About this topic, Funcom MUST absolutely add to the game some PvP goals, or PvP in Age of Conan will just completely die, even more.
In current status every map is like an empty arena with no objectives, since no one is absolutely interested to win the game.
In 9 minis out of 10 I just see people randomly go around totally ignoring minigame objectives (flags), and just try to kill / avoid to die.
Few examples seen today:
- one PvP 10 guard continually hitting a PvP 1 blue geared PoM from the 1st to the last minute of the minigame, for 3 minigames in a row (that poor guy ended 3 times in a row in opposite team to that guard), and totally ignoring flag or high DPSers (demo, ranger, sin).
It was fun that at the end of every minigame, Guard and PoM had exactly the same amount of kills (guard) and deaths (pom). It was like Guard 10-0, PoM 0-10; Guard 12-0, PoM 0-12; Guard 9-0, PoM 0-9
- one team winning 2-0. Then they realize their team is much better, so they start ignoring flag and just go in 6 to farm rezpad, while one sin just deliver alone 3 flags so they loose 2 - 3.
- PvP 10 DT leaving game on 1k-0d cause he was almost dieing once, even on 0-0 score (of course he was not caring at all about flag when he left..).
It's seriously depressing to go on like this.
Funcom must explain if they plan or not to do something.
If they don't plan to bring some motivation for people to win games (gear, AA, win/loss stats, whatever), then they should make it clear by totally remove flags and other goals from minigames, and bring k/d visible (0 effort) as only official goal.
Lol at people who accuse players to be kill / death whores.
I just see kill / deathwores in minigames, only and just killdeathwhores.
Max 2 players per minigame cares about flag, and for those players it's crazy depressing to care about win the game.
Not to say that it's almost unplayable for some classes.
My main is BS, it's crazy depressing to play BS, most awesome support healer class, when no one cares a bit about flag.
Currently minigames are a total, really unplayable mess (if not with the only goal to get frags).
Please Funcom, do something.
If no reply then yes, I changed my mind: bring back k/d visible and just all focus kill and not die.
As me, I think many people is bored of actual nonsense minigame status.
I already wrote in another post, but consider PvP in Age of Conan vs Guild Wars 2.
The first has the most awesome Combat System, Classes, lore, fatalities, etc
But the second has goals.. lot of objectives to achieve, Tournaments, World vs World etc..
Even if the most basic element (Combat System) is way better in AoC, in the end PvP in Guild Wars 2 totally destroyes aoc.
It's so sad to see Age of Conan combat system wasted like this..
Please Funcom bring something to motivate people to play to win, to reach goals, more than just kill / avoid to die.