Developer Fen Researcher’s CEO, best known for his work on the originalRuneScape, Andrew Gower, has confirmed that while the company’s next game,Brighter Shores, will have PvP, it won’t be available at launch. When it does arrive, it’ll be optional and unique.
In a post onTwitter, Gower explained howBrighter Shoreswill be labeled as early access until PvP is added later down the line but didn’t give a timeline for how long that would take. He says this is because he wants the game to launch when the team originally planned to get it out to fans, Q3 2024, and doesn’t want them to have to wait any longer. He added that he has what he believes to be an interesting vision for what the game’s optional PvP could be.
To PvP or not to PvP
While Andrew Gower says PvP probably won’t be available inBrighter Shoresat launch, it’s still an incredibly important feature that the team is striving to perfect and implement as soon as possible. I think it makes a lot of sense to introduce it after launch because the game boasts a “huge number of professions to try,” which would be overwhelming to someone like me if there was also an entire PvP side of the game to contend with.
Yes, Brighter Shores will have (optional) PvP. It has been something I have had in mind since day 1, and been thinking about for years, and I have come up with some good ideas for how to make it work well.For a feature this important I want to take the time to get it exactly…
The majority of your time inBrighter Shoreswill be spent engaging with each job and filling a role in the game’s world. For example, you might enjoy adventuring and gathering treasure or resources from various biomes, while someone else could really enjoy mining, smithing, and ultimately selling weapons and armor. How you spend your time is up to you.
Fitting PvP into a world like this will be tricky, but it’s been done before. There could be optional PvP worlds or PvP arenas, but we won’t know exactly what Gower has planned until we get more information or an update from him directly.
The key takeaway from what Gower has shared should be that PvP will be yet another layer of content inBrighter Shores. Once you’re used to the basics that this admittedly quite large-sounding world has to offer, then PvP will come along to change how you perceive each session.
PvP in games likeRuneScapeand evenDestiny 2require skill, but there’s always an element of min/maxing stats with the best armor and weapons. IfBrighter Shores‘ PvP is similar, then it could require you to shift your focus to mining and smithing for better gear so you can win more battles than you lose.
