I don't know about everyone else but it's hands down the only reason I wanna play this game, a lot of people have forgotten the ways of open world pvp and I think this game is gonna bring it back in a good way.

But because of that, one thing has me concerned and will continue to concern me past the realese of the game. They said there gonna add in arena style type pvp as an option. For gods sake don't

A. Balance the game around arena

and

B. don't make arena rewards better then or even equal to open world pvp rewards.

Alot of folk talk about Guild Wars 2 is gonna have all the same stuff and no monthly fee and blah blah, but really guys it's not gonna be the same at all. Gw2 is a giant e-sport game. If you read anything about it, as soon as you go in to pvp your automatically gonna have all the best gear and stats and what not. When I play my character and pvp with it I take pride in the fact I spent time building it up to what it is and not that it was just handed to me, diversity and progression is a good thing. I like the thrill of MY fortress or MY castle being sieged and having to go to the front line to keep it and knowing that I and my guild mates won because of our carefull planning of our characters.

But anywho, just thought I would post my thoughts since Im bored here in Afghanistan waiting for my wife to wake up so I can give her a call lol.

I totally agree.. As well as the thrill of having built up your character, I like the thought of taking down another person's. I like the idea of seeing someone better than me, and ambushing them in the hopes of stealing their items, (even if I fail miserably, it's all part of the fun!)

I totally agree Birdman. One of the most exciting things for me in this game is that there will be massive open world PvP. I'm not one for PvP, but the idea of having to protect your castles and farms while trying to gain more territory for your faction seems very fun and thrilling. Having to employ strategy with hundreds of other players in the battlefield will definitely be no small task.

As for the arena style pvp, I see no problem with it. It would be hard to have a 1v1 match in the huge war struggle of Cyrodiil. The arena style pvp would allow players to have those smaller matches without having to worry about another faction comeing up and wiping both groups out.

i disagree. I want to participate in RvR from level 1. Because it is what i want to do in the Game. I also want to level by doing it. Having it as a mainly end game thing ruins the fun for me.

Also i want PvP to be competetive. Yess it is YOUR Character. And i can see why you want to test your achievements against those of your enemies. But you know what is more rewarding? Testing your personal SKILL against the skill of the oponent.

To me a Game of Items and Stats is boring. A Game of Skill and fairness is insaneley fun. I would prefer an E-sport aproach to the regular WoW aproach. If you want to compare your Characters stats, there is the Duel Option. But if you want to compare your personal skill this is where instanced PvP comes in. As for the Open World PvP id like to have my Character scaled up to max level, but still have the Atribute Bonus from my Equipment and the skills ive selected.


Hmm at least if that is your point, if that whole "handet to you" thing is just your concern with the Arena PvP: dont play it, i wont either, but let it be there.