Open World PvP

[BaconBits]

God please let me have the chance to ambush some poor sap running around the overworld and slap them with stuns, binds and interrupts. I would not hesitate to become the most obnoxious PvPer if open world PvP existed.

[Krotoan]

Greetings fellow forum posters. I post this thread today in order to promote and spur discussion on open world pvp in 14. I know this might be a bit of a hot take around these parts, but I believe it would improve the game immensely. Primarily in the social grouping aspect as it would encourage partying when questing more due to safety in numbers. Furthermore, it could be used as a way to settle disputes between players. In short, might would make right. It would also be a good way for players that have issues with certain pfs a way to take care of those without swamping an overworked GM with reports. Thoughts?

Lets go through this.. it would force you to group up to progress or risk being griefed..

You think having better gear or higher level makes you "right"..

Having the ability to just walk in and kill people doing things you don't agree with is how you'd like to solve your problem.



What part of this is "Improving the game immensely" for anyone except griefers?


To be fair at least you're morally consistent in your posts. But this is just all kinds of not what FFXIV has been about for 10 years.

God please let me have the chance to ambush some poor sap running around the overworld and slap them with stuns, binds and interrupts. I would not hesitate to become the most obnoxious PvPer if open world PvP existed.

Oh look.. exactly why we shouldn't do this. Thank you for writing it out.

[Caurcas]

Lets go through this.. it would force you to group up to progress or risk being griefed..

You think having better gear or higher level makes you "right"..

Having the ability to just walk in and kill people doing things you don't agree with is how you'd like to solve your problem.



What part of this is "Improving the game immensely" for anyone except griefers?

If you truly believe in your argument then have the force to back it up. Furthermore, yes it would improve player relations immensely and really build a sense of community or risk being a target because of your actions. All that being said, as I mentioned in a previous post, I would be fine with some restrictions.

[Krotoan]

If you truly believe in your argument then have the force to back it up.

There is no reason that being able to beat someone in a video game makes you "right" unless the argument is over say "which build of paladin is better for PVP".

Furthermore, yes it would improve player relations immensely and really build a sense of community or risk being a target because of your actions.

So we should have people acquiescing to player enforced standards. Fearing mob griefing if they don't play the game how other people want?

All that being said, as I mentioned in a previous post, I would be fine with some restrictions.

Any restriction I would want implemented would remove all your reasons for having it.

[Caurcas]

There is no reason that being able to beat someone in a video game makes you "right" unless the argument is over say "which build of paladin is better for PVP".



So we should have people acquiescing to player enforced standards. Fearing mob griefing if they don't play the game how other people want?

Hey, it certainly makes people more polite with fear of reprisal from being discourteous.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Hey, it certainly makes people more polite with fear of reprisal from being discourteous.

You mean like... the ToS enforcement?

I'm only ok with this if they make it one server. And then you can all congregate there.

[Caurcas]

You mean like... the ToS enforcement?

I'm only ok with this if they make it one server. And then you can all congregate there.

I would be too, then we can finally have a server free of pf filth.

[Krotoan]

Hey, it certainly makes people more polite with fear of reprisal from being discourteous.

We already have rules about that which people are pretty loud about the fact they're strictly enforced so it's not like they don't work.

The ability to have a cathartic virtual killing to prove to yourself (you are proving absolutely nothing to anyone else) that you were right, is not worth the griefing potential.
I have left other games over it and if it ever becomes a staple in this game I will leave this one too.

[Artemiz]

Hey, it certainly makes people more polite with fear of reprisal from being discourteous.

Open world PvP would make people nicer?

May I ask, from which planet doth thou hail?

[BaconBits]

Lets go through this.. it would force you to group up to progress or risk being griefed..

You think having better gear or higher level makes you "right"..

Having the ability to just walk in and kill people doing things you don't agree with is how you'd like to solve your problem.



What part of this is "Improving the game immensely" for anyone except griefers?


To be fair at least you're morally consistent in your posts. But this is just all kinds of not what FFXIV has been about for 10 years.




Oh look.. exactly why we shouldn't do this. Thank you for writing it out.

You're welcome lol.