Thread: Impressions / Questions from a New PVPer Post-2.15

Originally Posted by Pentara

in the 40/30 bracket morale doesn't work, neither do the materia slots so wearing the pvp gear here as opposed to pve gear actually puts you at a disadvantage because in pvp gear you will have secondary stats dedicated to morale (which is useless in 30-40) and not the other secondary stats (crit,det,etc.).

Yeah I understand morale does not work, my question is more related to i90 PVE (not PVP) gear vs. i40 un-synced gear. From what I've read, it seems something like the item below is better than Elfin / Artemis Bow Zenith:

http://xivdb.com/?item/1933/Aetheria...lt-Cavalry-Bow

Just wondering if it's a big enough difference to bother with spamming a ton of leves for the set. They really need a PVP training dummy / sync testing system.

JOB SELECTION:
Queue length is based on needed classes. Atm BLM / BRD are some of the most common classes hence solo queueing as them can be painful. Changing job can really improve the solo queuing then. From what i understand healers and meelee dps atm have the shortest queues.

I play paladin atm and am full ilvl 70 + relic+1 weap rank 25 or so. I feel paladin is more fun and ultimately more suitable for my play style. That being said both have some really important pros and cons.
-MRD more offensive cooldowns, and during those more burst. Decent PVP actions that protect your party (25% hp for close to half a minute) and an AOE knockdown.
Ofcourse mrd has the mortal strike (-healing) effect and has potentially can crit for 1000-2000 later on.(didnt see this myself, my highest crit was 947 with pvp ilvl 70 gear)
Holmgang, one of the ultimate warrior skills, is in many cases more a burden than a blessing though, but can be used to lock a player down for 6 sec.

-Paladin is still very good damage, hits quicker (more chance to interupt casters), has a spammable 6 sec stun, and has pvp a nice pvp action in testuto (maxed out its 50% dam reduc for 1 party member for 16 sec every 3 minutes).
Paladin also has a 12 sec aoe blind, which can be quite good in brd/tank/melee teams. I personally like paladin more for this reason as im more of a supportive player, though if i focus fully on dps, still does VERY competitive dps.

• DUO vs. SOLO QUEUE:
Duo queue isnt perce faster. It depends a bit on classes. I.e. if i tripple queue as tank/ranged/meleee i often have huge queues, as most (good) healers, dont queue solo.

• CAPPED GEAR SELECTION:
Dont know anything about this.

• LV 50 BOUTS:
In my opinion, if you spec into 30 vitality, have fully HQ crafted pvp gear (preferably with at least 2x lvl 2 or 3 materia in) (and for most classes use 2 or 3 vitality accesoires), you will be at around 3600-3800 hp and you will not per definition screw the group over and you should just queue. Yea it still might not be the nicest to group with compared to a full ilvl 90 player, but it shows you put thought and effort in.

@ Wulfgang

Look at my post regarding Level 40 Twink. You need all the information there regarding min/maxing for Level 40 bracket.

Originally Posted by TaneshimaPopura

@ Wulfgang

Look at my post regarding Level 40 Twink. You need all the information there regarding min/maxing for Level 40 bracket.

Man you are awesome; thanks.