Anything about World PvP in GW2?

Wretchman Drake

Wretchman Drake

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Sep 2005

Charr Carvings and [BeeR]

I've read some articles, and one that briefly explained what type of battles World PvP may have but nothing really informative...

My questions being, does anyone know if

a.) Will diff races hate each other? (faction rivalries)?
b.) Will there be any form of PvP in the actual game world? (i.e. is there a chance to encounter player enemies during questing?)
c.) Is World PvP only going to be some type of structured PvP? (i.e. only in certain areas, not applicable to the entire 'world'?)
d.) Do YOU think there is going to be any incentive to actually world pvp besides 'for fun'?

I did read, if I'm correct, that World PvP will mainly be server vs. server battles...

warrior running

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2008

The Cape Is A Lie[Trim]

W/E

We will just have to find out I can't wait till beta

Wretchman Drake

Wretchman Drake

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Sep 2005

Charr Carvings and [BeeR]

I can't wait either... But I would very much like for my points a.) and b.) to be part of the game... It says in the GW2 wiki that now the charr are still the enemies to the humans, so it just wouldn't make sense for charr players to cooperate with humans both NPCs and players.

Eddie Frenzy Spam

Eddie Frenzy Spam

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2007

Old N Dirty [ym]

W/E

However if I remember correctly it also said that all the races will have to unite against a larger and more dangerous enemy. So it would make sense for the charr and humans to cooperate.

If you ask me not enabling players to interact due to some stupid lore is rediculous. It limits the game play far to much, lets say I really want to be a charr but my friend hates them and wants to play a human. Due to our game preferences then we wouldn't be able to play together and that to me is a massive game design flaw.

If you ask me all the races should be purely only for aesthetic purposes with maybe some different quests/storylines, they should definitely not implement race specific attributes for similar reasons as above. It limits game play choices. What made GW so good was the fact that I could use any weapon skin I wanted, with any armour skins that I wanted and not have to suffer sub-optimal stats because you could have the same stats on any weapon.

If you introduce race specific stats into a competitive game, you force players to play say a charr if they want to play a Warrior role or an Asuran if they want to play a Caster role and this limits their game play options.

Lykan

Lykan

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2005

StP

R/

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Originally Posted by Wretchman Drake View Post
I've read some articles, and one that briefly explained what type of battles World PvP may have but nothing really informative...

My questions being, does anyone know if

a.) Will diff races hate each other? (faction rivalries)?
b.) Will there be any form of PvP in the actual game world? (i.e. is there a chance to encounter player enemies during questing?)
c.) Is World PvP only going to be some type of structured PvP? (i.e. only in certain areas, not applicable to the entire 'world'?)
d.) Do YOU think there is going to be any incentive to actually world pvp besides 'for fun'?

I did read, if I'm correct, that World PvP will mainly be server vs. server battles...
a) we dont know
b) we dont know
c) we dont know
d) we dont know

DarkFlame

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2005

Ascalon

E/

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Originally Posted by Wretchman Drake View Post
I've read some articles,
Guess what? We've read the same ones, cause they're the only ones out there. We know as much as you know.

Lady Syve

Lady Syve

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2008

PWNZILLA team

X Legion Of Doom X [LOD]

a) no one knows
b) no one knows
c) from what I've understood from the articles is that World PvP will be like Alliance Battles but on a much grander scale. No organization but with certain goals to achieve before your team wins.
d) I've read somewhere that winning World Battles will give your entire server some sort of buff or benefit (like we gain or lose favor in GW1). Of course, you can still switch freely between servers the way you can with districts in GW1.

iVendetta

iVendetta

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2008

Where no man has ever gone before.

Syndicate Nightmare [SyN]

Quote:
Originally Posted by eddie the reaper View Post
I really want to be a charr but my friend hates them and wants to play a human. Due to our game preferences then we wouldn't be able to play together and that to me is a massive game design flaw.
Do you mean that different races cannot interact?

Lady Syve

Lady Syve

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2008

PWNZILLA team

X Legion Of Doom X [LOD]

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Originally Posted by iVendetta View Post
Do you mean that different races cannot interact?
He was just speaking in the hypothetical. There is no official word on whether or not this is true/false but I'm 90% sure that all races will be able to interact with each other.

Darcy

Darcy

Never Too Old

Join Date: Jul 2006

Rhode Island where there are no GW contests

Order of First

W/R

We DO NOT KNOW how the game will be setup.

We DO NOT KNOW how the races will interact.

We DO NOT KNOW if when GW2 is released it will even resemble the devs original ideas.

Kerwyn Nasilan

Kerwyn Nasilan

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2007

WHERE DO YOU THINK

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World PvP seems to be on par with AB but with a WAY huger scale and continuous, I looks like it will be server v. server so It might be like HA was and thats how you will get favor in GW2.

Yang Whirlwind

Yang Whirlwind

~ Retired ~

Join Date: Nov 2005

Copenhagen, Denmark (GMT +1)

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