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Originally Posted by Sabyn

What the fuck are you talking about?

Your post has all the trappings of fail made manifest. You have some made up statistics, some really "no shit" observations, and then a proclamation from oh high that really doesn't tie in to your previous points.

First you say gameplay is paramount, which I think most of us here can get behind. It is the heart of the game and the main force that drives re-playability. Then you go on to say something about the quality of a kill but don't both explaining what the fuck you mean by this. Overcoming great odds? Beating a better geared player / team? Good play on your part? Then another stellar observation that running the same 4 battlegrounds for 2 years gets old. Moving along . . .

Random made up statistic. Enough said, I think.


Ok, now we seem to get your general point: penalties are good. Who doesn't love being penalized for engaging in content? True, allowing someone to loot your shit when they gank you adds excitement, but so would administering an electric shock every time you died. Doesn't mean they are good gameplay mechanics. PvP (in pretty much any game, not just MMOs) involves dying . . . a lot. Even if you aren't a scrub you are still going to die, it happens. It has to for there to be any meaningful pvp taking place. Adding any sort of penalty beyond time lost waiting around to spawn is usually a very bad idea. It creates a situation where people say "fuck this" and look for a game where they can actually participate without getting fucked over. Even though you made the number up, you even think yourself that adding penalties drives players away.

Even in WoW, can you imagine how unfun the game would be if you took durability loss from pvp? A very minor penalty, yet it would make pvp almost unworkable.

Pvp should be fun without the dread of some exterior penalty being inflicted upon you. If they gameplay is good enough I don't need the fear of losing my corpse to keep me logging in.

Are you retarded?