[imported_Jimmar]

I have a feeling you haven't pvped that much here either if you think that all you need to fight is GM Magery..PvP is all about melee, armors, potions, magic, scrolls and most important of all - pvp strategies. Healing with bandages is also very very important in case you fight somebody who knows how to fight, because otherwise you'll end up without mana in no-time.

Since one of the staff posted I shall respond further..

Before discussing this I want us to agree on one thing.. this servers livelihood is derived from pvp..the majority of the people here pvp..yes? In fact pvp is mentioned 5 times in the "about In:x" on the homepage..

Onward to discussion..

Pot and scroll is all I honestly see in pvp..very little melee at all and only with the weapons mentioned. Again ganking is likely the cause which is acceptable considering thats the natural order of things but a 2v1 you wouldnt normally have a chance in hell.. however..

You could however make the FS cast delay a split second longer.. that way if someone fs's you assuming magic reflect is a shorter casting time then fs..you could react use that to your advantage and atleast have a chance against 2 people.. one worried about dying one that still on you.. and you would run out of mana faster this way which would lead you to resort to melee.

Even being able to fizzle spells by % chance with other spells would be nice if it would only be based on the persons magery.. 50% mage 5% chance to fizzle and gm mage 15-20% to fizzle that wouldnt be bad.. just an idea though..

How would you want it to be? Fencing and archery is good now as well. Archery has always had its down-side in armor combat since most arrows can not pierce the armor that great, plus you can't MOVE while shooting an arrow so you will have to stand still (making the spam a lil more useless), so that's why most people don't use it, not because it isn't good. In 2v2 I see lots of people use crossbows, cause 2 ppl shooting at one target at the same time with crossbows can be REAL nice. In naked I often see people use elven bows as well, they're real good there. Fencing can be real nice too. For example in box duels a bunch of good people use short spears. And in naked u can use a kryss and kick some asses with that, real good as well.

Not one person is using spears.. and if a bardiche does more damage then a war hammer and spear considering their speed that itself is far from balanced.. and where are people using heavy crossbows? A heavy of vanq is a scary weapon with gm archery..considering it even drops speaking of..

Where are these weapons you speak of.. if you cant use anything aside from the ones people are for pvp considering thats the reason most of us are here is pvp.

Do the ones your talking about even drop? Do we have any vanquishing weapons? I remember on IN1 for the brief month I played there were some very nasty weapons.. scary is a nice way of putting it..

You have to acknowledge the fact that not one person on the battlefield is sporting any other items then the ones mentioned..thats balanced? Explain this to me please.

You are right about that most people use bardiches for 1vs1 duels, but that's not because they can't use other weapons, but because they think the bardiche looks leet and hits the amount of damage they prefer for their strategy.

Leet? Just for looks eh?

Ive asked most of the reds and blues that do melee.. why do you use halberds and bardiche..? Best weapons for pvp.. or something rather is best damage weapons.

Balancing the pvp is nothing I work against though, feel free to shout out if u see some weapon hitting way too hard or way too soft, but the pvp in general is ment to be this way, and it is not the pvp itself that is flawed really, it is the players playing it without knowing what it is all about. I know this because I have seen players come to the shard and be like "ok this pvp sucks"

You have 2 old IN'ers.. that just posted about not caring much for the pvp style..I came fresh out of 51a and 55i sphere and I worked with most of the flint hills staff to get theirs smoothed over most of the time it worked out for the best..

This reply should clearify why I like the PvP the way it is

The way you may like it.

I pm'd you hopefully we can come to agreement maybe give things a try..more melee less spell spam?

-JimmAr