Open world PvP Zone

[Kisagami]

We’re all advocating for the type of game we want to see. Mine just happens to clash with yours. I like a story driven game, where people can come together as a community, and defeat challenges based on a PVE format. I want to work together, something I don’t often see in this dog-eat-dog world. In my experience, competition can bring out a lot of negative emotions such as anger, fear, ans frustration. Is it fun to overcome that for people? Sure is. But I came to this game because it had a lot more inclusive PVE fights and a mentor system that rewarded helping others, and that’s the game I want it to stay.

So yes, I’m going to argue against this suggestion of an Open World PVP. I think ESports is cool, don’t get me wrong, but I don’t want that community here. Look at other Esport games and the prominence of swatting (recent news: innocent victim got shot due to a wrong address given), the screaming of profanities and racist slurs in competitve gaming (Pewdiepie), and the overall just toxic community that comes with winning at all costs. I have friends who play Overwatch, but because they want fair competitive play without this behavior, they get treated like trash. “I just want to play the character/class I want to,” is not allowed because people want the fastest way to the top. So, you have issues with people in random matches pushing for the META. And we already have people doing that in this game with parsers, another controversial topic.

In other words, it was hard finding a game like this one without that community and I’m gonna fight like hell to protect the investment I made in this game to avoid those others. You’re not gonna like what I say; but I’m gonna say it regardless because I want Square Enix to hear the other side of people who do not want this.

So, sure, go for Open PVP if you want, but if it has elements that attract people from those other communities, I’m not going to be for it. Because I like the fair, team-based PVP we have now where things are fair and restricted.