PvP MMORPGs

[KaganZ]

---PvP---

I think Pvp is an important part of a game. Pvp needs to be exciting and there has to balance between classes.
Unfortunatly most MMORPGS have these balancing problems. Another thing that makes PvP great is the scenario or
map you play in. In MMORPGS there are the main: Capture the flag, Hold a base and keep it or kill a certain amount
of people before the time runs out. Also it makes it more exciting if you got some sort of loot.

---Best PvP Experiences---

Well to be honest the best PvP game WAS (people are gonna kill me for saying this) runescape before they ridded it of Wilderness.
Single player PvP in RS wasnt ever fun. But once you joined clans it would be awesome. Ok the game lacks skill. You click and click. and it is usually the case of the
more food you have the longer you survive. But clan wars rocked. Once we had a clan war and had over 150 members participate.
We would go to lvl 40 wildy and wait for the other clan. If you were targetted you were pretty much dead. But
for those that survived there was awesome awesome loot. (expecially if it was a members only clan war)
It also gave you this scared feeling knowing that you were going to lose your items when you died. (But i guess this added to
the adrenaline)

After DAoC though the PvP world changed. That was and maybe still is the best Pvp 'feeling' game.
I have never actually played DAoC but Warhammer I have. They both have similiar pvp systems as they were both created by Mythic.
The Pvp in these games really require you to work together because if your a lone wolf dont expect to survive.

For those who would prefer small PvP like 2v2 or 5v5 theres only one game that excells in this Genre of pvp. Guild Wars.
It is by far the most balanced game out there. If you find a good guild you can expect to have a couple of guild wars per week
and if you;re using vent its really humurous when someone freaks out :P.

I'll just talk about one last game and finish this off. My second greatest Pvp experience would have to be doing the
"For the Alliance" achievement in WoW. I was one of the first to get the black war bear and we actually got this achievement
done in day time. After doing all the smaller cities (population wise) when we got to Orgrimmar there was a whole bunch of Horde '
waiting for us at Thrall. We had to Summon over another raid group from SW to take care of the defenders while the other group
took on Thrall. This has been a great experience also.

In conclusion I'd saying if you want balanced intense fun Pvp go with guild wars. If you are in it for the loot go with runescape.
If you like aiming and want to play a Roleplay MMORPG go with Conquer online if you dont mind the graphics. Also if you dont
mind paying and have a good computer go with DAoC/WAR or WoW. In the end though these are preferences. Someone might prefer runescape
pvp over WAR. Also if you bothered reading up to this point I hope you enjoyed this article on pvp games and I would like to see
your best pvp experiences posted

Thanks, KaganZ

[ScareCrow]

I agree with you totally, DAoC has one of te best PvP systems ever, Fury was also good. The problem is that you will get a game which has perfect combat or PvP, i'm gona use Age of Conan as an example. It had one of the best combat systems out there, wich in urn madeit's PvP great. But it lacked PvE, which i something nearl every MMORPG, and especially Conan, needs.

I crave PvP, and the bst PvP you can ge is in shooters, but at the same time love the sociability of a MMORPG. When they make a decent MMORPGFPS, with RPG and Shooter elements, hell it could even be third-person. I'd play it, then i'd play it some more, and more till the end of time.

Or at least until the invent holograpic bikini models.

[Webber]

Awesome writeup! I did bother to read to that point.

[Joker]

Shooters do have awesome PvP! I also loved the PKing in Diablo.

[bonniesweet]

i like pvp games so that ppl can be more involved in the game. among the pvp games, i like the guilds and shadow of legend.you can do onte-to-one or guilds-to-guilds. take the shadow of legend as example, ppl can do castle siege and arena and get paid by diamonds to buy things in item mall.open pvp is fun for ppl.

[ogreman]

This post is now linked on the front page of GameOgre.com. Great job, KaganZ.

[mmowiz]

did you ever try pvp in a free mmorpgs?

[KaganZ]

Originally Posted by mmowiz

did you ever try pvp in a free mmorpgs?

Actually I did. I played Knight online for a while. The Wars were nice but I probably didn't like it coz I usually got owned XD

[Webber]

Rohan has awesome PvP. Hitlist ftw! Does any mmo have a better system for revenge?

[BlackTear2009]

Lineage 2 have great PvP and PK system...