Implementing a PK(PvP) Server

[Gralna]

DAoC which was lauded for years as the best large scale PvP MMO, tried a PK server... guess what, it was the first server to be officially shut down. There was a rush of people to it when it launched, then after a few hundred people got to max lvl, they'd spend their time camping new player areas, and PK'ing new people to server till they left, making it nigh impossible to join the server community (they didn't want "scrubs" tainting their server).

The established community started to drastically fall in population as the vets started to eventually leave, which dwindled the amount of PK'ing, which caused more people to leave, and the PK'ing dropped even more, so on and so forth. Till eventually population dropped so low that even with the added 300% xp bonus to lvl'ing as incentive to try the server, new people wouldn't join because the server was always dead.

This was in a PvP centric MMO, now imagine how bad it'd be in a PvE focused one like XIV.

[Ashkendor]

No thanks. The last thing I want is to get ganked by some chucklehead while I'm out gathering or leveling.

[Pells]

No thanks. The last thing I want is to get ganked by some chucklehead while I'm out gathering or leveling.

*while locked in an unskippable cutscene.

[Felis]

Final fantasy has always been about groups of people teaming up to grind tomestones that become obsolete every 0.2 versions of the game.

I can't remember that in the other Final Fantasy games. What I remember is farming gil everytime you reach a new town, so you can replace the equip from the previous town with new equip.

[Gemma]

Why would you say never...

If SE wouldn't even follow through with adding an official RP server in an MMORPG (you know, literally just putting RP after a server name, that's it.) like they said they would back in alpha, then I wouldn't hold my breath for a server where you can freely kill anyone.

And besides unless you're using the open PvP to kill RMT bots, I don't see why it would be fun for this game to just go randomly kill others who are just trying to play an RPG, not Dark Souls 3.

[LordLucavi]

No. You already have PVP in the game. This is not world of crapcraft, this is not diablo, or any MOBA. Stop.

[Jadub2k]

To just put this simply, Player Killing is not what Final Fantasy is about

[Kurogaea]

hey guys!!!!

You do not want to PK????

I want to !!!!

Please give opinion!!!!!!!


Sorry for the poor English

I would not mind a PvP server.

1. Its optional

2. This game is built on community, which means pvp players can build their own communities easier instead of being mixed with others with the way PvP is now. (random queues)

3. End game experience. There's really no better way to spend time than to test your limits with random players. If running Pve content where you memorize every. enemy. pattern. and fight them over and over till a month later for a next patch is your forte? then go on ahead. PvP players will not bother you and still be having fun.

4. When balance is an issue, this is where community comes in. You team up with people you find. You know how dangerous it is because you know what you were getting into when it said PLAYER KILL SERVER.

Just because you had bad experiences in PvP doesn't mean its bad for a game where its ok to grind for some item to achieve armor to save that world because the seller is a cheap profiteer trying to make your life even harder. For those who say PvP wouldn't fit in this game and mxing lore about "players always just fighting forces of evil" then no. What you can't seem to fathom is that lore can be adjusted and added on to. What do we have now? [hb]Warriors of Darkness [hb] What else do we have? Pirates, adventurers, thieves, maruaders. While your player can be something in one world, in another they can be completely different. Did I also mention this is optional. Quit ruining someone elses wishes just because it doesn't fit your dream Final Fantasy game. It has "fantasy" in its name for a reason.

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[WinterLuna]

Or an optional open world PK field that everyone can go to without queues. I know people wouldn't like it but they can put gathering nodes there too. If DoL classes want to gather there then they'd have to recruit people to guard them or something (or they can just use stealth, but put a buff timer to it so it won't get abused). I'm assuming it'll just be a waste of development time tho coz most FFXIV players won't even go there coz of the PK.

I like this idea. It's optional and sounds fun.

I don't agree with a PVP server though.

[Nektulos-Tuor]

Shes right though, this game is pretty boring and there isn't really anything interesting or fun to do besides Role-play. Open World PvP also won't be implemented. Not because its a bad idea, I think it could be a good idea in 'most older games'.

However, FFXIV has some of the worst PvP Balance I have seen in a long time. So no, that is why it shouldn't be done.


Also.. there would NOT be any PvP, 99% of the game is INSTANCED.

Flying Mounts alone would kill high level PvP..

There isn't really a point to a PvP server, because everyone would just avoid PvP anyways.. lol