Name your 3 most broken things in PvP

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YarrakKafasi wrote:

1.herald of ice
2.herald of ash
3.flame totem

these 3 are the broken things in pvp

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TheLastZica wrote:

1. PvP is dead and devs will never care, Chris has pretty much said so. It really is the number one issue here which blocks any other from being dealt with. Everything starts with convincing them to care again. Which in turns starts with convincing them that a. PvP is worth the effort and b. enough of the playerbase will be mature enough to keep it worth the effort.

2. Lack of support for premade-only where gear and build is not as much of an issue; you'd see PvP become a lot more welcoming to new players, and thus get a lot more new players, if there was an even playing field to enter, instead of the 500ex-centric playing field we have now, which almost no one wants to invest in. And PvP desperately needs a bigger playerbase to get the freedom to bracket players meaningfully instead of matching rank 900s with rank 1800s. To be clear, Premade PvP would allow PvP-only characters, equiping only gear that came with the character, no external gear, no Ascendancies, etc; only respecing and moving what gear the premades come with around. An even skill-based playing field.

3. Rude, juvenile players no adult would want to game with, most commonly the ones running 500ex kits, sometimes seen trying to harass other players just to do it. Players like that drive off more desirable ones precisely because who wants to game with 5-year-olds or those who act the part?

Honorable mention to PvP-only characters being dubiously locked on a per-account per-league basis instead of cleanly just per-account like Scion. That, too, should change, to allow Challenge Hardcore to better serve the premade faction, since Standard and non-Hardcore Challenge are filled with twinks and PvE characters.

Also honorable mention to off-screen battles with projectiles or summons. Spamming projectiles off-screen should not be a viable PvP strategy, ever, because it detracts from any real skill getting involved. Spark should do 0 damage in PvP. You heard me. 0. Disable the gem in PvP, it has no place in it by nature. Summoners should be relegated strictly to non-serious PvP, e.g. not allowed in duel matchmaking. PvP is player vs. player, not player vs. other player's horde of minions to hide behind. Even totems and traps are pushing the definition a little much. If I don't see the other player within the first 10 seconds of a duel, something is badly wrong.

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TheLastZica wrote:

3. Rude, juvenile players no adult would want to game with, most commonly the ones running 500ex kits, sometimes seen trying to harass other players just to do it. Players like that drive off more desirable ones precisely because who wants to game with 5-year-olds or those who act the part?

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MullaXul wrote:

You are right about most of this except............ranged skills do have a place in PvP. The thing is they need to be better balanced based on the sheer fact they are ranged. Currently ranged skills hit harder then any melee ranged skill possibly could on a most consistent basis while inherently having all the perks of being ranged i.e less engagement etc.. and often times a better PvP oriented tree consisting of dodges/status immunity. They have FPS shotgun 1 hit kill power, with SMG speed and sniper rifle range...it's a joke, it really is.

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I'd say 90% of the pvp community is on its best behavior and generally want pvp to be good and for everyone to have fun doing it. Every once in awhile, though, you'll get that rotten 10% who just make things a nightmare, and they don't go until their either bored, or countered, then things are peaceful once more.

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IceDeal wrote:

Can we talk about the opposite as well, the damn kids who start to insult you because they have no clue how pvp work and get frustrated when you one shot them.