Comments on: In the balance - the future of Guild Wars http://www.davidarussell.co.uk/2007/04/22/in-the-balance-the-future-of-guild-wars/ Blog about news, politics, computers and the internet by David Russell Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:04:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Skill balancing for Guild Wars 2 « Spontaneous Monotony http://www.davidarussell.co.uk/2007/04/22/in-the-balance-the-future-of-guild-wars/#comment-454 Skill balancing for Guild Wars 2 « Spontaneous Monotony Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:07:57 +0000 http://davidarussell.eu/?p=480#comment-454 [...] Since Guild Wars values both its PvP and PvE components (unlike, say, World of Warcraft which as one commenter noted is overwhelmingly PvE-focused), many argue that it is inevitable for tradeoffs to be made between [...] [...] Since Guild Wars values both its PvP and PvE components (unlike, say, World of Warcraft which as one commenter noted is overwhelmingly PvE-focused), many argue that it is inevitable for tradeoffs to be made between [...]

]]> By: David Russell http://www.davidarussell.co.uk/2007/04/22/in-the-balance-the-future-of-guild-wars/#comment-453 David Russell Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:27:54 +0000 http://davidarussell.eu/?p=480#comment-453 The idea of having separate PvE and PvP skillsets (I thought I'd done a post on that already, need to do one soon) would do exactly what you want. Having say 30 - 50 skills per profession (instead of the current hundreds), perfectly balanced against each other, would make for a perfectly fairly and enjoyable PvP game. At the same time, it would allow for the larger, PvE skillset to be designed to be fun to play rather than perfectly rock-paper-scissors balanced (which doesn't matter much in a '8 humans vs 100+ monsters' game. I'm not just a PvE-only player moaning about PvP-focused skill nerfs (Anet would be wise to listen such people, since they're most of the player base). I play PvP myself regularly, and I co-ordinate AB activities for my guild. I want BOTH PvP AND PvE to be enjoyable, well-maintained game types, rather than being in constant conflict (re: skill balanaces, among other things) as they are now. The idea of having separate PvE and PvP skillsets (I thought I’d done a post on that already, need to do one soon) would do exactly what you want. Having say 30 - 50 skills per profession (instead of the current hundreds), perfectly balanced against each other, would make for a perfectly fairly and enjoyable PvP game.

At the same time, it would allow for the larger, PvE skillset to be designed to be fun to play rather than perfectly rock-paper-scissors balanced (which doesn’t matter much in a ‘8 humans vs 100+ monsters’ game.

I’m not just a PvE-only player moaning about PvP-focused skill nerfs (Anet would be wise to listen such people, since they’re most of the player base). I play PvP myself regularly, and I co-ordinate AB activities for my guild. I want BOTH PvP AND PvE to be enjoyable, well-maintained game types, rather than being in constant conflict (re: skill balanaces, among other things) as they are now.

]]> By: Foobar http://www.davidarussell.co.uk/2007/04/22/in-the-balance-the-future-of-guild-wars/#comment-452 Foobar Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:16:03 +0000 http://davidarussell.eu/?p=480#comment-452 So I was Googling and I thought this would be a PvP post... duh. We don't want GW2 to be a crappy WoW-like PvE MMORPG, kthx. So I was Googling and I thought this would be a PvP post… duh. We don’t want GW2 to be a crappy WoW-like PvE MMORPG, kthx.

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