Comments on That's a Terrible Idea: World PvP Case Study: WoW

motstandet you just described Eve Online. http://...

2012-02-16T00:25:59.914-05:00

motstandet you just described Eve Online.

http://www.eveonline.com/

For "serious" world PvP, I posit that it...

2011-12-08T19:21:49.202-05:00

For "serious" world PvP, I posit that it needs to be a career. Players would have to be capable of character progression or earning wealth. There also needs to be more risk/consequences than WoW is willing to endure.

Just found this today on MMO-Champion about the up...

2011-11-30T18:45:35.133-05:00

Just found this today on MMO-Champion about the upcoming WoW expansion:

"PvP and Guards / Flying Mounts in Cities
This is actually a main point that we want to address in Mists of Pandaria. We want to make sure that open world PvP is being promoted to its fullest.

We intend to make it so that players will not be afraid of engaging in PvP with the fear of being one-shot by an NPC guard. Hope that this is what you want to hear, as I cannot wait to get into some serious world PvP again."

This is a step in the right direction, but I hardly think this is sufficient for "serious" world PvP.

An awesome video on EVE World PVP: http://www.yout...

2011-11-29T20:56:08.623-05:00

An awesome video on EVE World PVP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrYe_4vHzgE. I'm a big fan of the game and think this is the ideal example of PVP, rich tactics used to wage giant non-instanced campaigns.