probably been hashed out before but here’s the shape i’d like to see spvp take:
Firstly you have a dedicated character slot for spvp. You make a toon and thats your spvp toon. Once logged in you can swap classes at any time while in the heart of the mists and the game keeps track of your spec and gear for each class.
So you’ve spec’d ur class (or classes) and you want to play. Open up the game browser (from anywhere) and click hot join or tpvp. None of this select your server nonsense. That can be a side feature for ppl who want to do something on their own server. Most of us just want to get into a game and play. You hit play now and it finds enough players and launches the game. There’s a prep screen where you can select which class you want to play and it loads up that class remembering your spec and gear that you set up in HotM. Then you play and its fun. Its assumed that theres some kind of internal matchmaking system working behind the scenes that always trying to make the match as even possible.
Tpvp is a bit more …structured. Tpvp is 5v5. You click play, it finds a match and you’re taken to the prep screen. In tpvp however every player on your team must be a different class! This makes the fight more epic, forces diversity, and prevents gimmicky comps that are difficult to balance. You play your match. You pwn some noobs. You have a blast.
This is what’d i like to see from the spvp experience and I think it would add a lot to the gameplay experience. I’d also like to see some more maps particularly featuring npc prescence. NPCs are an important part of MMO pvp imo for a few reasons. It reminds us that we are in an awesome fantasy world. NPC vs NPC combat can be scripted to look amazing in a way that pvp combat cannot. And weak NPCs make the player feel EPIC. It makes the Guardian feel like the commander as he leads a charge. It makes the thief feel deadly as she slits 4 throats in a row.
What do you all think?