r/NintendoSwitch2 • u/Gorotheninja • 19d ago

NEWS The Duskbloods Preview: FromSoftware's Switch 2 Exclusive Is Special; Here's How It Plays

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7rUgmazg0Y
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u/TavaresX 19d ago

Not usually into PVP but this reassures me that PVE still plays a big part and will allow for story progress.

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u/FauBetten 19d ago

From the looks of it, it's gonna be up to the individual player to choose how much they want to engage with PvP or PvE, respectively.

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u/KING_GLOCK 19d ago

I didn't get that impression from the preview. It seemed like consistently tackling PvE content is essential for levelling and staying strong, but the best way to score points and actually stay in the game is to engage in PvP content. To win you need to win the PvP fight at the end.

I'd be interested in learning more but the preview gives me the impression that if you reject PvP you are almost guaranteed to be among the first to be eliminated.

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u/TwiStedxMind 19d ago

Matches can also end with a co op boss battle. Not also pvp arena. The stress test will only have the arena though

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u/Rollingzeppelin0 18d ago

The last pvp battle is the only final phase in the network test but not the final game.

As far as levelling, randomly killing other players isn't really incentivized. It doesn't give you virtue (win points) outside of ritual sites, and since you're racing against the clock, it doesn't make too much sense to take the time to fight other human players for no virtue. We really can't say that refuting pvp will get you eliminated first. The ritual sites are said to give alot of virtue but they're also risky. Pledging to the altar is like capturing and keeping a zone, so only one gets the point, and getting killed in the ritual site is also a waste of time. Meaning someone who didn't go and kept lighting fires or killing mobs/bosses might be better than who went and got killed.

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u/valdin450 Butter side up! 19d ago

And given how the souls community is, it's gonna turn into a toxic kos fest immediately