Quote Originally Posted by Ametrine View Post
Not to get all "Back in my day!" on everyone, but PVP used to have exclusive PVP stats, along witb materia and gearsets specifically tailored for PVP modes. This meant you played PVP modes to earn Wolf Marks to buy PVP gear to get better stats in PVP. Pretty straightforward stuff.
Morale was stupid, because it meant new players were useless. It's bad enough to have a skills gap in arena pvp; with a stats gap, it's near impossible for new players to complete. It makes maybe more sense in open world pvp, which I'm betting is where it came from.