Post#15 » Sat Jul 19, 2014 3:58 pm
you dont NEED to be in a group, but when was the last time you completed a T3/T4 PQ solo? a few people can do it but its usually after you need or want the gear or reward. all that im saying is if the story was more interactive and PQs could adjust difficulty depending on how many people are there, it could hold the attention of the player with greater ease.
"Adjust the difficulty automatically..." why, that's MADNESS! no, not really. Rift does it with every tear/portal that appears, so its possible. how many times in every tier have we read in /AD chat that someone needs help in a PQ because they need at least 1 or 2 more people to finish it out? PLENTY and not many people jumped to help out either. the same can be said with dungeons. the usual argument at this point would be "why would you want PVE gear?" "Just go PVP because PVE gear sucks". well, change that too. if you get all of a tiers gear, you get a bonus in the PVP lake with that full set because it DOES take a long time to finish a quest chain but its more worth the effort. would it be better than PVP gear? no, but it evens things out and gives you something to do/work for when the PVP lakes are dead.
Another question would be, "how does it even out anything??" well, when i first started playing WAR, i played alone for a very long time. and when i finally got to the PVP lakes it seems like it was impossible to get a heal or a res so naturally, i got frustrated. i stayed on the PQ and story mode road and farmed gear until nearly T3, and i honestly had a blast doing it because the story was fun to follow. but, you can imagine how bad it was stepping into the lakes by then. if i had gear that was, lets say 20% weaker than PVP gear, it would have been more enjoyable to say the least lol. 20% is only a small reduction in gear stats, i know. but also consider the RR. PVP players will still have an advantage in the lakes but it wouldnt be rage quit worthy gaps in skill (depending on other toon levels and RRs)
SOME people play the game for the lore and im one of those people. ive read a ton of novels on WHFantasy and i have 2bookshelves stuffed with 40k novels to go with it. ive played WoW (which legitimately sucks), Rifts (looks and plays GREAT), ESO (BLOWS), Final Fantasy MMO (eh, could be better) and GW 1 and 2 (nice but short sighted/limited) and all have things that are great and things that need work. the best lore out here imo is WAR but the PVE for WoW, Rifts, and FF wins. for players like me that enjoy playing for the adventure, just make it worth while.
