Question for PWE about the future of TW

Okeano - Harshlands wrote: »

I don't see the reason behind 40 vs 40 TW. It only makes it easier for the leading faction to fight off 3 wars, unless they get rid of the 3 max stacked war rule.

There is the possibility that 40v40 might enable a few of the smaller guilds to be competitive and keep pace in the guildbase enviroment. Fuzzy knows, for example, his own guild can field a pretty damn mean 40. When expected to put twice that on the battlefield however, being a smaller faction, our resources don't run quite as deep as the top faction on the map.

While finding a dedicated group of 80 can be a challenge for smaller factions on an "every week" basis, getting our best 40 TW'ers on a battlefield is a whole new ballgame.

Naivety - Harshlands wrote: »

Your closed-mouthness about such things is going to lose you more friends than you gain.

Seriously. All we know about the patch is we get 2 new classes, some sort of guild bases thingy and no new dungeon.

Its 6 weeks or so away, dont you think you might want to tell us some more before we think its as pathetic as DLC for Xbox games?

You ever thought that he'd get fired if he just up and told us everything?

This isn't just a game, it's a company, and it's regulations are strict. When he's allowed to tell us something, he will. We have to be patient about it.

Naivety - Harshlands wrote: »

Your closed-mouthness about such things is going to lose you more friends than you gain.

Seriously. All we know about the patch is we get 2 new classes, some sort of guild bases thingy and no new dungeon.

Its 6 weeks or so away, dont you think you might want to tell us some more before we think its as pathetic as DLC for Xbox games?

I don't even think they themselves know what is coming at all until the Devs have made the final decision on the changes... For now it's probably still under consideration over there.

Once they have made the final decision... PWI doesn't usually announce it for another 1-2 weeks after PW-CN makes the official announcement about them first... And so far I haven't seen any new changes/additions about PvP/TW on their forums yet

LenieClarke - Heavens Tear wrote: »

you're expecting corporations' internal policies to make sense. that's giving them WAY too much credit.

hahahaha....I love this post

OP's question was about the 40v40 battles that will come with the expansion, not about the policy and public relations of PWE.

Fuzzy asks we pull this thread back on topic. b:thanks

Jadsia - Lost City wrote: »

Well maybe but you should at leave have the decency to to show some respect. Your original reply to Frankie came acrossed as quite rude and a bit distasteful.

We'll get to see what the expansion does for TW and everything else after we download it to play the game next month. Until then at least have fun speculating about it or study the Chinese language.

Rosetta Stone ftw o.o

frankieraye wrote: »

I can't get into specifics right now, but there will be other large-scale PVP changes/additions besides the new 40 vs 40 faction wars. We'll be able to announce them when we're closer to the Genesis release date.

when would that be exactly? not february, i mean the actual date...

Valrain - Archosaur wrote: »

You guys submitted feedback to the development team about the effect the TW change had across the servers, particularly the older servers. You noted that TW activity had dropped considerably, and the feedback you had collected from that thread was being forwarded on to PWE.

Did they ever give you a response? Or is the response the new changes in TW coming in the Genesis update, including the new 40v40 mode for guild bases?

Thanks! b:pleased

It's going to be interesting to see what changes to TW and PvP in general does after the expansion that Frankie mentioned. I hope one of those changes offers venos a better melee defense such as a working bramble buff.

Right now on my server we have a single wealthy well geared mega faction that controls over 90% of the map with a smaller mega faction owning the other 10% (or less) of the map. Yup 2 factions for the entire map. Either nobody is interested in TW sinced the devs nerfed it or no guild is strong enough to defeat those guilds or both. Because of that I have little faith in the 40 v 40 thing being anything more than mini TW's for bases with similar results as regular TW unless there is some type of balance between classes restored to the game. I hope the changes Frankie referred to accomplishes that.

Maybe all the strange changes made in the past few months (TW nerf, TT 3.x nerf, the APS issue, etc) including the rank sales (that practically handed cash shoppers great gear on a silver platter) might make sense after the expansion is installed and running.

Oh, and as to trying to ascertain what changes is going to occur to PWI based on the Chinese version of PW may not be as helpful as some may think. The Chinese version just has significant compared to the PWI version for me to be convinced of the validity of some of the rumors posted here or elsewhere. The Chinese version for one doesn't have the level cap, etc and their laws and customs forbid gambling type purchases which can affect the way they get gear, mats, etc so our gameplay may differ from theirs. Otherwise it would make more sense to me to release updates, patches, expansions, etc on PWI around the same time as they do on the Chinese version and not weeks or months later. That's just a thought.

Eoria - Harshlands wrote: »

China still has packs. They're just different than ours.

yes and that's part of my point. They are different than ours. Do they sell tokens in west arch like we do? Do they get tokens in packs at all? It's the little differences that can affect gameplay between the versions in bigger ways than we think.

frankieraye wrote: »

I can't get into specifics right now, but there will be other large-scale PVP changes/additions besides the new 40 vs 40 faction wars. We'll be able to announce them when we're closer to the Genesis release date.

^-- my problem with your posts.

Never do you state any real information, only some vague rumor and hints. Post something based on facts for once. Or are you scared that you might say something that will bite you in the *** when you **** up agian?

And why answer this post, but not the ones where people want answers? Like, report on TW change? Or did you people never monitor any of it all?

How about my question about your staff ? that post seems 2 have *disappeared* .. funny.

Don;t get me wrong, At least you DO answer from time 2 time. I just find it lacking in aspect 2 the issues at hand when you post in pointless questions, and post stuff like new dance moves, when YOUR community is screaming for answers on much more important stuff.

YOU are the community manager are you not? then friggin manage something already, instead of being a ghost on your own Communities forum.

frankieraye wrote: »

I can't get into specifics right now, but there will be other large-scale PVP changes/additions besides the new 40 vs 40 faction wars. We'll be able to announce them when we're closer to the Genesis release date.

You're not answering the question Frankie. This whole "testing period" was supposed to be done.....wait, wasn't it supposed to be done in September?

You're a little late on responses. When are we getting Territory War back?

And +12 to Olby's post. You're the community manager last time I checked. Don't be so distant and enigmatic, seriously.

Our expansion release schedule is different from China's, which is why we don't announce things at the same time.

We know that you're all very curious about all the new things coming next month, and pretty much every week from now until then, we'll be spotlighting a different aspect of the Genesis expansion.

Katzyn - Sanctuary wrote: »

they're compromising by giving us another instance to kick each others' butts.

More instances = more opportunity = more fun. .....at least to Fuzzy. b:surrender