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08-17-2007, 08:02
Blizzard Stance on PvP vs PvE
Nethaera (Blizzard Poster) answered to a player on official forums about Blizzard's stance in terms of PvP vs PvE in Arena:
Since its mid day would a CM please shine light for those of us who think that PvE is going to be phased out In favor of arenas. There are those of us who don't like to compete for top 1% of the pvp slot and would rather have PvE progression for our characters.
There are many people who enjoy the PvE aspect of this game, However getting a response to the ever incrasing PvP vs PvE debates seems impossible. I would like to know blizzards official stance on endgame, pve vs pvp and character progression.
If its possible to get it in pvp then it should be possible to get it in PvE
We are going to continue to develop both PvP and PvE content. PvE isn't being phased out for Arenas.
These sorts of debates between PvP and PvE are inevitable given the nature of trying to balance two aspects of the game that some people feel conflict with each other. Some people don't care for PvP and some don't care for PvE but the availability of both is still there for everyone.
We try to cater gear for PvP or PvE as we feel is most beneficial as well. While there are some pieces of gear that people may find in PvE encounters that are viable for PvP, we don't want to make it so that people that don't wish to PvE don't have to do it in order to be competitive. We want to continue to make it beneficial for people to do what they enjoy (either PvP or PvE) in order to get the gear they want/need to continue enjoying themselves and being competitive.
Source (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=965754561&pageNo=1&sid=1#1)
Guild Banks coming in 2.3
Vaneras confirmed Guild Banks would be coming with patch 2.3:
A while back we hinted that we were working on implementing Guild banks into the game, which was a feature originally intended for The Burning Crusade that was postponed for a later patch: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=89460946&sid=1
A lot of work has gone underway since then and now we can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. The Guild bank feature is still being worked on, however it is currently scheduled for release in the future patch 2.3.
Source (http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=508920903&postId=5090050967&sid=1)
Nethaera (Blizzard Poster) answered to a player on official forums about Blizzard's stance in terms of PvP vs PvE in Arena:
Since its mid day would a CM please shine light for those of us who think that PvE is going to be phased out In favor of arenas. There are those of us who don't like to compete for top 1% of the pvp slot and would rather have PvE progression for our characters.
There are many people who enjoy the PvE aspect of this game, However getting a response to the ever incrasing PvP vs PvE debates seems impossible. I would like to know blizzards official stance on endgame, pve vs pvp and character progression.
If its possible to get it in pvp then it should be possible to get it in PvE
We are going to continue to develop both PvP and PvE content. PvE isn't being phased out for Arenas.
These sorts of debates between PvP and PvE are inevitable given the nature of trying to balance two aspects of the game that some people feel conflict with each other. Some people don't care for PvP and some don't care for PvE but the availability of both is still there for everyone.
We try to cater gear for PvP or PvE as we feel is most beneficial as well. While there are some pieces of gear that people may find in PvE encounters that are viable for PvP, we don't want to make it so that people that don't wish to PvE don't have to do it in order to be competitive. We want to continue to make it beneficial for people to do what they enjoy (either PvP or PvE) in order to get the gear they want/need to continue enjoying themselves and being competitive.
Source (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=965754561&pageNo=1&sid=1#1)
Guild Banks coming in 2.3
Vaneras confirmed Guild Banks would be coming with patch 2.3:
A while back we hinted that we were working on implementing Guild banks into the game, which was a feature originally intended for The Burning Crusade that was postponed for a later patch: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=89460946&sid=1
A lot of work has gone underway since then and now we can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. The Guild bank feature is still being worked on, however it is currently scheduled for release in the future patch 2.3.
Source (http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=508920903&postId=5090050967&sid=1)