We're confused. Could we have some developer explanations on the 4.25 PvP changes?

[Divinemights]

Why are we even playing this?! hahaha Seriously tho, let's introduce some competition to the devs, and bring our money to another MMO... one with decent PvP. *Looks at the Blade and Soul website, clicks on download.* Bye guys! o/

*Cancel's download and secretly logs back into FFXIV.*

I have played Tera after FF14 1.0 flopped. While I like the active combat system (especially the combat system for the tank), it is nevertheless a pay to win.
I wouldnt find Blade and Soul much different, as all Korean mmorpg especially are PTW.

[loreleidiangelo]

I have played Tera after FF14 1.0 flopped. While I like the active combat system (especially the combat system for the tank), it is nevertheless a pay to win.
I wouldnt find Blade and Soul much different, as all Korean mmorpg especially are PTW.

Arena is actually pretty not p2w (outside of HM skills, which they're addressing IIRC in an upcoming patch). If you want to play BNS just for 1v1 PVP, it's not bad (miles above this game, for instance).

The PVE is enjoyable but definitely p2w if you don't no-life or get into a good guild willing to carry you to better gear from where you start out.

[Sunako]

Arena is actually pretty not p2w (outside of HM skills, which they're addressing IIRC in an upcoming patch). If you want to play BNS just for 1v1 PVP, it's not bad (miles above this game, for instance).

HM skills are not hard to get either. You can farm hm skill in pvp with zen beans or pay few bucks from duelist bundle and get everything at once. Battleground 6v6 mode other hand is insanely stupid in that game, because even if you have 200k+ hp and 3k crit def, whales one shot you. Balance is not good either and ncsoft did not do any balance patches like half year after world tournament. Warlock is still insanely stupid. If you play blademaster, you have to play like 5x better than opponent if you wanna win warlock.