Originally Posted by
Duskguy
chuck... an area of open PvP where there are no missions and you can avoid if you dont want to go there.... that is basically an opt in instance without a loading screen. you say people can do the same instance over and over in peace.... maybe we DONT want to do the same instance. maybe where other MMOs have open world PvP mixed with PvE which hinders us, we want a game where we can do open world PvE. you know, in an ever changing environment... with lots of different people rather than the same ones we do instances with...
as i said, if you want a PvP shooter, play some Planetside 2 on the PC. you have thousands of players on one server across three continents fighting each other for control of the map across three factions. i played it friday night with my small outfit in a squad of 6.
to put it in perspective, a squad is 12 players, a platoon is 4 squads (48), and some of the larger outfits(guilds) on one faction tend to run multiple platoons. you want an open world PvP game where people cant complain, Planetside is for you. you also get aircraft and ground vehicles for a total combined arms fight on a larger scale than BF3.
just because you have 60 people who dont want a PvE game doesnt mean the vast majority dont.
and to say most MMORPGs cater to PvE and is unfair to the PvPers is like saying most shooters cater to PvP, and should stop.
the story line in defiance is that the world was ravaged by war, aliens vs humans, humans vs humans and aliens vs aliens. and now the world is going through a process of rebuilding. other than shadow war, how could you justify faction combat?