undo the pvp damage nerf, remove "penetration" and stealth dmg bonuses from pvp

xylena

pvp would be a much happier place if building for resistance actually reduced damage, instead we have sharpened weapons penetrating so much player armor that there's no difference between wearing 7 heavy and being naked

pvp would be a much happier place if being completely invisible was considered enough of an advantage on its own, instead invis also massively increases burst damage capabilities to the point where it's like we're in an FPS with magic bullets that home in on targets and go through walls

xylena

according to harvens extended, dual-wielding the sharpened master DAGGERS from template bags with 1CP in piercing gives me about 24k armor pen, you don't even need maces to render heavy armor opponents functionally naked

Rook_Master

Heavy Armor is a joke. Can we swap out the 20% block cost reduction now that blocking has essentially been removed from the game?

BalticBlues

Well said, Xylena, and IMHO it is even worse.

IMHO, Veteran gameplay reached a point where personal skill is getting irrelevant. In many cases a V1 does not even have a chance to know what kind of V14 killed him in milliseconds.

My daughter -who is just starting as a beginner- is having a blast in PVP. This is because non-veteran PVP campaigns (up to level 50) are mostly balanced and a great experience for ALL players. However, in veteran campaigns I do not see much balance anymore. V1 players are cannon fodder for V14 players. The "instagib" capabilities of certain later class/gear combinations are absurd.

Suggestion: If veteran balance cannot be restored, how about having not just two but three PVP campaigns? Example:

1: non-veterans PVP level 1-49
2: Veteran PVP level V1-V9
3: Veteran PVP level V10-V1x

Players then could pick a campaign equal or above their level.

glavius

HARVENS DOESNT SHOW CORRECT PENETRATION.......