A new angle on PvP

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I was watching a cinematic of SW-TOR  on youtube and through the whole battle I noticed, nobody dies untill the end and that's pretty much when the cinematic ends.

It occured to me why MMO PvP ... fails? I use that word because I can't come up with a better one but to the point,

Nobody dies in an MMO. You just get beat. So why not have PvP reflect that? Rather than have PvP revolve around two sides running in and slaughtering everyone on the opposite side, why not have PvP that is based on kill shots rather than kills? A small army of Sith side off against a small army of Jedi and they engage in battle. The first one to get 1000 kill shots (arbitrary number) wins and both armies withdraw to a staging point.

There would need to be a stasis between two players after the kill shot, to reduce farming but the for anyone who has set up to PvP and had thier character insta gibbed in 15 seconds they know how absolutely annoying it is. Having a PvP system where you not only stay on the field even if you get hit by 15 kill shots not only allows everyone to stay on the field and do what they came to do, it keeps epic battles epic longer.

Of course it would need to be perfected beyond the simple intro I have offered but I thought I'd share.

YoungLife89

Like Team Deathmatch...?

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Originally posted by SquishyFace

Like Team Deathmatch...?

 I'm not sure. I don't know if Team Deathmatch is a game or a combat system. I've never played an MMO where after you were KO'ed you simply didn't respawn out and were effectively ommitied from the fight.

Mckiediz

Originally posted by SquishyFace

Like Team Deathmatch...?

 

A Lemmings/Minions "manage your own team" deathmatch....I can see that LOL