Should the server provide "Best of the Best" style PvP + rewards?

[DRAGONBAIT]

Originally Posted by Kergan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Because the skill cap is so high you can actually have competitive gaming, and therefor prizes awarded. You really need to be a professional level e-sport gamer to take home cash. Only games with an exceptionally high skill cap can function in a cash for wins environment and attract professional level gamers. In a low skill cap game you lack the ability to consistently win and so the best gamers won't play your game. It's the same reason why there are professional poker players but no professional slots players.

man u always speaking as if u knew everything..do u really have any clue about competitive gaming? im going to throw in here a example, see if u get it theyre both 2 popular games, hon and lol, wich one has a deeper skill cap? wich one is hardest? yet wich one attracts more players and bigger prizes? now think for urself. ur whole argument falls downs by itself.

[Kergan]

TLDR

[Nirgon]

This is called item loot.

It gives people "something to do" other than raid.

The Test of Tactics awarded some shit. Best was Prismatic Blade of Turning. It was issued to Ssok the Strategist of RZ, pras be his bard greatness for defeating the bluebie SCUM.

[Kergan]

Had many a battle with and against Koss, a PVP icon.

[Zuranthium]

Originally Posted by Derubael [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The simpler solution would be to throw up an NPC with a quest trigger like the beta buff bots, with an additional text trigger to reset the equipment afterwards. Interestingly enough Nilbog has recently expressed some interest in doing some custom event scripting, so that we can have events more regularly and with less effort on both servers. That's probably still a ways down the road, but it makes a setup like you guys have been talking about much more doable.

That would be really, really great...and necessary for this server to be relevant.

The playerbase needs a huge incentive to stay in medium-sized guilds and thus create a bunch of different warring factions that are competitive with each other. It not only vastly improves the frequency and quality of the PvP, but also significantly improves the quality of the PvE since you can't just zerg everything down with a huge blob of players.

[Kergan]

Yep until Velious where the encounters are tuned around having a huge blob of players.

Welcome to EverQuest.

[Mac Drettj]

who bumped this turd?

[Gnomegrown]

if you want meaningful pvp you are playing the wrong game

eq pvp was never meant to be taken seriously as there is no progression or reward of any kind, hence the simpletons it attracts

case closed.

[Clark]

Originally Posted by Gnomegrown [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

if you want meaningful pvp you are playing the wrong game

eq pvp was never meant to be taken seriously as there is no progression or reward of any kind, hence the simpletons it attracts

case closed.

Afraid you're wrong. I experienced a ton of meaningful pvp on Rallos Zek and Zek after they merged all the pvp servers together. Also item loot was very rewarding and kept things interesting.

[Clark]

Originally Posted by Nirgon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This is called item loot.

It gives people "something to do" other than raid.