Dear carebears, what would it take to get you to play PvP? | Forums

[Ironmatter]

I was lucky in that I started playing Ghost Wars when it first came out and have dabbled in an on-off manner since maintaining a list of players that will happily pick me up as a 4th if they need someone who can fit with their play style.

The present challenge seems to be building these sort of relationships in the current blended PVP community.

We've got the veteran regulars who have memorised every map and every class.

We've got the altruistic new-comers who have played the game for a tactical experience then start the PVP hoping for much of the same.

Then there are the competitive new comers who binge on the PVP experience for a month or so building up a specific class and thrashing the game until they get bored.

I find the only draw card for me is the established teams that I play with, they are fun to jam with and sufficiently competitive to actually try to work as a team. I don't get into PVP unless I see some of these buddies online.

I have never been gripped by the play in Ghost Wars as every game mode seems like deathmatch with some token objective to force everyone to kill each other which isn't overly original to me.

I guess the key is to keep trawling the servers and picking up buddies that you can actually stomach playing with...

[GiveMeTactical]

Gunny Gibbs from NCIS used .338 Lapua so it should be good enough for me LOL

[MikeWeeks]

Ok, let's do it. This weekend there is an event which I am hoping will be the one that takes the drones off again and that would be great for you guys to try if you like the no hud approach.

However I am happy to set up some custom matches as well at predetermined times over the weekend and we can have some tactical matches without HuDs on etc.

Ami, best times do you think? It may have to be some time between 20:00 and 24:00 GMT on Friday, Saturday or Sunday as that will allow the American players to join the EU players.

Anyone here want a different time zone to be incorporated?

20:00 - 24:00 GMT is 12:00 - 16:00 PST (12-4pm). That's a no go normally. Possible this Sat.-Sun only. I normally game only in the evenings PST. The wife also uses the PC in our household. However she'll be gone from Sat. for a few days.

Does the net connection have an impact? I'm on DSL, not cable.

Don't mind getting a mic/headset, but if not, Discord was mentioned. How would that work, put the app on the phone? Or just use text w/in the game?

[MikeWeeks]

Well for starters removing the label “carebears”. I know you are making light of it and mean nothing ill, but it proves the point of others that the pvp community can be rather harsh on those who are not very good. I am a strong support role when playing pvp and will gladly be the scout, medic, sniper, whatever. But I constantly get berated or kicked for playing these roles as they are designed. Seems that if you are not running up and face tanking everyone else then you suck and you get yelled at. It’s a game, I play for fun. And being screamed at for not playing the way someone else wants me to is not fun. One of the things I like about GRW is the tactful play style and GW just doesn’t seem to have that anymore. It’s turned into just another team death match and I avoid all of those unless I’m with a team of my friends. A perfect example as to why i steer clear is the controversy of drone use. I like the drones. They add a tactical element. But you get chastised for using them. So no amount of rewards will get me to play again. The community mentality will have to change to get me to try again.

A solid plus!!

[Ghost-Ami]

20:00 - 24:00 GMT is 12:00 - 16:00 PST (12-4pm). That's a no go normally. Possible this Sat.-Sun only. I normally game only in the evenings PST. The wife also uses the PC in our household. However she'll be gone from Sat. for a few days.

Does the net connection have an impact? I'm on DSL, not cable.

Don't mind getting a mic/headset, but if not, Discord was mentioned. How would that work, put the app on the phone? Or just use text w/in the game?

Uh, hmm, I guess you can run Discord off your phone without a headset and put in on speaker, but there's a danger of hotmiccing of course.

Text is definitely not sufficient, it's way too slow, not to mention you can't communicate and ping locations at the same time if you have text chat open.

The speed of your Interwebs is fine, I'm sure.

[MikeWeeks]

Uh, hmm, I guess you can run Discord off your phone without a headset and put in on speaker, but there's a danger of hotmiccing of course.

Text is definitely not sufficient, it's way too slow, not to mention you can't communicate and ping locations at the same time if you have text chat open.

The speed of your Interwebs is fine, I'm sure.

So if Discord is on the PC, it's running in the background while you play GW w/o a mic? I've just barely looked at what exactly it is.

[Ghost-Ami]

So if Discord is on the PC, it's running in the background while you play GW w/o a mic? I've just barely looked at what exactly it is.

It's a voice over IP programme. Like Teamspeak but significantly streamlined.

[AI BLUEFOX]

I'll put something up. Sign up will be here on the forum. The purpose is strictly to give everyone a flavour of the tactical nature of PvP in a non-hostile environment. You get this if you're in a team of 4 but for many PvE players that in itself is a barrier.

I can see the stats of those joining, and I can smell a smurf a mile off if you're thinking of being a bandit, so I'd like to see the regular PvP players help the new guys out a bit. The room will be as GR hardcore as it can be, with a ban on some drone types, no HuD and no health restore. It may even be better to go with no classes at all.

[Ghost-Ami]

I'll put something up. Sign up will be here on the forum. The purpose is strictly to give everyone a flavour of the tactical nature of PvP in a non-hostile environment. You get this if you're in a team of 4 but for many PvE players that in itself is a barrier.

I can see the stats of those joining, and I can smell a smurf a mile off if you're thinking of being a bandit, so I'd like to see the regular PvP players help the new guys out a bit. The room will be as GR hardcore as it can be, with a ban on some drone types, no HuD and no health restore. It may even be better to go with no classes at all.

This is starting to sound a little less appealing---the diversity of classes and their fantastic rock-paper-scissors relationship is part of what I love about Ghost War---but you can still count me in for now.

Just try not to make it too limited. XD

[MikeWeeks]

I'll put something up. Sign up will be here on the forum. The purpose is strictly to give everyone a flavour of the tactical nature of PvP in a non-hostile environment. You get this if you're in a team of 4 but for many PvE players that in itself is a barrier.

I can see the stats of those joining, and I can smell a smurf a mile off if you're thinking of being a bandit, so I'd like to see the regular PvP players help the new guys out a bit. The room will be as GR hardcore as it can be, with a ban on some drone types, no HuD and no health restore. It may even be better to go with no classes at all.

So somewhere in the menu after clicking Ghost War there'll be an invite, or something like that?