2.3 Frontline What do we know?

[Nalien]

Looks like Frontlines is just a race for the middle location, instead of there being several. Might be smaller locations spread around, but that's a little disappointing.

There is a timer too, so I guess it's instanced. Meh.



Definitely a great addition to PvP regardless. Hopefully whatever this was concept art for (it was Frontlines, but there is no resemblance...) will be grander;



EDIT: Apparently Morale has no influence in Frontlines, and the iLv is capped at 80... Now I'm disappointed... I see what he meant by "Frontlines will be a good place for players to practice for real PvP", back when he said that I said I feared he meant Wolves Den is "real" PvP. Now I want to break my desk in half... I'm sure it'll be fun, but why the fuck do we have Morale at this point?

It does appear to only be semi-instanced at least. 24v24v24, but the match can start before all alliances fill, and it will have PvE for a buffer. It should be fun, but I really do not get why Morale is a non-stat in XIVs PvP... They could have handled PvP so much better in that regard...

Edit2, Said it in the other thread, but Frontlines is shaping up to be the Crystal Tower of PvP; possibly fun, but ultimately meaningless.

That would be fine if PvP had some actual substance beyond that, but it doesn't. It have Wolves Den, which at this point is almost universally despised.

This doesn't even make sense with regards to the lore they set up. When I unlocked Wolves Den, I was told it was a training area. I went, "OK, I'll train here for Frontlines", instead Frontlines is the training area for Wolves Den? The whole point of the grind is just to enjoy long waits as a r40 on Wolves Den? Why couldn't they have just given the hardcore PvPers Frontlines and boosted Wolves Den so progression in it isn't absolute trash?

I'd hold out for there to be an uncapped Frontlines, but I don't want to be disappointed even more today. I get the feeling they saw PvP wasn't doing well, so decided to give Frontlines to the masses, since it is a pretty big attraction and not many people would even be able to participate if it was for the higher ranks, but that's a mistake. They should have fixed Wolves Den months ago.

Hilarious that they think anyone is ever going to touch Wolves Den now, they might as well just delete it, along with Morale.