Why oh why make a minion drop in PVP?

[RhaegarFFXIFenrir]

I've been running, and enjoying The Feast for the most part over the last few days. One little gripe: every few parties I run into someone who has never done nor has any interest in PVP joining in just because they want the minion drop. Can this be considered griefing? When those players join it's almost always a guaranteed loss.

If one of these people are reading this then my message is this: chill. You don't have to have the minion 48 hours after it is released. The Feast is going to be around for a long time and at some point in the near future these minions are going to be worth about 100 gil on the market boards.

[Chasely]

SE added the minion because they wanted peoplewho don't like PvP to play. That shortens queue times for those of you who do enjoy it. If you want to win, join the Maelstrom.

[RhaegarFFXIFenrir]

Well....I'm in the Maelstrom. Not really helping lol

I wouldn't mind longer queue times if that meant being paired with people who actually want to be there.

[Noxifer]

I wouldn't mind longer queue times if that meant being paired with people who actually want to be there.

Well, on the good side... Having people who normally wouldn't touch PvP with a ten foot pole try it out because of a minion (same with people trying it out because of glamour), chances are at least some will realize they actually like it, and stay with it even after they get their minion =)

[Ashkendor]

Well, on the good side... Having people who normally wouldn't touch PvP with a ten foot pole try it out because of a minion (same with people trying it out because of glamour), chances are at least some will realize they actually like it, and stay with it even after they get their minion =)

Not likely with the way some of our dedicated PvP'ers act. Raging at people for not "being good", telling them to uninstall, etc.

[Canadane]

Not likely with the way some of our dedicated PvP'ers act. Raging at people for not "being good", telling them to uninstall, etc.

It's more that there's people that don't try as hard as they could be.
They don't use their PvP skills, they don't research the game mode at all. They play like it's pve.
When your rank is at the whim of another player, you're going to urge them to improve their skills. Some may just not have the tact others do.

[Marxam]

SE added the minion because they wanted peoplewho don't like PvP to play. That shortens queue times for those of you who do enjoy it. If you want to win, join the Maelstrom.

the feast is not gc restrictive so being in the Maelstorm is no different than being in the Flames or Adders. The only reason queue times are short is because this is new content and 200 wins gets you a mount.

[Chasely]

the feast is not gc restrictive so being in the Maelstorm is no different than being in the Flames or Adders. The only reason queue times are short is because this is new content and 200 wins gets you a mount.

Oh, right... I remember them mentioning something about removing GC restrictions so friends don't have to fight against one another. That's too bad. I personally thought the PvP areas right before this where you defend the nodes, were actually very fun. Killing other players doesn't interest me, but I did enjoy guarding areas to keep other players out.

[Rufalus]

In my opinion, more people doing PvP is always a good thing, we could always do with more growth. If only a small amount of people who try it for various reasons, enjoy it enough to stay on long-term and practice to be good, then PvP stays alive in this game. The mode is new and this is pre-season so try not to worry about win/loss record. There's always going to be RNG anyway when you queue solo and the other team has the same luck of the draw.

[Lukha]

Wait, what minion?