Should the radar be removed from PvP areas?

[P-J]

I posted this to RCE a month ago - and some great ideas flowed - I wondered what the EF community thought of the idea.

Last week I decided to wander into PvP 4 (empty handed I must add) to see what all the fuss was about. After being killed three times and 'looted' I rapidly realised what the fuss was about. However, the PvP in game seemd to lack any elegance...it was essentially down to players with a number of Mod or Adjusted (insert name of longrange uber gun) wearing Uber armour shooting players from a nice safe distance.

Ok I am kind of bitter becuase I use melee weapons .

The use of the radar meant that escape was difficult and the 'hunt' rather easy. Talking to some of the PvP ers later on (from a safe hailing distance) they explained that this was a cost effective and simple approach: see player on your radar, shoot the player and then loot them. No fuss, no messy close quarter fighting and no chance of the victim getting away or hiding.

Wouldn't removing the radar in PvP make it a little more interesting?

[SoReal]

Possibly , nothing beats the adrenaline rush though when you have just had a big find in pvp 4 and a green dot appears on radar.

[ultimababe]

Yes! or Radar jammers or something equivalent. Would certainly make it more interesting

[kygon]

Originally Posted by P-J

Wouldn't removing the radar in PvP make it a little more interesting?

yes and no , often you can spend an hour looking for 1 dot on radar, I cannot imaging how hard it would be to find someone else there, would make the whole pvp4 idea pointless , who is gonna hunt people if it takes you 5 hours to find one person?

[Wormie]

Originally Posted by kygon

who is gonna hunt people if it takes you 5 hours to find one person?

I hope nobody

No radar in PvP!

[Kerham]

Well yes, but then the lazy ass depositing >10k$ for uber pk gear wouldn't do it. The more simple, the more deposits. kiss.

[Ironheart]

It sounds like a good idea, but thinking about from a miners point of view, I have to say I dont like it.

You can detect a miner from quite a distance because the bombs/probes resonate throughout the area, whereas there is not equivalent way for a miner to detect a hunter.

Also, miners by their very nature are stationary a lot of the time, whereas hunters are always on the move and thus much harder to detect.

So, on balance, I have to say, good idea, but no thanks.

[trance]

as miner i say no no no , i like green dots and jump awy, if i see one.

but you have right for hunters would be more intresink.

[Nakia]

radar shouldnt be removed, however just like you can get toxic shots there should be a (invisible on radar shot) which for instance lasts 60 minutes.

my thoughts anyways, removeing radar would suck regarding to mobs, I think a shot would be nice or some item you can equip that makes u undetechable on radar

[kygon]

radar stealth MF chips is the way to go lasts < 60seconds and needs a reload