alt Hacker NewsArc Raiders and other involuntary pvp games will miss out on players like me who will not try it until pvp is optional and voluntary.
Involuntary pvp is the long term death sentence for a game. It punishes new players by making them easy prey for veteran players. Player numbers will fall hard and fast, like every other involuntary pvp game does.
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bena • yesterday at 7:14 PM
That's ok. They are also missing out on all the players who won't try it until it's a dating sim. Or a turn-based-rpg. Or a third thing.
Everything doesn't have to be for everyone.
socalgal2 • yesterday at 7:18 PM
Same. I don't play any PVP. I play co-op. I play co-op vs npcs. If PVP is the only option I'm not playing.
"I may play your game if you trim away a core appeal factor for the people who already play your game by splitting the active player base" is not that convincing a feature request to a gamedev.
Many live service games that are punishing for new players are still thriving like LoL and DOTA2. Much that punish-factor can be resolved by good matchmaking, putting new players mostly with each other.