Difference between revisions of "PvP"

Open World PvP

Zoned PvP

Every zone in the game has a "safety rating."

• Highsteppe, the beginning region directly outside of Highsteppe, and most graveyards are "Safe", as are group instances such as dungeons. You cannot attack other players in these zones.
• All other areas are "Unsafe". In these zones, you can be attacked at any time if you have World PvP enabled by any other player who has World PvP Enabled.

Risk & Reward

Players with PvP enabled will obtain 10% bonus experience from all xp sources. Note that to obtain this bonus on mission quests, the quest must be obtained, completed, and turned in while PvP is enabled. They also will see 25% more resource nodes around the world, which are invisible to players who do not have it enabled.

If you acquire a tradable item in the world (such as a rare flower for brewing a potion), your mission is to get it back to town without losing it. It's up to you if you want to risk sticking around gathering a lot, if you want to go in solo or take a group, etc.

Once you've gotten back to town with it, it's safely stored in your personal chest where you can access it later to use it or take it to sell at the market.

PvP Battlegrounds

The PvP Battlegrounds is a new team "capture the outpost" game mode introduced in OrbusVR Reborn. All players start on equal footing as Level 30 with only basic gear regardless of their character's progress in the "main world." Upon joining (via "Join Battlegrounds Queue" menu option), you will be randomly assigned to either the Red or Blue team, comprised of 4 members who have joined either solo or as a duo (no larger groups are currently allowed). You and your teammates must fight the opposing players to maintain your team's flag on each of the three outposts. For each outpost held, your team will score a certain number of points per second and the first team to 1000 points wins the battle.

You can obtain honor points for killing enemy players, but will not obtain honor points for capturing outposts.

It is not always available to play, as it requires that 8 individuals be in the queue at the same time. Sometimes, you will be able to join immediately after joining the queue, while at other times you will have to wait for a while. Note that no warning or option to decline is currently provided. If you are joining a public event or leaving your VR for any amount of time, it is recommended that you leave the battleground queue.

Quests to partake in the Battlegrounds are available from Marlowe in Highsteppe.

Joining the Game

Open your menu and select the Activities button. You will then see an option to "Join Battlegrounds Queue". If you are in a party, the party leader must be the one to initiate joining this queue. Unlike the gameplay of the shared main world, Organized PvP games take place in separate instances that have no bearing on the main game; therefore, you do not need to travel to any particular place in the game world to access them. Note that once you are in the queue, you will see a new option appear in place of the "Join" option - to "Leave" the queue. Once a game has been found for you, you will automatically join that game.

Do not join the queue unless you are prepared to join the game any time. If you join the queue and you are in the middle of a dungeon, for example, you will be yanked out of the dungeon when the game starts.

Joining while in a group of two will allow you to be placed with your chosen teammate. Groups larger than two cannot join the queue or will be split to individuals. However, right now the queue just fills up as people join it, so if you want to play with friends you can all just join at the same time and you will likely get into the same game most of the time.

Playing the Game

Once you are in the game, you will start in a large open clearing surrounded by other players. Everyone beings the game as "bandits", that is hostile to each other. All players may freely attack each other at any time.

You always start off as a Level 1 character, with only the basic weapons for each Discipline in your inventory. You will always start as a Ranger, although you can switch weapons to become a different class at any time. Your level and inventory from the main game world do not carry over into the Arena.

The winner of the game is the last person standing. It's up to you to decide if you want to take on others immediately, or retreat into the forest to stage a later attack.

Leveling Up and Gaining Gear

The map for the Arena is approximately half the size of a normal OrbusVR zone at 0.5 square kilometers. It features dense forest throughout, as well as monsters which range from Level 1 near the starting area to Level 3 further out. You can attack these monsters just like in the main game to acquire gear and level up your character. The maximum level you can currently reach is Level 4. There is a heavy XP bonus in place for the Arena so it does not take very long to level up.

Losing or Winning

You lose the game if you die, either to a monster or another player. You win if you are the last person standing. The game will notify you whenever someone in the arena dies, and also notify you if you are the last person left. If you want to give up and quit the game, then use the "To Graveyard" option under the Seettings -> Bug Fixers menu to kill yourself and that will allow you to leave the game.

Once you die, you will become a ghost. If you press the Reawaken button, you will go back to the last place you were in the main game world. The XP and gear you gained in the Arena does not carry forward out of the game.

Caveats

• The classes have not been balanced for solo PvP. It's entirely possible that some will be overpowered. Since you can choose to play as any class and start off on equal footing, this is considered fine for now. Eventually we may make an effort to balance the classes for solo PvP, but in general the PvP balance is based on group combat.
• This is incredibly untested, so there may be bugs. If anything happens to you (you get stuck, you end up in mid air after you enter the game and can't move, etc.) just close your OrbusVR client and restart it. You will be back in the main game world where you last were.
• This game mode will not be available all the time. We are trying different types of Organized PvP to see what's fun and what isn't.