Empire PC's

[Endemerrin]

Also from what we've seen the Garlean Empire is solely made up of Hyur.

They aren't. [Spoilers - click at your own risk.]

[Arcell]

They aren't. [Spoilers - click at your own risk.]

Ah I stand corrected, though no troops we've seen in the present have been anything but Hyur. They should really use those other models once in a while, like in all those invasions or any other time we've ever seen them lol.

[Mikita]

Well considering they want to conquer Eorzea and we're at war with them, I don't see us exploring that on friendly terms ever. Also from what we've seen the Garlean Empire is solely made up of Hyur.

There are definitely Lalafell on the Garlean side. You have to fight some of them during one of the Limsa Lominsa Grand Company quests.

[Merylstryfe]

I'd be more excited if they open up Ishgard, Ala Mihgo, or Sharlayan. Especially Sharlayan, since as far as I'm aware, theres only a handful of npcs in the game who mention it.
Also Ala Mihgo could easily be the "Empire City" you visit, as it is tied pretty heavily into the story, and seems like any future story content missions could have you go there to liberate it.

[Zenaku]

I don't like the idea of two sides it cut down the community i dislike it in WoW and many other MMO. Top of that Yoshi-p said they never allow open dual so it's pointless. PVP would be somewhat like ffxi and that fine it's in there own area away from other who don't like the idea of pvp. I myself would try pvp one in a while but i never really took pvp serious in MMO.

[Shneibel]

no faction pvp crap please, faction pvp always end up as failure

[Lintora]

I don't like the idea of two sides it cut down the community i dislike it in WoW and many other MMO. Top of that Yoshi-p said they never allow open dual so it's pointless. PVP would be somewhat like ffxi and that fine it's in there own area away from other who don't like the idea of pvp. I myself would try pvp one in a while but i never really took pvp serious in MMO.

I know i am the one that put this out there originally but personally i cant stand most pvp. I hated it in WOW and stayed away from it. I just thought this would be an interesting dynamic to discuss.

[Klive]

That's a personal opinion, but i never thought you could get both good PvP and good PvE. It just becomes an endless quest for balancing if you try to achieve both and, especially for FFXiV, it's not something i want them to work on (trying to balance boh). Maybe they'll come with the same principle they had in FFXi with the regions control.

Good PvP and PvE can be done, just a matter of how. The best way I've seen PvP and PvE balanced is separately. They have two teams and they have the class/abilities function differently depending of the PvP or PvE setting.

For example, in PvE they have THM with high mana costs and damage, but in PvP they made the casting times a little shorter but do less damage. Makes it so a PvE ability adjustment not affect the PvP version and vice verse. That is just one rough example, but I've seen other MMOs and non-MMOs balance the two separately for good results. A good example is Star Craft II. Certain units are not available for multi-player and the damage and defense of units are adjusted as well.

I hope and can't wait for a well implemented PvP system in FF14, because an additional to pass my time in a game is never a bad thing.

As for the world, I believe Yoshi said he as going away from the open world setup for FF14. I foresee lots of zones and areas to explore with this.

The Grand companies are not peaceful with each other. They are just working together because they the Empire is a bigger threat. It is said a few times, that the companies fear an attack from another company the moment that the Empire is handled.

[Wynn]

There is no such thing as good PvP.

PvP goes like this:

Player A is higher level and stronger than Player B; Player A wins.

Player B calls a friend, Player C, who is higher level and stronger than Player A; Player C wins.

Player A calls a friend, Player D, who is higher level and stronger than Player C; Player D wins.

Rinse, lather, repeat.

YAWN

Frankly, I'd rather see the devs focus on something more worthwhile and entertaining than adding in such a ridiculous thing. But I also know, for some odd reason, some people actually like this kind of gameplay so I hope eventually some sort of PvP ends up in game for them. I have a feeling you can look to XI for the kind of PvP you can expect here though. It may not be what you think.

[tymora]

There is no such thing as good PvP.

PvP goes like this:

Player A is higher level and stronger than Player B; Player A wins.

Player B calls a friend, Player C, who is higher level and stronger than Player A; Player C wins.

Player A calls a friend, Player D, who is higher level and stronger than Player C; Player D wins.

Rinse, lather, repeat.

YAWN

Well at level cap, lowest latency wins.