Blitzball!

[Theodric]

Triple Triad is a fun time killer, the problem is that the tournaments are terribly terribly broken and there's no way to place in the top 3 without win-trading. There's all kinds of ways SE could fix that but they haven't bothered to do so.

Triple Triad could be fixed by just disallowing people from entering tournaments that they've already won. For the sake of fairness they could add a separate tournament for 'winners only' with a high MGP reward as compensation. Not a perfect solution but it's clear win trading isn't going to be addressed and it's very tiresome to see the same few players exploiting win trading to win the majority of tournaments. Especially on a server like Balmung that already boasts a bloated population.

Personally I found Blitzball dull in X and would rather not see it in XIV.

Why would you prefer not to see it implemented just because you didn't enjoy it? It would very likely be completely optional and it's a fan favourite where mini-games in the franchise are concerned.

[Texa]

Why would you prefer not to see it implemented just because you didn't enjoy it? It would very likely be completely optional and it's a fan favourite where mini-games in the franchise are concerned.

The only other well-loved mini games that haven't been implemented in XIV in some form or another are the snow boarding from VII, the motorcycle mini game from VII, and chocobo hot and cold from IX.

I'd say PvE monster arenas like in VI, VII, and X too but those are more side quests and the Palace of the dead kind of does that already.

[Moomba33]

Why would you prefer not to see it implemented just because you didn't enjoy it? It would very likely be completely optional and it's a fan favourite where mini-games in the franchise are concerned.

Because I'm being selfish and hoping the next Gold Saucer addition is a minigame I do enjoy such as the Snowboarding or Battle Square games from VII.

Granted with Swimming coming in Stormblood and FFX costumes and minions coming from the fanfests there's a good chance we are getting Blitzball. Hopefully it won't fail like Verminion.

[Derio]

I would love it. At this point you cant really say making it is waste of resources because look and the Vermillion crap that came and died fast.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

I would love it. At this point you cant really say making it is waste of resources because look and the Vermillion crap that came and died fast.

What? That's the definition of wasted resources. LoV was billed as a major content piece for 3.1, and taking one look at it indicates the devs put a frightening about of effort developing something that ultimately went on to die the day it launched. There's a reason 3.1 is widely considered the worst patch post 1.0.

[AlphaFox]

I can see Blitzball being pretty popular if done right. Let there be teams of players instead of vs NPCs or AI companions. Heck depending on how it goes or if its able to be more active (i.e no pausing or minimum) could even make it possible for those not interested in playing but wanting to watch spectate and cheer on favorite teams?

[Chalbee]

Give us Blitzball, because the new diving feature is just asking for it. Also make it better than the flop that was Lords of Virmillion.

[NessaWyvern]

..2...3... Teach us how to Blitz!!

[Rilasha]

I was thinking about how they could potentially make Blitzball and think that the idea is to make it so passing and shooting can be done whenever to make it less stop-start like the original. They could make it so that your character throws/shoots in the direction your character is facing and can look around with snap-back to centre. They could make blocking able to be done like a real sport by getting in the way. The only time when the game needs to pause during the game is when someone collides with someone to do the tackling component of the game.

These are some ideas I've had thinking about it and there's obviously some anti-cheese mechanics like preventing anyone from coming in x yalms from the goal to prevent people from making it impossible to score by body-blocking the whole goal.

[Fellgon]

id like a blitzzball job! clearing raids like tidus!