User blog:Nice Things/The Difference between PvE and PvP and what People seem to Forget

Sup, Jordan here.

I'm writing this blog post to clarify something about the world of RWBY which people here, and on other sites seem to have forgottem completely for one reason or another.

What is that you might ask? That shipping your OC with team RWBY is bad? noooopppppeeee we all know that's a big no-no, then what could it be.


 * Looks at the title* good job, someone get this little fella a medal. I'm here to clarify the difference between PvE and PvP and Hunter's Primary roll within the world of RWBY.

Firstly what is PvE?: Generally PvE is a term used to describe a state in an MMO or other game of Player vs Environment, or you the player against non player enemies or NPC's. In RWBY this term is used to describe Hunters vs Grimm most of the time. So when I say PvE I mean Hunters vs Grimm, just so we're all clear on that, okay? OKAY~

Now PvP: Generally PvP is described as Player vs Player combat in most gaming scenario's hence why most games have PvP multiplayer. Now in RWBY PvP is a term generally used to describe Hunter vs Hunter, such as what we see in the Vytal Festival. Ergo PvP is about Us vs Us rather than the Us vs Them of PvE.

Now how does all this relate to RWBY and why am I so annoyed? I'm so glad that I asked. I'm annoyed because in RWBY the primary roll of most graduated and in training hunters, is that of being a PvE weapon. Their Job is to literally exterminate Grimm and be incredibly efficient at doing that. This is something which is a core part of the RWBY universe something a lot of people seem to have forgotten.

Now how does this relate to PvP? Well a lot of what makes Hunter's good in PvE can make them kinda bad in PvP. Take for instance GUNS. Gun's a great PvE weapon in RWBY as they can be used to safely mow down Grimm in massive droves without fear. However in PvP guns are almost useless, as almost every character has shown an aptitude for dodging bullets with a near startling ease. Meaning that a heavy gun based character, while good in PvE is not good in PvP.

A perfect example of this is Coco. She's a perfectly designed PvE character who doesn't transition well into PvP, as her primary weapon has become nearly useless against people who can dodge bullets with ease. In fact possibly the only exception to this rule is guns used at very close ranges with a high spread such as scatterguns or shotguns.

Now that I've gotten all that out of the way, I need to keep talking funnily enough. Now when I see OC's who are so obviously painfully designed for PvP it hurts, because you're going against what being a Hunter is meant to be, you're meant to be a PvE weapon, not some PvP god who copies semblances, tell me outside of copying an allies semblance how is that useful in anything else aside from PvP, same with mind fuckery. The exception to this being characters who are rogue hunters who kill other hunters, ergo some characters made by our Crat Tsubori, in that situation it makes sense to gear a character towards PvP yes.

Something else is people complaining about how Coco got her ass kicked or whining when their super cool gun character lost a PvE fight. Coco was agaisnt two characters who specialize in fucking over other hunters, and she herself is nearly useless in PvP of course it happened. Secondly once again, in PvP guns are not great weapons it's just How RWBY works I'm sorry.

I hope this clarifies things for people or even helps them design a character to some degree, just think when you're designing "does my character fit as a hunter, are they good in PvE or am I trying to make a specifically pvp Powerhouse."

Thanks for your attention, if you've managed to get all the way to the end good job.

TL:DR

-Hunters are meant to be PvE specialists, things like the Vytal Festival are meant to be cool pastimes to generate camaraderie and competition between the kingdoms.

-Designing a Hunter for PvP is stupid because you're going against the grain of what Hunters are

-Guns are bad in PvP

-I'm a loudmouth Aussie