[wow] Mists of pandaria - Page 70

On October 17 2012 19:54 Madkipz wrote:
I just wish they would improve pvp.

If they could just reintroduce consistent factions, and make them all relevant across expansions instead of leaving them to rot at the base of whatever game they were introduced (Current AV situation). These factions give flair and funk to the battleground settings by bringing their different themes to bear on the environment of the map. One faction could even have multiple maps. After all war is a complex set of engagements across multiple locations. It would be a shame to miss out.

Repeatable pvp quests handed out at the starting areas from lore based people that disappear once the game starts, and get these factions gear-vendors to help with gearing new players. By shifting some of the natural daily gain away from the honor you would gain anyhow you would discourage botting, and maybe even help alleviate loosing streaks.

Chief rewards "Could" be conquest points and reputation rewards in similar fashion to how MOP dailies work right now, except they would be PVP focused, and compared with asking in battleground chat or following the zerg these dailies could even help guide players to objectives they should be doing (such as protecting a bunker).

It could be cool if these factions had vendors and tiered gear for every tenth level. Thus giving new or veteran players a different path of progression from whatever level bgs would pop up in, but it would also be giving people who put in some effort a fighting chance against heirloomed players with naturally brought gear that would then be superior due to their pvp power and resillience(This would only be possible if the gear provided was extensive enough).

They should also separate the battlegrounds, yet unite them under the banners of 10 / 15, and 25 man.
This is important, as each battleground could then be providing a different feeling in similar fashion to how in PVE: Normals, heroic and raids do not have the same level of expectation put into them.

10man could be the fastest paced, with individual classes bringing their might to bear and turnarounds would be hard.
15man would be moderately paced bgs that while capable of lasting for a small while could at least give you repeated chances at turning things back into your factions favour. (2500 point AB).

And above them all would be 25 man pvp. The game within a game. or how one could go about improving Alterac Valley.

By removing 25 Man BGs from the rest you can add expectations to how large scale they can be and how long time a player can count on spending inside of it.

You could even call them PVP Scenarios, but instead of it being a 3 man optional feature like the pve one that takes about half the time of a heroic. You can extend and expand on them to forge epic maps that hold the possibility within to last for hours. These places could have expanded dailies to rival Klaxxi, or golden lotus, and they could have the different factions strut their stuff in the forms of npc reinforcements, group wide buffs, constructible terrain, (arcane bridge, arcane tower, arcane wall, etc.). To make what would essentially be a gamemode within a game.

Note that most of this can also be possible if you separated things in game modes too. Battlegrounds should matter. They should be a priority, and right now more players have come around to the idea that they should just bot them.

This would seriously improve the bottom line of players, and help players with starting out. Because currently you can only really do this from 70-80 with the brutal glad gear being so cheap.

Edit: If they did all of this then maybe the pvp side might not be called an afterthought.