PvP: Basics

[Capt.Morgan]

PvP: I came, I saw, I was confused.



Ok, after a long anticipation at the sheer potential of this game, I sat down for some serious PvP a short while ago. My first comment is this, there is a good wait in store for anyone seeking to play against real players. However, this is only because so few are trying! For all those looking for a PvP rich game allow me to warn you now: We are the first generation of this game, and the shape of the environment is ours to change! TRY to get into PvP matches, talk about it in your guild, and tell your friends! The only way to shorten the wait times is to get more people trying to play.

That being said let's look at the different matches. There is Mayhem! which is supposed to be an all out brawl every pirate for themselves. In reality the only form I've seen from this match is a solid 1 on 1 with a 5 minute (I believe) timer, in which you must rack up more kills than your opponent. While this is not what the description implies it is still your bread and butter PvP for now. So get out and take down that opponent. Because of the aiming and nature of attacks and kiting melee the voodoo doll is most pirates weapon of choice. In fact, most seem to have forgotten all their other weapons! Take advantage of this, blast em' with hex eater and watch them flounder. Remember, play to your strengths. If you have a heavy hitting voodoo doll but a poorly leveled cutlass keep your range, try to avoid their counters. And vice versa, if you only excel in close combat kill their voodoo with hex eater, or lock them in place with grave shackles.


As for Team Battle, this is a serious misnomer. I saw no way to determine who teammates are at all, even at the end when points are tallied. I think that the team mechanic is currently broken, this battle is more of a free for all. A ton of pirates, all killing each other. No real strategy for this, since the winner is determined by number of kills, not the strength of the foes defeated. So as underhanded as it may sound, hunt down the low levels, and destroy as many as you can. Unfortunately there is no other way to really win, because if you aren't racking up newbie kills, you can be sure someone else is. And since you can't command the attention of all those high levels you can bet they'll kill newbies faster than you can kill them. They'll ultimately win. Still I consider this match to be broken, simply in it's setup. If you are looking for a challenge, and a chance to test your skill do it in the 1 vs. 1's.


Overall this PvP scene is still growing. It will require a lot of attention from both players AND developers. One major problem is there is no level division now. So very high levels can be pit against very low levels. In some cases, there is truly no chance whatsoever for the lower level to win. Period. But I encourage everyone in the community to keep playing PvP! This game has a ton of potential, and it'll take the community growing and getting more skillful to get these developers into motion. That's all for now guys. Take what you can.....



~Capt. Morgan