i100 and i110 gear no longer special

[ScarletCrusader]

So many sad things SE has done with PvP... everyone has already shared the same thoughts I have on this rank removal on the i100 - i110 gear and the huge gate of PvP ranks (don't know about other people, but whenever I leveled up a PvP rank I always was happy to get a new "reward" for leveling up), now new players see 0 - rank 45 as basically a huge grind with no point, possibly gating them out of PvP once they get their glamour.

i180 gear on the new sets only... If it was at i190, then I would at least be somewhat satisfied. Having it be i180 when the new esoterics gear and alexander gear is 200 and 210 just shows how far behind PvP is and how little Square Enix thinks of PvP, and really just drops the incentive to play it as well. With i180 there is really no "reward" in these gears for up-to-date players to rank up, since any player can mix-and-match esoterics and law gear to outweigh the stats given from PvP gear. The only true reward would be glamour, which many have stated isn't as good.

I see PvP having the same effect as Bismarck EX for the majority of players, old and new. Once you got your i100/i110 gear you wanted (i.e your clear for Bismarck), you would never join it again. Even though the fight and music is great (like how PvP is somewhat fun), players never need to touch it again, which could go the same for PvP in this state. No incentives to play it like how there were no incentives to repeat bismarck.

The one thing I am happy about is putting esoterics in the PvP roulette, but with people glamour farming for wolf marks instead of trying hard to rank up, including people who don't care to learn PvP, the quality of players will certainly drop down...

[Gooner_iBluAirJGR]

They do this with all of their content so no one here should be surprised. PvE content gets Echoed and Nerfed, PvP gear gets its rank requirement removed and cost reduced.

This easing of requirements opens the doors for new players to come in and potentially get hooked on something and there's nothing wrong with that—it's actually a good thing.

A snow flake is only special until it melts brah—and that level 50 animal gear has melted.

#GetRank50Tho

[FrozenFerocity]

Holy shit so many butt hurt "veterans"

Have none of you played any other MMO like at all? Good example World of Warcraft:
Like are you seriously going to cry how level 100s can get level 70 pvp gear that looks awesome without the arena rank?

OR AN EVEN BETTER EXAMPLE

"Oh I had to wait in line for my Iphone 6 on Day 1 for 12 hours and now a month later people can just walk in without waiting at all"


Get over yourselves

This is how mmos work, this is how LIFE works. You want the shiny new thing? You gota spend lots of money and time on it.


And for the "no incentive to get rank 50"
Rank 50 gear will come out, that will look awesome that's better then the 180, that only rank 50s can get and you have exclusive armor again.

Like HOT DAMN slow your roll

[Buff_Archer]

I know, it's ridiculous that the investment in time to get the new PVP gear is for gear that's only i180. With PVP being level synched it doesn't give us an advantage so why not make it stronger? I can get law gear and upgrade it faster and I'm a rank 45 player.

[FrozenFerocity]

I know, it's ridiculous that the investment in time to get the new PVP gear is for gear that's only i180. With PVP being level synched it doesn't give us an advantage so why not make it stronger? I can get law gear and upgrade it faster and I'm a rank 45 player.

Does the new gear not have morale stats on it to boost the ilvl?

I'm pretty sure it does

[Gooner_iBluAirJGR]

Does the new gear not have morale stats on it to boost the ilvl?

Morale doesn't do anything in lvlsynced pvp (if the gear is already above the sync). That's another topic all together though

[ZQ875456]

I'm indifferent to it cause at least it gets people excited for PvP again. There is no rank requirement but you still gotta pay with Wolf Marks, so they still have to PvP anyway.

And honestly I've been wearing the PvP stuff for what, a year now -- and I'm tired of looking at it. The 60 stuff is where it's at.

[Titor]

lots of gimme free stuff rage

Yeah, but most of the time, things are tapered over time. Decrease it by 5-10 levels now, then by 5-10 levels when new pvp gear comes out, etc. Then in a few patches remove it entirely. Most things are tapered over time. Your iPhone lines do not clear up overnight. It is a steady decrease, like most things in life.

[Ocyrith]

Holy shit so many butt hurt "veterans"

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lol, you're only saying this because you benefit directly from it, kid. You don't have to put in work, so you're happy to be handed freebies. You apparently don't understand that this will leave PvP enthusiasts in the same boat they've been in for months: queue times taking 50+ minutes. Typical selfish idiots coming to defend their sense of entitlement.

[PlumpyMcduff]

They could've reduced the Wolf Mark cost...

The Rank Requirement should be the incentive to PVP.

I grinded for so long for this reward, to have it freely handed out is so messed up.