Cross League PvP char only instance/town [Straw Poll]

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GrindcoreTHRALL wrote:

its funny to me, everyone thinks no one pvps because of gear barrier or pvp balance...I think these aspects make finding a build rewarding and getting the gear is rewarding. The problem with pvp is how segregated and anti social it is. newer players on their pvp only characters spamming trade in some of the dead leagues or the popular leagues where its even harder to trade because all the trade bots. Eventually u find someone that has the piece of gear you want but they want an assload for it. Trading in a pvp town would create an epicenter for like minded players to barter, show off goods, make teams, recruit and join guilds, and if it was linked to sarn arena you could go in and test freely and come back to town to change teams. Add pvp titles to solo and team pvp queues and I guarantee pvp would start to thrive.

Gear barrier is one thing, gearing alone with no one to help you while you are doomed to sit in your h/o is another.


A really simple idea would be to extend the area around sarn arena. Each of the gates into the sarn arena limit hostile actions outside, kinda like diablo 2 towns. Outside sarn arena would be vendors/masters stash/guildstash.

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GrindcoreTHRALL wrote:

its funny to me, everyone thinks no one pvps because of gear barrier or pvp balance...I think these aspects make finding a build rewarding and getting the gear is rewarding. The problem with pvp is how segregated and anti social it is. newer players on their pvp only characters spamming trade in some of the dead leagues or the popular leagues where its even harder to trade because all the trade bots. Eventually u find someone that has the piece of gear you want but they want an assload for it. Trading in a pvp town would create an epicenter for like minded players to barter, show off goods, make teams, recruit and join guilds, and if it was linked to sarn arena you could go in and test freely and come back to town to change teams. Add pvp titles to solo and team pvp queues and I guarantee pvp would start to thrive.

Gear barrier is one thing, gearing alone with no one to help you while you are doomed to sit in your h/o is another.


A really simple idea would be to extend the area around sarn arena. Each of the gates into the sarn arena limit hostile actions outside, kinda like diablo 2 towns. Outside sarn arena would be vendors/masters stash/guildstash.

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GrindcoreTHRALL wrote:

Thx again for taking the time to vote. I know it seems like it wont do much but slowly as we gain more votes and debate the ups and downs of this idea, the more apparent the demand for this feature becomes. I have not heard any logical reason for this feature to not exist. GGG has told me that its probably not worth the work. It might not be worth the work in the eyes of the PvE players but for pvpers I am pretty sure it would help us dramatically unite the pvp community. Uniting the PvP community is required. We are all segregated by leagues and Hideout only pvp chars. Trade is impossible to find PvP gear, basically pvpers have been using the forums as their main resource...its a good resource but not everyone wants to use the forums and tbh it can be very boring, still emphasizing the anti-social problems that currently exist.

Please keep voting guys, thanks!

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jcostello1 wrote:

Imagine if when you made it to act3 normal and entered the Sarn Arena Pvp "town area" you got forced to read a short Leo introduction about lvl 28 dueling?

Leo would tell you that people max out level 28 characters to engage in competitive pvp,
explains that many skills and combinations are viable,
has a short explanation of crafting and farming,
explains vaaling for desirable implicits,
the importance of elreon rings or blood magic or good mana regen
- all in little sub-menus.

And he could have some clickable hyperlinks to the important forum posts to elaborate on all these points.
He could have even gear suggestions for like 5 or 6 "basic" builds that benefit from a few uniques.

Most importantly, he should explain that pvp is a rich and complex experience, and that you should be fluent with the games pve mechanics before expecting to excel in pvp.

A similar experience could be created for high level dueling once you reach act3 merciless Sarn Arena pvp area.

I think that this would take a lot of the mystery out of low level dueling, explain a lot of basic things that people enter lld without knowing that frustrates them when they get one shotted with no comprehension of why or how to improve. This might help people get over this idea of a gear check and start actually engaging and having fun.

MOST IMPORTANTLY make the Sarn Arena more social! entering and exiting notices, maybe a small social panel for who's in this instance, larger minimap visibility would be incredible too to increase engagements. The area around the arena should be in the same instance as the arena if possible, just make the area past the gate into a safe zone - kind of like stepping into town in diablo 2.