State of pvp balance?

b88msh8k8l8k

How is the state of pvp balance in this game? Do the devs take long in addressing the problems? Are the balancing decisions reasonable?

I left the game before mod1 because GWFs were punching bags back then, apparently, in the interim they became OP at pvp according to the forums. Now people here state they are punching bags again.

I'm really torn whether to come back here or try another game which has removed the ip restriction from my country. Anyone can give an idea?

sonofraistlin

wow...you've started a thread that will get everyone dumping on it

personally, i think its come a long way...GWF hold their own, but i think you have to be lvl20+ where you can access some abilities like roar and such to stun.

frishter

sonofraistlin wrote: »

wow...you've started a thread that will get everyone dumping on it

personally, i think its come a long way...GWF hold their own, but i think you have to be lvl20+ where you can access some abilities like roar and such to stun.

Roar doesn't root anymore.

I'd imagine they're now behind some of the other classes in pvp but I can't really say because I haven't pvpd this module. You should know that that there are now artifacts and boons so you'll likely be behind in gs by a lot from some of the high end pvpers.

Other notable changes are coals having to be bought from the zen store for 1000z/500k ad, and keys being bop. Lots of other things like open world pvp and can't remember when they reworked soulforged to res you upon death.

b88msh8k8l8k

frishter wrote: »

open world pvp

Now that sounds nice, I remember domination was the only form of pvp.

Oh, and if this is in the wrong forum - please transfer this thread to the proper forum then.

demonmonger

I would suggest you come back just to get your boons and black ice gear, then go idle again until module 5 comes out.

I enjoy this game, but somehow I feel it has less than 365 days left in its prime.

The people as a whole feel like they have been hoodwinked out of skills and items because of the abusers and whiners that chipped away little by little at everything we enjoyed here.

bvira

The game won't ever be balanced since the Devs don't do PVP themselves, and they tend to favors some classes over the others. For example, it's an undeniable fact that Devs hate DC.

mystagogue

PvE centric games (like Neverwinter) that have PvP tacked on (like Neverwinter) never, ever, ever, ever achieve the mythical happy place folks call "balance". All that happens is PvPr's rage that there is no balance, Devs react and (negatively) impact the PvE experience, to which the react and further the carnage.

Oh, and the dirty little (non) secret of course is that PvPr's want nothing to do with balance. They just want to know which FoTM to hop to at any given moment to have the advantage, while all the time distracting others by pointing and screaming "not balanced".

/rant off

benja32gonsales

bvira wrote: »

The game won't ever be balanced since the Devs don't do PVP themselves, and they tend to favors some classes over the others. For example, it's an undeniable fact that Devs hate DC.

Yeah, Devs don't do PvP -> Devs doesn't understand PvP -> Devs doesn't know how to balance PvP.

They barely know how to balance PvE.

Proof of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2kv28_naa4

EDIT: There were more videos to see how bad they play, but i think Devs deleted them from their channel.

rashylewizz

TRs were imbalanced, GWFs and HRs were imbalanced, now CWs are imbalanced. It is a cycle.

ambisinisterr

Threads asking how the game is now compared to before, as evident in this thread, are invitations for trolling more than anything else so we don't allow them on the forums.

The game is free to play. Log in and try it. That is the best answer you will get as any other response will be subjective.
Do the devs listen and make changes? All the time. But only you can figure out if those changes are adequate for you to enjoy the game.