The Best PvP MMO of All Time

Seraph_456 · April 2007

From my experience, DAoC had the best PvP untill Mythics released ToA. After that, I got turned onto WoW and to much disappointment, Blizzard's PvP turned out to be quite poor too. Don't get me wrong, I got plenty of enjoyment out of that game also but underneath it's mechanics, it's not about who has the most skill, it's about who has the best gear > best guild > time played… and to me, that’s just not what PvP is about.

In my opinion, gear is what ruined both these lead games’s PvP systems. Again, don’t get me wrong, I enjoy gearing up a leet char as much as the next but I don’t think that in anyway it yields to the success of an MMO’s PvP gameplay.

Now I know GW is not considered an MMO and I definitely agree. It’s more of an ORPG and I think the official site even puts a “C” on the front and call it a “Competitive Online Role Playing Game.” Either way, NCSoft seems to really grasp the concept of quality MMO PvP. The game is obviously intended to revolve around skill and not gear.

I haven’t been playing GW for too long but from my experience, the PvP fundamentals are pretty well tuned. Just earlier I found on this site that both DaoC and GW tied for 2^nd place on an article/poll for best PvP game (http://www.mmorpg.com/showFeature.cfm/loadFeature/388/page/5/from/). Does anyone have any comments on GW’s PvP? I haven’t had as much exposure to it as I’d like.

Anyway, please use this thread to open up the discussion on the best PvP MMO of all time and what you think makes PvP PvP.

Lordcrapalot · April 2007

The old Ultima Online.

gillvane1 · April 2007

DAoC. It had flaws, but beats everything else so far. That's why there's so much buzz about WAR, because the developers made DAoC.

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cpt.Balerion · April 2007

you forgot on Lineage 2 sure the grinding is boring, but it's pure pvp

DAoC is great, but unfortunately) I tried it after 1 year in L2 so I was missing ffa pvp which I got used to (got bored with l2 grinding though). I'd say, that the best pvp game at the moment is EVE, at least for me, in L2 anyone could kill you, but when you were with 100 people around you (strangers), you weren't feeling threaten and could grind alongside with them (of course you had to be cautious but I usually felt safe even when I was alone, of course conflicts were there all the time), where in EVE, everyone else except your allies is a threat... the sheer feeling of danger everytime you venture alone or even moving in small group is just priceless for me the combat is great too, very very tactical, not just hack&slash (good change)

so ya, at the moment, EVE's getting my vote 1 year ago, it'd be surely Lineage2 and DAoC

napalmsweb · April 2007

I really like the pvp from EQ2. I enjoy world pvp and the battles, while short, can be very intense, especially when its group vs group.

pyrofreak · April 2007

EVE has the best pvp of any current MMO.

It's tactical as hell, and there's a real sense of loss when you get blown up.

XLCS · April 2007

Shadowbane would have gotten my vote if it weren't for the fact that is was a POS right out of the box.

WoW's PvP system was the reason I left that steamer on the curb.

DAoC had a well defined and organized PvP system, and in the end that's what the vast majority of players want from a MMO.

All hail WAR!