So, that PvP season, huh?

@burnbacon said in So, that PvP season, huh?:

You don’t need hourglass to pvp.

My dear frequent responder, I will ask you to read my post once more. Please understand, I am well aware that one does not need the hourglass to engage in a battle woth another player. Freeform combat on the open seas is, in fact, the majority of my player versus player interactions.

To reiterate, this thread is not about whether or not Hourglass is the only mode in which one can engage in Player versus Player combat. This thread is about the malaise of a season in which acts 1 and 3 (and, we’ll see about act 2) are dedicated solely to engaging in said deathmatches under sanctioned rulesets.

@flashkannon5118 said in So, that PvP season, huh?:

@burnbacon said in So, that PvP season, huh?:

You don’t need hourglass to pvp.

My dear frequent responder, I will ask you to read my post once more. Please understand, I am well aware that one does not need the hourglass to engage in a battle woth another player. Freeform combat on the open seas is, in fact, the majority of my player versus player interactions.

To reiterate, this thread is not about whether or not Hourglass is the only mode in which one can engage in Player versus Player combat. This thread is about the malaise of a season in which acts 1 and 3 (and, we’ll see about act 2) are dedicated solely to engaging in said deathmatches under sanctioned rulesets.

Fair enough, but don’t forget that HG has gone without love since its implementation. Currently the changes are being received positively, and those who’ve long been asking for changes might feel heard.

I personally don’t get much out of seasons usually, unless there’s something interesting to fight over, and/or fun cosmetics to gain in the process.

@flashkannon5118

I hope act 2 is better than this - and that it doesn't require entry into a high stakes deathmatch as the ante to take a seat at the table.

Hourglass is about as low stakes as it gets, especially with the update. No loot you spent hours getting, no supplies you had to gather, if you aren't confident you can lower after every win, if you lose you can get right back into it.

The only thing at stake at this point is your ego.

@capt-greldik said in So, that PvP season, huh?:

Fair enough, but don’t forget that HG has gone without love since its implementation. Currently the changes are being received positively, and those who’ve long been asking for changes might feel heard.

Aye, I would never argue that these changes weren't direly needed (they were, though I would have gone lower on the number of supplies you get), but patches to existing content do not new content make.

did exactly what i figured. boosted engagement for a week. well 2 weekends anyway. playing on a boosted weekend feels great. even 1 win makes so much progrss but playing outside those boosts feels awful and slow. i get they wouldnt wanna make the journey too fast to complete. but 1000 levels is a lot. even if we could buy 1 level a month this game wont be around long enough for anyone to be able to buy their way to 100 let alone 1000.

but yea the cheating issue still a problem. i imagine this "arms race" is just like everything else rare has done. they push out 1 fix then neglect to look at it for years. if anything i imagine ezanticheat has a bunch of toggles. they just kept turning up the settings and now its on max and still not catching everything. the act structure was supposed to be gone. i dont think they mentioned 1 last season of acts but here we are. ive started to feel a sense of calm over my decision to have this be my last season. the idea of putting this game and all the awful developer decisions behind me just feels great.

since you havent been paying attention i guess act2 wont be better. doubloon deletion. new limited cargo voyages to regain what they pointlessly took away just to force us to login more. and being limited voyage count getting that high ticket item stolen will feel almost as good as year 1 pirate legend voyages with 1 chest of legends behind a 2 hour voyage as the only way to progress.

last man standing is a good concept. but also just a new arena mode we asked for way back when. but since the cheating issue hasnt been resolved. not to mention the various other exploits available in this game i can imagine people cheating. heck i might even give cheesing it a try since no doubt they will add some dum achievement to winning a match because why let anyone sit at 100% on this game?