12-13-2006, 03:16 AM
Quote:I think the biggest thing is there is no more decay. You earn the honor, it's yours. No 'wall' at a certain rank to run into that requires you to go w/o a life to advance. People can get stuff according to the time they put into it, but not have to go w/o a life to get there eventually.
Based on the evidence of the past week, pvp participation is way up, and I don't see the honor adjustments this week changing that. Based on personal experience I can attest how demoralizing it was when you *just* missed getting a rank for a week (particularly a good reward rank). Getting only 95% of the way to Rank 10 cost me another week of pvp.
While the new system lacks of competition element of a ladder system (which should be better replicated in the Arena anyway), it gives everyone the opportunity to get the pvp rewards they want. I suspect a lot of people will pvp a lot initially for a new weapon - and then they'll cut down their playing time a lot unless there are any particuilar armor pieces or other rewards they want.
Chris