All this smack against "premades"

[LexxyRaptor]

And what is really happening here is people are basically penalized for playing with friends in a MASSIVELY MULTIPLAYER ONLINE GAME.

This idea that so-called "Premades" are nigh indestructable is plain wrong. Plenty matches I ran with a full group and we just got crushed because we were not paying attention to the map or the objectives, tunneling too hard, didn't have any/good healers... the list goes on. Same reasons a PUG will lose a match.

I get it, a lot of people who PvP in this game just do it for their achievement and currencies, but for all of stormblood really, It was literally the only content I'd bother with and win or lose I didn't care cause I just wanted to play with friends. Plenty others just geniunely, (hot take!), enjoy PvPing with friends.

Both the removal of 8man parties and 24man matches really hurt how active the game mode is. One or the other I could understand, but both just seems like terrible decision making. Catering to those who are casually, even reluctantly, playing PvP just for the sake of collecting glam stuff. Not listening to the playerbase who -actually- enjoys it.

And penalizing players for having friends they want to play the game with just makes no sense.
No one would actually play the game if you could only run extreme/savage/ultimate content with a light party and then queue up through duty/raid finder to PUG the rest.

[BloodRubyXII]

delete this

[LexxyRaptor]

delete this

delete me first bby. uwu

[BloodRubyXII]

delete me first bby. uwu

yo nani bro

[Avenger]

I think the current 4p party queue for frontline is fine. 8p parties would probably make it more unbalanced.

I tend to concur that the greatest issue is teams not playing well, usually by splitting up, ignoring objectives, etc.. Or alliances with a single healer. Or tanks (or healers or dps) not helping their party or alliance. Etc..

So far I am maintaining the 15% win rate which seems about right for Immortal Flames on the Crystal DC.

I would be OK with roulette being switched to all freelance though to mix things up a bit.

[Crit]

Gotta accommodate the pve ultimate heros that think pvp is bad without even trying it out fully with an ego boosted by scripted content!!

Them dirty pvpers always playing together!! How unfair!!! HOW DARE they impede my progress towards my mount by playing with each other as friends!!!! Blasphemy!!! SE do something about it!!

[LexxyRaptor]

I think the current 4p party queue for frontline is fine. 8p parties would probably make it more unbalanced.

I tend to concur that the greatest issue is teams not playing well, usually by splitting up, ignoring objectives, etc.. Or alliances with a single healer. Or tanks (or healers or dps) not helping their party or alliance. Etc..

So far I am maintaining the 15% win rate which seems about right for Immortal Flames on the Crystal DC.

I would be OK with roulette being switched to all freelance though to mix things up a bit.

If it was 24man matches, i'd be okay with the 4man party queue limitation.

8 dorks together really don't make a huge difference in a 72man.

I fully support enforcing freelancer. I don't care about what color i'm playing as, partying up with friends already forces you to freelance ever since freelancing was implemented.
People have started the synchronized solo-queuing thing as a way to get around the 4man limitation. as it turns out, people have more than 3 friends they wanna play the game with.

[Ahzuran]

Good job SE for finally doing the sensible thing for once.

[LexxyRaptor]

Good job SE for finally doing the sensible thing for once.

You know, stardew valley doesn't have a subscription fee.
Seems like you'd be saving money for the content you're actually looking for.

[BloodRubyXII]

You know, stardew valley doesn't have a subscription fee.
Seems like you'd be saving money for the content you're actually looking for.

cmon fam dont do ahzu like that stardew valley is sick m8