PVPlab

Since I started playing MMORPGs with Anarchy Online, I’ve wished there was more of a push for sci-fi genre games rather than all this fantasy stuff.  Enough with the Orcs, Elves and Dwarfs already.

Finally, it seems that Stargate Worlds might be answering that call for me.  While I loved Star Wars Galaxies because I’m into Star Wars, I really have no idea what’s going on in the Stargate world.  I’ve never watched an episode of the TV series and I’ve only seen the original movie once when it first came out.

But how will the PvP be?  According to the unofficial wiki, it looks promising.

Player versus player combat will form a strong part of the game, particularly for elder gameplay. It is in PVP that the developers hope the revolutionary combat system will reach its full potential. In addition some classes, such as the archaeologist will have viable non-combat methods to resolve PvP interactions. Exactly how this will convince an enemy Jaffa not to kill them is unknown. Although only a small amount of information has been released it is known that PvP will be an opt-in system but there will be content that is accessible only through PvP. PvP will be an opt-in system through use of both zoned and flagged PvP. 

At some point after release there will be ’special zones’ similar to battlegrounds for PvP, although players will be able to do battle elsewhere. Players from the two sides will battle to control these contested worlds, that are rich in various resources. To control these worlds and gain access to the resources players can engage in combat, quests and trade. Players may also be able to sway influence with local populations and gain a valuable foothold on these contested worlds. Cooperative play is also likely, with both sides being encouraged to join together to fight greater threats, such as the Ori.

There will be at least one Free For All PvP shard in addition to regular PvE shards (with opt-in PvP), although a decision on exactly how the shards will work is yet to be released.

Of course, this is all just information picked up from bits and pieces of leaks and snippets of dev posts on the official forums.  It does look good though.