tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post8926901007507137635..comments2024-03-26T20:47:12.919+00:00Comments on Going Commando | A SWTOR Fan Blog: My Thoughts on PvP Season 1Shintarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-28988354044959238102023-02-03T23:17:36.747+00:002023-02-03T23:17:36.747+00:00Welcome to the slowing down club. It generally bea...Welcome to the slowing down club. It generally beats the alternative. ^_^<br /><br />I agree the arena numbers could easily be reduced by a third to make the season objectives less tedious. I really would like them to reduce the numbers by a half, but I doubt Bioware would go that far next season. :/<br /><br />I think you a good job of pointing up the fact that giving advice on how to deal with troublesome players is, well, awkward. We each have to find that sweet spot that suits us best or, at least, is something we can live / play with. I think that's where my tendency to be wordy comes from. I'm trying to explain my personal "whys" so that (I hope) it gives sufficient context. All I really can suggest is trying different coping strategies on alts to see if that changes anything for a person.<br /><br />All this said, I don't want to give the impression that I see a constant stream of jerks in PvP. Luckily I don't, but unfortunately arenas have that perception set in my mind. Maybe I need to be a bit less trigger happy with my ignore list.Pallaishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01052537793722183657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-46544517699990565942023-02-03T17:46:04.446+00:002023-02-03T17:46:04.446+00:00I share your hope that Bioware will learn from thi...I share your hope that Bioware will learn from this season and improve the next one. I can't imagine them <i>not</i> reducing the number of wins required for the arena weekly mission for example, because as far as I can tell absolutely everyone seems to agree that it's too much.<br /><br />I'm someone who's very hesitant to put people on ignore, partially because I want to give them the benefit of the doubt (we all have bad days) and partially because I always figure they might say something useful in a match at <i>some</i> point and I'd rather not miss it. So someone has to be pretty consistently and excessively abusive to end up on my ignore list. Sometimes I do think that life would probably be easier if I was happier to just put people on ignore more often.<br /><br />I don't think I've ever been great at twitch gameplay, but I'm turning 40 this year and have definitely noticed that I seem to have slowed down even more. It's part of why I've been finding R-4 so difficult with all the dancing around it requires. *sigh*Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-77819595989795000902023-02-03T15:47:12.694+00:002023-02-03T15:47:12.694+00:00Of course I have this thought, well a ramble, a fe...Of course I have this thought, well a ramble, a few minutes after I hit Publish. Oops. ^_^<br /><br />I realized my views on different bits of PvP are always shifting somewhat. Part of it is the experience with other players, part of it is how well I perceive I'm playing, and part of it is whether I'm focused on a short-term goal or a long term one. I feel inconsistent, but I think that's part of dealing with PvP and having to fight against other players and, occasionally, some of your teammates.<br /><br />Players I can't (and shouldn't be able to) control, so I've developed a habit of putting someone on my ignore list as soon as they are a jerk. I don't mind people expressing irritation if things go wrong -- we've all been there -- but I am not going to listen to a person who attacks others. Yeah, that shutting off communication might cost me a match, but it makes my play time that much better and that's what I'm paying for: enjoyable play.<br /><br />The other two are more me trying to be realistic about how I play at my age. Being almost 60 does mean I can't out-react someone 40 years younger. Trying to look at how I could have played better instead of seeing that I just sucked helps there. Having shorter goals in the midst of longer ones helps keep my motivation to queue again going. The solo slog (for me) to Valor 100 after all these years has been long and mostly tedious. I'll get there, but I'm definitely the turtle in this race.Pallaishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01052537793722183657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-35611368790534919002023-02-03T15:28:17.897+00:002023-02-03T15:28:17.897+00:00Arenas, such a wretched hive of villainous PvPers....Arenas, such a wretched hive of villainous PvPers. I gave up trying for ranked (years back) because people on my home server would immediately start being hostile and abusive as soon as you zoned in to a ranked Arena. They made the whole experience a self-defeating one even before I could show if I was decent or not. <br /><br />Since then, I just gritted my teeth and accepted most arena matches I got instead of a warzone were going to be losses. My heart just wasn't in it. So when 7.2 was announced and the queue split was coming I was happy. My preference is warzones, not arenas.<br /><br />All this said, I did do some arenas on my original Sage to be able to recruit Forex. Those post-7.2 arenas on Star Forge weren't bad. It wasn't the PvP I like, but there were some wins and no one was unpleasant, even on the losses. Now, I know it won't be like that always, but it was good enough that I might try more arenas to be able to push further on the PvP season track. We'll see, as I'm not playing much Swtor at the moment as I'm taking a small break after finishing GS 3. (It would be nice if they had the two seasons staggered, with a bit of down time between each.)<br /><br />I do try to keep in mind this is their first pass at a PvP season, so hopefully season 2 will be more polished as GS 2 was over GS 1.Pallaishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01052537793722183657noreply@blogger.com