Removing Ranks for newer gear.

[Enlial]

They're also adding new gear with the new patch. They said they're removing ranks restriction for the 180 gear, but they didn't say anything about the 205 gear that they are adding. That leads me to assume that the newest gear is going to also be rank locked ... meaning the OP will have something new to bitch about and we'll see another thread just like this in a couple of weeks.

I don't think this is the case. If you go back and look at the 3.05 notes when they added the 180 gear its implicitly stated there "Cannot equip if PvP rank is below 50." The 3.2 notes make no mention of a rank requirement (Im guessing the new gear is tied into the feast somehow.)

I could be wrong but sounds to me like rank is going to be nothing more than extra action points

[Februs]

I don't think this is the case. If you go back and look at the 3.05 notes when they added the 180 gear its implicitly stated there "Cannot equip if PvP rank is below 50." The 3.2 notes make no mention of a rank requirement (Im guessing the new gear is tied into the feast somehow.)I could be wrong but sounds to me like rank is going to be nothing more than extra action points

It depends on the gear.

They haven't clarified how much new PvP gear will be available with the patch. We don't know if each individual job is getting their own set, or if they're dividing it by job type like they did with the last set (Ie: Tank set, Healer set, etc). One thing that we do know is that they specified a new PvP set at lvl 205, and that some of the gear will be locked behind your seasonal ranking. SE stated that the Diamond League, in particular, will have it's own gear rewards. If the seasonal ranking (Feast) gear is the only gear being released, then no one will be getting it besides the very best and most die-hard PvP'ers. In that regard, the new gear will be even more exclusive than it is now.

SE could also be releasing additional gear sets that are not tied to your seasonal rank, but we don't know this just yet. We also don't know if those hypothetical sets will be tied to rank or not. They haven't said one way or another. The only thing that they have said, is that the diamond league will have it's own set, and I'm sure a lot of people are going to think they're entitled to it regardless of how much work they put into actually getting it.

[Atoli]

I don't know if I should be happy or sad.
I'm glad they will remove the rank limit because I have owned them for ages without being able to use them for glamours because I still lack the rank.
I'm a bit sad, because they were the sole reason for me to level pvp at all and I was kinda getting there, it was a nice little long-term goal and now it's just instant gratification.

In the end, more happy I guess. Since I HAVE worked for it for several months now, so it still feels like something I "deserve" now and less like a free handout.

[AbandonHopeTD]

Please stay away from pvp.

This. So much this.

[Destyno]

This is a bad thing for everyone who sweated to get rank 50

[Zhexos]

Greetings,

We understand that removing the PvP rank requirement on gear may dishearten those who worked on attaining those ranks to wear that gear specifically; however, considering that we're looking to get as many players excited about the upcoming release of The Feast, we decided to remove the rank requirement at this time. Hopefully this adjustment will further encourage new users to tackle PvP-related content ahead of Patch 3.21 in preparation of The Feast and also help to foster the PvP community.

[Kelzack]

Greetings,

We understand that removing the PvP rank requirement on gear may dishearten those who worked on attaining those ranks to wear that gear specifically; however, considering that we're looking to get as many players excited about the upcoming release of The Feast, we decided to remove the rank requirement at this time. Hopefully this adjustment will further encourage new users to tackle PvP-related content ahead of Patch 3.21 in preparation of The Feast and also help to foster the PvP community.

This I agree and like.

[AzraelX]

Greetings,

We understand that removing the PvP rank requirement on gear may dishearten those who worked on attaining those ranks to wear that gear specifically; however, considering that we're looking to get as many players excited about the upcoming release of The Feast, we decided to remove the rank requirement at this time. Hopefully this adjustment will further encourage new users to tackle PvP-related content ahead of Patch 3.21 in preparation of The Feast and also help to foster the PvP community.

Could you guys please consider removing the GC requirement in all pvp. There is still a large part of the population that are under level 60 and would like to enjoy pvp. But the long queue times are just so discouraging.

[Culfinrandir]

Could you guys please consider removing the GC requirement in all pvp. There is still a large part of the population that <<snipped>> would like to enjoy pvp. But the long queue times are just so discouraging.

Fixed that for you!

Signed, Mr Level 60 who can't get a fame due to GC restrictions.

;P

[Culfinrandir]

*game. >.<

While you're at it, remove the "no editing in mobile mode" on the forums too please. -_-