Real PvP can we have it PLEASE S.E

[Evviva]

Hah! That's awesome!

On a side note:

http://www.ffxiah.com/forum/topic/29...llista-royale/


Also, http://vanatime.de.vu/.

60cap and uncap official matches.
60cap and uncap Hako(Diorama mirror matches).
1v1 bouts.

Everything is possible~

If interested, pop on to the test server and grab a pearl. Event scheduling will be that much easier.

In case a sack-holder is not online, please PM myself/vyii or deshio.

Straight copy from the thread I created on ffxiah: http://www.ffxiah.com/forum/topic/28...test-server/4/

Please join us~
It is evident that ballista will not be receiving any updates in the near future.. so let's make the best of it!

[Draylo]

How do you get the ability to place those things for player events? I've never done one or seen one lol, just know of the special hotel place in Aht Urghan.

[Alhanelem]

There's a form where you apply for player event support on the official site. After submitting an event, a GM will speak to you before your scheduled time to set up the NPCs for you and make sure everything meets with your approval.

(Note that the golden Orc there is not one of the normal objects you can choose in the form- The GM helping me mistakenly put that there, and I said "you know, that's cooler than what I picked. Can you just leave him there?")

At any rate, I prefer uncapped ballista, as I hate level caps in general and it's more fun to have all your abilities available- especially on a few jobs that really need them to be effective in PvP. I also don't like having to dig through my storage to retrieve AF and low level gear. (Sometimes for uncapped, we'll institute house rules, like no relic/mythic/empy weapons to ensure the playing field is still reasonably level). The metagame is very different, but the balance is not as off as some people think.

And we should not give up in asking for adjustments- keep asking and maybe one day we'll receive something.

[Evviva]

Oh yes, we actually played a few matches last night. Uncap.

By all means, if the community keeps pushing.. I'm sure some result will come out of it!

In the meantime. Captain Planet, or Undine if you prefer~

[Evviva]

Before our conversation about the definition of the word perfect, I made this post :

If you want uncap official matches: Fenrir
If you want 60 cap official matches: Carbuncle(jp time only) and Lakshmi

Ballista in it's current state is absolutely perfect.
Although, uncap needs a damage adjustment -again-

I've taken it upon myself to promote ballista on Undine - but unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be enough incentive for people to participate.

So, let's get real for a moment. Players have a choice.
1.) Wait for the dev team to take notice of the numerous threads created and do something about ballista.
2.) Promote ballista on your home server, and hope that it catches on.
3.) Level an alternate character and join a server that still plays.
4.) Server transfer to an aforementioned server.
5.) Log on to the test server, Undine.
6.) Keep swarming the forums with ideas on how ballista should be changed, while consequently arguing with everyone who might have a different opinion.
7.) Do nothing.


All 60 cap vs uncap vs team vs 1v1 semantics aside there is a clear and present truth in all of this.
The people that are most vocal more often than not fall into the category of 1, 6 & 7.
Of course, everything mentioned is directly relative to how much people actually care about ballista.

In the meantime, I'll keep trying to promote ballista on Undine - even though there really is no reward in it for me and the many others that happen to join.

tldr; If you want to play, do something and stop waiting~

[Alhanelem]

1) We're already doing this, and it's a good thing.
2) This is nearly impossible. people either wont play unless their grievances with the system are addressed, or if they don't know about it, are difficult to convince to join since there is no incentive (the number of people in this game that happily do something for nothing is shockingly small)
3) I shouldn't have to pay extra money to play certain content just because the people that like it most are on a different server than the one I randomly got put on when I created my character 8 years ago.
4) See #3
5) People have done this, but the number of people that actively participate in test server activities is very low so the situation isn't much better
6) You place an extremely negative connotation on this, when in fact it is a good idea for us to all be discussing the issues with ballista. I don't see anyone acting as though their opinion is the only one, which is what you seem to be suggesting here.
7) The people that care but do nothing are only doing nothing because they don't know what they should do.

[Evviva]

Enjoy ballista~

In the meantime, I will as well:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oIFZ...g&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mAUH...4&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrxeZ...7&feature=plcp

Daily.

[Alhanelem]

If only that could happen on every server...

[Karbuncle]

Hay guys, My server does Ballista some times so that means the event is perfect and you're all crazy for thinking it needs an update !

/sarcasm off.

on a Slightly more serious note, Ballista suffers from the problem of having no reward. Which is why most people don't bother doing it. I like the idea of more PVP, but at the same time, I realize SE Does not like that idea, Or didn't, some odd years ago.

Advertising Ballista on your server could be a good idea. I'd start by making a thread on the FFXIAH Server Forums, Maybe one here too, If you can get enough interest, Could probably spread it by word of mouth then too.

Kinda late in the game, Everyones bored and hates Voidwatch, nows the perfect chance to coerce them to kill eachother.

[Evviva]

When did ballista -stop- being perfect?
Was it never perfect?
Why do players still devote a blunt of their time to -playing- ballista?

All I can see from numerous posts is that ballista lacks rewards. Is that what players want?
Please help me understand.

What do players want exactly?

I'll start.
I love extremely competitive and fast paced ballista. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8OhV6Bn7qM
There is nothing in this game that provides -me- with the same rush, it's a drug.

With that being said, ballista has always been ruled by japanese players.
-My- personal goal is to find equally disciplined, devoted and skilled NA/EU players who share a passion for ballista.

Ballista is extremely complex and deep, asking for an update seems very strange to -me-.


Thanks for reading!

Video courtesy of Vyii~