Yoshida is considering the removal of the GC restriction in PvP content.

[PotatoTree]

The JP players must play FL way different, cause I've played on all 3 GCs for the pony and the thing their pugs all had in common was a mutual hatred of their own GC's players and a constant paranoia that the other two teams were in some collusion to team up against them.

In the end I don't think anything will change for FL. They'd probably just make a new mode that is not connected to GC if anything. Right now the GCs are tied into the queuing structure, score screen, the achievements, the mounts, map doodads, lodestone, etc. If they can't even make it so you can queue with a chocobo out, I don't think they can untangle the web of code for this change without just making something new.

[Knahli]

The JP players must play FL way different, cause I've played on all 3 GCs for the pony and the thing their pugs all had in common was a mutual hatred of their own GC's players and a constant paranoia that the other two teams were in some collusion to team up against them

Hahahahaha... I cannot count the times I've heard the "ganging up" excuse or the ""premade" accusation just because the other team was getting the better of an unorganised, worthless mess of a PUG back in the Cartenau days especially.

[Rilasha]

The JP players must play FL way different ...

I play on both Aether and Elemental data centres with Frontline PvP and I can attest to the differing playstyles of the NA and JP players.

The JP matches have less blowout games, with all three teams in contention to win every game. They also have Cometeor stacking (now Terminal Velocity stacking with the magic ice resist) macros which help PUGs use their LBs in a coordinated fashion. They also do not have any carries nor pocket healers as far as I recall which contributes to every match being even. In some games, no one even gets a battle high or if they do, they get targeted instantly. Also, the Japanese people are willing to switch to a healer and do so in the first 15 seconds if there is not two in your party.

On the actual forum topic, we all know that everyone who plays PvP wants these GC restrictions gone. As someone has said previously, it's integrated into a lot of the UI so it's probably nigh impossible to remove it from the current modes without creating new assets but should be possible for future modes.

[Cidel]

The JP matches have ... Cometeor stacking (now Terminal Velocity stacking with the magic ice resist) macros which help PUGs use their LBs in a coordinated fashion.

Knew the nerf to casters on tomeliths in Shatter were probably attributed to this.