PvP is DEAD, so here's a suggestion

I live in Australia and literally every single time I go to the PvP zones, they’re completely empty, not a single player in sight. I started Diablo IV when it was first released and since day 1 there’s only been one time where I’ve run into 5+ players in a single day. Other times I’ve come across one single player over a couple days but since Season 1, I haven’t come across a single player in both the PvP zones. This is really sad because I’m such a huge fan of PvP and not coming across anyone to fight with is really disappointing.
Here’s my suggestion for PvP:
When entering PvP zones, throw players into the same instance, even if it’s not within their region. Obviously it should throw us into players within our region FIRST but if the game can’t find any players in our region then put us in a region where there are other players. Honestly, I’d rather be in a region with 200+ ping rather than finding nobody to PvP at all.

I hope this can be done because if there’s absolutely no PvP then there’s no point for me to play. Sure, the game is absolutely fun in all other aspects but there’s only so much you can do before you get bored of it all.
PvP also needs to be more rewarding, I hope a solution to this can be made possible.

Other option could be to have PvP events every couple of hours to gather people at the same time. Because what happens is, you got to pvp area, wander around and find no one, so you leave. Nobody ever sticks around for long enough. -Idea by pprandom

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I’d be up for this, cause more players means more fun.

I like jumping into PvP to break up the grind a bit.

Other option could be to have PvP events every couple of hours to gather people at the same time. Because what happens is, you got to pvp area, wander around and find no one, so you leave. Nobody ever sticks around for long enough.

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The PvP isn’t designed very well, which is why you don’t see anyone doing it.

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Its the rogues and necro’s that kill it for me and the little reward to PVP. Im running an ice scorcerer and Ill use frost nova or deep freeze and they will not freeze. Maybe once in a while will someone freeze but with in 0.5ms that player is back up and waxing my butt.
Also, when that player is 30+ levels higher than me. However, the mob density and the amount of drops you get does help farm gold and resources. Shards of hatred? Useless

The Diabloverse has never been about PvP. Just get rid of it and add something interesting that people actually enjoy. PvP in Diablo is trash and always has been.

If it was a way to get guaranteed uniques I still wouldn’t do it. I’d rather quit than PvP, and the majority of the player base agrees.

this isnt about balance or anything really

pvp is fun even if it is unbalanced

d2 was NEVER balanced and it had one of the best pvp community back then

it was SICK!

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Correct me if I am wrong, but most of the PVP in D2 was on open Bnet with hacked characters…

That is my memory at least…

toward the end when the game was in maintenance mode maybe? I was no longer playing at that point.

At its prime it was quite a different story, the community was strong, lots of people even participate in funny “modes” like fist duel, lvl capped twinks duel (10/20/30/40 etc)

basically my point is, pvp could be fun, blizzard just needs to allow it and dismiss all these pve grinding garbage

make pvp engaging, or at least amusing, i dont even need to be rewarded in game, a fun experience is its own reward really, and yet they refuse/fail to deliver

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Exactly, breaking up the grind with some PvP is always a good way to relax and have a bit of extra fun instead constantly grinding repetitively.

This is actually a really great idea, I’ll add it in and credit you and yes I absolutely agree. I do exactly that, walk around for a bit to try find other players to PvP, don’t end up finding anyone so I leave.

This may be the case but nonetheless I still enjoy it.

That’s understandable, hopefully in future we can see adjustments for that - hoping for the best lol.

Strongly disagree on getting rid of it. Even if it’s not about PvP, it’s an online game and has it implemented which brings PvP players to the game, myself included. I was hoping for some serious action but got let down big time. Previous Diablo games had heaps of PvP in them and were so much fun, it should be the same case in D4.

Absolutely agree with you 100%

Agree with the op’s suggestions, but don’t bother pvping if you don’t play a rogue or druid

Thanks :slight_smile: there definitely needs to be more balance for PvP, that being said, barbs are actually really good for PvP too with the right build. I’ve been having a blast on my barb, when I can actually find players that is.

It’s not a PVP game. They add that to get people like you to pay money for it.

What’s fun about killing a player who can’t do anything to you?

buff exp in pvp zone by x3 and see what happens

Nobody said anything about killing players who can’t do anything. I’d much rather PvP someone who would put up a good fight.

Unfortunately for players that are level 100 it wouldn’t do much good.

I have achievement for killing 25 players or something like that and I’ve never had a good fair fight. Not even remotely close.