I think it's a great idea, and one of the things that makes WoW far better then this game. I -LOVE- pvp in WoW. I can't tell you how many hours I've spent in the battlegrounds just having a great time.
However, with MxO, the pvp is broken by pointlessness and tons of bugs. The pvp doesn't even have any kind of story reason either. In no way should Zion operatives and Machine operatives be fighting each other, according to the storyline of the game.
I would like to see, much like WoW, all the archives get opened up to all levels (by bracket... for example, you'd have lvl 15-25 Yuki, and there'd also be a lvl 40-50 Yuki), and each archive have some kind of purpose behind it. After all, orginially, pvp was only supposed to happen in the archives. Maybe have Capture the Flag, Last Man Standing, that kind of thing.
It might also be cool to have an archive that would enable faction vs. faction conflict. In otherwords, everyone is flagged against each other, but faction/crewmates/teammates are not targetable to each other. Maybe even have an archive that allows everyone to flag against each other... even factionmates.
Instead of having a ranking system, turn CQs into currency. Stimulate pvp in the archives by only awarding CQs in the archives, not in world pvp. Award CQs for accomplishing archive goals as well. Imagine how much more pvp would be in the constructs if the Area K Trench was awarded by purchasing it through CQs, instead of farming the Taskmaster, which inspires people to have "Kumbaya" sessions, as Sattakan likes to call them.
Just some ideas.
I'd love anything for my CQs. Awards in such.(...)
Having just spent a lot of time in WoW PvPin I can't help but really appreciate having a rank and standing for all my hard work. NOw I'm not saying MxO needs to have awesome awards or anything like that for pvp, but to be able to track your CQ's and measure them against other people and be ranked say 1 out of 1000 would be awesome. How hard could it possibly be to set up something like this ? All you have to do is use the same principles as in WoW - low levels don't give you any CQ's - you can't keep killing the same guy over and over for more points -at the end of every week/month all points are tallied up and you are ranked against other ppl on your server. What ya think ?
At least create an area on the boards where it displays the CQ rankings for each server and that it automatically updates like every week or so.
This thread delivers! Maybe NT can finally get that cool hat he's always wanted. I would love a ranking system. Oh man that would be great. We can also keep track of highest damage with certain loadouts. (Similar to EQII's Most Melee/Magical Damage) Strongest Sniper Shot Strongest Punt =O ZOMG leik teh ideas are endless!
