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2.25 should be a great pvp update, we haven\\'t any class adjustment, we only have to grind 10 rank and buy an i100 set + materia.
In 2 months, we will probably have a new i110 set and more rank to grind.
This system actually ruins pvp!!!! Is there any chance to have updated pvp, balanced and competitive pvp in this game?
I agree. It is disappointing.
As a person who waited to PvP because I hoped they would introduce something different and exciting than just 'grind to rank 30' and 'buy all the best gear', I feel even less motivation to do it now... and what that means in the long run is I'll be very undergeared/ranked when frontlines comes out because I didn't do the boring grind when it was available. It's my choice, of course, and I'm not complaining... but from a company standpoint, you'd think they would realize that introducing more ranks and gear isn't going to BRING new people into PvP; it will only strengthen the people who already spend countless hours capping... and make them even stronger.
Matchmaking was a step in the right direction, but there is definitely a clear divide and that gap will only be bridged by adding objective-based games, or at least something more interesting than the typical 4v4 that is so combination-locked as it is (healer/tank/ranged/melee). I'd probably like arena more if there was more freedom regarding class combinations, but my biggest gripe is that LoSing is not as responsive as it could be, resulting in pillaring not always being effective, and people shooting/casting through walls for a few seconds as someone runs behind.
Oh well. Atleast the armor skins will be unique for a while?.. Expected more for a "major pvp patch".
Treadmill "content".
2.3 can't come soon enough. We need objective-based game modes (La Noscean Gulch CTF, map dominance, etc.) and Frontlines now. Arena with no ranking system in a sterile pit with absurd queue times is just terrible - we're like mice running on a rickety hamster wheel.
Please oil it Yoshida. Give us new wheels.
+1
The new gears are cool and good looking, but they only give those R30 a reason to keep grinding. Newers or other pre-R30 won't touch it because "hey, Blue used to 2 shot me but now she can aoe down both of us with that badass penta-new-materia-melding bear set...."
Yep, no adjustments to the system, only new gear. Disappointing to say the least :(
I thought 2.25 was going to improve pvp, this update is a joke and fixed nothing. 30-40 min queue times. FFXIV has the possibility to make some unique pvp and make it a game changer. Instead they add an unbalanced arena. My only motivation to still play ffxiv is pvp, it gives me a reason to level up and get gear rather than to just do end games and not much else. So far SE has given us a nice steamy pile of crap for pvp.
I really hope 2.3 has much more to offer PvP than just Frontlines, with how this patch has turned out the future of FFXIV PvP looks pretty grim. :(
I can't wait to get enkindle'd or butcher's blocked for 3,000+ now with the new i100 moral gear XD
Fair and Balanced. .