PvP is a Threat to Us All

Well, it is finally official. We always thought, "Games have to do it!" Now Turbine has told us that player vs. player (PvP) combat will be a reality in Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach (DDO). And while PvP is an interesting diversion, Darkgolem shares with us four hard-hitting reasons that PvP can only mean bad things for DDO:

PvP Forces Changes to Loot
There is a conflict of interest in serving PvP and PvE players. For example, Vault of Night (VoN) items might be found to be too powerful if used in PvP, and the PvP players will be upset about their being limited in availability. So the developers might choose to change VoN to be harder to complete, or perhaps to change the items found in VoN to be less interesting. Of course, this again affects PvE players who are not interested in PvP.

Read this week's Friday Editorial to see the bigger picture.