SIGN if you Hate PVP GC Restriction & Want Change

[Wings]

I just want to be able to PVP with my friends!

They're spread out across all the GC's, and it's not fair having them switch, because my friends have other friends too that they play with sometimes, and those friends have friends, and so on... In order to play together everyone and their friends, and their friends' friends, would have to move to the same GC... Not sustainable.

And it's not fun going off to PVP with my FC and leaving one single person behind because they happen to be in another GC than the rest. Peer pressure to make someone change is NOT okay, and I support them sticking by the GC that fits their character or aesthetics (GC locked gear - yay -_-).

[Plantagenet]

I'd just prefer a merc option, myself. I actually quite like the cross-server community in PVP, and a merc option that allows you to fill in for the missing GC IF YOU WANT would alleviate queues while still allowing groups to keep their identity.

Think I'm in the minority here, though.

I like this idea.

[Dyvid]

The devs need to look at the win trade problem as a whole then. You mention the mount that people want so the question is why lock it behind an achievement rather than a out right purchase with Wolf Seals? When i100 items came out, people did win trade to level up to PvP requirement to wear the gear. The problem isn't win-trading, it's why people feel the need to win-trade.

Post this in the PvP forums but I'll toss it here too. GC restriction is slowing PvP down and killing it more than win trading would. I like having achievement items but not to the point it hurts the content rather than helps it.

[myahele]

It's pretty telling that the War Serpent Steed is among the rarest of all mounts

[chrillix]

I think it's hilarious that they say the main reason they haven't fixed it yet is because they're worried about win trading. Pretty sure the last time they mentioned it their excuse was it would break lore.

[Sicno]

I think it's hilarious that they say the main reason they haven't fixed it yet is because they're worried about win trading. Pretty sure the last time they mentioned it their excuse was it would break lore.

It's about time they stop making excuses for everything and just admit when something was a terrible idea to begin with

[RyuRoots]

Just in case folks from SE read this thread, I want to voice my opinion that the GC restrictions are fine. Sure, it means you have to wait longer in between matches, but it makes the battles more meaningful. I've played large-scale pvp battles in other mmos where it's just a random hodge-podge of players assigned to different teams and it isn't nearly as rewarding.

FFXIV has made a commitment (a rare one at that in the midst of most current MMOs [and it seems to be paying off in terms of critical and commercial success]) to story and lore--this makes everything in-game more meaningful. If players don't like that there're plenty of bland mmos out there.

Tweaks that may make the matching system more efficient or changes that would result in a greater abundance of matches? Great! But doing away with lore-based GC restrictions is lame. Then pvp is just for the sake of pvp, and there're zillions of other games out there to scratch that itch.

Now, bring on the flames!

The lore for Frontlines is idiotic to start with or else I might see this point. Instead of creating a story that matched characters and factions, it's a flimsy justification FOR a GC restriction. A restriction that has done nothing positive.

[Stormrider]

Just giving this a little bump and hoping we get some news this weekend from TGS. Those of us that still do frontlines haven't forgotten even though they gave a fluff answer. A concrete timeline and plan to kill this poorly implemented system, even if it is not in 3.1. How hard can it be to rework the que to fill three teams and change the wording of a few achievements?

But here is hoping that they have some ground work done since we have been asking (complaining) well before 3.0.

[Wobi]

Just giving this a little bump and hoping we get some news this weekend from TGS. Those of us that still do frontlines haven't forgotten even though they gave a fluff answer. A concrete timeline and plan to kill this poorly implemented system, even if it is not in 3.1. How hard can it be to rework the que to fill three teams and change the wording of a few achievements?

But here is hoping that they have some ground work done since we have been asking (complaining) well before 3.0.

So you are asking for generic team A/B/C and changing all of our hard earned titles and give us all generic horse mounts? Sounds a bit selfish.

PvP without set team structure sounds incredibly lame, however for those people that are insistent on queuing with their friends so they can create an unbalanced match with their premade team they should add a traitor option and you can all queue under the banner of the party leaders GC and play together.

This would allow the rest of the players who actually have some pride in their GC and leading them to victory don't have our hard won achievements stripped away.

[Naunet]

changing all of our hard earned titles and give us all generic horse mounts? Sounds a bit selfish.

Not actually something that has to happen.