So is ranked party gone for good or?

I wanna be able to PvP with, you know, friends, and have teams.

Just checked 4.06 patch notes and says nothing about 4v4 party queue. I'm guessing lots of people win-traded but to outright remove it is not a solution.

Square, removing options from PvP and forcing us to play with random ppl for ranked isn't fun.

It's like not being able to go through PF or make statics in PVE, only having to rely on DF.
Who would like that?

BUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

Yeah I wanna play with my potato team!

Yeah I wanna be able play with my potato team! D:

you can still do custom matches with 7 other ppl in your own server, soon there will be data center wide custom matches

But that's not ranked party :(

I would rather have LP than solo queue, preferably with proper fixed teams like in classic WoW arena so you feel as though you're progressing alongside friends.

They really need to do something permanent about the constant cheating on certain datacentres, though. Idiots ruined a potentially fun mode for everyone.

I also find it strange that there is literally no way to practice 4v4 with friends now unless you have twice the number of people required (8v8 is quite different). It must be even more intimidating for brand new players like this.

light party ranked should have been renamed light party wintrade :D

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Originally Posted by Serilda

I would rather have LP than solo queue, preferably with proper fixed teams like in classic WoW arena so you feel as though you're progressing alongside friends.

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Looks like SE is trying to make custom match as THE competitive mode now that LP is gone with their premade parties and spectator features it offers, i am actually rather curious to see if community starts to do those custom cups when CM is data center wide. I bet there are some good 4 man teams out there so it would be finally cool to see them going against each other.

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Originally Posted by Mirch

light party ranked should have been renamed light party wintrade :D

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Playing against your group actually almost felt like wintrading

I blame Squeenix for weighting Solo far more heavily than LP, making the pool of players very small and prone to wintrading.
Solo can at times be a very miserable experience (especially at the start of a season) making the current Arena system not fun to play since the outcome of a match is often based purely on matchmaking.

I was really excited about giving The Feast a try this season with the new changes and all.

But holy crap, Duty Finder for PvP is just as awful as Duty Finder for PvE. I think I'm just gonna sit the season out. It's not worth it to have my evenings ruined by idiots and having absolutely no control over your ranking.

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Originally Posted by Fernosaur

I was really excited about giving The Feast a try this season with the new changes and all.

But holy crap, Duty Finder for PvP is just as awful as Duty Finder for PvE. I think I'm just gonna sit the season out. It's not worth it to have my evenings ruined by idiots and having absolutely no control over your ranking.

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I was excited for Feast bc I was under the impression you'd be able to group as 4 and go in. I was looking forward to joining a mini static, if you will, going in, smashing face, learning from our mistakes and evolving as a team. Solo queuing for a 4 on 4 match is flipping cancer to any kind of PvP. Ok sure, be able to queue solo if you just care to cross off a WT log, but there are some people who enjoy pvp and this is just killing it for me.

Please don't, I want my 'of the Bronze Pack' title to remain extremelly rare and no longer obtainable.

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Originally Posted by Kaalia_Stormborn

I was excited for Feast bc I was under the impression you'd be able to group as 4 and go in. I was looking forward to joining a mini static, if you will, going in, smashing face, learning from our mistakes and evolving as a team. Solo queuing for a 4 on 4 match is flipping cancer to any kind of PvP. Ok sure, be able to queue solo if you just care to cross off a WT log, but there are some people who enjoy pvp and this is just killing it for me.

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The worst is when you notice your DPS or tank are running in circles and the enemy tank evidently knows how to CC you as a healer. When I see the enemy tank doing that properly while my own team's tank is just running around in circles far away from the battle I know I'm gonna have a really, really bad time. If only Concentration was actually instant...

I can't imagine many teams doing pre-made ranked legit. Many that were interested were most likely discouraged from giving it a shot because of win traders. Maybe those that want it back are win traders themselves. Maybe.

With 4.1, you will supposedly be able to setup custom matches cross-server which opens the door to having custom tournaments organized by the community. I welcome that over a pre-made queue.