darkSpyro

So, latest news is that PvP, a series staple, will not be returning. Does this affect your purchases?

A. No, I will buy as much as before.
B. No, I was already planning on downscaling.
C. No, I will buy more now (really?).
D. I don't know; the news is too fresh.
E. I wasn't planning on buying Trap Team.
F. Yes, I will purchase less figurines.
G. Yes, I will purchase a lot less figurines.
H. Yes, I will not be buying the game anymore.

No, I will buy as much as before.
Not a big fan of PvP, I guess.
Nobody to play it with anyway...

A for me.

It doesn't change my mind at all. In fact, I'm happy to hear they're not wasting development time on PvP and focusing on something more interesting instead. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure there's lots of people out there upset that it's been taken out. But all of those people have friends or family to play that mode with. I'm the only person I know that collects Skylander figures, so I never had anyone to fight against. My only friend that also enjoys this game just plays co-op with me whenever we play, so this won't stop us from sharing the game at all.

Between A and F, as weird as that sounds. I'm not getting many extras this game aside from my favorites since I'm not getting 100% after all. It's more figures than I usually buy for sure, but it's less if there was this extremely broken guy that's easy to find. PVP isn't a big deal for me but after getting S2 Ignitor it's kind of fun to have a sweeper to get rid of some of the more annoying guys for easy No Lives Lost dares - but with so many 'landers that I plan to get, it'll probably have enough to not need one.

It will certainly affect which upgrade paths people will take for their characters.

A-B.

I never used PvP since I know no one who is as good at Skylanders as I am.

However, I'm not planning on getting a Trap Master of each element, thus I am "downscaling" compared to how I was playing before (unlocking all collectables). But, since there is such a huge volume of characters I do like, and am planning to get at one point or another, I might actually be buying more than I did during Giants or Swap Force this year, and thus not downscaling by how much money they're getting from me. So I guess it depends on how you look at it.

D. I love going to my friends house to show him my newest characters in battle mode

i only ever used PVP for the figure quests, so no, doesn't effect me at all

Yes it does for me //forum.darkspyro.net/spyro/viewposts.php?topic=107812

This doesn't effect me at all. I mean, I love having a good match with my brother, but I'll be fine without it.

It's rather disappointing, but unlikely to change my purchases. It was a nice feature that I used with the kids occasionally. Given the choice between Kaos mode and PVP, I chose Kaos mode...but I fail to understand why a choice is necessary.

It seems like this would be a fairly easy feature to implement. Makes me wonder if they simply ran out of time.

No offense to Brock fans, but I think they should have skipped on Brock's arena challenges just to keep PvP. It's obvious that kaos mode was meant to replace PvP for three main modes in the game, so why not just drop Brock's arena challenges?

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No, I will buy as much as before.
Not a big fan of PvP, I guess.
Nobody to play it with anyway...

That makes two of us.

an obvious A

Not really. I never have anybody to play multiplayer with anyway.

A. I will buy as much as before. I only used PvP for the achievements and trophies.

No. PvP was annoying to "have" to do. Survival Mode was the only one I liked and the Kaos Doom Challenge is an improved version of that so I'm happy!

I LOVED the Tiers List and the competitive side of Skylanders but I'm so sad to see it go but I always have SSA and SG's arenas to play with friends. I never liked SSF arenas anyways. Probily still get all the guys since I'm a collector but It will greatly be missed.

A.
I loved PVP though, hopefully VV brings it back in sky 5

C
Now I'm gonna buy every trap.

I find tower defense way more enjoyable than PvP, so A.

B
Wasn't going to buy everything, unlike the last installments. Not getting every Trap (just one of each Element and maybe one or two extra) and I might skip some variants and/or the Minis. Not going for nongame variants at all, aside from common ones I can import for the price of a normal figure, or any I happen to stumble upon. I did preorder Eon's Elite and intend to buy the set of eight, but I'm more interested in using them with SA than any other game, because they'll be fun to use in reruns.

I'm getting more disappointed about this the more I think about it. Assuming Survival is back, I kind of wish they cut Brock's Survival to add in Battle Mode instead, especially because we have Kaos Mode now.

I hardly played it in SF, but that was less because I didn't like PVP and more because the Battle Mode in that game sucked. I've still been playing Giants' every couple of weeks. I don't play it much now, but I had a blast with it when I played it more and I've got some good memories of it. I still played PVP for a little while and had some memorable Battle moments in SF.
My family aren't very good at Skylanders and I got tired of fighting them, but PVP was a HUGE part of what made them like the series, since that was (by far) the mode we played together most. It's kinda sad that it's gone to me, because now I can't look forward to raging against them or seeing them discover new Skylanders. I don't like co-op, because it feels like they can't keep up with me, and it doesn't have the item randomness nor the competitiveness PVP has to be interesting.

The only upside to me is that now the damned Battle Packs are gone, probably :V

A. I don't care if PVP there anyway because no one plays with me. Besides, PVP sort of a cheat to get u to lvl 20 and tons of money

A.
I could see it being fun but I never had anyone to play it with. It also opens up a new slot for quests so it will be interesting to see how it's filled. It also removes the rock paper scissors element of the battle mode which makes new elements easier to put into the mix.

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B
Wasn't going to buy everything, unlike the last installments. Not getting every Trap (just one of each Element and maybe one or two extra) and I might skip some variants. Not going for nongame variants at all, aside from common ones I can import for the price of a normal figure, or any I happen to stumble upon.

I'm getting more disappointed about this the more I think about it. Assuming Survival is back, I kind of wish they cut Brock's Survival to add in Battle Mode instead, especially because we have Kaos Mode now.

I hardly played it in SF, but that was less because I didn't like PVP and more because the Battle Mode in that game sucked. I've still been playing Giants' every couple of weeks. I don't play it much now, but I had a blast with it when I played it more and I've got some good memories of it. I still played PVP for a little while and had some memorable Battle moments in SF.
The people I play with aren't very good and I got tired of fighting them, but PVP was a HUGE part of what made them like Skylanders, since that was (by far) the mode we played together most. I don't like co-op, because it feels like they can't keep up with me, and it doesn't have the item randomness nor the competitiveness PVP has.

The only upside to me is that now the damned Battle Packs are gone, probably :V

I couldn't agree more with you. Kaos mode is more extreme than Brock's survival arenas and would have easily been expendable for the sake of having PvP back in the game. Also yeah those battle packs were nothing but traps for those who didn't want the battle pack pieces or the reposes.

A. But if quests are gone then maybe the annoying 10 wins won't matter anyway...

I literally have never played the game with another person, PVP or co-op. So, it doesn't affect me any.

The only time I EVER played PVP was to get the medals to gold rank. So I say good riddance!

I choose answer A

It doesn't really change a thing. In fact most games with PvP are usually filled with toxic players. Skylanders being one of the only games that doesn't involve the internet of today, makes it more calming to play for my case. Because I don't have to deal with those players and enjoy playing my game.

Keep it short: B

D, but in my heart I know it will be A. There are too many things I want that Trap Team offers, and it's not like I have anyone to play with either.

G but this could be the straw that sends me to H and not even get this game.

This was the fun part of having all the figures - seems I'm alone on this though (by not being alone when playing, ironically).

F or A, will depend on the rest of Trap Team. PvP is a huge part of the gameplay for me, being able to battle my partner and little siblings is heaps of fun (even if I lose 90% of the time), and was the best part about buying extra figures.

I'm going to miss it heaps, but hopefully the rest of Trap Team will be great enough to make up for the loss. Will have to see.

I'm going for A or B. I never used PvP anyway except for completing my Skylanders' quests so removing it is no big loss to me. I'm looking forward to playing that new Kaos mode instead.

F to H

Evidence this game is getting even more "kiddy" and the "kiddies" are getting older.

I never used PVP mode, got nobody to play it with.
I wish they would've had some kind of vs AI mode or online before scrapping it.

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I couldn't agree more with you. Kaos mode is more extreme than Brock's survival arenas and would have easily been expendable for the sake of having PvP back in the game. Also yeah those battle packs were nothing but traps for those who didn't want the battle pack pieces or the reposes.

Woops, missed your earlier post on the topic X) That's what I thought as soon as I heard PVP was gone in lieu of Kaos Mode. I don't think Survival is confirmed, but I'd definitely get rid of it in return for Kaos Mode with PVP. Even if Kaos Mode turns out to have less varied objectives, it seems to have better combat, which I think is why most played Survival in SF.

since it never had an option to play online with others. it dont bother me at all....

It's A for me as well I play mostly by myself so PVP being gone isn't a deal breaker for me. I do feel bad for those of you that enjoyed the PVP part of the game though maybe it will come back in the next game with an online feature (Yeah I know never will get an online mode but one can dream).

i say A for me. i never do pvp don't have anyone to play with around where i live. now if they did it online then i'd be doing pvp because my brother lives far away from me and i usually play him

B for me, I generally only played one or two matches of pvp each game other than the 10 to finish the quest

Though one thing I'm definately missing are the music for battle arenas.



Hopefully we're getting a desert level to compensate for this beauty. Spamming battles with two controllers to get the quests done was even more enjoyable with this song on.

B: I never used PvP in the previous games but I also don't want to buy too many characters this time. I have some characters from Swap Force that I rarely use so I'm only buying Skylanders that I like this time.

A.

We never really cared for PvP in Skylanders. Too unbalanced. When the AI is on the receiving end of the punishment no-one complains though...

A
We would only try it out once or twice. Daughter doesn't care for it - she would rather play co-op.

I'd say G for now.

F for now. Hopefully kaos mode can help me buy more, but the childish storymode was never exactly my favorite. I loved arena and pvp the most. (I guess thats what i get for getting into a franchise made for elementary school kids)

A for me, but i do understand if this upsets some people a whole lot.

Honestly interesting. I mostly played for PvP so I kind of assumed other people did it quite a bit too.