Of course PvC would remain when PvP is implemented. At most it would be a minigame to a kingdom. In regard to team setup, I think it will make things more interesting. In current PvP there are many single builds that can be used to always win against the AI regardless of the team composition. If a real PvP option was added, it would force the creation of multiple builds.
I see the real PvP minigame working like a quick drafting system in this order:
- Pay 10,000 gold to enter.
- 8 win double elimination style just like Arena with rewards increasing accordingly.
- Find a random opponent, level won’t matter too much.
- A person at random is chosen to go first.
- A draft starts with each player picking one troop at a time with the first turn person picking first, leaving the non-1st turn person to have last pick advantage. Banner is picked after all troops are picked. All troops are level 20 fully traited. Kingdom bonuses are based on who has more bonuses, of which both players will have during battle. The only limitation would be only owned troops can be picked and hero stats would be based on level and class, but still maxed in regard to traits and class level.
- Battle. 20 second time limit per turn refreshed by each extra turn. A missed turn will be taken by AI. Missing 3 turns is auto-lose.
- Repeat until you lose twice.
- Claim reward based on wins.