Zeatros, as a fellow PVPer I know we have had a lot of agreement in mentality and viewpoints here on the forums. Itâs hard to disagree with you in observing the end of PVP although perhaps Iâd want it to be improved rather than halted altogether.
PVE in this game lost itâs luster a very long time ago. Iâd saw what there was to see, built what there was to build, decorated until I got bored and sought out new adventures in PVP. I donât RP and have no interest in it.
Boy what a ride. Anticipation, conflict, rumours, temporarily embarrassed lords of the land, findings beyond what I could have never imagined, fights that made me physically sweat and raids both against and to that resulted in victory or ruin. All this and more defined my playthroughs as a CE player. I made steadfast friends and even enemies that I can still pat on the back.
I could not have the thrills I did without PVP. The game was imagined as a sandbox survival with heavy emphasis on PVP but that did change. It is a shell in that regard compared to what it once was a much of that is because of the inaction or incompetence of dealing with balance issues, cheats, allowed exploits with updates, P2W and the over-enforcement of the ToC.
Inasmuch as I want it to succeed because of my experiences and love for the IP, I canât in good faith support or even play the game anymore with the gusto I did.
I miss it terribly.
Aside from all of that:
Where did Funcom say that they halted transfers due to the Siptah issue? This is the second and third time Iâve seen this written in the past few weeks. Can someone link me up here?
PVE-C is hard locked into raid times without raiding. You CANNOT fight people 24/7, only within those set conflict hours. That is stupid and one of the biggest reasons why I have not played on that mode.
Exploits and hacks happen on ALL modes and on Private servers in addition to Officials. Ignoring, not addressing fully or acting as if it is only a PVP problem does a disservice to all players.
A reminder to everyone that Funcom tends to address balance changes by over-extending the required change to the point where it severely impacts other modes, outright nerfs to the ground or completely removes them from the game altogether. Blaming PVPers because of reporting imbalances or exploits that affect them is the wrong thing to do. Point your fingers back at the company who is negligent in doing it properly.