I went to blizzcon and played over 20 games of team deathmatch and can tell you im more excited about d3 pvp then ever. Sure you will be able to pick off team members that arent with there team, thats the style of play. But a well balanced pvp team, that supports their team, and doesnt allow them to be picked off will prevail. I played a witch doctor, wiz, barb, monk comp all day saturday and went undefeated. And two of my team members won autographed posters by the entire blizzard dev team for having top scores in a couple of our victories.
One more thing, i was originally opposed to the idea of deathmatch but it works really well in d3. 4v4 also feels a lot better than 3v3, it feels like your team has much more control. I actually played a 3v3 match at blizzcon because of their systems were down, and it didnt feel right.
In my opinion d3 pvp will be competitive and the team play aspect along with the crazy builds combinations will make for highly addictive pvp. I know im already addicted.
My concern is for end game. Without competitive PvP, they better have an end game established aside from the RMAH grind, otherwise this game won't have any staying power for me.
The argument that Diablo is a PvE game holds no wait with me either. Especially if the purpose of PvE is to grind gear for the RMAH.
That being said I'll still be playing, how long that will be is up to Blizzard.
My last complaint would be that they at least explore and develop further pvp options, regardless of if its balanced or not, or will be an e-sport or not. Why not diversify the pvp landscape, it would provide for a more entertaining end game for sure.
Q: Did the attitude kind of change then since Blizzcon? Because when I played at Blizzcon, it seemed like it was definitely some PvP arena-style focus…
A: Well, we definitely want a PvP mode, we want people to be able to play against and kill one another and that’s a big part of the game, it’s just how e-sport-oriented we want it to be. When people ask me “how balanced is this going to be? Is it going to be balanced for…is it going to be SC-level balanced and perfect?” No, it’s going to be horrifically imbalanced, and that’s part of the fun, to find crazy builds that are all over the place. So we have changed the arena mode a bit to feel more casual than the mode that was at Blizzcon, which was very last man standing, high-pressure, because if you died, you were done for that round. Now, granted, the rounds were fast, but still…we’ve actually switched to more of a team deathmatch. Still same arena environment, still kind of feels the same, but when you die, you stay out for a few seconds and then you come back. It bases more on time limit and kill count, which we actually found was a lot more approachable and a lot more fun.
I understand that Blizzard does not intend this game to be an e-sport and that the balancing of the game is focused around PVE, but seriously who thinks that going from an arena based last man standing to team deathmatch is a better idea?
From my perspective they really have killed pvp. No world pvp, no duels, and the arena they give us will encourage us to spawn camp in order to win? I guess if I want to test my build against other players in a "casual environment" then job well done. But coming from someone who was excited about pvp, however imbalanced it will be, I'm disappointed and just hope they have someone good in store for end game because it wont be pvp.
One more thing, i was originally opposed to the idea of deathmatch but it works really well in d3. 4v4 also feels a lot better than 3v3, it feels like your team has much more control. I actually played a 3v3 match at blizzcon because of their systems were down, and it didnt feel right.
In my opinion d3 pvp will be competitive and the team play aspect along with the crazy builds combinations will make for highly addictive pvp. I know im already addicted.
The argument that Diablo is a PvE game holds no wait with me either. Especially if the purpose of PvE is to grind gear for the RMAH.
That being said I'll still be playing, how long that will be is up to Blizzard.
A: Well, we definitely want a PvP mode, we want people to be able to play against and kill one another and that’s a big part of the game, it’s just how e-sport-oriented we want it to be. When people ask me “how balanced is this going to be? Is it going to be balanced for…is it going to be SC-level balanced and perfect?” No, it’s going to be horrifically imbalanced, and that’s part of the fun, to find crazy builds that are all over the place. So we have changed the arena mode a bit to feel more casual than the mode that was at Blizzcon, which was very last man standing, high-pressure, because if you died, you were done for that round. Now, granted, the rounds were fast, but still…we’ve actually switched to more of a team deathmatch. Still same arena environment, still kind of feels the same, but when you die, you stay out for a few seconds and then you come back. It bases more on time limit and kill count, which we actually found was a lot more approachable and a lot more fun.
I understand that Blizzard does not intend this game to be an e-sport and that the balancing of the game is focused around PVE, but seriously who thinks that going from an arena based last man standing to team deathmatch is a better idea?
From my perspective they really have killed pvp. No world pvp, no duels, and the arena they give us will encourage us to spawn camp in order to win? I guess if I want to test my build against other players in a "casual environment" then job well done. But coming from someone who was excited about pvp, however imbalanced it will be, I'm disappointed and just hope they have someone good in store for end game because it wont be pvp.
Thoughts? Flames?
On second thought maybe this is Blizzards response to the debt crisis, and this is their idea on generating additional tax revenue.