PVP Arena System

PVP Arena System
This idea/suggestion is Open. You can respond to ask questions or discuss the idea and either vote it up or down if you believe it should or should not be implemented, respectively. Popular suggestions and ideas will be considered by the development team to become reality in-game.
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Proposal
An instanced PVP arena where you can queue as 2v2 or 3v3 and fight in a controlled environment. The queue would consider CL and possibly offer a rating system to offer some type of balance. The map(s) would be smaller than BFs and have tasteful LoS for strategic positioning.
Justification
Battlefield and world PVP participation are prone to heavy fluctuations in activity and tend to be dependent on significant organization
Motivation
Increase PVP content diversity using a system that's easier and quicker than battlefields and more balanced than world PVP
I think an arena system would be a wonderful addition to SWGR to provide additional PVP content that's even in numbers, can be regulated and modified, and offer opportunities for more diverse builds to engage in a competitive environment. I understand that this would require some significant development, like map(s), rewards, and a (hopefully better than BF) queue system. Jedi would have to have either a separate queue or logic to balance to teams. That can be discussed in this thread.
 
It’s a downvote from me. We already have plenty of PvP related content in here, that is used. In any case of a different red vs blue, or GCW. Is enough I think. If y’all wanted to shorten it down. Take down or go less in numbers for BF’s. Other content needs to be looked at and tweaked.
There is a minimum of 4 I believe to queue into BFs and they do not play well with the minimum participants
 
So what exactly is preventing 2v2 or 3v3 from happening right now ??? you need the Devs to hold your hands and do a matchmaking for you all ?
This is just a waste of Dev time and resources , GWC its in its 3rd or fourth rework and for what ?
Devs poured time and resources into the RvB battlefields that so many were clamoring and asking for and it sits there unused
Devs added a bot for BF queues to make it easier do battle fields
History has shown the devs keep pouring time , effort and resources to accommodate the pvp crowd and time and time again it goes to show that its pointless
All you have to do is look at the RvB battlefield update so for that reason , down vote
 
So what exactly is preventing 2v2 or 3v3 from happening right now ??? you need the Devs to hold your hands and do a matchmaking for you all ?
This is just a waste of Dev time and resources , GWC its in its 3rd or fourth rework and for what ?
Devs poured time and resources into the RvB battlefields that so many were clamoring and asking for and it sits there unused
Devs added a bot for BF queues to make it easier do battle fields
History has shown the devs keep pouring time , effort and resources to accommodate the pvp crowd and time and time again it goes to show that its pointless
All you have to do is look at the RvB battlefield update so for that reason , down vote
You cannot queue 2v2 or 3v3 at the moment, you would need to set up a complicated duel situation.

I'm not sure who hurt you, but PVP and PVE can coexist. Its not like 90% of the game isn’t PVE content as is. Invasions are largely PVE focused, so that leaves us with flagging SF for world or BFs. It seem like a lot of content that doesn't tailor directly to you is PVP content, but this game is still mostly PVE
 
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You cannot queue 2v2 or 3v3 at the moment, you would need to set up a complicated duel situation.

I'm sure who hurt you, but PVP and PVE can coexist. Its not like 90% of the game isn’t PVE content as is. Invasions are largely PVE focused, so that leaves us with flagging SF for world or BFs. It seem like a lot of content that doesn't tailor directly to you is PVP content, but this game is still mostly PVE
To be fair 80 to 90% of the players are PvE players and PvE goes on 100% of the time while PvP players are at best 20% at peak times with much lower numbers. I agree that PvP and PvE can coexist and SHOULD but the trick is in finding the balance. I upvoted your idea but I also wonder if they could just change the BF number down to 3v3 if you can't already do that. Would be a temp fix but better than nothing while you wait.
 
You cannot queue 2v2 or 3v3 at the moment, you would need to set up a complicated duel situation.

I'm sure who hurt you, but PVP and PVE can coexist. Its not like 90% of the game isn’t PVE content as is. Invasions are largely PVE focused, so that leaves us with flagging SF for world or BFs. It seem like a lot of content that doesn't tailor directly to you is PVP content, but this game is still mostly PVE
Ok, granted the game is mostly PVE related, correct, but the community here who does the majority of the changing, which are also on the TC as well. Is mostly PVP people. Not so much as PVE people that Does the majority of decision making. Let’s be real here. And tbf, some of these changes as the class reworks and etc, well. It has affected PVE content as well. But, that’s besides the point. Back on topic, if the GCW is imbalanced and or BF’s as well. Then why make another system that won’t work either. Just my personal opinion.
 
Some of the quotes over in the PVP channel about RvB battlefields and it sits there unused and now clamoring for an arena type pvp :rolleyes:
 

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Ok, granted the game is mostly PVE related, correct, but the community here who does the majority of the changing, which are also on the TC as well. Is mostly PVP people. Not so much as PVE people that Does the majority of decision making. Let’s be real here. And tbf, some of these changes as the class reworks and etc, well. It has affected PVE content as well. But, that’s besides the point. Back on topic, if the GCW is imbalanced and or BF’s as well. Then why make another system that won’t work either. Just my personal opinion.
Can't they just change it to 2v2 or 3v3? Sounds like just changing a few numbers. Oh and they are not making the changes they are making suggestions and testing changes. On a lighter note just read the pvp for the past 12 months and you realize they complain about everything and loudly. Funny things is often they complain about a change after asking for a change lol. So yeah they tend to dominate the Senate which is kinda good and kinda not but it is what it is.
 
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It’s a downvote from me. We already have plenty of PvP related content in here, that is used. In any case of a different red vs blue, or GCW. Is enough I think. If y’all wanted to shorten it down. Take down or go less in numbers for BF’s. Other content needs to be looked at and tweaked.
By that logic, I say no more PvE content should be added since the game is already 95% PvE.
 
Remis had it right that BOTH need and can coexist. But even Orni has stated that this is a PvE game even if the PvP crowd hates that.
The PVP community does not inherently hate PVE, we just like to get content/updates as well. PVPers will always be very expressive because broken/bad systems are significantly more disruptive to our gameplay as compared to PVE, since we have many fewer forms of content to fall back on.
 
Upvoted. Arenas are always a good time. Dropping BF numbers down to allow 2v2/3v3s would be alright in my eyes or if we could get something along the lines of an Arena/Group Duel terminal. I think something for the Devs to check and see if its actually being utilized before investing resources towards it.
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