Board Thread:Pokemon Arena X - In-game News/@comment-5398529-20140517021203

If you've played the early version of the new game before, which was a personal server, you would probably remember how parties worked. You create a party and invite people to join that. In the party, you and your team members can't attack each other.

The new game will slightly change how it works:

PvP- Players in parties can attack each other. While you might think that this might be bad, it can promote team work in more ways than one. For example, if a player is using a Pokemon with the ability Water Absorb, it may have to rely on its teammate to use Water-type moves on it to heal up. Abilities like Friend Guard would also have use.

PvE- Players who lead a party can choose whether to have friendly-fire on or not. PvE, unlike PvP, is a less competitive mode, so players can choose to play casually with each other or try to be douchebags and kill one another.  