Dear Squeenix: Instead of using FOMO to promote PVP...

[Saraide]

Ah, battle passes. One of the greediest ideas ever spun into the collective villainy that is the game publishing hive mind. Falling just short of loot boxes and NFTs.

The crystal conflict battle pass already doesnt have a money entry, if they remove the expiry aswell it would have nothing left of what makes battle passes so annoying. It would be just the same as experience points. The time to reach rank 25 for the top reward is already very long. There is no bragging rights with it already, might aswell make them unlimited time. Unless someone wants to tell me the archfiend armor and the dragon mount are being put into some other content, then it's whatever.

[R041]

PVP is fine, git gud

[Rolder50]

PVP is fine, git gud

I sure do love using Recuperate or the CC Removal skill and them failing because the tick rate is garbage.

[Renalt]

I sure do love using Recuperate or the CC Removal skill and them failing because the tick rate is garbage.

Don't...just don't feed the troll. Ignore him.

[JamieRose]

The crystal conflict battle pass already doesnt have a money entry, if they remove the expiry aswell it would have nothing left of what makes battle passes so annoying. It would be just the same as experience points. The time to reach rank 25 for the top reward is already very long. There is no bragging rights with it already, might aswell make them unlimited time. Unless someone wants to tell me the archfiend armor and the dragon mount are being put into some other content, then it's whatever.

You see that as bad. I see it as good. Because I don't have to spend my time in Frontline being bored or my time in CC being frustrated just to chase a mount that's being vaulted.

[Mikey_R]

I sure do love using Recuperate or the CC Removal skill and them failing because the tick rate is garbage.

My favourite is using Purify to remove a debuff, only to get smacked by a purifiable debuff within 5 seconds and it landing, despite the fact you should be immune.

[FireMage]

My favourite is using Purify to remove a debuff, only to get smacked by a purifiable debuff within 5 seconds and it landing, despite the fact you should be immune.

Do you understand how input timing works?

[GTK0HLK]

There's two sections of this topic that don't overlap well, unless you want to straw a topic.
<Plays only CC Ranked atm>
The Series/Season Rewards should be changed in how they work in some way.
<and tbh, there is no harm in them having it be timeless,> if they really wanted to get people coming back to fill the queues, have only be able to begin a new Pass/Chain when you finish the previous one for each new season(+/- one allowance to move into the next one if you complete one you chose for the previous season, but didn't complete then, and completed it in a new season.) that way you also aren't locked out of a new Pass/Chain. and can catch up to the current Pass/Chain eventually. whilst the Current Pass and Chain will last the entire time it does now. Gives reason for Players with Alts to Actually Run PVP if they choose to do so asides -place typical response from pvpers when losing to a "sprout" here-.

The combat itself is alright for what it is.
there is some qualms that are subjective to each player.
at the start of this current season<before mogtomes and my streak removing my chance of finding a quick match> they made changes, which in my opinion on, not being able to Cleanse Reaper Fear made that game changing LB become even more OP in the right hands(whilst guaranteed for those without practice or skill)

Connectivity tends to fall on the players own connections<I would know the difficulty since I've upgraded many months past.> and simply just getting to know how opposing players tend to react.(you may never fully be able to react to everything all the time. but anticipation helps in the long run.)

that's not to say that there isn't any bugginess that SE must fix(like visuals with shields. and still walking, or other players Delays/Connectivity issues causing Attacks still hit hard through a shield.)

it boils down to one being Objective<the Passes/Chains which shouldn't have any FOMO, but at least a long Catch up Mechanic that benefits those who like the content.> and the other being Subjective<when it deals with Visual Bugs enhanced by the fact of the players side or opponents side affecting the outcomes on the server side. thus relying heavily on a players anticipation of the opponents, In order to maintain or take the upperhand>

[Mikey_R]

Do you understand how input timing works?

Weirdly enough, yes. I remove a debuff, I shouldn't be able to be inflicted by another debuff for 5 seconds. Yet, since there is a short duration between Purify going on cooldown and getting the buff, it gives a chance for other debuffs to slip through and, unfortunately, I haven't developed my psychic powers enough to predict when that second debuff is going to come to properly time it.

[Tehmon]

Making PvP '' fun '' is an uphill battle because how fun PvP is is highly dependent on how well your teammates play. Not to say they shouldn't update the PvP modes and balance them as need be, but even if we got the best iteration of PvP in FFXIV, I assume it'd still be largely frustrating.

I'd like to see a deathmatch mode, personally.