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Combing the two will never work. It can not ever work. You can never balance one without doing harm to the other. So why keep trying?
I believe a possible solution to this is to have separate gear.
Gear obtained in PvE will not function in the Dark Zone. This would allow for proper PvE gear balance.
Gear obtained in The Dark Zone will not function in PvE zones. This would allow for proper PvP gear balance.
People who want to PvP would have a decent basic set given when entering the Dark Zone and could then get better gear for Dark Zone play by playing in the Dark Zone.
The Stash in the Dark Zone would only hold Dark Zone gear. There could be a workbench and optimization station in the Check point to modify and craft (dark zone blue prints obtained in the Dark Zone) or improve Dark Zone Gear.
PvE players would have no reason to go to The Dark Zones unless they wanted to play PvP and get gear to do so giving them twice as much stuff to do from the same game.
The same would apply in reverse for PvP players that wanted to do PvE content.
This whole concept of mixing them seemed like good idea as it added an element of fear of being there, but I think the idea has worn off after 2 games and has really caused nothing but problems in terms of balancing anything at all and feeding a us vs them (PvP vs PvE) mentality.
PvE content could continue to be added for one side and the Dark Zones could get bigger and more content added there for people that want it.
It would require a bit of work and the idea needs to be wholly fleshed out but I think would be a win win for both types of players.
I believe a possible solution to this is to have separate gear.
Gear obtained in PvE will not function in the Dark Zone. This would allow for proper PvE gear balance.
Gear obtained in The Dark Zone will not function in PvE zones. This would allow for proper PvP gear balance.
People who want to PvP would have a decent basic set given when entering the Dark Zone and could then get better gear for Dark Zone play by playing in the Dark Zone.
The Stash in the Dark Zone would only hold Dark Zone gear. There could be a workbench and optimization station in the Check point to modify and craft (dark zone blue prints obtained in the Dark Zone) or improve Dark Zone Gear.
PvE players would have no reason to go to The Dark Zones unless they wanted to play PvP and get gear to do so giving them twice as much stuff to do from the same game.
The same would apply in reverse for PvP players that wanted to do PvE content.
This whole concept of mixing them seemed like good idea as it added an element of fear of being there, but I think the idea has worn off after 2 games and has really caused nothing but problems in terms of balancing anything at all and feeding a us vs them (PvP vs PvE) mentality.
PvE content could continue to be added for one side and the Dark Zones could get bigger and more content added there for people that want it.
It would require a bit of work and the idea needs to be wholly fleshed out but I think would be a win win for both types of players.