Ranked is mega unpopular even though it offers the same rewards as Unranked

[MisterNublet]

Ranked is full of script users and hackers, and win-traders. Reporting them does absolutely nothing.

After reaching Crystal season 1-3, I'm no longer going to waste my time with that nonsense.

[Elfidan]

I wouldn't be against that Ransu.

[Ransu]

Ranked is full of script users and hackers, and win-traders. Reporting them does absolutely nothing.

After reaching Crystal season 1-3, I'm no longer going to waste my time with that nonsense.

Its really not...

[Reinhardt_Azureheim]

Its really not...

You know how it is, they see a rat once then jump at every shadow moving around thinking it is a swarm of them.

They exist, but people blow their existence out of proportions.

[Doozer]

Ranked is far more interesting than casual! From my experience the ranking system makes it very addictive; the gambling element is really there.

That's not healthy behaviour and not a good reason to play ranked.

Also personally I don't find any joy in a random element deciding if I'm going to win. But I also don't have a gambling addiction, so.

[Elfidan]

You know how it is, they see a rat once then jump at every shadow moving around thinking it is a swarm of them.

They exist, but people blow their existence out of proportions.

Yeah, but also there are suspicious looking things that happen because of bad game design too. Like characters cutting through corners or questionable line of sight stuff.

[Bluish]

I'm glad you never had gambling addiction but maybe that is a good reason not to have much understanding in that area. Having said that I'm no gambler either, just adhd, and so I've grown very aware of activities that contain a hook. In here I was referring to the star system, which is based on loose one/win one/get a streak/break a bad streak and those are elements present in the gambling environment. There have been countless times I've chosen to stay for another match based on either making up for loss or trying to keep the streak, wanting to see how long it lasts...

You make addiction and gambling sound somewhat shameful and you wouldn't if you had any consideration whatsoever to the reality of how human brain works. Most people, if not all, have addictions and I must say that I would be surprised to find a gamer without one, even if it's just gaming itself or simply bigging yourself up by making others feel small.

[Meowdyj]

Its really not...

Yes it is. https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...llineconflict/

Top 3 conveniently have the same first name.

Also https://youtu.be/Ncy6Mgv5K14

[Parthmakeo]

Well:
1. Ranked Rewards are unappealing for majority now that we know they plan to just release the same framer kit but change the Numerical Value of it which seems pointless to keep aiming for rank 1 of a season when you obtain those top rewards at all let alone casuals getting a crystal one for sake of plate stuff.

2. Win/Loss rewards are the same as Unranked towards the Series Malmstones board. So no incentive for even casuals to flood low ladder ranks.

3. Majority and i do mean Majority of the appealing PVP rewards are now obtainable without having to do rank PVP at all

4. Season Titles are also exactly the same with only an achievement to denote which 'season' you got them from.

5. I can't do ranked with my friends so why make it more painful on myself since I have to sit in silence all throughout the game due to no voice coms at all.

The main issue with Rank as well is that you are punished for being on a team that isn't coordinated enough to supplement or understand why a job acts the way it does. I.e: As a BRD i need to stand at a certain Yalm distance for max damage. I'm not going to push the crystal moshpit if i'm supporting the others + shutting down certain focus targets with skills and timed burst to back up others. The inability to premake a group for ranked already kills all fun and enjoyment possible.

Easy fixes are to make a separate ladder for group much like they did before in The Feast and allow people to make their own teams if they so desire with whoever they feel like.
Maybe increase the base Lose/Win rewards by another 25% or even 50% to get people into the Ranked match. (Instead of 900 series EXP a win make it 1250 Series EXP a win and a loss can be 900 Series EXP)

Not even talking about balance problems with jobs or how some jobs are literally broken. I'm more in the park of what is exactly in Ranked that would entice me to keep trying? I got platinum in season 1, almost diamond if teams were not ass and frankly I'm okay with the reward. I don't need to run it again for more platinum or a Crystal plate graphic nor the title since i have better (Eventually there will be a higher population with Crystal Bearer almost matching the titles people get by accident in MSQ)

So yeah people do not want to put in a lot of work and effort for what amounts to spit in a jar or a T-shirt that is the exact same as last season but they changed the number. Everything that would come in Ranked Play is on the Series Malmstone and by day 6 of the patch through a couple matches a day with a mad dash towards the last stretch I got the rank 25 armor no problem.
And i felt more joy doing it on casual than if i did it on ranked cause i know at least if i lost in casual, it didn't matter in the longevity unlike Ranked.

[Reinhardt_Azureheim]

Yes it is. https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...llineconflict/

Top 3 conveniently have the same first name.

Also https://youtu.be/Ncy6Mgv5K14

Are we really going to cite MAJOR offenders of the system to prove Ransu wrong on what he replied to? Do we really use the major d***heads per datacenter to prove that "all of high end ranked is cheating" or something?

These are outliers, not rules.