Did they really remove the battle royal playstyle?

[rav]

I just browsed the reviews, did they really remove that and now its just a big map with nothing happening?
Why?
How do you extract now?
Is it rare now to pvp ?

[Raesha Moondancer]

There is still a time limit, and damage events happen when the timer gets close, you extract at different types of extracts that open up when the timer is closing in.

This method allows lower skill players to get a foothold, without being brutally grinded down in an enclosed area.

Its- relatively rare, but PVP in this game tends to be quick and short, fights are decided in a few seconds unless you are playing hyper-safe and fleeing.

[rav]

Originally posted by Raesha Moondancer:

There is still a time limit, and damage events happen when the timer gets close, you extract at different types of extracts that open up when the timer is closing in.

This method allows lower skill players to get a foothold, without being brutally grinded down in an enclosed area.

Its- relatively rare, but PVP in this game tends to be quick and short, fights are decided in a few seconds unless you are playing hyper-safe and fleeing.

thanks, so what do you do in the game now just pve and loot ? has the monster difficulty increased ? (i played during the beta and on early launch )
can it be played good solo?

[Rikuto01]

It's moving to more of a dungeon crawler focus with PvP, rather than a BR focused game that has PvE. To that end, they made exits static and have them open at different points during the match timer. They will also be experimenting with randomized map layouts later on this season (ie more of a roguelike) You can still bum rush people right off the bat if you really want to gank and know what you are doing, but its a bit harder now. There are generally some pretty specific hotspots where pvp is more likely to happen.

As far as enemy difficulty goes, the older maps still have the sort of generic dim witted AI you remember and thats probably good because it is still absolutely murdering the new players in a hilariously quick fashion. The newer content like Ice Abyss has newer monsters that are significantly harder to deal with. It may be a situation where they are improving on design and may revisit the older monsters later, or simply keep escalating the difficulty on newer content.

[Asakura Shinichi]

I actually like it more this way, its more of a extraction looter that i would want to spend my time playing than it was with the batle royale style circle.

[beartech28]

The battle royal circle was crap. This game is slow and deliberate and tactical. I love it. Best change they could have made. Wanna run in a circle and circle jerk? Go play the 10000 other battle royal game. This rocks!

[Asakura Shinichi]

Originally posted by beartech28:

The battle royal circle was crap. This game is slow and deliberate and tactical. I love it. Best change they could have made. Wanna run in a circle and circle jerk? Go play the 10000 other battle royal game. This rocks!

Im with you on that, no fan of battle royale games, on the other hand i love a good extraction game and one of those i played the most is Hunt Showdown, so seeing Dark and Darker be more in that direction than a melee fantasy styled APEX or Fortnite is a win.

[doscomputer]

honestly there needs to be something that makes people do more than sit in a room next to an extract after they pull good loot. part of what made the old game fun was how tense it was. I see the point of making a PvP player have to deal with more enemies before getting the scoop on others, but at the same time I personally liked having more PvP in this game, not less.

its funny too because the swarm still appears on the loading screen art

[rav]

Originally posted by doscomputer:

honestly there needs to be something that makes people do more than sit in a room next to an extract after they pull good loot. part of what made the old game fun was how tense it was. I see the point of making a PvP player have to deal with more enemies before getting the scoop on others, but at the same time I personally liked having more PvP in this game, not less.

its funny too because the swarm still appears on the loading screen art

the pvp is the whole fun of the game, the pve while it appears difficult at first is actually pretty trivial, at least it was back in the beta. Back then all the noobs also died all the time but the game was still popular.
But i havent tried the new version yet so i cant say anything about it

[Duiof]

Originally posted by Asakura Shinichi:

Originally posted by beartech28:

The battle royal circle was crap. This game is slow and deliberate and tactical. I love it. Best change they could have made. Wanna run in a circle and circle jerk? Go play the 10000 other battle royal game. This rocks!

Im with you on that, no fan of battle royale games, on the other hand i love a good extraction game and one of those i played the most is Hunt Showdown, so seeing Dark and Darker be more in that direction than a melee fantasy styled APEX or Fortnite is a win.

Another Hunt player. Good taste there bud.

[Sweets]

Originally posted by Duiof:

Originally posted by Asakura Shinichi:

Im with you on that, no fan of battle royale games, on the other hand i love a good extraction game and one of those i played the most is Hunt Showdown, so seeing Dark and Darker be more in that direction than a melee fantasy styled APEX or Fortnite is a win.

Another Hunt player. Good taste there bud.

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[Ｔｅｎｓｅｎｕｍａ]

I miss the forced pvp
Game feels empty / a bit boring now and I'm not even a juicer player

[Handbanana]

The extracts at the end of the map are going to be what forces people to pvp. There are static 3 man extracts on every map that don't open till the end of the match. Sometimes not even until the last 2 minutes. You will have to fight, loot and move toward extract in time to make sure you are there before someone else takes it.

[Saint]

With the removal of the circle comes more options to play. If you want pvp, you can find it very easily by chasing fights and hunting players. If you want to avoid fights to get loot, you can as well since you aren't forced by the circle to go a certain way. Points of interest throughout the map are now more important to learn as they will draw more players. The extracts are now static throughout the map but also there are triple portal statics in certain main points of interest like the chapel on crypts for example. Because of this you still end up with team fights towards the end of the raid like before in the final circle fighting for portals.