This game needs an Open World PvP Server

[Medicine]

Lol are you trying to kill FFXIV?

[Masekase_Hurricane]

Why not just make the housing areas open world pvp. Dont wanna fight lock your door :P Loads of hiding places and zone is also a decent size lol

[Kerii]

Why not just make the housing areas open world pvp. Dont wanna fight lock your door :P Loads of hiding places and zone is also a decent size lol

Now, that's a scary idea.

[Anzaman]

Why not just make the housing areas open world pvp. Dont wanna fight lock your door :P Loads of hiding places and zone is also a decent size lol

Can imagine what housing areas would look like when they'd add more wards/plots.

[ThirdChild_ZKI]

If you simply must have open world, why not just add the Cartenau Flats as an option to travel to? It sits above Northern Thanalan, but below Coerthan areas (side note: where exactly is Seal Rock or the Fields of Glory?). If people want an open battleground, let em have it with that. Adjust/add fates and hunts as more of a PvPvE thing, maybe some Garlean attack teams if need be. Enforce a minimum level/item level if need be, no DoH/DoL, no nodes, warning/confirmation upon selection to travel to it.

Or how about even reviving the Diadem that way? A special "Sky Pirate Free-for-All" mode (but no LITTLEFOOT).

[Kerii]

If you simply must have open world, why not just add the Cartenau Flats as an option to travel to? It sits above Northern Thanalan, but below Coerthan areas (side note: where exactly is Seal Rock or the Fields of Glory?). If people want an open battleground, let em have it with that. Adjust/add fates and hunts as more of a PvPvE thing, maybe some Garlean attack teams if need be. Enforce a minimum level/item level if need be, no DoH/DoL, no nodes, warning/confirmation upon selection to travel to it.

Or how about even reviving the Diadem that way? A special "Sky Pirate Free-for-All" mode (but no LITTLEFOOT).

I don't have citation, but if memory serves right, Yoshi P didn't want to make it be something that was imposed on the entire player base. he wanted players to agree to the terms of the environment through a dialog box. I guess if they went that way then you couldn't report players for ganking you since you agreed to the terms.

[Inori-Yuzuriha]

No thanks.

[ThirdChild_ZKI]

I don't have citation, but if memory serves right, Yoshi P didn't want to make it be something that was imposed on the entire player base. he wanted players to agree to the terms of the environment through a dialog box. I guess if they went that way then you couldn't report players for ganking you since you agreed to the terms.

That's it exactly. B&S clearly explains to you that by joining a faction or equipping said faction's gear, you are opting in on the game's open world PvP. . . When I don't want to be bothered, I don't wear it. But neither does many others I see at lower levels. For obvious reasons.

And that effectively supports my earlier statements. I'm not against having it. But if it will go unused or prove itself unpopular (you know, like PvP already is, unfortunately), we'd be better served improvig what we've got or coming up with other new things

[Kerii]

That's it exactly. B&S clearly explains to you that by joining a faction or equipping said faction's gear, you are opting in on the game's open world PvP. . . When I don't want to be bothered, I don't wear it. But neither does many others I see at lower levels. For obvious reasons.

And that effectively supports my earlier statements. I'm not against having it. But if it will go unused or prove itself unpopular (you know, like PvP already is, unfortunately), we'd be better served improvig what we've got or coming up with other new things

That's a fair point. I suppose they could just add that to the pvp gear we already have and call it a feature. I can't imagine I would use the feature either. I'm just playing devil's advocate for the most part.

[Tsukino]

Yes, let's waste even more time and resources on the 50 people who care about PvP in this game.