask me anything?
Ok, how about that Guilded Cantina suggestion? It was on your recent article. Plus you guys don’t answer to mail send to you. I’d take “Look Jalava, your article idea just sucks monkey balls” over silence.
I think my biggest problem with PvP is overcoming my dominant CareBare gene. I hate being mean to people! I guess rolling on the Imperial side is going to be an education, luckily my guildmates are stone cold killers.
I’m going to spend all my time in a Warzone apologising to people for shooting them
I’m with you guys here.
Never bothered with PvP in WoW (unless for something I needed, like holiday achievements), but the SW:TOR PvP system is looking like it might be fun. And from what I read in another article, that you have to queue with 4 people total, means you are always gonna be pre-made, and not 8/12 random people.
…And yeah, take that with some salt, or humour atleast.
I don’t respond to every comment that is posted in my articles. If you have a specific suggestion to make you can email us at staff@torwars DOT com. Email directed to that address which are relevant to my work will be forwarded to me when they are read.
As for your Guilded Cantina question. I don’t generally perpetuate comments that have nothing to do with the article they are posted in hence I disregarded that comment. Besides, as you may know, Gaiutus does have my email. If you wish to discuss this topic any further you can email us at staff@torwars DOT com.
Fair enough. However it seems pointless to send any ideas to staff@torwars.com.
Great article! I’ve been a hardcore PVP-er at WoW, but stopped because of the never-ever-fixing of “1-shotting” Really looking forward to this PVP.
PvP has always been where I have the most fun because of the dynamic. It is ever changing, new tactics are created and evolve.
If you don’t believe me, look at WoW, tactics in each battleground were created and discarded until something was found that worked, then that was discarded eventually after it was countered.I love that despite the terrain remaining the same, no two matches will be.
When it comes to PvE, everything is a known quantity at some point. You figure out the tactics of the boss, you stay out of the fire, you kill him, you collect your loot. Then you rinse and repeat for however long you wish.
With PvP there will be preferred tactics of course, but one has to know how to adapt when something new comes along, when something unexpected happens. You’re fighting an opposing player and all the sudden you realise he’s getting a little healing help from that guy in the back, or a friend bursts from nowhere to try and help him out with you. These aren’t scripted events that you can anticipate, it’s something you have to roll with. Sadly, if this stuff happens and you don’t have your own backup on the way it usually ends up on the short trip back to the graveyard.
My point is, PvP can add longevity just by dint of pitting you against actual players, who will fight back in whatever way they can to prevent your side from winning. No scripts, no code, just someone sitting on the other end using their brain (sometimes) and skill.