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Has any played on a ORVR server?
DrAllcome
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Hello I was thinking about starting all over again and joining a ORVR server because I really enjoy the ORVR however on my server there seems to be little to none ORVR. So if anyone has played on this sort of server could you plz share your expierience with me and why it is a good/bad idea to play ORVR thank you for the help.
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ORvR servers are horrible, at least for my playstyle tastes.
Basically you are always flagged for RvR, and if a destruction player decides to wonder into your side of the zone, he is free to make your life miserable for as long as he wants, or until you log
Also the levels before you are turned into a chicken in each tier is doubled I think, so in Tier 1, and level 22 or so can skip right down the road and proceed to own the living hell out of you.
Because of the above rule, I personally view ORvR servers as a gankfest, I also imagine RvR lakes/keeps are ignored a bit more because they don't have to go there to fight you.
edit: I should add in their is no bolster buff to help lower level players should they enter an RvR lake.
I thought ORVR was going to be so much fun. Lately I have trouble getting out of warcamps when lvl's way higher then the area camp all around picking off people that are like 10-15 lvls lower. What fun!
Yes, OrvR servers are the way to play. I see people talking about keep taking, and RvR lakes being dead. Not on Open RvR servers.
If you are not on an open RvR server, you are missing out. Come to pragg.
Wrong on just about all accounts.
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I started a char on an ORvR server, but never leveled past 10, so never saw any action other than in scenarios. If there's action, I think I'd prefer playing on ORvR.
Wrong on just about all accounts.
And why would that be exactly?
Im am not "wrong" because I know for a fact, you are always RvR flagged and can be killed at anytime, level restrictions are in fact just about doubled for each tier, and their is in fact no bolster buff anywhere except in scenarios. Im pretty sure RvR lakes don't get as much action as they would on a core server, because people are free to pvp where ever they'd like, not to mention again, no bolster buff in these areas, and high levels running around in them.
To me, it sounds like a gankfest, it played like a gankfest, therefore I personally have concluded, it is a gankfest. whether or not thats what you believe is up to you.
Some people enjoy that kind of playstyle, and thats fine, I encourage those players to try it out, but for me, its absolutely horrible, boring, and almost annoying since their is no real risk even if you do get ganked.
im playing on one now. It is great! Yes, you can get ganked by higher lvls, but you can also do the same. There is always a fight 1 on 1 or better around the BOs. If you dont take dying seriously or personaly it is a good time. im lvl 21 so i rule the bottom tier and am a meat shield for the next . oh well depends on what you enjoy and can put up with. And yes I pretty much soloed to lvl 21. it is a great game of cat and mouse; both for the cat and the mouse
I shoot for the curve... anything above that is gravy.
I started a SW on Pragg last night. While I've still yet to see ORvR, since I'm still in the newbie area questing and doing scenarios, I will say that I had the pleasure of actually seeing all three scenarios pop. On Vortex, where I normally play, the only T1 Scenario that ever pops is Nord and even then it depends on the time of day...
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Avoid Open RvR at all costs, unless you enjoy greykills, which is the only justification to their existence.
The Chicken mechanic is disabled, and lvl 30+ can fight against lvl 15-20. it means when you assemble a party to take a Fort in your Tier, a group of much higher lvl will come and ruin your day. You cannot kill them, and you're loosing your time trying to.
I stopped at lvl 18, and rerolled on a Core Server. There you get PvP without lvl unbalance.
Oh of course... my opinion only apply to the Order side. When you are destruction, you have twice the number. Then again picking destruction when you know they are more numerous is the chicken way.
Chicken way... that's what describes oRVR best.
Edit: oh yeah it seems you want action.. the solution is a high pop server. Find on with that: http://www.waralytics.com/warservers/index
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When you play on any type of Open PvP server your going to be ganked, its the nature of the beast...
So my advice is to only play on one if you got 4-5 friends you can log on every night to watch each others back... otherwise you'll be spending lots of time dying...
You're telling a half truth here. 5 lvl 30-31 can stop 4 groups of lvl 15-20 in Tier 2.
It doesnt matter how many you are, 5 high lvl people are enough to ruin your pvp. You can't do anything against it, and you're loosing your time.
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I've played only on oRVR servers... in this game, with scenarios and rvr-areas out of the box, combined with the turn-to-a-chicken thing, it's really not that bad. There's only been a couple of times where it even came into play (being pvp in some quest area).
Comparing it to WoW... where you had two factions doing quests in the same area, wow had a lot more encounters with other faction during questing, (STV, Tanaris, etc). So roll orvr... cause when you want to do something different like pick fights by sniping enemies on a road... you will be able to. It's about having something-to-do imo.
I love it: you have two and at some levels even three tiers of RVR to enjoy.
Not much ganking at mine either; questing zones are pretty much separated.
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I'm playing on the ORVR server Ellyrion on the European servers and it makes no difference that it's full RVR all the time because there is no one around to gank or fight or run away from. I can wander for hours through enemy realms only having to avoid npcs... very sad. ORVR is my preference but it has failed on the Euro servers because of the lack of players.
Wrong on just about all accounts.
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The Chicken mechanic is disabled, and lvl 30+ can fight against lvl 15-20.
Chicken way... that's what describes oRVR best.
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unless they patched things up since i quit....the chicken mechanic is NOT disabled on ORVR servers.
Which explains why the rest of your post is crying about ORVR calling playing on that kind of server a chicken. Right because in a game like WAR with all its lore and emphasis on war....it is far less chicken to play on a server that allows two warring factions to stand right next to eachother and have absolutly know way to attack unless they flag themselves or are in a lake.
Im not saying it is wrong to like core servers...thats perfectly fine. But dont tell lies about ORVR when someone is sincerely asking about it.
The chicken mechanic btw, if i remember correctly, turns you into a chicken 2 tiers below. For example a T4 char can go into T3...but if he steps into t2 or t1 he is chickened.
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I have only played on openRvR servers. The whole ganking thing is a non-issue. It doesn't happen a great deal, and adds that element of risk during your normal game-play. Due to playing on the European servers, I have moved to a different server and started fresh as my original server lost all of it's players. There are lot's more people around now.
So far I haven't had any huge issues other than general low performance of the client.
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That's a lie. Just last night in Troll Country all the Empire PQ areas were full of Destruction players. They won't let us complete our quests. After taking control of keep and BO they came to control our quests too. The fight went on till 2 am in morning.
Please stop lying and spreading misinformation.
Really easy to tell in this thread who has really played on an Open RvR server, and who is just recounting their experiences from other games.
Its also easy to tell how enjoys a good PvP game where PvP happens, and who is just QQ'ing.
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Well I rolled on an ORVR server on release but it was so hardcore I wasn't even able to go to chap 4 because of all the destruction blocking the way.
I rerolled on core for 2 week but that was lame, no action but inside the rvr lake. So I went back to bechafen and ORVR is a lot better is you like action to happen anywhere.. its like a pvp server in wow.
There is a myth going around saying there is no action in the lake since you can go anywhere and kill, but that is just not true. At the start, yes, for about 2 weeks its was hardcore but now almost all rvr are in the lakes