4v4 Practice Mode - SE Please

[Tillen]

And we've come full circle.

Lots of new players who don't know what to do, and a limited quick chat system that does little to change that and is barely useful for its intended purpose, not to mention rather annoying. And did I say limited?

Also little to no effort on SE's part to help people learn, even after oversimplifying the PvP combat system entirely. . . Whoever's handling development and management of PvP in this game. . . please stop.

Absolutely. There are so many PvP games out there to take pointers from, and learn lessons from, that its like they are developing FFXIV PvP with blinders on.

[Caitlyn]

The problem with that is no one listens to call outs.

Because even when you spam it, it seems to be not clear for anyone. Its more like:

Healer: "Attacking melee!" (focus melee please)
DPS: "Attacking ranged" (Ah ok, you attack melee, we attack someone else.)
Healer: "Attacking melee! Attacking melee! Attacking melee!" (No! I want you to focus melee!!!)
DPS: "Attacking ranged" (We got it, you attack melee. We attack someone else.)
Healer: "Hello" (I m done... I m out.)


It would help a bit, if we at least got commands like this:

• "Yes."
• "No."
• "Attack [role/job]!"
• "[playername] take Buff/Medals/Whatever!"
• "Help!"

Or just enable chat again.

[Cynric]

Because even when you spam it, it seems to be not clear for anyone. Its more like:

Healer: "Attacking melee!" (focus melee please)
DPS: "Attacking ranged" (Ah ok, you attack melee, we attack someone else.)
Healer: "Attacking melee! Attacking melee! Attacking melee!" (No! I want you to focus melee!!!)
DPS: "Attacking ranged" (We got it, you attack melee. We attack someone else.)
Healer: "Hello" (I m done... I m out.)


It would help a bit, if we at least got commands like this:

• "Yes."
• "No."
• "Attack [role/job]!"
• "[playername] take Buff/Medals/Whatever!"
• "Help!"

Or just enable chat again.

GET THE MEDALS!! GET THE MEDALS!! (oh lord i'll just take them stop staring at them Mr. 50 medals!)

[Stormfur]

I've always thought that if we're not getting our chat back (looks unlikely), then at least make quick chat commands by role since that seems to be the way things are going now. Some commands are going to exist for every role, but some, like healer, need things like "I'm stunned/silenced", "You're out of my line of sight", etc.

[Mirch]

yes please, practice mode 4v4

[OskarXCI]

Unless someone has mentioned it already, you can do 4v4 practice through Custom Matches. I have never tried it myself but there's apparently no chat restriction with custom matches.

Right now, the best you can do is to invite your FC buddies and/or create a PvP linkshell and get people to together through that.

Cross-server custom matches and cross-server linkshells are supposedly coming with 4.1 so it will become a lot easier to find people to play with.