As a player that likes to hang in the PvP area for most of my time, I often hear players with Candy Legend, the highest rank in the game, complaining in the chat; "WTF? I died in 3 hits" or "That is just too OP." 90% of the time these players are complaining about sharpness 100. Players that spend 200 dollars on a rank do not deserve to get obliterated in 10 seconds.
I see two possible solutions to solve this problem; cap sharpness at 60 or give a significant buff to armor. Considering these two options, we must understand that buffing armor would encourage power creep. Power creep is a video game term that describes the balancing process where you buff one thing to subdue another. This starts to become a problem in OPBlocks when players have to pay for a sharpness 100, soulbound, and prot on all of their pieces of armor.
One major problem that will inevitably occur are the players who already own a s100 sword. For this I look to the recent changes made on the Soulbound enchant. When this change was first announced on the discord, players were already dissatisfied before the change even occurred. They don't want to lose all of their hard earned enchants! A few weeks into this change, I can tell you from personal experience that without having to worry about players dropping down with nothing but swords and whittling down my armor, I am enjoying myself more in PvP. I believe that in time these players with s100 will get over their loss of enchant. I cannot imagine 3 shotting your enemy is fun for either side of the sword.
Most of the players in PvP, including the ones on top, can agree that the current state of fighting is broken. Whether it being power 14 bows, strength pots, or s100 swords PvP just doesn't seem to be fair. I'm not saying we should revamp PvP entirely, but signing this petition is definitely a step in the right direction.
I see two possible solutions to solve this problem; cap sharpness at 60 or give a significant buff to armor. Considering these two options, we must understand that buffing armor would encourage power creep. Power creep is a video game term that describes the balancing process where you buff one thing to subdue another. This starts to become a problem in OPBlocks when players have to pay for a sharpness 100, soulbound, and prot on all of their pieces of armor.
One major problem that will inevitably occur are the players who already own a s100 sword. For this I look to the recent changes made on the Soulbound enchant. When this change was first announced on the discord, players were already dissatisfied before the change even occurred. They don't want to lose all of their hard earned enchants! A few weeks into this change, I can tell you from personal experience that without having to worry about players dropping down with nothing but swords and whittling down my armor, I am enjoying myself more in PvP. I believe that in time these players with s100 will get over their loss of enchant. I cannot imagine 3 shotting your enemy is fun for either side of the sword.
Most of the players in PvP, including the ones on top, can agree that the current state of fighting is broken. Whether it being power 14 bows, strength pots, or s100 swords PvP just doesn't seem to be fair. I'm not saying we should revamp PvP entirely, but signing this petition is definitely a step in the right direction.
