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

[Vahlnir]

Not being forced to team with randos would be a great start. Also having rules that actually make sense and not feeling like every death against you is the result of something cheap and unfair. How about not being screamed at by someone who fancies themselves the world's greatest shotcaller but is just being a jerk in alliance chat?

Honestly, I have more fun playing Mahjong than I do trying to unravel the nightmare that is FFXIV PvP.

The thing about FF XIV PvP is that it is very, VERY objective focused. Unfortunately, far too many people fail to understand this and decide to zerg another team from start to finish, all the while feeding points to the opposition. This is why you see people that are seemingly aggressive in Frontlines chats. They are tired of losing, and I don't blame them. Obviously, some take it too far, and that is never okay. But I think you need to understand why people tend to be like this. Personally, I stopped doing Frontlines entirely, and I only really tolerate CC because the difference between a win and a loss is negligible, and the matches are usually pretty quick. Every so often the people I get grouped with actually know what they are doing, so I enjoy that while it lasts, but I see the same mentality that I saw in Frontlines pretty often regardless.