Would PvP destroy the camaraderie of FFXIV

[Kimowar]

I really love open PVP, its pvp at its best, HOWEVER 14 isnt meant to be a pvp game, I think duels, arenas and bar room brawl type pvp would be cool addition

[GavenBylander]

Personally I'd love to see open world PvP MMOs aren't generally friendly playgrounds in the first place you make enemies as well as friends I would love nothing more than putting a couple arrows in someones head that I don't like and camp them til there LS arrives you ask me... THERE IS YA CONTENT SE!!! QUIT BEING SO DANG FRIENDLY YOUR THE ONLY MAJOR MMO WITHOUT PVP... AND ALL PLAYERS WHO DON'T LIKE IT... In the immortal words of Peter Griffin.... "Cmon'.... Cmon'!" But seriously wanna know why you'll never be as successful and bring in 86M a month like Wow or 17 like NCSoft cause 70% of your fanbase isn't built to play real mmos most people play this game cause its FF nothing more nothing less real MMOs are ONLINE GAMES tell me 10 online games besides FFXIV and XI that don't have 1 sense of competition WTF lol sorry I went on a rampage/troll/rant there I just really want SE to step it up and give these other MMOS a run for there money cause I know they can and I know this game deserves so much more than what it has.

PS I was drunk when I wrote this lol..... but I meant it also lol!

[NoMX]

This thread has taught me a valuable lesson, my friends.

People who support world PK'ing in FFXIV do not know how to use punctuation.

[whoopeeragon]

This thread has taught me a valuable lesson, my friends.

People who support world PK'ing in FFXIV do not know how to use punctuation.

^Ditto. The previous two posts prove that point.

Open-world PvP can retreat back to Fantasy Earth. The only way I'm seeing PvP in the game is from organized fights in duels/arenas such as the Gladiator's guild.

[TessaJalloh]

Lineage 2 was a terrible experience I'll just say that now.

it's off topic, but i love your sig Neph. [paints bunnies onto the borders with you.

[Rowyne]

But seriously wanna know why you'll never be as successful and bring in 86M a month like Wow or 17 like NCSoft cause 70% of your fanbase isn't built to play real mmos

I'm gonna stop you right there.

The fact you suggested that Square Enix should aspire to be like NCSoft, a company with no integrity whose games run rampant with bots and zero live GMs to police any of the chaos, immediately invalidates your post.

[Apricoth]

We do not need another MMORPGwtfbbqopnwrldPvProflcopter on the market. There are plenty of other mmo's out there that have this feature. On top of that you have RTS' and FPS' to sate your killer instincts. I am for what others have mentioned: arena, events, etc. FFXIV is not created with PvP in mind anyway and that has been stated several times over. Call me a Care Bear - I don't care though not sure why anyone would consider me as such since I enjoy a good FPS and I have been playing League of Legends. When I come to the world of Eorzea I want to be relaxed and not worry some numbnut PKer coming along and ganking me. Now, if there were designated servers for open world PvP - go for it and good luck with that.

[Sojiro]

As long as the PvP is not open-world free for all it should be fine. People can head to the established area, fight to their hearts content and then come back to the PvE stuff (everything else).

This...and, I do hope that PvE abilities are not going to be changed based around PvP. I don't really want to see my class readjusted every week because its OP in PvP. Keep the focus on PvE, and give players a ballista type area to satisfy their PvP tastes.

The biggest thing I would hate to see would be open world PvP where rampant lowbie ganking is going on, but yoshi already stated open world PvP isn't going to happen so i'm not worried about that.

[Kashius]

Archers would demolish every other class easily and without retaliation...Open World, although I am a fan of it, would not be good at this point in the game's development. Too many balance issues arising because all classes can do everything. An Archer, with the ability to heal themselves and all sorts of other nifty tricks from other classes, is unbeatable right now.

In my opinion - obviously not tested...

They should implement some sort of system that's like Ballista...but that's more accessible and frequent.

Or just a zone where you can go for optional quests that is also PVP. The type doesn't really matter, but realm based would be logical. Have it objective based so that it still facilitates teamwork. Also make it so that you are rewarded for joining and helping other people complete their objectives. Rank cap...aaaaaand, PVP specific damage calculations (lower damage) Vs. players. MOB HP > Player HP so this is necessary.

-Kash