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Hey hey, friendly neighborhood Goose here. So lately an idea popped in my head about a semi-recurring PvP arena for interested parties in CD to watch and participate in. I don't have any specifics in mind other than it being separated by levels/group interest and would possess some PvE elements as well (i.e. if there are too few attendees in one bracket or another, animal/monster fights). My question is: Would people be interested in this?
Whether you answer Yes, No, or Maybe I would genuinely like to hear your reasonings and thoughts on why so that I can take them into consideration if this does end up going through (Not likely any time soon, I have a plot I need to finish up and school). If you wish to answer, post in here and/or react to the post on Discord with the Y(es), N(o), or M(aybe)
Totally!
Yus
Sure, a little PvP doesn't hurt so long as people go into it with the right mindset and no one takes it too seriously. Hard to really give any ideas for things to do but stand around the square a no, would love more to do.
Yes.
I'm happy to provide an avid spectator for some gnarly arena matches - I'm not a PvP person, but I'd happily provide some ambient bloodlu- moral support! What's more, I'm happy to hop in on any PvE monster fights. I like the idea of having regular chances to just WAIL on a big ol' pile of HP and fight mechanics as part of a social event.
I think that regardless of whether we spectate or fight, this will be a nice chance to spice up the Arabel RP scene some :)
Yes. It's something my character would probably want to try and even organize herself, considering she views skilled combat as basically the best way to worship her god.
yus :0
I'm enjoyer of friendly PvP like that, whenever I'm participating or spectacting.
yes!
Dav/Roger would attend if I ever was available
Yes, you could also add in there where you get two teams say...5 characters and then another 5 characters and play something like capture the flag in a big open area...i did that once some where before but can't remember where but i remember it being very enjoyable...and there was pvp involved but it was fun cause you had to grab the flag and run with it and bring it back to your base type of thing
I would have to understand a lot more of how it would be implemented including addressing issues
1) permanent death (would deaths be permanent, respawns with xp/gold lost, etc)
2) how matches would be determined
I have had in the past some really bad experiences with pvp on worlds.
Quote from: ladyphoenix on Jan 10, 2025, 12:21 PMI would have to understand a lot more of how it would be implemented including addressing issues
1) permanent death (would deaths be permanent, respawns with xp/gold lost, etc)
2) how matches would be determined
I have had in the past some really bad experiences with pvp on worlds.
Nope! Death would not be permanent and would not affect xp/gold losses. At the very most people would end up "heavily injured" rather than dead and would be healed and monitored heavily.
What determines the matches would likely be based on the players' XP and equipment tiers? 0-9, 10-14, 15-19, 20-24, 25-30. With the chance for some mingling on either ends of each tier. And based on the people showing up there would likely be single combat matches or group matches with a secondary objective (One thing that has been mentioned to me multiple times is the desire for something like capture the flag). Some times there might be group vs monster matches or even mass free for alls. There are so many ideas and honestly I can see different ideas being used at different times. And it's all in the planning stage right now so nothing might be concrete.
That would be fun. So YES. I am curious though if it would be happen kinda OOC or completely IC? If the latter, that would be interesting. There could be some teams formed, those teams would have some names etc. Like a kind of tournament. That would be interesting, but also I feel like that would bring some discussions in regard of some balance between classes and builds.
Quote from: Wargtimmen on Jan 10, 2025, 04:31 PMThat would be fun. So YES. I am curious though if it would be happen kinda OOC or completely IC? If the latter, that would be interesting. There could be some teams formed, those teams would have some names etc. Like a kind of tournament. That would be interesting, but also I feel like that would bring some discussions in regard of some balance between classes and builds.
Completely in-character is what it would be. As for balance there are some things to consider, but overall C&D, let alone NWN, is NOT optimized for PvP so there's always going to be imbalance in how things work. Ideally, rules would do their best to mitigate the imbalances.
Just to note, PvP is never considered when making balance decisions on CD, and this won't change. I ran a few friendly spars like that before and it's great fun, but no one taking part should care in any way about winning or losing. It's all for fun.