Open World PvP server

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although this maybe old news. i believe yoshi feels the same way.

Below we have the results of player asked questions from FFXIVCore.com that was asked to Hiromichi Tanaka about FFXIV. Grab a cup of coffee or something nice, such as orange juice and please enjoy reading our exclusive interview with the producer of FFXIV himself.

What about PVP?

We have the same stance on PVP as we had in FFXI, we're having a focus on PVE, but we may introduce some sort of sports-type that might be tied to PVP in the future. What we're worrying about is that we dont want to have any PK'ing or harassment types of activities in the game. So in order to provide a safe environment to everyone and a game to enjoy. So we're not focusing on PVP.

i believe this was in 2009
but id also like to add from FF14 news.com

Issues with PvP

dead bodiesCan drive away people uninterested in PvP if it is forced. From our experience, the people that truly enjoy PvP in MMOs are the same types of people that play games like Counter-Strike, Team Fortress and other first-person shooters. The issue is that there are a large number of people that have a distaste for fighting others: they do not enjoy the stress that comes along with it. If the PvP system of an MMO is designed in a way where you are always in PvP situations (open-world PvP), it can drive away the players that are only there for the PvE content and hanging out with friends. World of Warcraft attempted to address this by providing the choice between servers open and closed to world PvP.

hmm that sounds like males 14-25?

i dont like wow and im not a fan of brainless fps. =p
although i do know some people like those. i think it would be to hard for a company (SE) to do both and do it right.

SE already has to much on there plate.

http://www.ffxivcore.com/topic/484-e...omichi-tanaka/