In recent months me and my FC have been trying out the pvp scene, and there are several things we very quickly found out, which I would beg you take heed if you decide to enter this part of FFXIV.

First rule: do not enter lvl 50 pvp matches. Ever. Unless you are rank 30+ in pvp. If you do not have full direwolf or greater, expect to become a greasy stain on the ground, no matter how good you are.

Second rule: If you have SMN or SCH, use them. They are the gods of pvp. On the other hand, Paladin is useless. Completely. Do not.

Third rule: If you are a close-range DD, you may now cry. You need your tp; mages do not. Mages sprint. You cry.

Forth rule: Yoshi-P does not care; he loves sleeping people too much as a BLM; this is not conjecture, he fully admitted it.

For those who say pvp is balanced, I simply point to cold hard facts; I now recognize the names of everyone who does lv30-40 pvp. There are about....40 of them that consistently do it. 40 people. On all servers.