Preliminary 3.0 notes - PvP related info (roulette, new skills, speculation, etc.)

[Xenosan]

Wolves Den is the next obstacle SE is tackling after the new Frontline map iirc.

My guess is WD will get the lvl60 cap first,

The new FL coming first is still lvl50, I'm assuming.

If anyone knows of info saying otherwise please share

So the new Frontlines map will be lvl60, going by that the fact they're adjusting PVP actions?

[Hamayumi]

Excited for new bard LB

[zeopower6]

Wolves Den is the next obstacle SE is tackling after the new Frontline map iirc.

My guess is WD will get the lvl60 cap first,

The new FL coming first is still lvl50, I'm assuming.

If anyone knows of info saying otherwise please share

So the new Frontlines map will be lvl60, going by that the fact they're adjusting PVP actions?

I imagine that is why we will have to wait for the map, so that people can get to 60. (same for Alexander hard mode and the introduction of Esoteric tomes which will probably be the new "poetics" earnable only from elite marks or level 60 instances)

[Nalien]

Victory page is nice, now if only we could keep a record of them somewhere (even if it's just the last 5 or something).

Kind of hard to get excited about any of the other stuff though. They showed gear, which is just reskins, instead of weapons, for the new Jobs. None of the new skills and adjustments have any real context, beyond the possibility that Warrior might just be the king of kicking people off mid now, assuming that new skills is a knock back, and unlike Glory Slash, Warriors existing knock back isn't getting the (assumed) nerf hammer.

Interested as to what Report (for Machinist) might be, just off the name. I recall suggesting Malmsight should have some kind of bonus to act as a (better) scouting skill, since right now it is just utterly redundant unless you don't own a keyboard for some utterly absurd reason. It's only for Machinist though, so that kind of kills that hope... Having Malmsight provide a Aetherflow style buff based on the number of enemies seen (which wears off in combat), with Report doing an AoE buff for your party based on that would have been awesome, if potentially unbalanced as hell. I just really want some more skill synergy in PvP beyond stacking same skills...

[Culfinrandir]

I have an excite. =3

[Ultimatecalibur]

Excited for new bard LB

I'm excited for the possibility that the Bard/Mechanist lb could change the Slaughter meta by having stacked ranged lbs being an effective way to pop people with battle high/battle fever at range.

[Nalien]

I kind of hope they work the ranged Limit Break to work similar to various boss mechanics, where damage ends up being split across hit players. For PvP that could be a really interesting dynamic; do you snipe a single player or do you spread the damage across a group of them? Your enemy has a few Bards/Machinist, do you stack closely and leave yourself susceptible to mage Limit Breaks, or do you spread and run the risk of being sniped?

[Sirius-Khan]

Re-Skins? Bruuuuuh. On a lighter note. I hope that with the expansion we see a return of the more experienced players and ques pop'n seconds after you leave a match.

[Fyce]

Still nothing to drive players in.

Besides, the Roulette Rewards are coming way too late and people will probably not even care about PvP until they are "done" with the primary Heavensward activities.

The PvP leveling process is still a tedious grind just to be able to get a few Glamour stuff... which we won't even be able to use because of the lack of inventory space and the fact that Heavensward is full of new pieces of gear we probably will use without glamouring them for a while.

So, yeah... The changes are nice QoL things but the PvP scene will remain dead at least until they add new maps/modes.
Meh.

[CeveArthu]

Re-Skins?

just for the i100 and i110, as the rank isnt increasing until 3.1 or 3.2