I have made it no secret that I can’t stand the PvP system in Atlantica. I love the game; everything else about it is awesome. But the one aspect of this game that I can’t stand is Free League and Colosseum League. The system is so broken, that I give up TBS points just to avoid doing it.
When you’re lower level, you don’t notice it. You’re level 50 and trying out FL or CL, and chances are, you will be paired up with someone no more than 5 levels higher or lower than you (or a doppel–mostly doppels). You’re also working with the same mercs for the most part. All have at least one swordie, a viking, and a gunner. Anything else is down to preference. Div 18 up until about Div 10 is, for the most part fair, barring glitches (which have been fixed, so there are no level 150’s in div 18, for example).
It gets dicey around div 6. You see, there are some who have somehow breezed through the tourneys (CL CAN make false div 1’s out of anyone) and then they climb up the ladder…unwillingly. So some people afk intentionally to drop divisions. This is why at times you will see level 130’s in Div 5-6, against level 115’s. Now there lies the issue. You’re 115 and in div 6. You go up against a 130. You’re in at best, level 113 gear. You may not have all the decent mercs yet. This guy, level 130 is in EVIL gear, refined to God Status, so you won’t dent him, no matter how hard you try. He also has several PvP-essential mercs, all pimped out. There is a 2-gear tier difference. I’ll give you a few seconds to think about how that fight will go 90% of the time. The other 10, one or the other goes afk.
The one thing that would’ve made the system a little bearable is if there is a definite level-to-division cap. Sure, you can’t drop lower than division 6 as a 120, but as a 120, you shouldn’t have to fight off a level 140. That’s just unfair and, if you ask me, makes it no fun to do FL (CL doesn’t count, anyone who can spam magic can win that).
Let’s take my level 121 alt, MajorasWrath, for example. I have to do the 120 upgrade quest, and one of the steps was to get 200 fame. I didn’t remember this because Yvi had quite a bit of fame before doing the quest. So I’m doing FL (because fuck CL with the mass LK spam), and I div up. That’s cool, divving up doesn’t bother me too much. My next opponent on the other hand…was a level 135. Majora is 121. She has a few DG pieces, but most of her mercs are unupgraded because I can’t complete the upgrade quest without 200 fame (and RSS, but that’s another rant for another day). He has evil gear, all refined to God Status. He had a Gigas, a merc that I won’t be able to afford on Yvi, let alone Majora, fully upgraded. In fact…all his mercs were fully upgraded. So I’m hitting him and barely putting a dent on him.
It goes both ways. On the flip side, I have gone up against level 105’s. Best a 105 can wear is Divine. That’s a much larger gear difference. There’s also the merc advantage (granted, Majora was leveled during the level up event that gave +10 weapons and a free IM merc, so there’s that, although Romani, my Atilla, is only 102). And while I am happy for an easy win (remember, I fucking hate it and want it done as quickly as possible), I can’t imagine that it’s any fun for them, because I’m on the receiving end sometimes, too.
At 121, I should be matched with someone with like equipment and/or levels. So basically anyone 120-129 is fair game. Can go down one tier of gear, but within the ± 5 levels. In a perfect world, I would fight at the lowest, a 116 (nix gear) or a 129 (DG gear) at the highest. Since Atlantica’s PvP is far from perfect, we’ll have to deal with this. Yeah, once Majora’s done fame farming, fuck this shit.
Sarcasm and a Guitar 