Have "YOU" Tried The Feast? O.o

[JazzofEtro]

(Not sure if I can post this here but it’s the perfect place for it! If for some special reason you leave it here. Feel free to lock it and let it die out… Please don’t zap mee~ /grovel Gilrein.)‎

Hello All!

So I’m trying to do a few things here and there, to get more people aware of the PVP scene we have here on FFXIV. Here is some of the threads I have made in attempt to build awareness and get more people involved:

Experienced Feast POVs All Jobs/Classes (Twitch)

Community Feast Quotes: Look Who's Coming to Dinner.

Feast Leaderboards are Live (Yep.. That's me at the top of every data center. /Proflexing )

The Feast PVP Player Interviews

This post is a small attempt to generate some curiosity among some of you amazing PvE players. Here are some reasons from me to try it:

• It’s extremely fun and challenging

Once you get into the Full Swing of things it can be highly satisfying. You can get that amazing high you feel when you do something clutch in PvE. You know, those moments when your tank dies and you sleep/bind/heavy all the mobs coming at you and save the day. As OT you end up taking the role of MT and OT or vice versa, showing superior tanking skills and everyone bows to your amazing feats. When your healer dies and you end up solo healing the most intense part of a run!

Yes I know you all have been there and done something to feel that amazing Adrenaline rush. The Feast will bless your days with this feeling on a regular basis I promise you.

Now it’s no cake walk for sure, you will have to put in a lot of work. But fear not you can practice and hone your skills in 8v8, as preparation to play with the big wolves in the den in 4v4. The challenges you will face will be very different from what you are use to in PVE.

• Forces you to think outside the box.

Playing The Feast has really made me come up with some interesting methods, macros, strategies and theories regarding the classes I play in Feast. It’s forever changing and one rotation will not carry you through throughout your endeavours as it can do in most of the content in PvE. This mode really does a great job of forcing you to think outside the box in order to perform to your classes full potential.

• Breaking your Limits.

The PVP skills are there for balance and to give your class a more unique feel and edge over the other classes. Using these skills give you way more satisfaction as you have more toys to play with. (More toys make you happy right? ^^; ) These tools help really push your class pass the limits intended for PVE. You will find yourself feeling like a true Primal in no time.

• Bad sports.

Now sure you will come across some distasteful players. People take 4v4 serious and even 8v8 sometimes. But don’t let them scare you away. I mean when people scream and shout at you because you didn’t “Watch the video” does this always scare you away? Then don’t let it stop you here. I’m not proud of anyone who adopts this attitude, yet I fully accept that it exist… Ugh…

• After being addicted to PVP.

If you’re like me you will get addicted and not do anything else for weeks! But once you purify yourself from the dark depths of PVP. You truly appreciate the variety PVE has to offer too. I know this sounds weird but I love The Feast. So when I find myself doing the odd dungeon, it really feels new again and I really love being able to play two sides of one game. I had a blast just running Amdapor Keep on my DRK yesterday and was like “Wow… this feels great!” Being the first dungeon I have done in weeks. ^^;



Please don’t be afraid to give it a shot. I find (On my server at least: Balmung), when I ask people if they have tried PVP over 70% of them reply with.

“No but I have been meaning to try it for awhile now.” - Balmungians

There are many different reasons people have not tried it, some common ones are:

• Too busy with raids.
• Afraid to try because they lack knowledge. (This was me lol.)
• Their friends don’t PVP.
• Didn’t even know there is a active scene.

Some of you will happily/Unhappily go AFK for even up to 1 hour, when nothing is going on. I say give it a shot in your down time. You may actually like it and find you might be a natural!

Those of you that have taking the time out to read all of this. Thank you!

Happy Feasting.

Etro’s Soul.

! HUGE IMPORTANT EDIT: (My post from Page 2 in this thread.) !

Original Post : http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/291152-Calling-all-Newcomers%21-Feast-4v4-Training./page2

I can't argue with any of you, we have a lot of jerks in this part of FF. But I have an alternative...

New to PVP? Interested in The Feast? Want to train without the stresses of learning alone, or experience 4v4 with easy going players?

Look no further! ^^

I welcome you to come and Feast with me & like-minded individuals. We currently have 60 members+ in our Linkshell here on Balmung! 95% of our members are new to PVP and ready to Feast! This is perfect for new players to start. It’s going very well and we have indeed had many games played between ourselves, all in the discord channel just having a great time. We've also had experienced players from multiple servers and data centers share tips and tricks on our Discord Channel! ^^

~LinkShell Introduction Video~

We are now growing even bigger as this group has now reached multiple servers! I will list the representatives for each server, should you be interested in Joining. To apply or for more information please contact...

Balmung Contact:

In-Game Name: Etro’s Soul
DiscordTag: Jazzofetro#3568

In-Game Name: Ero Shin
DiscordTag: E r o#1166 (Yes, she has spaces in her name. lol.)

Cactuar Contact:

In-Game Name: Solace Fey
DiscordTag: Solace#7075

Gilgamesh Contact:

In-Game Name: Tea Pan
DiscordTag: tpan#4582 (Not really on discord, so try contact In-Game)

Requirements:

• Proof of your character in the server you are requesting.
• Must be at Level 60. ( 59.. i can let that slide >;3 )
• Have 1 Empty space for a Linkshell Invite.

Send your In-Game Name, once confirmed you do indeed meet the requirements. We can get you involved A.S.A.P Once you are in the Discord Channel you may use it freely. Enjoy~

It’s been great so far it has been nothing but good vibes and also very exciting for some. I’m really to happy to see something like this grow so fast. So don’t be afraid to hit us up!

This is exclusive to new players only. If you are experienced and would like to be apart of the group, let a representative know and we can discuss further. ^^
If you would like to become a representative for your own server. Please contact me via Discord for a Representative approval.

Etro’s Soul. ^^

Should anyone have any issues regarding members in the Discord Channel. Please contact...
"Jazzofetro#3568" or "E r o#1166"
via discord and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

This group is growing and we are having a great time. No longer playing with people who take things too seriously and we all just hang out in discord. All 8 of us playing 4v4 together. I teach what I can, I also contact the best of the best PVP players from multiple servers to jump in the discord and help provide answers, for those that want to improve faster. It's been a great success. So if any of you who tried PVP and stopped playing because of those bad attitudes, this is a perfect alternative. And you can still get your PVP Gear and Mounts.

If you ever want to speak to me personally, I'd be more than happy to. Just send me a message on Discord and we can talk there. Even if you don't have a mic.

PM me @ DiscordTag: Jazzofetro#3568

[TSLsmokey]

Y'know, I'm not one to pvp normally. Yet even I like the Feast. It's one of those where if you're a weak link(like me) it's still possible to have fun because they cannot continually target you to win. If anything you prove more of a distraction to them if you are an easy kill. I'm not making this up, as SMN even though I was a weaker link, I apparently was annoying enough that both opposing warriors holmganged me at the same time. I wasn't doing more than spreading DOTs and trying to pop off deathflare amongst my attacks but that apparently annoyed them enough to do that. Note this was unranked. I doubt this would happen in ranked which I... honestly don't want to step in. I know enough to know that I can't cut it right now in ranked, not with my current mindset and not with my current pvp skill level. Still, unranked is fun.

[KfLeX]

Don't step in, It's so bad they can be so mean to people. 2 Gold members today were so evil to me. 8 on 8 isn't as bad as 4 on 4.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

I tried it out for a bit as a healer and quickly got bored of it. Either your team gets stomped on, or you stomp the other team. And playing as a healer, I'm always the fall guy the minute something goes wrong. The rewards are not worth the time and the people I have to deal with.

[Alien_Gamer]

"OMG, you suck. You fail so hard you should go kill yourself."

When you create a PVP environment that I don't have to worry about getting that kind of talk I'll consider doing PVP. Until then, never going to happen.

[JazzofEtro]

This truly saddens me, as I would love to see PVP in this game grow and become something. For the people who do PVP most of their time, this would be amazing. I admit we do have some issues regarding this behaviour, though please remember it's not everyone. But I'm doing my best to try and get information to those that are new and want to try, but feel they cannot because no one will even give them a chance. They say they that they want people to learn before they step into 4v4, yet they don't realise that even if a new player did 8v8 20 times they still wouldn't know the basics of 4v4. On top of that the abuse is received there also.

The people that are playing PVP are not detrimental to it's true growth. Same as anything else like this, growth comes with popularity. And I welcome all of you to come. I promise I'll get some cool tricks for those of you Interested to read soon. And if you dig deep some of it is already out there.

But you are not alone many of us are going through the same things.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ic-Environment.

However I still welcome and want more of us to play. Here is a post I recently made on some of you guys behalf.

I've been meaning to say this for awhile now. I probably could have worded it in a much nicer way but what I'm starting to see has rushed me to this...

There are many types of attitudes in the feast and a very common one is one built from frustration.

For those of you experiencing this do your upmost best to ignore it. If you are learning and trying your hardest, you have every right to queue as much as the next guy. You may be new or playing a class you want to learn. Nothing says you must be up to "Insert Name" scratch to play.

I recently have changed a lot in my play style from philosophy down to complete rearrangement of my hotbars. This has crippled me beyond belief yet this is detrimental to my improvement as well as playing.

This is no different to some of you who might be new and just starting out. You deserve a fair shot at gaining your experience as well. Your rank is just as important than the next persons and vice versa. There is only one true way to learn and test your capabilities and that's through playing. If you stop the only person that will suffer is yourself.

It's sad that even our top players on the ranking can be so mean and selfish, yet come and post here like they are all about giving back to the community. To me it's shameful and a high rank does not give you any right to talk to people on your own team like complete trash.

Have you no shame?

Let me guess they have to just "git gud" right? When our community is so small, you should feel the need to lead by example. Not only in your gameplay but also how you hold yourself as a player too. Especially if you feel you are a "Top/High level player". If you don't care about another persons feelings then why should they care about your silly Rank?

I don't care if every other PVP scene is toxic that doesn't mean we have to be. We all see the same names in there. Can you not see how damn small we are as a community? Attitudes like this can and will alter our growth.

This message won't reach every player and I'm sure it does not apply to all of you. But it will reach enough of you! I am talking about and to some of you here. And if you feel like it might be about you even a little bit.

Then fix the F*** UP!

My words will touch those that truly matter. Many of the top players wish that there was more teams to play in Light Party. Yet some fools are stopping this from happening with their negative ways. (I don't even think that they know they are). They complain for SE to purge the Lore Farmers... Yet they can't see that a lot of these farmers are the same ones they are so quick to abuse. :/

[MilesSaintboroguh]

I saw your post and while it is heartfelt, I think most people won't care and just brand you as a "carebear". I never liked PvP things in general, but the Feast looked interesting enough to try. I don't regret getting my feet wet, but I just can't really see myself investing in it long term. I think "whoever ganks the fastest wins" just isn't my cup of tea.

[rjspencer4]

I enjoy unrated 8-man Feast, I refuse to play rated.

[JazzofEtro]

I'd rather be branded a "care bear" than a "Toxic individual". Right?

[Blitzace]

Feast is the biggest BS in this game. Played over 400+ matches on solo queue to get my mount. And honestly, its a flip of the coin. thats all. You can't carry bad team mates by yourself.
The amount of harassment i've seen is funny, And sometimes i can't even blame em. Done it myself. People do stupid stuff and it almost seems like they do it on purpose.


Even when you're telling them what to do they seem to do the opposite.
I miss Frontlines. That is 200x the fun this is.

Imho.