Remove Sprint from PVP please, thanks!

[Rawkzor]

Look at the PvP in other MMOs. They usually have some form of interrupt skill, which can be quickly used in response to interrupt a caster. We don't have these, and they would be useless even if we did. Because of the server delay, when we see someone casting a spell, it's actually already gone off. To make it even more awesome, if they run away with Sprint, we can be right on top of them spamming skills and still not land any attacks. Can't even count the number of times already where a BLM targets me, I step out of his line of sight, and he begins AND finishes casting sleep with me out of his LoS, and I get put to sleep. Ridiculous. Let's not forget the lag switchers either. 3 people pounding on a WHM while he's stunned/rooted, and all attacks "miss" and he miraculously appears on the other side of the room 20 seconds later. The attacks pop up as a "miss" and no damage is dealt.

[Yunnie]

The problem with sprint isn't actually sprint itself. The real problem is the high amount of long lasting CC abilities like heavy and sleep.
Most pvp games limit how many times you can be CC'd continuously (depending on duration). They also give melee tanks gap closers generally.

Combine the high amount of long range CC with the quick cooldown time of sprint- and that's when it starts to become an extremelly powerful defensive CD.

A lot of healers complain that they get killed really fast without being able to get any heals off. Those situations are usually because they are getting hammered by 3 other people. I'm going to guess said healers aren't queuing up with 2 black mages.

(Now dont get me wrong- I like sprint in pvp, but the current meta really favors trips casters over trips melee).

[ReplicaX]

A lot of healers complain that they get killed really fast without being able to get any heals off. Those situations are usually because they are getting hammered by 3 other people. I'm going to guess said healers aren't queuing up with 2 black mages.

but, but, but I thought 2x SMN = insta win?

[schnipsel]

u dont need sprint in pvp, every class have slow stun.......so without sprint u need more teamwork. at this point u dont need to protec ur healer he can easy run all the time without have any disadvantage. as attacker i need to use my point that i need to attack to follow the healer. so as healer use sprint after sprint u need to wait 10sec use sprint again again again......

they dont need to remove it but rework in pvp

[Omagana]

Sprint should definitely be removed or reworked in PVP (and PVE tbh). Healers aren't the only magic class benefiting outrageously from it...it's bad enough that long animation melee abilities cancel out on a target moving at normal speed never mind sprinting. I've been playing my summoner a lot in PVP because it's a total face roll to disease/dot and sprint all the time.

If you want to moan about the survivability of healers, that's a separate issue and I'm not saying it isn't an issue. They shouldn't need spirit in the first place.

Edit: Also, every class but tank gets owned just as quickly if piled.

[YuriRamona]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...rly-experience

Weapon Throw
Delivers a ranged attack with a potency of 50.
Additional Effect: 20% chance of inflicting Heavy when dealt from behind for 6s.
Additional Effect: Removes Sprint effect when dealt from behind.

Enhanced Weapon Throw: Shortens recast time to 60 seconds.
Enhanced Weapon Throw II: Extends duration to 12 seconds.
Enhanced Weapon Throw III: Increases effect potency to 40%.

[Griffeth]

As a warrior, i find it frustrating to try to keep a healer or BLM in check. The fact that every 10 seconds or so they can use sprint, and with the horrible hit detection in this game, half of my skills wont even land on them. Makes it nearly useless to try to fight a caster, so I end up trying to play protect the healer against 1 tank and 2 DPS

[Amyas]

Why? You can sprint too. You have invigorate as a monk. As a war I use enliven so I can chase down a whm, stun em and whack em. You can get that too so you can sprint even more.

[Rightchaus]

Increasing damage taken while sprinting in pvp would balance it out.

[Raenryong]

Don't forget Icarus Wings! With so many coming free from that one quest at the moment, they tend to be very cheap on AH.