Originally posted by wowfan1996

There's no such thing as "open world PvP". In any MMO, depending on how many people participate, it's always either gank or zerg. Neither is particularly interesting.

GW2 will have WvWvW for large-scale battles and Sructured PvP for small-scale ranked matches.

What on earth are you talking about "no open world PvP in any mmo"?

PvP = Player versus Player -- Whether or not you are being ganked by a group of people, by two people, by 1 person; it's all Player versus Player combat. 

Originally posted by raystantz

I've looked all over and cannot really find an exact answer to this.

 

I've seen this "WvWvW" stuff, but that still looks instanced to me.

I'm talking about open world pvp. I'm guessing guild wars 2 doesn't have it?

If not, I'll probably pass on this one.. tired of instanced PVP games.

just mentioning, that'S EXACTLY the same model Dark Age of Camelot used :)

and DAoC was by far one of the best pvp games so far.

Are you so afraid, that TERA will die out, when GW2 comes out?

WvWvW is very fun and IMO is how PVP should work.

You capture castles,keeps,villages,supply camps ect, you can attack the other factions caravans so they wont get supplies to reinforce thier allready owned keeps and alike.

More your side is owning more your server benefits bonuses such as extra xp,higher % crit in crafting, special events and other things even if you never PVP you will get these bonuses.

Then after 2 weeks it resets and the server winner is matched against 2 other servers who also have won thier 2 weeks battles, so there are server ranking lists.

Originally posted by Mahavishnu

Are you so afraid, that TERA will die out, when GW2 comes out?

lol TERA died out in it's first month and a half. I witnessed that boat sink hard, and I was very very sad because I had spent years following it. ;-;

Originally posted by Clawzon

How big will this wvwvwvwwwv zone be (compared to a wow, war, swtor, aoc or lotro zones for ex) and how many players will it be in there when it's full?

 

 

The zones are extremely vast. These are not small battlegrounds, each one is big enough to warrent it's own areas of PVE level progression. Takes about 15 minutes to run from one end to the other with speed buffs. There are 5 zones in total, one of them is off the grid and is considered secret and underground.

Hundred and hundreds of players can be in each map at the same time. Final number is still TBA until release as they adjust the numbers, but so far each zone can fit roughly 1000 players with ease.

I was pretty upset about this until I experienced GW2 pvp. It's not as good as open world but it's as good or better than any instanced pvp I've experienced.

Originally posted by Xobdnas

I was pretty upset about this until I experienced GW2 pvp. It's not as good as open world but it's as good or better than any instanced pvp I've experienced.

I felt the exact same way. I love Open World PVP. But the WvW maps are so big I felt like I was in Open world anyways so it is not so bad after all. I loved it and had a blast with my friend.

Originally posted by raystantz

I've looked all over and cannot really find an exact answer to this.

 

I've seen this "WvWvW" stuff, but that still looks instanced to me.

I'm talking about open world pvp. I'm guessing guild wars 2 doesn't have it?

If not, I'll probably pass on this one.. tired of instanced PVP games.

 ... but... but... you like FFXI.

You should probably enjoy games for what they are, rather than what they aren't.

FFXI wasn't exactly an open world pvp fest. :)

Was this thread necro'd

Originally posted by RizelStar

Was this thread necro'd

Looks like it.

And damnit, now I miss my necro =/.

I dunno if the OP is even still active in this thread, but it basically amounts to this:

If you want the type of PvP where you are ganking lowbies while they are questing, go play TERA.

If you want DAoC style PvP, on a larger scale with more siege equipment, you'll like WvW just fine. They're still tweaking the population caps, but I think each area can fit around ~800 or so players x 4 zones = ~3400 players or so.

Originally posted by RizelStar

Was this thread necro'd

Yeah, but it was done by someone with a legit qustion about WvW (that has been answered).

Originally posted by raystantz

I've looked all over and cannot really find an exact answer to this.

 

I've seen this "WvWvW" stuff, but that still looks instanced to me.

I'm talking about open world pvp. I'm guessing guild wars 2 doesn't have it?

If not, I'll probably pass on this one.. tired of instanced PVP games.

the game has 2 worlds, just like Guild Wars 1 had. One world for pve and another world for PvP (WvWvW aka the mists)

also instanced pvp like every other mmo has, aside from the ginormous wvwvw world.

No open world pvp, that makes me sad. If they don't update pvp with content then im afraid im going to have to leave this awesome game :(

I can not stay in a gamee that has WvW for 2 weeks and 3 maps of sPVP, but im sure pvp will get lots of update so im not really stressing.

Originally posted by Clawzon

How big will this wvwvwvwwwv zone be (compared to a wow, war, swtor, aoc or lotro zones for ex) and how many players will it be in there when it's full?

Why was this thread Necroed?   You should have started a new thread instead.

Originally posted by xalvi

No open world pvp, that makes me sad. If they don't update pvp with content then im afraid im going to have to leave this awesome game :(

I can not stay in a gamee that has WvW for 2 weeks and 3 maps of sPVP, but im sure pvp will get lots of update so im not really stressing.

I'll show you both something amazing about the Wx3 (WvWvW):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04Ce3pryjqI&feature=plcp

Originally posted by raystantz

I've looked all over and cannot really find an exact answer to this.

 

I've seen this "WvWvW" stuff, but that still looks instanced to me.

I'm talking about open world pvp. I'm guessing guild wars 2 doesn't have it?

If not, I'll probably pass on this one.. tired of instanced PVP games.

but you rather play FF pvp?

wait! Planetside2 has NO world PvE??

totally gonna pass on this one.

This game conisist out of 5 parts...

1. an Open world for PvE, with Dynamic events

2. an Open world for PvP, for WvW purposes

3. Many small instanced parts of the world are used for the personal story

4. Special PvP instances for sPvP

5. Dungeon instances part of Personal stories but also for grouping

All these parts a very much sepperated from eachother which makes WvWvW its own open world PvP zone.

Originally posted by xalvi

No open world pvp, that makes me sad. If they don't update pvp with content then im afraid im going to have to leave this awesome game :(

I can not stay in a gamee that has WvW for 2 weeks and 3 maps of sPVP, but im sure pvp will get lots of update so im not really stressing.

That is 4 huge maps hanging together, and a bunch of smaller for 5 Vs 5.

Each of those 4 maps supports 3 x 100 players. You wont see open world PvP alá EQ or Lineage in GW2, the game is just too much against ganking.

WvWvW is not instanced.

Battlegrounds are instanced.

WvWvW is open world pvp without pve gankers and griefers = AWESOME

Yeah people that think owpvp is to gank lower levels are going to be disappointed... but who cares?

And do not reply "noooo i only attack players equal to my level ! I want a fair fight "

Then go to wvwvw and stop whining there is no owpvp

(or go play a sandbox)