Topic: My concern for the game
I am sure we can all agree there are a few diff play styles ...PvE, Achievers, Explorers, Crafters, PvPers
WE can also agree that the first 4 play styles can and do play well together and get along well enough to make a game work.
We can also agree that none of the first four play styles gamers(hear after to be respectfully called carebears) work well with PvPers. I respect the carebear way of life and have no ill will toward them to each their own. Now the carebears like to do their own thing they are typically solo players just looking to relax and drain the stress of the long work day before going to bed and starting work the next day. Carebears will not play a game that raises their stress lvls. MY GOD MAN that's the exact opposite of their entire reason for gaming in the first place.
The mistake that was made by games like Darkfall, shadowbane, Mortal online, Aion, Vanguard and countless others was simple they crammed the carebears into a small world where they are at the mercy of PvPers.
The world of Perpetuum has great POTENTIAL but sadly that is all it will ever be as long as the game world remains as small as it is. You can not cram carebears and PvPers together and make money.
I think Perpetuum is a really really cool game. I think the DEVs are doing a fabulous job and I WANT to see this game be a huge success for my own selfish reasons.
Now the DEVs have a very simple sollution to this problem. They can with minimal effort and expense expand the game world so as to spread out the population. This would have the affect of localizing pvp and maybe adding a bit of safety to some areas of the beta islands. Its a trade off between carebears and pvpers. YOu need not change the mechanics of the game at all. This change will not hinder the pvp players at all. They will always find targets. They just might not find the same one every day for a week who would then rage quite cause he got ganked 5 times this week. It would only require the pvp to work a bit harder which i am sure they would.
Issues I see developing:
roaving gank squads patroling the entire game world constantly looking for targets. they can patrol the entire game worls in about 2 hours or less. This basicly means no carebear will ever be able to play the game without getting ganked constantly every time he/she goes out into a pvp zone. they will be limited to the core 3 Islands. I doubt the carebears would play a game with those kinds of limitations.
My appeal to PvPers:
Set aside your desire to please your own masochistic needs and thing of the bigger picture. Think instead what it would mean to have or not have the income that is sorely needed by attracting the mass volumes of carebears needed to support this game to a successful future.
Possable future developments for none pvp players. It would be noice to see some form of activity in the SAFE islands that would attract andhold the attention of none pvpers.
I consider myself a pvp who on occasion likes to craft and veg without the threat of pvp. Normally after a long stressful day at work when i am to tired to thing strait ect...
THIS IS NOT A RANT ABOUT THE GAME. IT IS SIMPLY MY OBSERVATIONS AFTER 10 YEARS OF ONLINE GAMING. TAKE IT ANY WAY YOU LIKE.
I would love to hear your opinions also feel free to let it all hang out.
Carebear gaming population world wide 99%
PvPer population world wide .50%
facebook clicking game population .05%
Tell me where do you think the money is going come from to make this game successful?
This game already has the mechanics to please the carebears and pvpers if implemented
carefully.
PvP style = people willing to go out and fight and lose bots every single day without end
Semi pvp style = people that prefer the day to day safty of the Alpha islands but on occasion will venture out to the Bate islands but will run from fights if attacked. they accept the cost of possible destruction
PvE style = people who never pvp, don't want to be attacked and do not accept the cost of a lost bot lightly and prefer the safty of the Alpha Islands 100% of the times. These people never want to be blown up by other players and will find other games to play as a result.
btw it's the thanks giving weekend the second larges holiday of the year here in the US. I am at work (with a positive attitude i like my job i like my job) and I have nothing better to do atm than talk about something i feel passionate about..... Perpetuum