Re-release PvP

You re-made FFXIV 1.0 into 2.0, remake PvP, please.

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No one is doing PvP anymore. It's seriously impossible for anyone to rank up or catch up to the people with gear capable of killing them in 10 seconds. Why is there PvP gear at all? I loved the shit out of Ballista and never missed a match. Just do that. Give us Ballista. 4 person clusterfvcks and running in circles is not PvP. Strategy, please. Even if you max out in PvP gear, how is it fun if no one stands a chance just because your gear is OP? Really poor system. Just do it over, please.

I don't think they need to re-do the existing PvP as such, just incentivise queueing for it more, and close the gap between the ranks 30s and everyone else, which they're making steps to do in 2.2. In 2.25 there's going to be a large emphasis on PvP, upping the rank to 40 and hopefully fixing some of the many concerns we have with it. Frontlines PvP is also scheduled for 2.3, which hopefully will be the PvP people are looking for.

I agree with Luhy. FFXIV has managed to take allot of quality aspects of a good MMO and mash them all together to make the game a non-grind quality MMO that anyone can play, from casuals to hardcore players. However, the PvP system they have created was clearly rushed and has absolutely no interesting content to it. All you do is take 4 players, put them together in a big circle and see which one is left standing... It has no purpose... They have successfully taken aspects from other MMOs to build the game up so this time, try to take some tips from other games with excellent PvP systems and give us a reason to want to PvP.

Some people like arena battles, I do. The only thing that sucks immensely are the long wait times, everyone had to deal with them. If it was instant I'd be so happy. In the next update you will be able to equip partial direwolf gear starting from rlvl20. With full ilvl 70 pvp gear some skills, and ilvl90 pvp accessories as starting you can do serious damage. This is awesome what they're doing. So the people who whine about getting owned will have no reason to do so as there will be matchmaking based on current rlvl's too. I used to get owned too, I leveled up got the gear and dish it out now, this is the way of the RPG game.

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Originally Posted by ulti_19

Some people like arena battles, I do. The only thing that sucks immensely are the long wait times, everyone had to deal with them. If it was instant I'd be so happy. In the next update you will be able to equip partial direwolf gear starting from rlvl20. With full ilvl 70 pvp gear some skills, and ilvl90 pvp accessories as starting you can do serious damage. This is awesome what they're doing. So the people who whine about getting owned will have no reason to do so as there will be matchmaking based on current rlvl's too. I used to get owned too, I leveled up got the gear and dish it out now, this is the way of the RPG game.

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I'm 100% agree.
The only problem are the queue time. The only cap for gear (R30) will be removed, so you will have just a linear progression of gear. People are crying for nothing.

They need to do away with data centers

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Originally Posted by Exiras

They need to do away with data centers

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This. I agree 100%.

Ballista Fan *cheer* ...needz moar 1-shot taruness :D Mixed feelings a bit though. I admit the pvp exclusive armors a pretty nice concept...kinda like the fighter pilot getting his wings and jacket, something to look forward to as ya progress. Can also see the logic behind the gradual direwolf building coming in upcoming patch, since it'll make 50s more accessible for more people. Even so, just kinda feels like getting r30 won't be as...enjoyable anymore lol..especially considering all the beatdowns ya take getting there. Either way though, this 'version' of pvp we currently have still just seems like the salad before the main course, so I keep finding myself telling people not to expect too much for now...just get your feet wet and get ready for the fun to come. Crappy arena and setup for now, ya..so just use the time to work out a functioning technique for your preferred job (also another reason why I enjoyed the grind..lotsa time to improve technique)

I miss 12v12+ Pashow Marshlands. 60 caps were soo much fun for every class. :D

We will get ten new ranks but each new trait costs 3AP. So we will have 1 unspendable AP left. For months. I will not be able to unsee that, it will haunt me. Please fix this Yoshi.

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Originally Posted by Recaldy

I miss 12v12+ Pashow Marshlands. 60 caps were soo much fun for every class. :D

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A friendly Brenner match pls! :P

What they need to do is:

1. Add ladder/rating for 4v4. I swore I thought when they mentioned before 2.2 they would add matchmaking that it would be a ladder system not this retarded crap they have now, which ofc did jack shit. (Arena style pvp)

2. Add Frontlines aka Battlegrounds with cap the flag, cap points etc (more casual friendly)

3. Reduce CC to 15 seconds max, referring to sleep

4. If something like the jump bug incident happens again they need to fix that shit asap instead of waiting for the PvP community to just completely die out ( they also waited to fix AK speed running back then when it was a problem too, gg, they like to wait until people stop caring to fix shit it seems)

5. Try and balance classes out, altho TBH after thousands of games every class seems alright, just sleeps lasting too long, and summoner burst is still insane, but at least they can't res anymore or heavy. Plus they have to setup in order to fester which isn't too bad either. So class balance right now is OK, altho a few fixes here and there.

6. Many people might disagree but i FCKING hate the you HAVE to have 1 ranged dps 1 melee etc etc. I understand "ranged dps" might be too strong in comparison to melee but instead of a bandaid fix and leaving melee dps shitty and forcing people to take them, why not just fix the fcking classes instead? fcking SE derps. Just ruins any sort of comp variations you can have

Also another thing to the guy calling 4v4 nothing but a clusterfck with no strategy. Perhaps when playing with nothing but randoms aka "zerg the healer", but it's a bit more strategic with capable players, we hosted 4v4s on Primal DC plenty of times and it was a lot more than a simple clusterfck. (have to call out CCs, fullswings, hard switches, etc, altho I play a bard so its faceroll in comparison to something like organizing CC as a blm)

Sorry if I'm coming off as a jerk, it's just that SE is fcking over all of us and it's like they don't give a flying fck, no responses from them or any posts from them regarding PvP either. Me and everyone else on our server have been thinking "ok next no worries next patch will be better!", all positive, but nope nada nothing. Inb4 I get banned for excessive cursing or something RIP. But PLEASE SE, and to the bro thats prly gonna delete my post or w/e to me, tell your superiors.. FIX PVP PLEASE

EDIT: PS Please change rank 30 title from "Serpent/Flame/Maelstrom w/e Hound" to "Serpent/Flame/Maelstrom Warlord"
seriously, what the hell is a serpent hound? lol?