Ballista Reborn!

[Urteil]

Wow, uh. I think a lot of people are missing the issue.

People don't do Ballista because you can't swap gear or else you're penalized by it. That's pretty much what it comes down to, unless people aren't lazy enough to set up ballista gear.

I have a billion gear sets controlled by macro's for PvE.

Why is it so hard for people to pick a single gear set for a situation, if they have already created a thousand sets for the most menial combat tasks.


Its 100x easier to get PvP gear then it is to get the most contested PvE gear. The great thing for PvE people is that PvE gear is the best PvP gear and specialty things like a Flawless Ribbon are so much more in your grasp, than people must realize.



But life is so hard! and people are weenies, oh well!
So lazy people suck, whats new, kick them down into the bottom of the barrel where they belong.

[Urteil]

I would only play a PvP event if the said event was enabled to be 1v1. My only problem is the asshats out there who likes to interrupt a dual between 2 people by starting to attack them at 50% health. Which has happened to me every time I ever did a PvP fight, which I only join to shut a smartmouth up.

These interupting people don't matter, spit on them.

[Urteil]

They aren't asshats. They're trying to play ballista. It's the people challenging to duels that are disrupting the experience, which was specifically designed as a TEAM game. I have no objections, however, to adding a duel system or 1v1 area. That being said, FFXI's combat system wasn't designed so that every class has a fair chance to beat every other class in combat. It was designed so that a well balanced group of people is stronger than a group that isn't well balanced. All aspects of FFXI, including PvP, are balanced around group play.

Until then, if you want to duel with someone, reserve the area just for yourself and your friend or friends, and don't let anyone else in. Problem solved.

With the advent of resistance setups and /sch, many of these "poor" jobs are much more powerful than you all might think.


Did you know that WHM is perhaps the single most powerful ballista job with MAB gear and the right strategy?

With Holy II I am legitimately worried.

[Urteil]

Except I tried to reserve an area just for myself and one other, and his friends decides to come in too. Unless I'm mistaken, Brenner can't be reserved for just 2 people.

Well he auto-loses, because he's a cowardly weasel.

Congratulations.

[Korpg]

Well he auto-loses, because he's a cowardly weasel.

Congratulations.

That doesn't prove anything. The fight wasn't just about him vs me, it was about my analysis of my skill towards fighting another player. I only want to do 1v1 fights, because I'm able to gauge my skill better that way, instead of having 5+ people attacking me all at once.

I already have given up on PvP aspect of this game, because nobody on my server wants to do it period.

[Alhanelem]

With the advent of resistance setups and /sch, many of these "poor" jobs are much more powerful than you all might think.


Did you know that WHM is perhaps the single most powerful ballista job with MAB gear and the right strategy?

With Holy II I am legitimately worried.

Why? Holy II isn't even that strong when Ultima uses it. What makes you think it's going to be any good on WHM, especially when Holy I blows chunks?

Out of all the new spells and abilities, you find that to be the one with the most balance altering potential? Remember, all damage is scaled down to a degree.

Besides, most of the people currently playing ballista do 60 cap... which I personally don't like, but it's better than not playing at all...

I only want to do 1v1 fights, because I'm able to gauge my skill better that way, instead of having 5+ people attacking me all at once.

You're really missing the point and spirit of the system. What you describe doesn't even really happen that often (Unless you really give people a reason to ) The skill in PvP is in strategy, not just how you handle your character. JP take their ballista business seriously. They will check you and see if you have petras or gate breach, and decide who to attack accordingly. They will use any ability or spell in their arsenal to interrupt scoring attempts, they are very competitive when you get them to play. There's little point in testing your individual ability in handling your character against one other person's individual ability, because neither PvE or PvP are balanced around that. Many jobs that don't do as well 1v1 are much more powerful in a party environment. All of this is true both in normal areas in the game and in PvP.

Thankfully on Shiva there's still a decent group of JP players who do it on a regular basis; unfortunately, it's usually in the wee hours of the morning.

[Zaknafein]

Problem solved completely by a new area with a section for bataru royale, and one for a que system for 1v1, 3v3, and 6v6 matches. Put it in an easily accessible place. Do away with any sort of caps, and it will be well received by the community.

[Lordscyon]

Your ideas Are Awesome 100% support.
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^^It be nice too see this happend^^

[MarkovChain]

Remove ballista from the game

[Leonlionheart]

Remove ballista from the game

Remove dynamis from the game

Let's list off stupid ideas guys