Quote Originally Posted by Risvertasashi View Post
It is probably not alright to ask for. SE had a company advise them on how to make their pvp more esports friendly (laugh if you want, they do care), and among the recommendations was not gating pvp with so much pve content.
In every game I've played there was some sort of restriction on RANKED games. It's not smart to allow complete new players to play a competitive game mode... Hell even overwatch the easiest of games to pick up and learn has a requirement for RANKED games. I will never see FFXIV PVP as an esport simply due to the fact "It's a shit show" some games you get a decent match up and it's actually fun, some games you get a healer who's played 4 PVP matches total thinking they're ready for ranked play