World PVP – Nagrand
Posted On Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 By Jay
I was really excited by the prospect of the Nagrand PVP daily. I tried it out and was sorely disappointed.
Pretend La la land!
Defeat ten baddies, not too bad eh? Earn a wee bit of honor, 200ish and a couple gold. What do you have to do? Defeat 10 enemies in Halaa. Super easy!
Actual Result
Unlike BGs where players consent to PvP, in the open world players rarely commit 100% to pvp. That is an issue in and of itself, perhaps another post in the future. On to Nagrand! Here are the problems with Halaa:
Grave yards are not close if you don’t hold Halaa. Considering the defense spawns directly in town(which is a huge benefit), the distance of the graveyards on the attack are a huge deal.
Players are accepting this quest with the mentality that it is a quest and is easy to accomplish. The issue here is player expectation versus perception.
The open world pvp quests are competing with the new dailies. Why bother spending 15-45 minutes getting ten kills when you can spend that exact amount of time earning 150 gold. Risk versus reward isn’t a good way to Continue Reading
