Comments on: The Republic 39: PvP Hands On

By: Hicks64

Hicks64 — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:37:00 +0000

Favorite episode by far! Loved MikeB’s commentary, even without the aid of his own gameplay footage, I felt the magic of his PvP experience! So many details remembered in this and the previous episode, but this gets bonus points since he only died twice.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:37:00 +0000

By: [HEL]Ravage

[HEL]Ravage — Thu, 26 May 2011 01:17:54 +0000

I’d like to see BioWare actually take the RvR/ PvP system from Dark Age of Camelot, which was also developed by Mythic, and upgrade and integrate that for the Star Wars universe/ game. That system from DAoC is considered by many to be, by far, the best PvP system out of any MMO. It is my hope, with the joint venture of Mythic and BioWare, that we see this kind epic, dynamic, persistent, open world PvP system accompanied by a progressive PvP abilily leveling system also similar to that of DAoC’s Realm Point/ Ability system.
The combat has been compared to the pace of DAoC’s combat and I’d personally like to see future comparisons in GB’s shows to anything and everything DAoC. One other reference topic is that of Darkness Falls. DF was a brilliant bit of game-play. An instanced zone controlled by the Realm that owns the most keeps/ towers in the Frontiers, which is the RvR/ PvP zone. DF was PvE/ PvP. It was a raid instance as well as a PvP area. If you were in DF and your Realm lost access to the zone then the Realm that won would blitzkrieg through and you would end up with epic fights. As a stealther you could hide until the zerg left and gank solo’s or lowbies. You would have epic stealth vs stealth battles as well. You could log out and log back in. The only way you could be kicked out is if you died. There was also a PvE currency used to buy gear.

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 15 May 2011 22:11:38 +0000

I played WAR as a Black Orc tank up to end-game and my guild got the world first kill on Karl Franz so hopefully that speaks a little for how much time I played a tank in PvP/RvR. The taunt / guard mechanic is awesome if you know what you’re doing with it and don’t just leave it on one person. I remember when I was in the Nordenwatch scenario with a pocket healer where me and this guy ran to the node closest to the other teams spawn point, I threw guard on him and taunted everyone who focused him. At one point we literally had 6+ people throwing down on us and we were still alive (which has the be the most OP I’ve ever felt in a game) but it was because of the mechanics (healer receiving less damage + tank soaking a lot of damage) so their team basically had a choice between killing the healer with little dps with me peeling them off with slows and taunts or to go for me and watch my healer buddy keeping me alive.

It will be awesome if used well, trust me

By: Ghostloadzzz

Ghostloadzzz — Sun, 15 May 2011 18:08:03 +0000

love this pod cast

By: dragonmasterjg

dragonmasterjg — Sat, 14 May 2011 12:26:01 +0000

Voiced Codex entries would be awesome. Especially if u could let some lore play in the background while you’re farming mats or killing 20 ewoks for a quest or something.

By: AFK_Alex

AFK_Alex — Fri, 13 May 2011 09:12:19 +0000

Great episode guys! Ive actually watched it a couple of times now… really funny stuff and nice info.
Have a nice weekend.

By: Jamungo

Jamungo — Fri, 13 May 2011 07:32:39 +0000

Hey,

I have a question concerning PvP in Swtor, Mike B. states there was no bursts in damage when he played a healer. Does this mean there are no bonuses given damage wise for player who attack a knocked down character? Are there any states in the game that reduce armor that can class can perform? e.g Stun, Dizzy, Blind from SWG.

Did you witness any dots in the pvp matches? If so could you determine if the Dots came from skills/abilities or from weapons? Do you know if any class that uses dots quite often for damage dealing? I would assume Sith inquisitor or Jedi consular would be Dot classes, maybe even smuggler.

By: Badgame

Badgame — Fri, 13 May 2011 07:06:10 +0000

I see SWTOR being pushed back untill holiday seasons, for obvious reasons

By: CBC

CBC — Fri, 13 May 2011 04:14:06 +0000

I have to say, your coverage of TOR has improved dramatically over the last month or so. Keep up the good work.