Curse

BigTru · Jul 25, 2006, 09:43 PM // 21:43

According to Gaile Gray:

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Nightfall is "Specifically designed to appeal to RPGers." Factions had a significant focus on PvP, so Nightfall will have a significant focus on PvE :grin: That said, there will be a new PvP game mechanic that will blow the socks off PvPers (see the mention of Hero vs. Hero battles, here).

WOW. Talk about moronic. No wonder they're losing in sales to WoW. These "stand alone" games have no focus.

What did PvP get in Factions that PvE did not? 4 New random comp arenas and 4 new guild halls. All of which require no purchase of Guild Wars: Factions.

Now you're probably thinking "Allience Battles". However, you do allience battles by treking through PvE missions to join a fictional PvE allience. You win allience faction which can be used for controlling PvE towns, which give you PvE missions and a reduction in price of PvE items or you can use the PvE faction to buy PvE amber/jadeite to craft PvE armor.

Random 8v8: Only accessible by PvE characters. Again, it gives PvE rewards.

What pisses me off most, though, is that Factions was advertised as a game that would seemlessly blend PvP and PvE, favoring neither. Now all of a sudden after they get their sales off Factions was PvP?

Puh-lease.... If Factions-quality chapters is what's in store for the PvP crowd, why even bother purchasing new chapters? For new skills only? Why don't they just make a "PvP Edition" of each chapter, where you purchase only the ability to unlock the new skills/weapons/proffesions on PvP characters at a redused price? $30 perhaps?

majoho · Jul 25, 2006, 09:56 PM // 21:56

No one except you is a moron here.

And enough of the Factions and Anet sucks threads.

Yichi · Jul 25, 2006, 09:58 PM // 21:58

Trust me factions didnt get that much as far as PVP. if thats how its going to be for pve in nightfall, ill save my 50 bones

Sectus · Jul 25, 2006, 10:01 PM // 22:01

Just look at it logically. Factions has a good deal of PVE explorable areas, missions and quests. It did have a good deal of PVE content. It introduced 3 new PvP modes, so it also had PVP content. Therefore, it had both PVE and PVP content. Emphasis on the fact it had both. The only way Factions is pvp centered is the (failed) faction system which was advertised to be the big new mechanic for Factions. But on the other hand, the faction system is a very small part of Factions.

This minor statement from Gaile really doesn't matter. It doesn't mean that the whole purpose of Factions was suddenly PVP.

Jeff Strain mentioned once in an interview that Guild Wars has an emphasis on PVE. Every chapter will always have new PVE content.

And it's really difficult to assume what new content will be Nightfall. But you'll probably be disappointed if you expect almost no PVE content and tons of PVP content in any Guild Wars chapter.

Arkantos · Jul 25, 2006, 10:12 PM // 22:12

People will flame this, and theres already enough factions rants on this forum.