Excited about the DIII pvp system ?

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Our aim for Diablo III's PvP is to set you up with dangerous, exciting gladiatorial matches, let you battle it out with other players at your own pace, and allow you to proudly display your rewards. We've added a robust system to remove the obstructions that may have kept you out of the action, so that you can focus on what really matters: answering the age-old question of 'who would win in a fight' -- with a gauntlet to the face.


Sounds quite promissing, the only thing that worries me is finding good allies.

Hopefully they will make it like dota/hon- having a team is optional, you can still get mached up with ppl and since blizzard are implementing the MMR your allies will be of the same level (hopefully)

I am quite intrigued to see how this turns out, It will be awesome if DIII multiplayer goes E-sport. Do you think that is possible ?


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[tommerbob]

I am really excited about this PVP system. It sounds like they are really trying to beef it up.

I wonder if they are going to limit it to level 60 players, because with all of the possible skill-builds, it seems very difficult if not totally impossible to create and balance level brackets that are fair for pre-60. I guess they could simply use levels and PVP achievements to determine brackets, but I guess we'll see what happens.

Blizzard has specifically stated they DO NOT want turning their games into E-sports. I don't remember where I read it exactly, it was probably about a year ago, but someone asked about that and Bashiok replied that they won't let that happen. I'm not sure if their plan has changed or not since then.

I think they have also said that there won't be any gear-rewards or PVP-specific gear strictly for the arena. I think I'm happy about this, but I'm not sure yet. While achievements are fine and everything, I would like to see some more tangible rewards coming out of the Arena. But I agree with Blizzard's sentiment that they do not want this game becoming PVP-centered, this is primarily a PVM game and all the gear and core-elements are made for PVM. I could see a lot of grief if players get superior gear just for playing PVP.

I am worried about the match-making setups. I hope it is not like League of Legends, the matchmaking in that game is a complete joke. You are either set up with pro's on your team and you dominate the whole game, or you are stuck with all newbies who have no idea what they are doing.

I wonder if they will include other stuff with the Arena as well, such as Game Modes. Some possible game modes are Capture the Flag, AoS (like DotA), Shuffle Players, stuff like that.

I think they have said there will be only 1 Arena map with release, but I hope with later patches and expansions they will release several maps, all geared towards different modes of play (see above). And also, that they allow for more players than just 3v3.

 

[Bloodcount]

I am pretty sure they have changed their mind ^^

Look at SCII it is becomming one of the biggest E-sports.


Also as long as there is a ladder and enough ppl that play it (wich I am sure there will be) I am happy :]

Even if there are tournaments and so on I will still only ladder.

Time will tell, but it rocks that they are gonna make pvp a good part of DIII.

 

[Ioannes]

I hope they don't lead to any game content (items, skills, etc.) that I wouldn't be able to get in single player.

Other than that - that's some great news, Maybe now there won't be 1 hit kills (from caster classes, not to mention exploits) like there were in D2.


Edit: I was being subtly sarcastic. It was about time they fixed at least that. Everybody calm the fuck down.

 

[Jedimindtrixxx]

I am pretty sure they have changed their mind ^^

i hope not. D3 isnt meant to be played that way. they'd have to make everything so much different for e-sports.

also,
im going to miss pwning a lil shit talker and nking them until they ragequit, also going to miss wide open spaces that allow for teleportation battles, and the wells in the area that let you grab some health to get around the no pot rule. also going to miss spamming the town bridge with spells so the instant they step out they die. good times, good times indeed. also im going to miss being able to deal with that faggot who ruins the game. now you wont be able to kill him and are going to have to use harsh words to try and hurt him :/
other than that i'm excited.

 

[Nenad]

Hopefully they will make it like dota/hon- having a team is optional, you can still get mached up with ppl and since blizzard are implementing the MMR your allies will be of the same level (hopefully)

They already said that pvp is going to be 1v1, 2v2 and 3v3. If you don't want allies go for the 1v1.

I wonder if they are going to limit it to level 60 players, because with all of the possible skill-builds, it seems very difficult if not totally impossible to create and balance level brackets that are fair for pre-60. I guess they could simply use levels and PVP achievements to determine brackets, but I guess we'll see what happens.

This was discussed at length before, and nothing was decided. Someone from blizz said that there may be fights against lower level players, but they were unsure yet. I think their first focus was getting pvp as a part of the end game. This is due to the fact that 1 skill point means so much and they do not want to spread the game around in tiers, because if someone say level 21 fights someone 25 they are severely handicapped.

Blizzard has specifically stated they DO NOT want turning their games into E-sports. I don't remember where I read it exactly, it was probably about a year ago, but someone asked about that and Bashiok replied that they won't let that happen. I'm not sure if their plan has changed or not since then.

This is correct, they don't want it to turn to pvp and they want the game to be a primarily pve experience. This is also the reason why they split the skills into pvp and pve, so that the pvp could be adjusted if necessary without touching the pve.

I think they have also said that there won't be any gear-rewards or PVP-specific gear strictly for the arena. I think I'm happy about this, but I'm not sure yet. While achievements are fine and everything, I would like to see some more tangible rewards coming out of the Arena. But I agree with Blizzard's sentiment that they do not want this game becoming PVP-centered, this is primarily a PVM game and all the gear and core-elements are made for PVM. I could see a lot of grief if players get superior gear just for playing PVP.

The only things you get from the pvp (as of now) are bragging rights and achievements. Everything that can be got in the game loot wise is still and only in pve.

I am worried about the match-making setups. I hope it is not like League of Legends, the matchmaking in that game is a complete joke. You are either set up with pro's on your team and you dominate the whole game, or you are stuck with all newbies who have no idea what they are doing.

I wonder if they will include other stuff with the Arena as well, such as Game Modes. Some possible game modes are Capture the Flag, AoS (like DotA), Shuffle Players, stuff like that.

I think they have said there will be only 1 Arena map with release, but I hope with later patches and expansions they will release several maps, all geared towards different modes of play (see above). And also, that they allow for more players than just 3v3.

For the rest of the pvp, i myself have no idea. They haven't released any more information about pvp. This is most likely going to be seen in the beta release.

Also as long as there is a ladder and enough ppl that play it (wich I am sure there will be) I am happy :]

Even if there are tournaments and so on I will still only ladder.

Time will tell, but it rocks that they are gonna make pvp a good part of DIII.

There is no ladder. There was no ladder to begin with, because the ladder system was generally crap in D2. Everything is in the same system and that is open-ended content (like singleplayer d2 was, except everything is going to be given out). That means that everything is allowed for everyone, no ladder-only equipment or anything else. I believe there will be an achievement wall and a statistics wall that will indicate your gameplay, and pvp will be chosen upon your statistics most likely. This will be certain chaos in the start but will settle out in about 2 months.


As far as PVP i think it's a nice past time. You go into an arena, play a match or two in 5 minutes and go somewhere. Or get tired of killing nasties and just want to smash someone human controlled. Or someone gives you crap and you challenge them in the arena. The ''only'' real exciting part is the hardcore arenas: Gladiator style you lose you die, you win you're the boss.

 

[SerraAvenger]

Excited about the DIII pvp system ?

no

 

[Bloodcount]

Time will tell. I just hope it is as crazy as SCII's multiplayer : )