This is my own statement, after 236.2 hours in-game (a lot in queue), lvl 60 and a 550 gearscore.
I’m a hardcore PvP player, and when new world was announce, i was excepting a true PvP game.
My experience so far is… well… a huge disapoitement.
Right now there is four PvP activity :
Savage PvP
It’s maybe my server, i’m on Ekera, a “unofficial pvp server for large company”, and i’m on a medium company (more than 100 member) but Savage PvP is something rare.
I meet some pvp flagged player over the day, but it’s less than a little groupe per hours on prime time, and i need to go on “focused pvp” region like Great Clave. The night, it’s near impossible to found one guy with PvP flagged on.
War
They are really fun, and great. But it’s what… 30 min / days ? maybe one hours on prime time ? And only available for big company like mine.
Outpost rush
They are super cool, and where i spend my entire day when people tag on. But i fear the fact they will be deserted by people with the time, I hope not, cause if there is not outpost rush… well… i can just stop the game i guess.
Influence War
Sometime, a bus farming influence for a city will meet another bus. It’s very cool and remember GW2 RvR cause there is more than 100 player facing each other. BUT, most of the time, no one defend cause it’s pretty useless to defend the inflence of your territory as if they really want to cap it, they will cap it.
So you will probably said : it’s more than a lot of MMORPG, and it’s true.
The only issue it’s… if you want PvP in new world, outside outpost rush, you can simply not.
I don’t know what to said, or where i go with this thread,
I just want PvP
They should definitely add more opt-in modes for PVP, at the risk of any popular-MMORPG comparisons, stuff like arenas or battlegrounds, but obviously something that would fit the theme of the world, maybe even same-faction consensual PVP
While hardcore PVP players are such a small minority, I’d still like for them to have a place in New World
Yes for me pvp is lacking problem too, i miss arena/BG from wow but here in new world. I miss more pvp too. There is only one time me facing pvp, when i meet someone 40+ when i am 20 immediataly dying ;l and i turn off pvp soo many times because i don’t chave chance. And i would love to be pvp all time but other force me to change my pvp flag ;/
Basically what you said. If a player has to choose to flag for PvP it’s not a PvP game. That’s not the focus, it’s casual at best. Some players might be waiting to get to a suitable level and level their weapon set of choice up, but I can roam around for an entire night flagged and not run into a single other flagged player, which makes this a PvE game.
I have always been a pvp healer i dont really care about dungeons or crafting. I feel like this game is a huge farming crafting simulator. Maybe its me but i am not enjoying this game. I got to 60 and now i am bored. I am in a huge company where everyone is farming and crafting. I get it you need to gear up but can we have some (forced pvp) well ill give this game some time but in this state of pvp i wont be here for long.
One thing that I hope will encourage more open world pvp is the bonus luck upon being pvp flagged. This could make the daily elite chest farm less dull, reward players for taking risks, and also it would just be fun.
I hate that they changed their initial vision for the game to cater to the PvE guys…