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Site Navigation Main    News    Forums Games    Games Database    Top 100    Release List    Support Files Features    Reviews    Previews    Interviews    Editorials    Diaries    Misc Download    Gallery    Music    Screenshots    Videos Miscellaneous    Staff Members    Privacy Statement   Earth & Beyond PvP Q&A at Gamespy (PC: MMORPG) | Posted by Rendelius @ Tuesday - December 17, 2002 - 09:05 - Top | Game Info | Rate this game | Homepage | Screenshots Since the PvP component in Earth & Beyond was officially announced yesterday, Gamespy posted an interview with David Yee, lead designer on the project, about this new feature. This is a part of it: GameSpy: Why did you opt for team-based PvP as opposed to single-player PVP? In your view what's the advantage of focusing on team play? David Yee: The individual archetypes are balanced for Player vs. Environment (PvE), meaning the characters were balanced for team work in the universe. That being said, a Progen Warrior was balanced to be the best head-to-head warrior in the game in terms of damage output, damage absorption, and straight forward, slug-it-out combat. In practice, it is nearly impossible for a Jenquai Explorer (our weakest fighting archetype) to defeat a Progen Warrior in head-to-head combat, unless the Jenquai is really, really good, and the Progen is really, really bad. In a single-player versus single-player form of PvP, or classical dueling solution, it would be inevitable that one archetype would usually win. The game is fundamentally setup that way. By making it team-based PvP, we allow our players to develop cross archetype strategies and to put together more balanced teams for the way they participate in the games.

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