Escaping the FFXIV Bronze Hell
Hey there, I am a new PvP player and I have noticed some stuff where you might climb easier from Bronze to Gold.
I started at Bronze and made it to Diamond and it was frustrating, and I will explain why and why I did not want to continue.
When I started at Bronze, the teams were random. Even if you are good, it will not help you, if you 1.) do not have enough time 2.) do not have any luck
For example if you are in a Team where only one person is good. The other Team has four good persons. You will lose.
Some class constellations are unfair, for example a team that has a GNB, WHM, MCH, DRG etc. and the other Team something like SCH, RDM, DNC etc. the second team will lose if the first team is not very bad. Classes like SCH are bad for low ranks, because most people do not know how to play correctly in low ranks and usually run into suicide, in a 1v5 fight.
Or you get into a team that has real Bronze 3 players who cannot do much, and you are already Gold 1 and will lose vs a full Silver team.
Once you reach Platinum, you will see the same players in your matches (probably like around 20?) again and again. I do not know for the other countries, as I am playing on EU the server with the lowest PvP population. While ranking up, I was always getting the same players.
There are also "Carry" classes in the low ranks:
* VPR - a lot unexperienced players will attack the VPR while he has scales and then he damages them & gets HP from it
* GNB - similar to VPR, a lot of new players will waste their skills into the GNB while they do no harm to him
* SAM - also similar, but with reflect (weaker)
these classes are good to bait your opponents, so they will waste ressources and attack you, while your team can do the rest and you help your ranged teammates with it.
Once you reach Platinum, you can only queue with Gold and Diamond players, and they are "smarter", so you cant just hide with VPR scales or making people attack you on GNB
I made a list for climbing from Bronze to Gold and remember, even if you lose, you need time and patience then you will rank up higher and damage scores means nothing, because sometimes a whole team targets one person constantly, or the other team is not doing well, for example the melees not pushing forwards and letting the ranged die.
I will continue in my next post, because this text is too long for a single post.