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Duels
- Dueling is a self-contained event that requires opt-in by all parties.[1][2]
- There will be a way to auto-decline duel requests.[3]
- Duels may be initiated within a freehold or node.[2][3]
- Dueling is not considered a part of the flagging system.[2]
- Dueling is not a high priority system.[4] It is expected to be present during Alpha-2 phase-3.[1]
- Duels won't be considered a part of the flagging system. The duels are going to be a self-contained event that gets opted into by the inviter and the participants.[2] – Steven Sharif
Arenas
Arenas are instanced PvP scenarios and are not part of open world PvP.[6][7]
The arena system as we've spoken about before is going to have ladder systems where people can progress within certain seasons based on their win/loss ratios. The importance of arenas are obviously that players have an opportunity to participate [and] practice out certain builds from a PvP perspective and can compete with one another within the system.[6] – Steven Sharif
- Arenas will have 1 man, 3 man, 5 man, 8 man, and possibly 20 man Free-For-All (Deathmatch) group sizes.[8][9]
- Arenas will have a minimum level requirement to participate.[11]
- There won't be bifurcated brackets with separate player pools.[11]
- There might be some form of an ELO system that gets flushed on a seasonal basis.[11]
- There will be an arena ladder system.[6][9]
- Mayors of military nodes are chosen from citizens through last man standing (gladiatorial arena style) combat.[14][13]
- The arena system may support cross-server combat.[15]
- Arena style combat is instanced but spectators may be possible through an interface.[16]
Equalized PvP
There will not be equalized PvP in the open world. There may be equalized PvP in certain arena battlegrounds under specific circumstances.[17]
Threat assessment
Players will have a buff on their nameplate that indicates the gear set they are wearing. Other players will be able to see this buff by targeting that player at a distance.[19][20][21]
- This will indicate the type of armor (cloth, leather, plate) that they are predominantly wearing.[22][20]
- You can target a player. You're going to see what type of armor they have based on a buff they have available to them because obviously cosmetics can change appearance. You might have different silhouettes as a result of that.[22] – Steven Sharif
- The border will indicate the level and quality of the tier set.[19][20][23]
- This also indicates if the gear is enchanted, along with visual effects associated with enchanted items.[20][24][23]
- The developers believe that inspecting gear to obtain an exact equipment list or gear score may lead to "unwelcome behavior".[25]
- When you see a player approaching you and they're wearing a transmog you don't know if that person is a high damage mitigation against physical damage or against magical damage and essentially the way we overcome that is through you being able to target a player at a distance and they will have a buff that's present on them that you will see, which indicates that essentially the piece set that they are wearing. It is important for players to be able to ascertain from a threat assessment standpoint what they're going up against if they're actively checking that, and that will be available.[21] – Steven Sharif
Player health
Players that are not in the same party, raid, alliance, or guild will not be able to see other player's exact health bar values or percentages.[27][28][26][29][30][31] This information will instead be displayed in quarters. A player may be able to progress to see sixths or eighths.[28]
- NPCs will always show exact health values.[27]
- Previously it was stated that a player's name plate would deteriorate to give an indication of how much damage they have taken.[30][31][32]
- If you are targeting another player specifically, another player not an NPC. If you're targeting another player and that player is not a member of your guild, alliance, raid, or party- those are the four affiliation factors. If they're not a part of those four groups you will not have specific information of their HP level. You will have quarters of information to their [HP] level and you may progress to get that a bit more granular, perhaps to sixths or eighths. You're not going to have exact information about what amount of hit points they have available to them. That level of obfuscation protects a bit of that engagement, that TTK interaction. So you might overshoot a target if you don't know exactly if they're down to their last 20% or 25%. That I think is a very healthy thing to have in PvP, but it is not a normal game design mechanic.[28] – Steven Sharif
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Livestream, August 16, 2024 (1:53:31).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Livestream, December 23, 2021 (1:29:27).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1
- ↑ Interview, October 14, 2024 (41:09).
- ↑ Video, July 16, 2017 (0:01).
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Livestream, September 24, 2021 (1:22:46).
- ↑ Livestream, May 5, 2017 (16:53).
- ↑ Livestream, 2017-18-7 (15:15).
- ↑ 9.0 9.1
- ↑ Livestream, May 26, 2017 (48:12).
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Livestream, October 28, 2022 (1:38:33).
- ↑
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Podcast, May 11, 2018 (52:20).
- ↑
- ↑ Livestream, May 26, 2017 (29:13).
- ↑ Interview, March 27, 2020 (11:04).
- ↑ Livestream, May 15, 2017 (34:59).
- ↑ Twitter - Better luck next time.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Livestream, August 28, 2020 (2:07:26).
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 Livestream, July 25, 2020 (53:08).
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Livestream, June 26, 2020 (1:28:10).
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Podcast, September 29, 2021 (52:58).
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Livestream, July 28, 2017 (1:34:55).
- ↑ Official Livestream - May 4th @ 3 PM PST - Q&A
- ↑ Livestream, July 28, 2017 (23:20).
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 [X.com - Hidden HP Values. X.com - Hidden HP Values.]
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 Livestream, May 31, 2024 (1:59:02).
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 Livestream, January 31, 2024 (59:45).
- ↑ Livestream, July 30, 2021 (1:10:34).
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 Livestream, July 25, 2020 (1:33:37).
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 Livestream, January 30, 2020 (1:40:48).
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