Will NGS have PK areas/PK Open world events?

[ᛉᛏneon@stralᚨᛉ]

I’m usually not the one to really be too invested into NGS, I have few months atleast left of content on pso2

But there is one question that is left which nobody is asking.

This answer to this question will either literally add million of players world wide or not.

Given this game Sci-fi anime style, and as it goes OW situation is begging NGS to be next reincarnation of RF Online or Vendetta Online.

IF they go PK Zones route or Alliance mass War for resources like RF and the fact that the game has Mechs and you could possibly deploy them on the field Via capsule/mount this game has the potential to have HUGE Player base.

Im talking about millions from Eastern Europe, East Asia and Japan making this possibly one of the biggest Sci-Fi MMOs of past 15 years.

Due to this very reason RF which came out in 2005, shut down 2 times- still lives on to this day because its sci-fi, anime, and has open field PK with optional Mecha.

I mean there are so many similarities between RF Online and Phantasy Star its not even funny, including rolling your gear to + 30 (in RF)look and Aesthetic etc.

I can’t be the only one who sees gigantic similarities between these.
What do you think?

Crappy video shows the idea

https://youtu.be/-A-sIkkv3_w

[Catpilled Moron (Toxopositive)]

no

[UrbanMech]

no

[MoppBoi37]

N O

[ᛉᛏneon@stralᚨᛉ]

Well good to know (:
A source would be nice on definite "no".

Well, at the very least they will have a Battle Lobby promotions or similar, keeping the interest in PvP for those cosmetics.
And giving that its OW its not far fetched to say some festivals will have extra PvP rewards, maybe PvP rings in the open, and maybe even Event areas with soft PK (like duels, you agree to Instance to it like current Battle Ship, or you get walled in in the zone no one else who hasn't Ready cant access.

PS never been open world, and PvP is a huge part of Open world mmos, so unless there is a developers Tweet/ Interview/ Source someone can post with a link - I'd hold off on condemnation yet (:

[UrbanMech]

PSO2 isn't an MMO. It's a F2P Online RPG. It's also a PvE game and designed around being one. When you tack on PvP onto these games they are lackluster like right now. Also PvP doesn't even make sense story wise especially one where you have ARKS going around killing other ARKS for fun or to fight over who kills the enemies. Yes, there's one instance in the story where two ARKS challenge in a friendly duel. That's still different and even if you put friendly duel requests the mechanics don't play well as a PvP game.

In short, not all PvE games need to have PvP. Pick up a PvP game if you want PvP. It will be a better experience there too.

[Alshian]

No plans for PvP anywhere or any plans to improve PvP in battle Lobby.

So you don't have to worry about PK because why the heck will fellow ARKS attack each other?

[Alshian]

Originally posted by Daitetsu:

PvP in PSO2 was just tacked on so players could get SG and other rewards. Definitely would recommend to play a PvP based game if you want PvP.

Its a way to make PvP worth the pain you'll likely go through that came with PvP, the kind of PvP they tried bringing into Pso2 that pretty much died.

Not even over 60 players PvP, so far from my experience I only see about maybe 30ish amount of players PvPing although now its hardly 6 players trying to find matches and only during some times that it gets bare minimal amount of players in order to actually PvP.

[Kossy]

Just chiming in that the devs have no plans for it anytime soon, if at all. Battle mode wasn't added until early 2017 and prior to that they tended to answer with what's essentially a firm No when asked about adding any form of PvP into the game. Considering the general view towards it over here and that even on JP it's not exactly a heavily populated mode, I doubt they'll consider adding any form of it to NGS for quite some time.

[Alshian]

I just hope that instead of PvP they add something different like maybe Mini games, I liked the casinos but it be fun to have more multiplayer mini games or anything you can do with other players besides fighting, creating a hang out hub folks can just have fun together outside of combat.

Having a bit of cooltime to the grind and action can be good if done right. Anything to getting folks to working for a cause rather than just for themselves only. That was something that I had hope being with a Team can do but it only just serves as an easier way to find folks to play with rather than anything else.

[Re-oL]

well, everyone will say no. There is no particular source about this. But this game didn't have any PvP for years, suddenly SEGA made a PvP system and it's dead in just a few months. No one want's any form of PvP here.

[Eisen]

PSO2 and RF do have a similiar Sci-fi settings but their background story is different. RF online have 3 races that are fighting over control of resources on the planet which makes sense to give them a large scale PvP settings. PSO2 on the other hand does not make sense to have a large scale open PvP due to every player in the game belong to the same organization ARKS. the only form of PvP that make sense is what PSO2 have right now which is in a way, a sport game

[Alshian]

Id like many different PvP game modes like "Survival" being the last standing team with a unbeatable monster in the field hunting down players.

"Capture the flag", "Team deathmatch", and even "A.I.S Rumble".

Just to throw ideas around and of course with preset gear to balance folks out.

I am more interested in the idea of ARKS blue vs red in A.I.S.

Hows this for a Sport game among ARKS? >:3

[Eisen]

Originally posted by Alshian:

Id like many different PvP game modes like "Survival" being the last standing team with a unbeatable monster in the field hunting down players.

"Capture the flag", "Team deathmatch", and even "A.I.S Rumble".

Just to throw ideas around and of course with preset gear to balance folks out.

I am more interested in the idea of ARKS blue vs red in A.I.S.

Hows this for a Sport game among ARKS? >:3

It could be possible, but again in sport every player should be fair so all of the game match will have the player use the same set of equipment and PA setup. one thing that I wish they will put it in if there is a PvP is that you could choose what class you want to use when you spawn in stead of picking up weapon on the field

also honestly i wouldn't mind if they release some sort of parkour / race minigame

[alphazero524]

In my opinion, a good idea for a PvP mode would be a duel mode, similar to Blade & Soul for example, but with a few limitations. First, each player would have the same amount of health, and both would deal the same damage per hit, with the PAs dealing a slightly higher damage. Class skills would have to be disabled, and any healing effect would be weaker than normal. Finally, that the arena generates a random field each time, similar to the current PvP in PSO2. In my opinion, that way, you would create a PvP mode that's fair, and where the winner is decided by skill rather than who has the better equipment.

[Re-oL]

Originally posted by alphazero524:

Class skills would have to be disabled,

this might defeat the purpose of classes. For example, one of Et's main selling point is it's high damage reduction skill, with this Et will lose it. Meanwhile Gu have stylish roll, and every 3rd roll Gu will have long iFrame, spamming S-Roll will give them far more iFrame than most classes.

On another hand, I like Alshian's concept: A sport among Arks. We have a side story about Arks Tournament in Ep 1, might as well use similar concept like "Sport Day" or something. a rideroid race, A.I.S rumble, or a sprint using the Earth's boost pad thingy (forgot the name) for hurdle sprint. Create simple UQs from existing features and make them competitive, or use them as ARKS League content. make something that's not killing mobs.