PvP Series is a great system that provides an incentive and long term goals with unique rewards to PvP. I feel like it's a shame it's not used for more than just that, especially that PvE does not have anything similar and having a system like that would add more replayability to PvE content.
On top of it, not everyone enjoys PvP. And while there might be rewards locked behind gamemodes someone might not enjoy, previous PvP rewards structure with wolf marks allowed those people to only do a bit of it to get the rewards they want and return to content they do like. PvP series however requires substantial time commitment to get the last tier reward, a reward often unique and with no equivalent from other game modes. This results in a considerable amount of people partaking in PvP, but only being there for the reward and as result not putting much effort or even straight up AFKing or intentionally hindering their team to make the match take shorter time, which in turn hurts enjoyment of people who actually do want to participate in PvP. This is very different from PvE where in normal content if you have someone who is a bit lacking on your team, you can still get through, you will still win, it would just take longer. But in PvP, where you can lose, it just feels way worse to have someone not trying to win on your team.
Expanding the PvP series to be a game-wide feature including PvE and maybe even crafting/gathering activities would add longevity and enjoyment to all players regardless of what kind of content they like. And to clarify, I don't want to take anything away from PvP, only add to the other aspects of the game. The series should still be doable entirely in PvP if one wishes to.
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On top of it, not everyone enjoys PvP. And while there might be rewards locked behind gamemodes someone might not enjoy, previous PvP rewards structure with wolf marks allowed those people to only do a bit of it to get the rewards they want and return to content they do like. PvP series however requires substantial time commitment to get the last tier reward, a reward often unique and with no equivalent from other game modes. This results in a considerable amount of people partaking in PvP, but only being there for the reward and as result not putting much effort or even straight up AFKing or intentionally hindering their team to make the match take shorter time, which in turn hurts enjoyment of people who actually do want to participate in PvP. This is very different from PvE where in normal content if you have someone who is a bit lacking on your team, you can still get through, you will still win, it would just take longer. But in PvP, where you can lose, it just feels way worse to have someone not trying to win on your team.
Expanding the PvP series to be a game-wide feature including PvE and maybe even crafting/gathering activities would add longevity and enjoyment to all players regardless of what kind of content they like. And to clarify, I don't want to take anything away from PvP, only add to the other aspects of the game. The series should still be doable entirely in PvP if one wishes to.
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