Really?I'll probably still play this,but I always prefer world pvp over instanced pvp.I really like the constant fear of being attacked.It adds excitement.Hmmm...maybe this isn't the game for me.Sorry,not trying to be negative.I really like the way this game is looking.I haven't really payed that much attention to it though.Anyone pvp'ers out there bummed by this?
Definitely no world PvP, PvE is meant to be highly co-operative. I can tell you as a mostly PvE-only player, it's horrible having this system if you just want to play the game. GW2 PvE is meant to be social and co-operative so seeing someone shouldn't make you think "oh no, he's going to steal kills/kill me.".
If you don't know about it already, look into World vs World vs World PvP, it might be a nice substitute for you, I'd say it would be significantly better than world PvP but maybe that's just me.
ComplexNuber is right, definitely no open world pvp in GW2, but if you want large scale non-organized pvp battles, then you should definitely look into GW2's World vs World vs World pvp, where HUGE areas of 3 servers battle against each other. See also this thread for some more info (WvWvW pvp info from approx. post #9 onwards).
Seriously guys, stop trying to put WvWvW as a substitute for world pvp. There is nothing they have in common other than being pvp. World pvp is not large scale for the most part, it really comes down to people trolling other people and the other people getting revenge on the trolls. Also with GW 2's level scaling feature, max levels wouldn't be able to troll low levels too much.
@beerwig: I normally would love open world pvp as well but it just wouldn't fit in GW2 for reasons in lore and certain resources ,most notably amount of races. 5 playable races would create chaos from the beginning , one group of people would complain about one faction having 1 race more than the other, second group would complain about how certain alliances make no sense (I dare you, try to make an alliance of 2 races vs the alliance of 3 remaining races that would make sense and not cause a wave of disapprovement ), 3rd group would call the game WoW clone because the factions would eventually unite to fight the elder dragons etc. Now Anet always took a good care of the PvE community, which is logical in the end - it's the vast majority of the entire community in the original game and therefore forcing the PvErs into PvP is not on their to do list.
The point isn't that it's open (pvp-ing in a pve environment, such as world pvp, because WvWvW definitely isn't), the point is that it happens in a huge area and is for the most part unorganized/unstructured. It's not the large organized battles that you see in 5vs5, team vs team or guild vs guild... anyone can go in and out whenever they want, and can attack anyone they want from the opposing servers. Beerwig indicated that he likes having the constant fear or being attacked... which is exactly what you will get in WvWvW. As both ComplexNuber and I stated, there is no world pvp in GW2, but with regarding to pvp experiences, I think WvWvW may be the closest to what beerwig is looking for.
I like the fact that in this game the pvp seems to mostly skill based.The grind for pvp gear in most mmo's is so lame.There isn't even any world pvp in wow anymore because of this.Everyone is always in a battleground.Same with Rift.WvW pvp sounds good,but its not something you can always jump into right?Does it only happen like ever couple weeks?
WvWvW resets every 2 or so weeks (I can never remember the exact number, might be 3 weeks). However the reset is delay-less and the battle goes on for 24/7 during the entire time (even at night time IRL, prepare for some sneaky 4am assaults...). You can drop in and out whenever you like, and if you're not maximum level you will be sidekicked up so you will still be useful. You can also level up in WvWvW so if you hate PvE, you can go from levels 1-80 just doing PvP.
Yes, as ComplexNuber said, WvWvW is an ongoing event... all WvWvW battles last for 2 weeks, and the moment they end, your server is matched up against 2 other servers and a new battle starts. So yes, you can jump in and out of it whenever you want. And if you like WvWvW, you can spend all of your time here... you never have to do anything else.
), 3rd group would call the game WoW clone because the factions would eventually unite to fight the elder dragons etc. Now Anet always took a good care of the PvE community, which is logical in the end - it's the vast majority of the entire community in the original game and therefore forcing the PvErs into PvP is not on their to do list.
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