PLEASE Tell me "Grounds of Valor" is what I think it is!! (FFXI Gyms of Vana'diel??)

[Karbuncle]

I'm not so sure. You know

The more and more i think about it, The more and more I enjoy the idea of an "Arena". However i think it would be neat if it Either

A) Pits you against a random PC based on Level Range (I.E, You can sign up for 50 cap, 75, 80, 90, etc), Theres the "Thrill" of not knowing your opponent, Adapting to face him, Winning or losing, It would be fun to face an element of surprise added to PVP.

B) Pits you against a random NPC, Something like an AI of a Specific job/Race randomly generated for the fight.

So in a way, It wouldn't be all PVP (Cause lets face it its bound to be empty some times...), But i think it would be fun. It would be kinda like doing the Maat Fight (except not horribly one sided as Maat fight is for some jobs...), Except you face a random opponent. It'll test your skill, Or get you curb-stomped.

There could be Arena/PVP Specific Rewards for it too. I mean, Like items that only work in PVP/Ballista. Adds a reason for hard-core Ballista players to get into it.

Could even add 2v2 Battles, or 3v3 team battles. Could even add a "Gil" or "Imperial Standing" or "Imperial Currency" (Gold Coins/etc) Reward for winning. Hold Mini-Tournaments every Vana-Week too.


Hell I'm not a big fan of PVP, but even that sounds like it would be a little fun. Getting you and a 1-2 Friends to participate in a PVP Tournament. Even if you don't like PVP... it sounds fun, no?

[Mirage]

I think 2v2 and 3v3 fights would be really fun. To the people whining "omg no it'll be like wow": Even if that was true, which I don't think it is, so what? No one would be forcing you to do it, and I doubt the rewards from such fights would be game-breaking must-haves.

[kingfury]

Yep, "the FFXI Gyms of Vana'diel" concept had those things and more Karbuncle ^^/

-Player vs NPCs via the Instructor Programs
-Player vs Player, 2v2, 3v3 all via the PvP Gymnasium Games
-Area specific rewards via the Gym Medals and temp items obtained in different regimes

Still no word if Grounds of Valor is my proposed concept or not though ><;

[Mirage]

alliance vs alliance, [yes f-ing please]

[kingfury]

alliance vs alliance, [yes f-ing please]

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Could you imagine the shear magnitude of such a battle? o.o;

[Randwolf]

I would be surprised if they were going with your idea if someone from S/E hasn't contacted you. Also, for this to be in the May update would be unusual since something of that magnitude would be rather difficult to develop in that short of time. Most of the new stuff added has been in the pipeline for awhile. From the name, I'm guessing some kind of reworking of Fields of Valor.

[kingfury]

I would be surprised if they were going with your idea if someone from S/E hasn't contacted you. Also, for this to be in the May update would be unusual since something of that magnitude would be rather difficult to develop in that short of time. Most of the new stuff added has been in the pipeline for awhile. From the name, I'm guessing some kind of reworking of Fields of Valor.

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Yeah, I know ><; but just hoping that it's maybe the very base structure wouldn't be too unrealistic right? /kingfury readies puppy dog eyes

[Seha]

/sigh
Kingfury, don't take it bad, but there's a big difference between believing in your projects and daydreaming. It seems to me that your feet are nowhere near the earth. This, -I think and I'm pretty sure of it- cannot be your idea in any way:
- It's an update that was scheduled before the quake happened and thus already tested probably since months. SE doesn't just make up things on the spot, they prepare them way before they release them.
- Grounds of VALOR, exactly like fields of VALOR. It's going to be fov for dungeons, or AU/past, or something related to it anyway, or it would have had a different name.

That being said, you got a positive feedback from a mod. Ok. Be proud that your idea was actually viewed from someone at the dev team. Fine. I'm not saying you should stop hoping, but god knows if you're flying too high. It's good to dream, but it's bad to let the dream feed you more and more. Maybe it will happen, good for you in that case. But maybe not.
I'm sorry if I sound harsh, I don't have anything against you, but I just think that you really need a "slap" and wake up a bit.

[kingfury]

lol No /slap necessary, I'm fully aware that it would be ultra rare for SE to do anything as fast as this would be ^^ I just wanted to see if I could get a hint as to what it might be /sigh

[Greatguardian]

/sigh
Kingfury, don't take it bad, but there's a big difference between believing in your projects and daydreaming. It seems to me that your feet are nowhere near the earth. This, -I think and I'm pretty sure of it- cannot be your idea in any way:
- It's an update that was scheduled before the quake happened and thus already tested probably since months. SE doesn't just make up things on the spot, they prepare them way before they release them.
- Grounds of VALOR, exactly like fields of VALOR. It's going to be fov for dungeons, or AU/past, or something related to it anyway, or it would have had a different name.

That being said, you got a positive feedback from a mod. Ok. Be proud that your idea was actually viewed from someone at the dev team. Fine. I'm not saying you should stop hoping, but god knows if you're flying too high. It's good to dream, but it's bad to let the dream feed you more and more. Maybe it will happen, good for you in that case. But maybe not.
I'm sorry if I sound harsh, I don't have anything against you, but I just think that you really need a "slap" and wake up a bit.

I have to apologize as well, but this ^.

If there's one reason the Community Team hesitates to provide feedback to all of the suggestion threads here, it's outcomes like this; especially considering how many people are talking about how they ought to offer you a job. User feedback is fine. Suggestions from users are fine. Heck, being excited because there was positive feedback to a suggestion you made is fine. But no company wants to be in a position where they feel pressured to hire someone or implement their ideas because they submitted a good suggestion once. It can only end badly.