Pan_w_okularach wrote:I disagree. IMO the most interested part of combat in any game is exploring it's ruleset and coming up with the best possible strategy then testing it against your opponents. And if the test part is taking place mostly on a test server, it takes away all the fun and competition from the main server.
I would prefer if devs were just closing the most obvious loopholes and sometimes would make some major changes in the system, just so it doesn't get boring. Let the smart people adopt to the changes and let the dumb ones complain about how the system is stoopid.
High-level players can use the current valhalla to practice combat and fight other factions, and yet it's dead 99% of the time outside of a few pre-arranged duels. It would be nice for the devs to host combat tournaments/ FFA death-matches, both to let them learn how the combat system works in practice and to let newer players experience group fights.
I severely doubt people would play exclusively on the test server as there just isn't that sense of achievement you get from doing things in the main game. But, if that does ever happen, then I'd say the devs did a good job making combat fun and balanced. Besides, if it's that bad they could just up their jew game and make Valhalla a verified-only feature.
Personally though, dev sanctioned combat tournaments with some goodies like a statue, sub time and/or cosmetics for the 1st-3rd place winners would be pretty awesome to see.