Where is PvP is Going Right Now?

[Guesswhat]

FFXIV has a pvp development team? I thought they just let the janitors do it in between cleaning. I can't imagine any sensible developer would admit to sticking to SE's horrible ideas.

Ha ha!

Yeah, in a AAA company like SE, every work hour probably have to have some sort of documentation. From the outside it may seem obvious how to "fix" things, but from the inside, even the smallest of decision may take a crap ton of resources. In other words: It's hard to get out from the PvP trench they have dug.

[Stormrider]

It's hard to get out from the PvP trench they have dug.

I understand during a patch cycle. The question becomes what was happening during the planning stages of 3.X? I work for a company where one Division claims they are right and three others come by and say you can't do that and all four of them are wrong. But if aenough customers complain and thats not very many they all bow and scrape and claim it was the other guys idea.

[Februs]

I understand during a patch cycle. The question becomes what was happening during the planning stages of 3.X? I work for a company where one Division claims they are right and three others come by and say you can't do that and all four of them are wrong. But if aenough customers complain and thats not very many they all bow and scrape and claim it was the other guys idea.

That was part of my point as well. The part about PvP development that truly confuses me is that there just doesn't seem to be any, especially since the introduction of Frontlines. We've had no communication from the PvP staff. There weren't even any advertisements concerning the new game mode until it actually came out. I have a lot of ideas for where they could possibly take PvP, but if you ask me where they are actually planning to go, I have nothing, because SE just hasn't told us anything.

This brings to mind the big question: What the hell happens behind closed doors when they plan their patches? Obviously PvP is not included in all the staff meetings, since we do not consistently get PvP updates (not even much needed maintenance) with each patch. They often skip patches before they make any PvP changes, and there is a looooong drought before they come out with any substantial patches (such as new game modes or maps). So.... what's the planning phase look like for PvP? Because, from out here, it appears that there isn't one. It's like they simply send a few of the staff aside when they're not needed elsewhere.

[Kurogaea]

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For a while now I've been trying to make an excuse for SE as to why they seem like they're ignoring us but I really cant think of a reason right now. A mod checking in at least every 2 months would be nice. Anyways I don't think they're planning anything for PvP right now. They're Probably more focused of PvE right now and perhaps they need to focus it for a bit more before helping the PvP issues. After all there's still complaints about the amount of content in 3.1 (I'm disappointed too) and the obvious devolved concept of exploratory missions. Its basically a grindfest, hunting style.

I guess what they would be attempting to do is finding an even footing somewhere before 4.0 to afford time to work on PvP (also guessing PvP is a trivial matter to them) or at least thats what I think anyway. Either way they could've said something though -_-