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[Felconian]

Hi Guys I am new to the game and have just started dieing on the bloody fields of the worlds which have been ravaged by some an apocholiptic event which has no remorse for life or the day to day shopping habits of the Zebra or the Yak......... However I would like to know if PVE will be introduced into this game before Launch!

Edited by Felconian, 26 March 2013 - 07:33 AM.

[Tennex]

not likely. but there will be a tutorial map. maybe with some PVE elements

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[Felconian]

Oh ..that's sad..

[Evilbunny]

They stated from the start that this was going to be a PVP heavy game like the old table top game back in the stone ages. However, it has been hinted that after the training grounds are finished and CW is introduced there might be PVE content. I don't see how it would compare to the intensity of PVP though.

[Ryvucz]

An Ask the Devs answer mentioned...

PvE is not planned and may never see the light of day.

http://mwomercs.com/...vs-32-answered/

Listed under Maps section of the answers.

Felconian, on 26 March 2013 - 07:32 AM, said:

Hi Guys I am new to the game and have just started dieing on the bloody fields of the worlds which have been ravaged by some an apocholiptic event which has no remorse for life or the day to day shopping habits of the Zebra or the Yak......... However I would like to know if PVE will be introduced into this game before Launch!

[mailin]

Sorry, but for me, the fact that there is no PVE to this game is what sets it apart from too many other games. If they ever introduce PVE I sincerely hope that at least there is a way to opt out of it. I really enjoy the teamwork aspect of this game and the fact that you cannot go solo and expect to have a reasonable chance at winning.

[Koniving]

Felconian, on 26 March 2013 - 07:32 AM, said:

Hi Guys I am new to the game and have just started dieing on the bloody fields of the worlds which have been ravaged by some an apocholiptic event which has no remorse for life or the day to day shopping habits of the Zebra or the Yak......... However I would like to know if PVE will be introduced into this game before Launch!

Better to suggest it in the suggestions thread. Or ask in the current "Ask the Devs" 35.

[New Day]

What

Ryvucz, on 26 March 2013 - 08:30 AM, said:

An Ask the Devs answer mentioned...

PvE is not planned and may never see the light of day.

http://mwomercs.com/...vs-32-answered/

Listed under Maps section of the answers.

Remind me about that time they said there would be no 3rd person.
EDIT: And no coolant flush.

Edited by NamesAreStupid, 26 March 2013 - 08:57 AM.

[42and19]

mailin, on 26 March 2013 - 08:43 AM, said:

Sorry, but for me, the fact that there is no PVE to this game is what sets it apart from too many other games. If they ever introduce PVE I sincerely hope that at least there is a way to opt out of it. I really enjoy the teamwork aspect of this game and the fact that you cannot go solo and expect to have a reasonable chance at winning.

I would like to see pve in the vein of tanks and jets and infantry. No mechs though. Just some sort of small environmental things that won't have huge effect on the pvp aspect. Currently the "worlds" feel extremely depopulated. I mean, we battle in a city with cars and trucks but non of them are moving or even destructible. It feels fake. I would love to see a rush of infantry that can be stepped on or a convoy of tanks to crush.

Edited by 42and19, 26 March 2013 - 09:00 AM.

[Jacob Dieffenbach]

The interesting thing about PvE is that even though it would require a lot of work to get going, that work is going to happen anyway as they build up and polish MWO.

For example: in PvE, you need aerospace fighters to do fly-bys and drop bombs on 'Mechs. Now, we're getting some airstrike capability in the coming patch, and while I doubt it includes fighters you can shoot back at before they attack you, someday down the line--years maybe?--that would be a REALLY simple feature to add. Make some models (don't have to be high res since they're so far away) that fly overhead, drop some bombs, and if you shoot and hit their hitbox, they go down instead.

Or, in PvE, you need point defense turrets. Missile towers, dropship turrets, etc. Can't really run a PvE campaign without the quintessential assault on a dropship about to take off, can we?

Well, as they introduce more and more game modes to MWO, one of those game modes will inevitably have point defense on it. Because that's really, really easy to program: it would just be a destructable entity that, when it sees an enemy based on the Line of Sight Rules already programmed into the game, fires its one and only weapon.

And in PvE, you need enemy 'Mechs, right? Well, we already have those. They would have to add the ability for them to move, and add pathing maps to the current maps... and at this point, they would already have the 'see an enemy? Shoot it' AI for point defense...

Long story short, I don't think there's ever going to be a dedicated team making PvE possible. There won't be a concerted effort. But I do think that one day, PGI is going to look at their game and be like "Wow. 95% of the pieces required to set up a single-player or co-op campaign are already in here. We just need to plug them together and do a little bit of polish, and we have PvE."

[Alois Hammer]

NamesAreStupid, on 26 March 2013 - 08:56 AM, said:

Remind me about that time they said there would be no 3rd person.
EDIT: And no coolant flush.

Yup. It all depends on how many of the devs' imaginary friends (you know, that vast majority demanding 3PV) want PvE.

[New Day]

Alois Hammer, on 26 March 2013 - 09:26 AM, said:

Yup. It all depends on how many of the devs' imaginary friends (you know, that vast majority demanding 3PV) want PvE.

Well I do think they should make and ingame poll (like before a match) and release the results. They say that only the core minority doesn't want 3rd but how do they know the others want it.

[Pando]

NamesAreStupid, on 26 March 2013 - 08:56 AM, said:

What

Remind me about that time they said there would be no 3rd person.
EDIT: And no coolant flush.

They design and implement what will bring them money. They're making the game enjoyable for a wider audience and for that I am not upset.

I would love to see some form of PVE content, not saying I would play it at all let alone often. However, having the choice is all i'm interested in.

Exteel had some really fun PVE content. I would love to see something like that here.

[Felconian]

I would love to see PVE ..I mean a world like EVE-Online with missions and stuff but still PVP focused!

[Koniving]

Would be nice. Like Jagermechs that have aircraft to shoot at.

Tanks.

People running through the streets.

...squishies.