Why do people assume that some people hate PVP just because they don't want it to be turned into an eSport?
I played the WoW arenas in a high competitive level, but at the end of the day i enjoyed the world pvp that was before the arenas more, just because some of us prefer a less serious approach to PVP doesn't mean we "hate PVP".
To be honest I don't understand why people hate on pvp so much. Too hard to play against players as opposed to AI? I've heard countless arguments from both sides and to be honest I believe that in the end competitive PvP (esports) is what's going to allow a game to thrive.
For example. When The Burning Crusade for WoW came out, the arena following was HUGE. A lot of general pvp demographic knew the top players and the top teams by name. In the Blizzcon 2008 tournaments there was just as many people watching the 3v3 arena matches as there are people watching the Starcraft/WC3 matches. So what about Blizzcon 2011? You guessed it, small turn-out indeed. WoW still has a tremendous amount of players. But the players are just zombies in that game now. Sure there are die hard PvE guilds with die hard PvE players who only log on during raid hours, but come on, there's a reason why the game is slowly dying despite the creative innovations implemented in the PvE encounters.... BECAUSE THERE IS NO HYPE. There is no venue platform where die hard fans are screaming at the top of their lungs, chanting for their team. PvE brings excitement to an individual, not as a group.
So I ask, please don't turn D3 into a game that's only surviving because of numerous expansions. And please let it survive because of the passion that the players have for the game.
TL;DR: PvP eSports is the way to go; just as watching an NFL game is better than watching people playing Madden against AI's.
Its not that people "hate pvp so much" its more about pvp taking a backseat in a game series that has pve as a main priority.
Some are worried that blizzard would mess to much with the skills/runes because of imbalances in pvp.
Personally i enjoy pvp and i was very active in the WoW arena, i like the more casual approach blizzard is taking with Diablo 3.
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I played the WoW arenas in a high competitive level, but at the end of the day i enjoyed the world pvp that was before the arenas more, just because some of us prefer a less serious approach to PVP doesn't mean we "hate PVP".
Some are worried that blizzard would mess to much with the skills/runes because of imbalances in pvp.
Personally i enjoy pvp and i was very active in the WoW arena, i like the more casual approach blizzard is taking with Diablo 3.