The only thing that comes to mind after reading your post is........
seriously wtf?
The only thing that comes to mind after reading your post is........
seriously wtf?
*Needing a AH in this game debatable. I'm doing perfectly fine without one. The item progression is a bit more subtle as the game is more focused on skill.
*The "open world" pvp is Shadows Wars. It is consensual team based pvp located in the actual game world. It is not of the ganking form of open world pvp as this would conflict with arkfalls (world events).
*The UI isn't nearly as bad as complaints make it seem. The F1-F8 are all hotkeyed to different UI menus and holding space bar while in a menu brings up the global radial menu. The only difficulty I had at first was finding out how to log out (Settings>Account>log out) which took maybe a few minutes to figure out. This seems to be a L2P issue.
*Group content other than world events are 4-man co-op instances. Hit N to bring up matchmaking, choose an instance, get queued for a group. More instances unlock the higher your ego rating is.
*One of the reputation factions is based off pvp. Earning rep with them let's you buy gear from them. I can't say if that gear is any different from pve gear available.
*You can get plenty of outfits and headgear from doing missions and finishing pursuits (achievements).
*You are not seeing too many people use chat because the main one is area based. Do a major arkfall, you will generally see some people talking a bit.
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yeah, I guess I personally don't mind the way the PvP is handled at this point. Hopefully more options will be available through the matchmaking though. I find the Shadow Wars to be pretty fun.
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I agree with the open world pvp. and to the ppl who say shadow wars is open pvp...Its not. they should have had a zone dedicated to it.
chat and voip are being worked in, it's was in the community statement made this morning.
i dont see the issue with certain zones. Like have zones on the map dedicated to pvp. Also noone has answered a thing about the clan vs clan pvp? If this is not an option i mean i guess im wasting my time here.
As much as I like other mmo's, it seems a lot of your suggestions are to be another game. And while I do see the iorny in the fact that Trion decided to make a shooter based on the premise that Humans and Aliens must learn to work together to survive. Openworld Pvp wouldnt really make sense.