Live Letter from the Producer - Discussion Thread

[Kosmos992k]

Contested Content is fun and actually really popular. Just not something put into games these days.

I suspect that is because games are designed to be as inclusive as possible these days.

[Nektulos-Tuor]

I suspect that is because games are designed to be as inclusive as possible these days.

Yes, but there is already inclusive content in the game. The new raids. This content would be fun and a nice change of pace. Contested Dungeons are VERY different from normal ones.

Its not very friendly. However its not meant for the weak.

Contested Content if its done right usually survives a lot longer then average dungeons.

Other parties mean the content is more dynamic, which means its less boring.

[Kosmos992k]

Yes, but there is already inclusive content in the game. The new raids. This content would be fun and a nice change of pace. Contested Dungeons are VERY different from normal ones.

Its not very friendly.

That last sentence may be an obstacle to this type of content. FFXIV almost litterally goes out of it's way to encourage teamplay, cooperative play and friendliness. Preventing players from verbaly griefing others is why 'tells' dontwork in dungeons. I'm also not sure that the highly contested element pitching warriors of light against each other fits the game.

[adn]

Yes, but there is already inclusive content in the game. The new raids. This content would be fun and a nice change of pace. Contested Dungeons are VERY different from normal ones.

Its not very friendly. However its not meant for the weak.

Contested Content if its done right usually survives a lot longer then average dungeons.

Other parties mean the content is more dynamic, which means its less boring.

It is almost certainly not going to have anything to do with PVP. It's been left out of the translations but Yoshi-P basically emphasized that if you meet other parties out in the field you can chat with them and work together (チャットしながら進んでください）. Zero mention of fighting them, and frankly it makes sense because it would be really stupid for alliances of 24 people to just run around whomping anyone who dares queue solo or as a small group lol.