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I want to stress that PvP events are not designed to be a way to make gold or a "living". PvP events should not and will not be as financially rewarding as PvM. If your goal or key to happiness in UO is simply to make as much gold per minute as possible, then you shouldn't be doing PvP events. The fact that folks (not just the OP here) but people at events in general that I host, keep saying things along the lines of "I could have made 10x the prize's gold in the time it took to be in this event". That is perfectly true and obviously it should be that way. There is 100% no risk involved in cw and ctf. You don't even use your own gear or resources. So why should you get a substantial amount of gold as prize?

I just don't fully understand why people keep comparing gold per minute to prizes.

As echo said though, we have come up with a few ideas on how to make prizes more interesting. So we do see the need for some changes. It's on our radar. Do not, however, expect PvP events to be even nearly close to the financial gains of PvM or PvM events.

Yes, it's this way, but... Why ? Why it has to be about fun in PvP events and about gold in PvM events? Isn't it the same - you fight vs eachother or you teamup to kill one mob, it's all for fun?
I respect your opinion, but I however do not agree with it. We , who claim to be a server where PvP plays a big role should make it possible to make a living solely by PvPing. Dueling in arena, PKing, joining tours. To my understanding winning a 32++ people 1vs1 Regular is much harder than killing any of RunUO champions, including harrower himself. Monsters are too predictable, once player killed it - he won't have troubles with it next time. It won't be trouble even before kill for some players, the experienced ones, which can "figure" stuff fast. I won't mention the fact that monsters are designed to be killed in first place. I think that reward, or even "best reward" like you said - shouldn't be something that is handed just for presence, fast looting(auto looting might say) or for EV spamming for last few hours. I think it's something you have to win yourself, and in PvP events you actually compete with equals - with players that want to win as well.
Imho, PvP being the hardest part, not PvM. Thus, to my understanding, it shouldn't be rewarded less than PvM. Especially if we talk of events, like you said.

Theres not just CTF\CW events around. These are PvP , but if we speak of PvP events - I myself think that 1vs1 tourney represents the PvP events better, and its the hardest event to win. There also 1vs1 self-supplied no loot tours. And I myself hope to see 1vs1 full loot tourney once again



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On the topic note : +1 ;p