A simple fix to PVP Queue times

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Except you are arguing that this applies specifically to PvP, and let's be honest, in FFXIV, PvP is not popular, is it? I already agreed that personal experience varies, but that does not alter the fact that only a small minority of players who have tried PvP, have done more than dip a toe into PvP. I'm not even willing to believe that the majority of players have even tried PvP, simply because they don't want to do PvP.

The lack of interest in PvP has less to do with whether you can play with friends than it does a general apathy for PvP among FFXIV players.

Your language suggests you really don't like pvp.


Anyway, there are a couple reasons why people don't queue for PvP. As it stands currently, the queue times are terrible because people aren't queuing, which has a negative feedback loop, because now even people who WOULD occasionally like to PvP (me) don't queue...because the queue times are terrible. The GC restriction probably has alot to do with it, the team size too. Lack of incentives could have something to do with it.

They should just shoehorn some players into PvP by adding modes that incorporate some PvE elements to it, like having powerful monsters on your team, or maybe a dungeon with multiple paths where you encounter players in hallways or something. It'd be neat.

That would be an accurate assessment. I find PvP to be grossly unfair to anyone who either does not often partake, or who lacks sufficient levels/gear to compete. There are several other reasons for my personal dislike of PvP, you could correctly conclude it is a deep seated aversion to PvP.

Probably from a history of encountering players like me, who will gladly murder people in open fields on a slow day (if the game allows me to) because i find it piercingly hilarious.

However, XIV will likely never have open world PvP. And the biggest PvP modes at the moment don't even really allow for gear to make a difference. There's no way PvP as it currently exists will ever bleed into PvE. And if it does, similar to how factions work in WoW or something, i'm pretty sure it'll be in specifically designated areas or something. XIV isn't in any way designed around extremes.