Add PvE stats to PvP gear again as a form of progression for outside of PvP

[Praesul]

I've been thinking lately about how nice it was, in the past PvP gear had PvE stats on them, even if the item level of the gear was far above what could be used in PvP (150 for HW, so the increased item level of the 235 gear didn't make a difference inside PvP instances.)

In Stormblood, all the new PvP gear is purely cosmetic, and while I think that's fine enough incentive and reward for most players, I think it would attract many more players if they could acquire gear that they could use outside of PvP, maybe to gear alts or something. The gear doesn't have to be cutting edge, just something to acquire on the side.

In other MMOs, they allow you to gear up even if all you do is play PvP exclusively which I think is a great idea for players that prefer one style of play over the other, while still progressing in PvE on the side.

Of course we should still keep stats and item levels out of actual PvP itself, I think everyone agrees stats having no affect on PvP was the way to go, it keeps everyone on a level playing field with skill and experience being the only ways to actually "progress".

Maybe even make the top 100 feast rewards have a very high item level, but not higher than the current best PvE gear. Entice more people to play. The method of acquirement would be slower (in the time it takes for a season to resolve you could likely raid and get an entire set of gear) and it wouldn't even be a complete set, since you'd be missing belt + all of the right side gear. That's mostly just idle wishing, I'd be satisfied with getting any sort of gear that would be usable outside of PvP.

[Crit]

no.




buff monk instead

[Nova_Rox]

no.




buff monk instead

Can we just buff BRD please. Give us an AoE.

[Bright-Flower]

I recall the 230 Garo gear being nice when it first came out, I'd be fine with it. Not as high ilvl as capped tomestone gear, but I'm all for an alternate means of catch up. Say in this patch allow ilvl 360 pvp gear as an alternative to mendacity to grind for catching up. Something equal to or slightly behind uncapped tomestones.

But then I'm also not a pvper, I only hop into frontline roulettes when SE puts out something I want, like that sky armor mount...

[Etrius]

Dev answer: No.

Next topic please!

[Mirch]

bring back morale

[Zojha]

Dev answer: No.

More likely answer:
"Good news everybody! In patch 2.X, we introduced tomestones to our PvP modes! This will allow you to keep up with your PvE gearing needs, even if you really just want to PvP!

Enjoy and best of luck on the battlefield!"

[Etrius]

More likely answer:
"Good news everybody! In patch 2.X, we introduced tomestones to our PvP modes! This will allow you to keep up with your PvE gearing needs, even if you really just want to PvP!

Enjoy and best of luck on the battlefield!"

Oh yeah, this happened.