This pvp game is utterly broken and makes gameplay in endgame impossible. The list of all the things wrong with the game and mechanics is so long that I don’t know where to start.
A couple things standing out:
Balancing
The balancing issues between masteries is making the game feel unfair in most PVP fights. Ranged is too overpowered against melee fighters and the the damage done of AoE abilities is way to high. Furthermore there is a disbalance in mastery abilities that are not fair. So can one player easily break a gravity well, while the other is stuck and nailed to ground. I am a great axe / hatchet player that realizes everyone is playing spear / rapier now as that is the OP role at this moment. Mainly because of the dodging abilities after a hit.
Wars
The whole concept of wars is utterly broken. Certainly when a faction/corp is holding ground for a certain period where the benefits of holding that territory is becoming so big that the opposing army stands no chance. Furthermore there are huge issues with the War Mechanics itself, were the defending party can spawnkill the opposing party. Also it feels stupid to capture three points to be able to attack the gates. Not to mention all the issues with direct pvp, which I will address in mechanical issues.
Mechanics and bugs
The last issue is nearly game breaking at this point. There is so many wrong with the look and feel of direct combat that I am genially thinking this game as a whole is failed and broken. There is no hope. But I am not really a kind that likes such believes and I tend to see things from a positive way. But fairly, in so many occasions I am fighting lag, broken features and getting nailed because of movement bugs that I honestly feel insulted by AGS for letting me deal with this. In every big pvp encounter I find that are bugs so huge that the whole cobat is lost to whoever has to deal with that bug. This can be a weapon that is stuck or hits nothing but air, while in fact I should be hitting my enemy. The same with Maelstrom, were it hits 1 or 2 targets but then doesn’t hit other in the area of effect. Not to mention how sometimes you reap someone, but totally miss due of lag or other server side issues.
It all is just a really depressing appearance. For a long time I thought many people hating on this game were just, well haters… But now I learned the hard way that this game is utterly broken. And if you look what is done the last 6 months, most hope for improvement is lost.