Rate the new PvP system from 1 to 10

[Its_Elodie]

New system - 3/10. Watered down system is watered down.

I've gone in as BRD and AST so far during Frontline (seize and shatter) and its a small shell of its former self.

Healing on AST is a pain now with no AOE heals, no access to Nocturnal or Diurnal sect, and therefore no regens or shields of any sort. There's also no protect, which is the most basic part of our toolkit... so its pretty much going in and praying I can essential dignity, synastry, and light speed yolo heal whats usually 7 other dps going through massive burst damage with a small fraction of my healing toolkit. It's a complete and utter nightmare. My AST is my only 70 right now so I just do frontlines for my roulette bonus tomes and thats literally it. I won't ever be queuing outside of roulette as heals for PVP ever again.

On BRD with the chaos its so easy to pick off melee and get battle highs now, they are pretty squishy imo and are easy targets for ranged. I miss being able to use all of my skills and an actual PVE rotation so I feel like I'm not mindlessly pressing 1-2-3 to get kills and attack ice. I miss all of the stuff that made PVP fun like using ALL of your PVE toolkit to survive and get kills with those situational skills (shadowbind, sprint, feint). All I do is literally wait for another skill to open up so I can use my very small combo rotation again.

The old system was pretty decent, I'd give it a 7/10. It wasn't great but allowed for more challenging game play, for sure. When I played WHM/AST I could be the backbone for a skilled group of dps and tanks who would accrue battle highs and fevers and then we'd just go and farm kills on the other alliances for hard fought but extremely enjoyable alliance wins in Frontline. Now as a healer I feel like a stripped down punching bag for the other alliance's dps and a lot more defenseless than I used to be. I used to be able to look out for myself a bit with heavy and stun to slow down or stun an attacking tank or dps so my team could hopefully widdle them down for me, fluid aura and repose with my WHM (dunno if you can do those skills anymore on WHM in pvp) on tanks or annoying dps who wouldn't stop ccing me during ice...but nope, not anymore. The matches themselves are just a lot less rewarding now. I used to be able to heal other members in the alliance outside of my party with quick regens or shields when I saw them getting low and I can't do that anymore with my AST because being on PS4 targeting my own party and healing them in the chaos is terrible enough, let alone other alliance members.

I was able to get my storm war steed, aerodynamics system, and garo mounts, but I will not be queuing outside of the daily roulette bonus for tombs to get the gloria or logistics mounts...and I really wanted to earn those. I loved pvp so much I would queue week long during prime time to cap my weekly scripture, but I can't enjoy this system as it is, knowing what it was. So I guess I'm going into pvp retirement :X

[Iromi]

You don't summon a pet anymore in PvP. You just have bahamut after trance.

ok yeah no...I am done with pvp lol thank you for replying and answering me though ^^ SE is crazy to take away my pet like that. It entirely changed up the play style. So glad I got my wolf marks before it got ruined.

[NessaWyvern]

It almost feels like the only people who like the new pvp are those who weren't good at it before, or those who's classes have been made OP

[Koltik]

It almost feels like the only people who like the new pvp are those who weren't good at it before, or those who's classes have been made OP

Solid argument with reliable source data. 10/10.

[JinTabasa]

It almost feels like the only people who like the new pvp are those who weren't good at it before, or those who's classes have been made OP

I main DRK which is one of, if not the strongest job in PvP and I still don't like the new pvp overall lol

[Sunako]

It almost feels like the only people who dislike the new pvp are those who pretend to be good at it before, or those who's classes have been made weak

[Mitsuhide]

I like the new pvp changes for the most part.
The best thing is the seperate hot bar, i dont know if the 1 combo button was necessary but it doesnt bother me.

Another thing is the time to kill, i like that you die alot faster.
Now you have to pick your battles more careful now, especially as melee and you have to look more on your positioning.
Melee might need some tweaks for risk vs reward but i still the alot of samurai having battle high, sprint i like that they took it away honestly.

[poffo]

I want Arathi Bassin bg layout from WoW implementet in FF14...and make it 16 vs 16

[Wyvernheart]

ballista was way better. These game modes are not easy to follow and know what you're fighting for. Ballista was far cleaner.

[Akimitsu]

1/10. I don't think I could get any feeling of accomplishment with this dumbed down new pvp. We're all gonna end up playing the same.