BALLISTA TOURNAMENT

[Urteil]

How is it not a flaw that you have to gear for your opponent?

That's like playing Pokemon TCG and knowing that your opponent has a Water deck so you stack your deck with Thunder types. Seriously, it's actually cheating in competitions.

I have the gear, I've used the gear. Doesn't mean it's right that it has to be that way, or a good thing in any way.

Shooting for one piece benefits several situations for both mages and melees separately, made for PvP from SE; what's your issue with that?

The only equivalent we have here as far as your deck vs. deck thing goes - is you know the job of your enemy.

I don't have an issue with it, as long as the gear is useful in PvE too and doesn't only activate in PvP - you want to make one an extension of the other where the balancing comes into play with abilities/spells being modulated in the specific environment in which PvP happens.


Really though, I've been saying Warrior needs something nice for years, but if you really want to win on a DD try Samurai.

One day I sincerely hope through ingenious JA's, raw damage, or through WS updates they will get a GA WS that silences and addles, and stuns the enemy for a severe beat down.

I've never felt pride about killing a warrior and we both would agree rightly so, I'm more concerned with RDM, BLU, BLM, and Paladins with Aegis/Burtgang. Those are the enemies that I am concerned with fighting.

I would go so far as to give Warrior native regain, I am far more in your camp than you realize.

[Alhanelem]

In most cases, skill can triumph over a gear difference. The alleged impact of gear is why everyone thinks 60 cap is better. In reality the balance is not that much different at no cap, with a few easily fixed exceptions. One of those exceptions (a weakness) was addressed (PUP) with the introduction of Deus Ex Automata at an early level, so that you don't have to go without your automaton for half the match if you get KO'd. BLU might be somewhat disproportionately strong uncapped, though there are still strategies to deal with it, especially in team fights- And I think the only real reason for this was they havnen't considered the new spells added since 75 cap.

I will continue to maintain and state that all of FFXI, whether it be PvE or PvP, was built to be a team game, and your ability to perform in 1v1 does not translate 100% into an ability to perform in team fights or in the game of ballista itself.

[Leonlionheart]

We agree to some extent then. I've stopped playing WAR in PvP because there aren't enough people to do serious team battles, so I just end up going BLU or something. I'd probably even play RNG in team battles.

[Selzak]

We agree to some extent then. I've stopped playing WAR in PvP because there aren't enough people to do serious team battles, so I just end up going BLU or something. I'd probably even play RNG in team battles.

RNG is a lot of fun in team battles. There's something really satisfying about dropping people from afar while they're fleeing or whatnot.

This tournament was recorded right? I heard there was a good DRK vs. RDM fight but all I can find on Youtube are lame NIN vs. MNK and there's a link from FFXIAH that shows some other fights...nothing DRK vs. RDM though. Am I being impatient or just not looking in the right place?

[Darkwizardzin]

RNG is a lot of fun in team battles. There's something really satisfying about dropping people from afar while they're fleeing or whatnot.

This tournament was recorded right? I heard there was a good DRK vs. RDM fight but all I can find on Youtube are lame NIN vs. MNK and there's a link from FFXIAH that shows some other fights...nothing DRK vs. RDM though. Am I being impatient or just not looking in the right place?

Here is the video of the whole tournament. The drk vs rdm fight is at the end.... (urtiel vs the champ of the tournament)

[Leonlionheart]

Was really hoping for more youtube commentaries.

[Rohelius]

I quit ballista since i had my old character.
the game is unbalanced beyond belief and theres no
reward.
if they wanted people to play tthey would offer
better things then 400gil/exp and a tittle.

I get my pvp fix from guild wars thats real pvp imo.
I move for a vote to transplant ballista to abyssea areas to be able to use atmas and gain seals and cruor (dominion?) like ops. special pvp traverser stone that doesn't let you attack/be attacked mobs for stay?