Live Fight btw Players

[Lyya]

Not quite; he didn’t say that it was categorically off the table for GoW, only that it was not in the foreseeable future (years ago).

Real Time PvP vs AI Controlled PvP

We actually implemented live PvP in Puzzle Quest, Galactrix, & Puzzle Quest 2… The main design issue (one of turn timing) was an issue in those games too, but we solved it with a short-ish turn-timer (it could be adjusted from 4 sec to 24sec in PQ1 for example). We also stamped out endless looping by putting cooldown timers on individual spells. So the design issues are all addressable, I believe. The main issue with Gems of War is the server infrastructure. Due to the rather flaky nature of…

Next Big Step....REAL Online Pvs.P

Although we’re going to be investigating the possibility of live PvP early next year, we definitely don’t have anything to announce yet.

EDIT: found one more:

Real Time Battle Concept

We’re certainly open to the idea. And we’ve done real-time PvP before in Puzzle Quest, PQ2 and PQ Galactrix on PC and Console. Mobile is a different kettle of fish though, mainly due to disconnect/reconnect issues mid-game. I know Blizzard had trouble with that in Hearthstone. We’re backed up with plans for the next couple of updates, but after that, it’s a definite possibility. Quick note though - even if we DO add real-time PvP, there will ALWAYS be the current form of PvP (vs. AI) for ev…