blackphoenix
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Recently Selachii, one of the devs, posted some good info on what to expect for PvP. No, there will not be any FFA PvP servers. All servers will be the same with areas that are designated as PvP areas. Here's what was posted:
| QUOTE | What PvP areas?
-The green district, mines and caves. The mines and caves are spread across several shards. These zones are intended for players of +/- level 20 and up.
-Arena district: intended as training ground for some free fights, but that's all up to the players. Accessible to all levels.
-Guild hall: The instanced guild hall will have a small pvp (training) area available for guilds who have unlocked this.
-Arena: Players can fight ranked and unranked battles here. Several different maps and mods will be available on release. Accessible to +/- level 40 and up.
The size of the areas is quite different. Also, we’re not placing the PvP area’s in some corner of a shard so only PvP players will be there. Some areas have gathering related content, some have quest related content.
When entering a PvP enabled area, there will be a system message counting down before it will go in effect.
In PvP zones, there’s no relation between faction/species/guild/high house-members. We can make the distinction, but there’s no zones currently using this. Players in a group, however, can’t attack each other, so they can work together. Basically all PvP zones are currently FFA, with the exception of the Arena. This is because the Arena is currently only 1 v 1, 1 v team or team v team, no FFA mods yet.
There are several concepts for PvP wide shards, based on high houses and guilds, but these won’t be in at release.
On the subject of spectating Arena matches, yes this will be possible. I don’t think it will be in release, but I hope it will, it’s one of those features I really like. Did I mention the spectators’ area of the Arena looks stunning?
Is this considered meat?
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| 07/25/07 13:55 |
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Tenn
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I'm not entirely sure what I think about this. I've always liked having the choice between PvP or not, and I can't really decide if I can get used to this new way... I'll have to see how it works.
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| 09/09/07 21:33 |
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