Reviving PvP & Ballista

[Vyiv]

No one truly likes level caps.

Well, Selt, a well-respected JP player in the Ballista community, posted a recent video of a 30:30 game on Carbuncle (neo-Gilgamesh) of—guess what—Lv60 Ballista on his Youtube channel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wb8Gm3Mw0M

I wonder how that tallies up.

[Alhanelem]

Well, Selt, a well-respected JP player in the Ballista community, posted a recent video of a 30:30 game on Carbuncle (neo-Gilgamesh) of—guess what—Lv60 Ballista on his Youtube channel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wb8Gm3Mw0M

I wonder how that tallies up.

Such a video, though pretty darn cool, says nothing about what most people think about level caps in general. 60 cap's popularity is what keeps ballista to nothing more than a cult following. If the average joe is going to do PvP, he's going to want to be at his best while doing it, using all the tools at his disposal. I maintain that 60 cap's supposed better balance is just an illusion and the popularity of 60 cap is purely because of this belief.

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You'd be suprised about emp weapons. They don't stand out as much as you think, outside of abyssea and especially in Ballista, where the damage reductions close the difference between weapons.

Gear is still a factor in 60 cap, and while the gap between the haves and the have nots is smaller, it's still there. You really need to remember what this is all about, though. Fun. Everyone was always having fun, whether I did a 60 or an uncapped. And that's what's most important. Also: Good skill overcomes good gear. Being a good player is far more important than anything else.

[Harukusan]

Good skill overcomes good gear. Being a good player is far more important than anything else.

hear hear!

And being a good player with substantial gear is where people get the idea uncapped is "broken!"

[Dart]

Such a video, though pretty darn cool, says nothing about what most people think about level caps in general. 60 cap's popularity is what keeps ballista to nothing more than a cult following. If the average joe is going to do PvP, he's going to want to be at his best while doing it, using all the tools at his disposal. I maintain that 60 cap's supposed better balance is just an illusion and the popularity of 60 cap is purely because of this belief.

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You'd be suprised about emp weapons. They don't stand out as much as you think, outside of abyssea and especially in Ballista, where the damage reductions close the difference between weapons.

Gear is still a factor in 60 cap, and while the gap between the haves and the have nots is smaller, it's still there. You really need to remember what this is all about, though. Fun. Everyone was always having fun, whether I did a 60 or an uncapped. And that's what's most important. Also: Good skill overcomes good gear. Being a good player is far more important than anything else.

see my A., B., C. for detail.

I'm guessing that you play with people who suck. As for me i've seen them in action. A lot. They fuck people up majorly.