Why the focus on pvp?

[Vampireteddygram]

Did they ever go into detail as to why they are focusing everything towards pvp balance?

I can kinda see where it might. Might be fun. But not once before getting this game did I ever look at it and go. Oh, yeah. This is a pvp focused game.

It just seems unfortunate that a lot of the choices they are making for the sake of pvp are actually making the pve less fun. I feel like this game has a pretty solid core. It could live on for a while as a buddy coop game, or just a action/management vampire game. I just don't see it lasting as long as a pvp game.

[Xero]

Your question may be due to their recent update catering to PVP players which others commented on. But all throughout early access up until now, they have been working on their base game - PVE balancing. Since the base game and DLC's are all PVE.

I'm no fan of PVP but now that V Rising is officially a 1.0 release, leaving early access and official servers have gone up with official server wipe deadlines, they're just now starting to focus on PVP while trying not to take away from PVE. PVP gets one balance update and some freak out over it.

And after all I just said, the PVP players will say the servers speak for themselves as if it's some kind of proof. Most PVE players play on private servers as their saves on official servers aren't saved. Who wants to spend 150+ hours designing, decorating their castle and leveling up all 16 servants just so a wipe will happen. PVP players don't care if their saves don't get saved. So, of course, official PVP servers are gonna fill up.

I'm sure more tweaks and balancing will occur.

[Vampireteddygram]

Interesting. I did just jump into the game. So I was wrong about it "always" being about that. With all the talk and honestly some of the questionable design choices. (In my opinion.) It seemed like it was something that had been going on from the start. Thanks for the reply!

[Xero]

No problem. I will say this though. They always had intentions of including PVP since early access as the base game was also designed this way. But even PVP players run into PVE aspects as it's a major part of the game. In order to build their castle and level up. All depends on their server settings.

[Smug Kot]

Because SLS is a PvP focused company, and this game is battlerite but with vampires. Also theres multiple PvE coop games out there, meanwhile this kind of hero arena not so much, extremely niche.

[Yumeko]

pvp is not their main focus in the slightest.