What is the stance on the Devs about a PVP "driven" ARR for the future?

[Darkhaund]

This is not a rant, just a genuine concern about this game direction.

Have the Devs mentioned if they plan to make this game PVP oriented?
WoW, IMO made that mistake, where PVP, gear, seasons etc marked the future and tendency of the game.

And they left the PVE side of the gamea bit unattended.
I fear that now that SE is targeting a larger audience they might follow this path and leaving the PVE, lore, story side of the game a bit on the loose end.

Any idea on this?

[Noahlimits]

From all dev letters and information given, PVP will be set to specific places, areas and zones. It will not affect anyone who doesn't want to participate in it, and the main storyline will never force anyone, either.

I wouldn't worry about them ignoring PVE content in favor of PVP. I think we'll get a healthy dose of both, but a larger scale on PVE based on all information given so far.

[Seig345]

The devs have stated that PvP will have no affect on PvE at all, and will never be enforced. They did mention some kind of 'front lines' areas, but that'd be the closest it'll get, from what they've indicated. PvP will have separate gear, and all abilities will be separate, so that they either simply only exist in either PvE or PvP but not both, or the same skill will behave differently between the two.

That's what I've gathered, anyway.

[Codek]

From what I've seen, the concept of PvP as a focus for the Dev's can be summed up in one word. Meh...

[RowanLauron]

FF is a PvE centric game as far as I know. PvP will be present, but can be practically avoided if you so choose. I mean, they are giving all classes specific pvp skill sets, so that there tells me there will be a definitive line dividing the two parts of the game.

Will pvp be a focal point? I doubt it, but it will definitely be a feature advertised.

[Dliver]

From the comments I've read, they've said PvP doesn't really fit in with the Final Fantasy franchise and is being tolerated for market reasons.

Which is a shame, since PvP is the cheapest content to make with the most reusability. It lets the players entertain themselves.

I think the game is already losing subs due to the lack of PvP and the extremely narrow end-game.

[Slate]

yeah FF is a PVE oriented series

Barrett never ran out looking to pvp with the Turks

[AnimaAnimus]

pvp driven gameplay would make quite a few players unsub. I know I would.

If there is one thing I hated about WoW with a passion it was the constant pvp challenge requests, which went 100% ignored by me.

But they are indeed keeping it separate, which is a good thing. PvP isn't for everyone

[Bane766]

What I hated with WoW was that they were constantly nerfing and buffing classes due to PvP which in turn messed up PvE. It was very annoying and it happened just about every patch. I really hope this game doesn't take that route.

[Darkhaund]

What I hated with WoW was that they were constantly nerfing and buffing classes due to PvP which in turn messed up PvE. It was very annoying and it happened just about every patch. I really hope this game doesn't take that route.

THIS THIS THIS!!!!!

THIS IS exactly my point.
While i DID enjoy WoW for a little while, I NEVER liked that the STORY AND LORE were very very weak.
IMO in that game PVP some what directed the game and PVE suffered form all the "balancing" that was done to fix pvp.

I hope this never happens here.

Final Fantasy is a STORY driven game and I hope it reamins that way.
Iam one of those players that is not interested whatsoeer in pvp