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Do you like the Realm vs Realm MMORPG design?

gillvane1gillvane1 Member, Newbie CommonPosts: 1,503
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Simple question. Do you like the Realm vs Realm MMORPG design? This means pre-assigned factions, two or more, and you pick which one to join. You fight the other side or sides in a neutral area, but each side has it's own area where it cannot be attacked, typically where you do PvE, although you an also PvE in the neutral areas.

Realm vs Realm is different from games with no pre-assigned sides. There is also FFA, which stands for Free For All. Some players advocate for this style of PvP, where you can attack any player, anywhere in the game. Even EVE has safe zones where you cannot be attacked. Darkfall, which may or may not ever release, is supposed to have FFA combat as a feature, and some people think this feature makes a game more like a "sandbox".

Examples of Realm vs Realm are DAoC, the upcoming WAR, I think SWG pre-NGE would qualify, and perhaps City of Heroes/ City of Villians.

Games like Shadowbane and EVE are not Realm Vs Realm. There are no pre-assigned sides, and players can make up their own factions. In Shadowbane, players could make their own cities, and alliances in the game, and did not have to join any faction already created by the game. In EVE players can form "corporations", and again, do not have to join any pre-existing sides in the game.

Of course there are also games that are strictly PvE, and have no player vs player combat, either FFA or RvR.

Please post your examples of Realm Vs Realm, or correct my examples if you like.

This discussion is not solely about WAR, but it is relevant to Warhammer. I think this is at the heart of whether or not players will like WAR. I've seen lots of complaints from people that aren't interested in WAR, like it's to much like WoW, or the animations are good enough, or the combat isn't engaging enough, etc., etc., but if you don't like RvR to begin with, none of the other stuff really matters. You're just not going to like WAR, if you're not into the RvR game design.

 

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  • ORLYBIRDORLYBIRD Member Posts: 27
    Originally posted by gillvane1


    Simple question. Do you like the Realm vs Realm MMORPG design? This means pre-assigned factions, two or more, and you pick which one to join. You fight the other side or sides in a neutral area, but each side has it's own area where it cannot be attacked, typically where you do PvE, although you an also PvE in the neutral areas.
    Realm vs Realm is different from games with no pre-assigned sides. There is also FFA, which stands for Free For All. Some players advocate for this style of PvP, where you can attack any player, anywhere in the game. Even EVE has safe zones where you cannot be attacked. Darkfall, which may or may not ever release, is supposed to have FFA combat as a feature, and some people think this feature makes a game more like a "sandbox".
    Examples of Realm vs Realm are DAoC, the upcoming WAR, I think SWG pre-NGE would qualify, and perhaps City of Heroes/ City of Villians.
    Games like Shadowbane and EVE are not Realm Vs Realm. There are no pre-assigned sides, and players can make up their own factions. In Shadowbane, players could make their own cities, and alliances in the game, and did not have to join any faction already created by the game. In EVE players can form "corporations", and again, do not have to join any pre-existing sides in the game.
    Of course there are also games that are strictly PvE, and have no player vs player combat, either FFA or RvR.
    Please post your examples of Realm Vs Realm, or correct my examples if you like.
    This discussion is not solely about WAR, but it is relevant to Warhammer. I think this is at the heart of whether or not players will like WAR. I've seen lots of complaints from people that aren't interested in WAR, like it's to much like WoW, or the animations are good enough, or the combat isn't engaging enough, etc., etc., but if you don't like RvR to begin with, none of the other stuff really matters. You're just not going to like WAR, if you're not into the RvR game design.
     



     

    Ni I like free open world games where I can play with myself anywhere i please

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