Why only 2 factions?

[ForrestFox]

I mean, havent we learned from earlier games that the most fun is with three factions battling against each other?
Or did I miss something? Did they make a new unique battlesystem that will make 1 vs 1 faction actually fun? :)

[Mixthat]

The whole game and story is based on and works around two factions for years. It's not that easy to implement a third one just to make one aspect of the game more fun and there are way more important things to work on which can be done with way less afford and deliver the same level of better experience.

[Sir Balin]

Would be cool to have a 3 faction system, however it's to late for that. Game is what the game is.

[Metaslaved]

Originally posted by ForrestFox*RTF*:

I mean, havent we learned from earlier games that the most fun is with three factions battling against each other?
Or did I miss something? Did they make a new unique battlesystem that will make 1 vs 1 faction actually fun? :)

If only we could have a faction for each gender

[Reaper Sykko]

Originally posted by Mixthat:

The whole game and story is based on and works around two factions for years. It's not that easy to implement a third one just to make one aspect of the game more fun and there are way more important things to work on which can be done with way less afford and deliver the same level of better experience.

more fun you say? ffXIV pvp was ♥♥♥♥ for a loooooooooong time because of the 3 factions thing.

[scainmauricio]

From what I've seen, if one faction has a higher amount of players they can rule the game.
Since there are Dungeons, Elites, etc in war zone.

I hope we have the closest to 50%/50% possible haha

[ForrestFox]

I didnt try Final Fantasy (had no idéa they had 3 factions there), but as long back as Age of Camelot it was proven to work just fine with 3 factions. 1 faction becoming too great, then the other two factions would focus on it untill it got balanced. (But then again, I could be wrong, its not that I've done studies about it, it's just been my personal impression).

And indeed, it would be hard for them to add a third faction now if the game has been out for a long time, but then again, introducing a third party as a new enemy after release shouldnt be too hard. If players have played this for a long time, then it would hopefully make things more interesting for them to have new content to play with :)

[Indigo]

I would say, we need 5 factions for sure.. different from every MMOs in the world ever made..

and players can compete to be a leader ( a KING) on each faction.. so we can make a conspiracy to beat down other factions ... hehehehe /smirk

[scainmauricio]

Originally posted by Re5aL:

I would say, we need 5 factions for sure.. different from every MMOs in the world ever made..

and players can compete to be a leader ( a KING) on each faction.. so we can make a conspiracy to beat down other factions ... hehehehe /smirk

the balance would be really hard! haha
But its a great ideia

[AnimeBrigade]

Cool...name a mmo with more than 2 faction system that actually worked out well? The more factions the harder it is the balance the player base. One faction would dominate over the others.

[Sir Balin]

Originally posted by Re5aL:

I would say, we need 5 factions for sure.. different from every MMOs in the world ever made..

and players can compete to be a leader ( a KING) on each faction.. so we can make a conspiracy to beat down other factions ... hehehehe /smirk

Let's be honest, that would be kind of cool though lol

[Cross]

Originally posted by 2Annies1Chalice:

Cool...name a mmo with more than 2 faction system that actually worked out well? The more factions the harder it is the balance the player base. One faction would dominate over the others.

RF Online (Codemaster days) did RvRvR pretty darn well....man I miss those times

[ForrestFox]

Originally posted by 2Annies1Chalice:

Cool...name a mmo with more than 2 faction system that actually worked out well? The more factions the harder it is the balance the player base. One faction would dominate over the others.

I'll even give you two names: Dark Age of Camelot. Planetside 2.
If one faction starts to dominate, the other two have a tendency to work together to take it down.

[Byzantia]

both those games*** are kinda dead ^ or dying

[ForrestFox]

Originally posted by Teutonicpupper:

both those guys are kinda dead ^ or dying

And yet they were as popular as black desert online was when they were new.

[neoVictrix]

Originally posted by scainmauricio:

From what I've seen, if one faction has a higher amount of players they can rule the game.

Pandora Saga

Technically had four factions (a neutral faction that all players started as and could remain in), although the neutral one was cut from a lot of the faction-focused content. But yeah, one faction was highly favored over the other two. The fact the third faction was the least populated and could be counted in the hundreds was kind of bad.