FFXI;
Show up on any Job/Sub combo for lv30/40/50/Max cap PVP.

Everyone goes and signs up and participated and had PVP that had objectives. Ranks were based on kills, scoring, and how you measure up to your contemporary's performance. Jobs had "Chevrons" you won for being the best at your role and when people examined you during PVP it showed your Chevron count so people knew who was going to require a hell-of-a-lot more strategy to take down so you could get your team gatebreak to score.

(Oh hey Ballista I missed you)

Enjoyed it? Join a LS - build a team.

Here;
PVP in FFXIV = I sat here and either won a lot, lost a lot, or traded a lot and this shiny gear proves I spent time doing it.

Rank 40 doesn't mean you're the bees-knees. Shiny gear doesn't tell me if you're a strategist and able adapt during combat.

It's meaningless. It's the least interesting and most backward concept of PVP prowess that could ever exist.

PVP should never be about grinding up a rank and out gearing your opponent; but that is what Square Enix has implemented.


That's why people trade wins.

Crying about trading is being blind to the actual problem.

The actual problem is the design and structure of the PVP itself.

It needs to change, and until they change it I have no issues with anyone bold enough to say "screw this stupid bulls#$%" and doing it their own way.