PvP and its Popularity

[Penthea]

Can't comment on the overall popularity of it as I don't engage much in pvp in this game. However I can say that since the rewards included hairstyles and furnishings the interest in pvp among my friends has very noticeably increased. So maybe the rewards is one of many things SE can work on to increase pvp's appeal.

[Enla]

Can't comment on the overall popularity of it as I don't engage much in pvp in this game. However I can say that since the rewards included hairstyles and furnishings the interest in pvp among my friends has very noticeably increased. So maybe the rewards is one of many things SE can work on to increase pvp's appeal.

Every time rewards come out for PVP there's a marked increase in interest. If they focused on that it might revive the mode for people who don't play it exclusively, because once everyone has everything interest always drops off.

[WellFooled]

I still PvP on occasion, but only to work toward the rewards offered by it. I find the combat to be fairly bland, but there's still some enjoyable matches here and there.

My major problems with it are:

1: Combat in PvP has become boring since the removal of most abilities in SB. Which makes it hard to enjoy the actual gameplay and instead it becomes something I do purely for the item rewards, which I don't think is a sustainable method to keep players interested.

2: The 3v3 format in Frontlines causes weird imbalances that ruin most matches. Almost every game result is because of some weird mix match caused by having three times. For example one team can perform very well, but their success becomes a 2v1 situation that is impossible to win. Or one team is handed a victory, because the two other teams are fighting each other instead. I would prefer a 1v1 scenario where those kind of imbalances don't happen. That way a team either wins or loses on its own merit and not because of what some third wheel team did.

[RareItems]

If PVP didn't require 10min-2 hour wait queue time more ppl would play it xD. Instant queue instanced PVP like in Eureka would make it work.

[Mirch]

If PVP didn't require 10min-2 hour wait queue time more ppl would play it xD. Instant queue instanced PVP like in Eureka would make it work.

wow you never played season 2, gg

[Dreggit]

I preferred PvP when the Garo event was live. It was a lot more fun to work toward completing sets than not. I would appreciate there being more events like that one or something in general to work towards.

[van_arn]

For context, please check the date I joined the forums.

I also had around 10k posts in the alpha/beta forums of ARR as the self-proclaimed emperor of general discussion.

I also was in the sort-of not-really forums for 1.0 alpha/beta.

I have never queued for PVP in any phase of this game's life.



This is not because I dislike PVP, in fact I love it. I was a K-BDO player that went on to play in the US at launch and was an absolute monster. I love seiges, open world pvp, ganking, and yes-- even instanced teamstyle pvp.

I have played on a PVP server on every single MMO I've had the option to do so in, all the way back to Dark Age of Camelot. I was that typical WoW MALE HUMAN WARRIOR boring PVP ALL DAY player on Azgalor in Vanilla.

I have never even zoned into PVP in FFXIV. I have no intention of zoning into any PVP content in this game, and I have no idea why.

It's not because FFXIV PVP is good or bad or in between, it's just a void. I feel no gravity at all. Inexplicably I'm not attracted to it at all, but I'm also not repelled by it.

[Vahlnir]

The only time I ever did PvP in a hardcore fashion was when the Garo event was implemented. I wanted that Raigo mount really, REALLY bad and basically no lifed PvP for a week straight. Thankfully I managed to get it, along with the other 2 mounts and all the gear sets I wanted, but I'd be content if they never did something like this again. It was like the Yokai event...painful. So painful. But it wasn't even the fault of the system in this particular case: it was the people that (for the most part) made it way harder than it needed to be. Heck, they still do. I'm fine if they keep adding new glamours, maybe the occasional mount purchasable with marks...but I don't think there's much they can do to make PvP "good" in this game. It's PvE oriented and I believe the focus should stay there.

[OurMom]

I liked the pvp when the jobs had all their ability.

It's not fun now and the healers are annoying, the natural way to deal with healers in most pvp situations is to CC them, you can't do that when there's no cc. It's just completely awful, if they went back to how it was I would pvp more.