Reviving PvP & Ballista

[Dart]

then a defensively geared, vereth mnk comes along and trucks your ass lmao.

[Harukusan]

then a defensively geared, vereth mnk comes along and trucks your ass lmao.

If they have the skill or experience, then by all means they deserve to beat my ass. But believe me when I say I won't, and will never go down without a fight that will open up their eyes to a new perspective. No one can just go in with that Abyssea attitude and whomp on anyone. A truly competitive and strategic Ballista player such as myself among many other who post here will know how to trump them with no problem.

I think that's why no one participates, they are just too frustrated over the fact that they couldn't handle themselves in a PvP situation. Most melee these days are accustomed to having a WHM backing them, relieving them of any fear of failure. Well in Ballista, you will be reintroduced to something called "skill". "Skill" is something people used to obtain with experience in the game long before Abyssea was ever thought of (thank you SE).

[Akujima]

I think that's why no one participates, they are just too frustrated over the fact that they couldn't handle themselves in a PvP situation. Most melee these days are accustomed to having a WHM backing them, relieving them of any fear of failure. Well in Ballista, you will be reintroduced to something called "skill". "Skill" is something people used to obtain with experience in the game long before Abyssea was ever thought of (thank you SE).

This ^

/close all other threads.

[Alhanelem]

I would really like to know if the dev team is able to consider even minor improvements to the Conflict system.

[Seyrena]

I just want 1v1 dueling.

[Arlan]

I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or not, but I'll take the first guess with this: an open PvP "challenge" system would be great. If you just want to take part in a random duel or party battle with another group of people, the option should be open to take place anywhere you like (barring cities of course).



I have no issue with adding new rewards to attract more ballista-ignorant players to participate. My original reply was intended to merely state that adding rewards specific to Ballista will not attract players who have no interest or have no idea what Ballista is.

Ballista SPECIFIC rewards will not lure new/uninterested people in.

Give them seals and +2 upgrades to empy armor and you'll see people jump all over it... /sarcasm off

Although that last statement might actually be true, I don't think it will attract the sort of people who are there for the competition. They might frail under the influence of tough competition by players such as us who have years of experience on the Ballista battlefield. That can, of course, be balanced slightly with consolation prizes (lesser gil/exp/cp/etc rewards) as it always has been.

This is probably the 3rd, maybe 4th thread about Ballista and general PvP, and we still go without answers from SE's representatives, let alone the dev. team.

Clearly we are misrepresenting ourselves as people who are "already too loyal to quit" so they don't have to give a damn about us. Their main goals are to attempt to attract more people to make more profits. From a business standpoint, they are doing a so-so job. But as a loyal customer to this service, I expect at least some shed of light on what actually keeps me interested in the game. Ballista is one of the reasons I didn't quit the game over 5 years ago. And with the promise of better upgrades to the game as a whole, I've been nothing but disappointed. One person may not make a difference, but I'm not the only one who believes in this, merely one of the few who is willing to point that out.

I was not sarcastic...
sorry if it turned out that way lol.

[Zaknafein]

Damn, 9 pages, and no Dev input <sadface>

[Alhanelem]

I just want 1v1 dueling.

I just want no 1v1 dueling. Really, everything in the game has always been built around groups, the game is balanced around groups.

[Harukusan]

I just want no 1v1 dueling. Really, everything in the game has always been built around groups, the game is balanced around groups.

That's the way the game was built originally. In today's FFXI, you are more open to choices as to whether you want to play in groups (large or small) or solo. PvP is not so different in that respect. I enjoy 1v1 dueling as well as large group competition. It should not be limited to just one idea, but feature several options as to how you want to participate.

It's all about personal choice.

[Andrien]

I'm from Bismarck, and I'm all in for ballista pvp in FFXI, and FFXIV. Everything that was mentioned in the first post of this thread I heavily agree with. when pvp first came out my server used to always play but now for years nobody is interested. Maybe it is the lack of good rewards that nobody seems to want to waste their time on.

To fix the gear swapping issues, how about making Ballista type gears for only ballista. They got to look epic and cool, no lame looking stuff. They should be powerful enough so players wont even have to bother about swapping gears and what not. Personally I don't swap gears, but it seems like an issue for everyone else.

Are you reading this SE?