Bionic_Flea

There is a cycle to most dev posts. They post the most right before and right after an issue is released. Evidently, that is when they have the most free time since they are not in the middle of creating new content and polishing it it up.

In the last ten days or so we have had a flurry of new posts from Castle, Noble Savage, Dr. Aeon, and even War Witch. Yesterday we got some interesting info about I19 and several weeks ago the Pax panel said that they were going to have a super secret I20 beta.

Who knows how long either of those issues has been in beta and how much interaction there has been in game and on the forums between players and devs?

But based on the announcement and the recent increase in posting, I'm guessing they hit a major milestone in their production calendar and had some free time.

Hydrofoil, do you expect to go into a ring with Mike Tyson and win or even have a chance at winning? How about a game of Tennis with Federer or the Williams sisters? Do you think you have a chance at beating them?

I don't think you have a chance to beat them and I don't think you should be able to beat someone that has dedicated many hours to learning the game and practicing. The rules of the game aren't beating you, their fancy racket and expensive sneakers aren't beating you (although they help) their superior skill and training is.

There is nothing preventing you, however, from inviting friends to the arena to have a friendly competition among equals. I imagine that, unless your friends happen to be expert PvPers, you will be on relatively equal footing and win some and lose some.

That said, I STILL think that it would be worthwhile to have a zone or arena setting where it was SO level only. Not that it would help that much against the real pros. Even if you switched rackets and sneakers with Federer he'd still crush you.

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I'm talking about a new zone that would be insta-50 and SO only. Would you go for that?

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Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. Anyone can team with anyone or battle anyone.

But I suppose we would need some kind of safe zone to avoid spawn camping.

Other than that, hell yeah, total FFA.

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I suggested Praetoria since it is new and doesn't have a PvP zone. I understand that some people may not like that because they don't have or plan to buy GR. Sorry.

I would make it a free-for-all in keeping with the whole "Going Rogue" theme. You never know who your friends and enemies are.

As to where they are coming from: I hadn't really thought about it. Call it a dream or an alternate dimension if you must. But since new heroes and villains are created everyday, I really don't think that's a problem.

Thank you all for your feedback!

I posted a suggestion for a new level 50 Praetorian PvP zone here

Please check it out and comment.

I think that Preatoria should have a PvP zone of it's own added in a future expansion. But it should be a different kind of PvP zone.

This new PvP zone or arena should be a place where you could auto-level something to 50, slot it with SOs, and then go off to fight. They developers did precisely that on test server for testing of Recluse's Victory (except you could only level to 40).

That puts everyone on an even footing regarding access to powers, slots, and enhancements. What makes a difference is what powers you picked, how you slotted them, and how good you are at using them.

And since you don't have to level something and pay to out fit the character, you reduce wasted time for the PvPer, have less power-leveling and farming overall, and I expect that you would see a drop in RMT transactions as well.

Another benefit would be the wide variety of opponents. Since you don't have to spend a few weeks to a few months or more to level something to 50 and get all the good enhancements for it, I think that people would be more willing to try out unique powerset combos just to see how it feels.

Now this would have to be a separate place so that you don't mix IO'd toons with SO only toons. And the characters created here could only exist and play in this zone. Perhaps existing characters could walk in but have to use a second or third build and have it be SO only. That way anyone could play with their favorite character as well.

I also propose that there be a reasonable inf. fee associated with this. Either an "Entrance Fee" or regular cost of SOs, or perhaps both. It's not too onerous an amount and would be a nice little influence sink.

And since the balance here is achieved by having everyone on equal enhancement footing, I would hope that this zone would operate on the generally known and accepted PvE rules and not the widely despised PvP rules including travel suppression, heal decay, inherent shields, and diminishing returns.

I also think that since these are, in essence, throw-away characters, that people in general will be less upset by defeats are more willing to try PvP on a lark.

So, what do you think?

That's the least of PvP's problems.

But that said, I wouldn't mind at all if they made a PvP zone or arena where you could auto-level something to 50, slot it with SOs, and then went off to fight. They did precisely that on test server for testing of Recluse's Victory (except you could only level to 40).

That puts everyone on an even footing regarding access to powers, slots, and enhancements. What makes a difference is what powers you picked, how you slotted them, and how good you are at using them.

And since you don't have to level something and pay to out fit the character, you reduce wasted time for the PvPer, have less power-leveling and farming overall, and I expect that you would see a drop in RMT transactions as well.

Another benefit would be the wide variety of opponents. Since you don't have to spend a few weeks to a few months to level something to 50 and get all the good enhancements for it, I think that people would be more willing to try out unique powerset combos just to see how it feels.

Now this would have to be a separate place so that you don't mix IO'd toons with SO only toons. And the characters created here could only exist and play in this zone. Perhaps existing characters could walk in but have to use a second or third build and have it be SO only. That way anyone could play with their favorite character as well.

I also propose that there be a reasonable inf. fee associated with this. Either and "Entrance Fee" or regular cost of SOs, or perhaps both. It's not too onerous an amount and would be a nice little influence sink.

Damn, the more I type, the more I like this idea. Time to give it it's own post.

I think the 5 month difference between posts answers your question.

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In their defense, these forums can be pretty intolerant to dev communication. Some of us twist their words, accuse them of being lying, lazy, incompetent idiots and others worship the ground they walk on and attribute god-like infallibility to them.

Some of us do treat them like ordinary people, but it must be hard for them to communicate to the group as a whole when that whole includes such extremes.

While some players will never be satisfied regardless of what a redname says, I think most of the regulars would have appreciated a short post saying "We hear you. This pack won't change, but we have passed on your concerns to be evaluated in creating future packs."

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