I love PvP as much as the next guy, but wouldn't release be much sooner if you didn't have to take months to balance skills for the PvP game?

Then with the first major patch you could beta patch PvP into the game, eh? Right?

Sure like 500 people would be upset, but the other 1.1 million or more of us would be pretty happy.

Lol

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Q u o t e:
wouldn't release be much sooner if you didn't have to take months to balance skills for the PvP game?

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No.

Alright, I'll elaborate!

The PvP game is being developed alongside everything else, so it's not as if the game is done and we're ready to ship it but then stop and take a few months to balance things. Also, it's to be expected that the game won't be and won't really need to be balanced right at release as it will take some time for people to really explore and begin reaching competition levels where more extreme balance is necessary or even possible for us to properly evaluate and react to.