How to encourage more PvP?

[BigQEd]

See my comments below in Blood-Orange:

For what it's worth, I'll go ahead and post a few ideas. Go ahead and rip them to shreds
1. Faction point decay. Players lose a small percentage of their total faction points each week (to encourage constant PvP). Higher ranks lose more points. - Recently discussed... up in the air on this.
2. Keep buffs if killed by player. - No, there has to be a penalty for death.
3. No longer lose faction points when killed by player of opposing faction. - Again, there needs to be penalities for death
4. Increased faction reward for killing players. - Possible, will consider, but needs offset with death so farming isn't as viable
5. Defeated players will be locked out of PvP for 5 minutes after cloning. (Prevent faction farming, clone camping, revenge killing). - There is a 1 minute timeout, We want people to come back to the fight and re-engage.
6. Officer Ranks are permanently Overt (Lieutenant and up). - I WANT THIS AND MADE POSTS TO IMPLEMENT, players whined.
7. Covert players will have their faction affiliation hidden. (You shouldn't be able to see a players allegiance if they are covert imo) - Good idea, will look to implement

Let me add two...
8. TEF needs to be more sensitive, should occur with splash damage (and dots).
9. PvP kill counter on profiles (not deaths)

I absolutely understand everyone is hesitant to make any changes. I'd like to stress that I'm not expecting any overhauls or content additions. I appreciate all the feedback and I hope everyone can look at these with an open mind.
I'm not hesitant... however, there are some Negative Nancy's that don't want PvP because they hate to die in a video game. ::)

[Kelec]

See my comments below in Blood-Orange:

For what it's worth, I'll go ahead and post a few ideas. Go ahead and rip them to shreds
1. Faction point decay. Players lose a small percentage of their total faction points each week (to encourage constant PvP). Higher ranks lose more points. - Recently discussed... up in the air on this.
2. Keep buffs if killed by player. - No, there has to be a penalty for death.
3. No longer lose faction points when killed by player of opposing faction. - Again, there needs to be penalities for death
4. Increased faction reward for killing players. - Possible, will consider, but needs offset with death so farming isn't as viable
5. Defeated players will be locked out of PvP for 5 minutes after cloning. (Prevent faction farming, clone camping, revenge killing). - There is a 1 minute timeout, We want people to come back to the fight and re-engage.
6. Officer Ranks are permanently Overt (Lieutenant and up). - I WANT THIS AND MADE POSTS TO IMPLEMENT, players whined.
7. Covert players will have their faction affiliation hidden. (You shouldn't be able to see a players allegiance if they are covert imo) - Good idea, will look to implement

Let me add two...
8. TEF needs to be more sensitive, should occur with splash damage (and dots).
9. PvP kill counter on profiles (not deaths)

I absolutely understand everyone is hesitant to make any changes. I'd like to stress that I'm not expecting any overhauls or content additions. I appreciate all the feedback and I hope everyone can look at these with an open mind.
I'm not hesitant... however, there are some Negative Nancy's that don't want PvP because they hate to die in a video game. ::)

Regarding number 6 - make it happen! GCW is a choice to participate in, if people don't like representing their faction they can resign or self demote to not be flagged.

[BigQEd]

Regarding number 6 - make it happen! GCW is a choice to participate in, if people don't like representing their faction they can resign or self demote to not be flagged.

Exactly what I said and people complained...

People want to participate in GCW without fighting other players...

[Cynar]

Thank you for your feedback Cynar as always

I never expected you guys to create any content for us nor organize any PvP events. All I was suggesting was to change a few mechanics to make PvP more appealing to the average person. Sure, we can always organize PvP Events or Tournaments but these are only temporary solutions. The only meaningful PvP (in my opinion) is BH vs Jedi. Non BH and Jedi will very rarely encounter real PvP on this server unless they are really looking to pick fights.

For what it's worth, I'll go ahead and post a few ideas. Go ahead and rip them to shreds
1. Faction point decay. Players lose a small percentage of their total faction points each week (to encourage constant PvP). Higher ranks lose more points.Good Idea
2. Keep buffs if killed by player. Too much potential for abuse in pve situations
3. No longer lose faction points when killed by player of opposing faction. Not likely without a redesign of the entire system
4. Increased faction reward for killing players. I could see this if it's limited to titles. No gear should be rewarded
5. Defeated players will be locked out of PvP for 5 minutes after cloning. (Prevent faction farming, clone camping, revenge killing). Possible, but may be too extreme for those wanting to jump back in to a fight quickly.
6. Officer Ranks are permanently Overt (Lieutenant and up). I like it, rank should be higher like captain or major.
7. Covert players will have their faction affiliation hidden. (You shouldn't be able to see a players allegiance if they are covert imo) [/color] I like this too.

I absolutely understand everyone is hesitant to make any changes. I'd like to stress that I'm not expecting any overhauls or content additions. I appreciate all the feedback and I hope everyone can look at these with an open mind.

There are just too many things that would require us to completely rework the pvp system. Personally I think weapons should have their damage reduced. Buffs aren't high enough to sustain a real pvp fight and pve weapons are too op except against higher end mobs. I think players should be able to pvp without buffs and reduced damaged weapons.

Yeah I said it. Weapons here are too strong. Ed....nerf'em!

[DarkLordIce]

Seriously though, weapons could be nerfed to 1-5 damage (PLS NO), and people still would not pvp without buffs.
Buffs are an advantage, and every pvp'er ever wants every advantage they can get.

[Cynar]

Yeah I was joking. Unless we made pvp specific weapons and armor, then we'd just be wow with a swg skin.

[BigQEd]

Stop trolling Cynar... it's not nice... they will believe you... (I keep telling you that!)

[zackjdl]

Cool, thanks everyone for your positive feedback! I also really like the idea of having a PvP kill counter. If nothing else, I think just implementing #6, 7, and 9 would have a positive impact on PvP. Also #8 is a pretty important oversight that should be addressed. I didn't realize that splash damage and DoTs didn't trigger TEF.