Open World PvP

[KizuyaKatogami]

I was gonna go with sociopath.

Great fun loving community by the way.

[BaconBits]

Oh the one hand, the PVP in this game is utter dogshit and I hate it. On the other hand, I get to Order 66 Lalafels, tough choice.

I don't know man, those Lalafells are pretty crafty

[Caurcas]

I don't know man, those Lalafells are pretty crafty

When your in Ul'Dah and the sand starts speaking Lalafell.

[Cidel]

There's clearly more opposed to it than in favor of it. As it stands now, XIV's PvP is incredibly simplistic in the name of "balance," but still manages to flounder in that regard. Their current PvP gets so little attention and work put into it, that I'm already skeptical of whatever else they supposedly came up with that's intended to replace Feast. Beyond that, I suspect there will be another long lull of nothing for PvP (as they do whenever they release a new Frontlines map/mode); they've gone from like 3, to 2, to just 1 PvP gear set per expansion.

Not that I can blame them for wanting to move away from it. I've seen enough of the Live Letters on Twitch or whatever to see how a majority of the playerbase feels about their PvP; every time a slide with PvP even mentioned shows up, the chatbox is unceremoniously spammed with apathetic-looking emotes (I think it's referred to as "I sleep?," might have changed now). Their PvP is also so highly reliant on players fighting as a pack; I have a hard time imagining how rewarding it would feel to always have to travel as a group. It's bad enough trying to herd cats teams in Frontlines to accomplish anything.

Netcode, balance, and lack of rewards (and development time) aside, I theorize that a big problem with their PvP is that they design it with JP in mind, not NA/EU players. There's a stark contrast with how JP behave in Frontlines and how NA/EU want to behave. As a result, it's largely a more frustrating experience and not to the liking of majority of the players here.

[BaconBits]

When your in Ul'Dah and the sand starts speaking Lalafell.

"BY HALONE, THEY'RE IN THE SAND!"

[KizuyaKatogami]

He is just trying to be edgy I think, like a teenager swearing in public and stuff

I didn’t know being edgy was associated with being able to give out facts...In that case no wonder a majority of the community doesn’t like being edgy

[VirusOnline]

What if I told y'all that this forum is the open world PvP ?

Subarashii.
Sorry, I don't know why this keeps happening.

[BaconBits]

What if I told y'all that this forum is the open world PvP ?

Subarashii.
Sorry, I don't know why this keeps happening.

I'd believe it lol.

[KizuyaKatogami]

Oh right, probably why the game has gone from strength to strength and is still growing, breaking the standard MMO mould of growth, because it's stuck in the mud and insipid. Hot take that
.

Is that why we’re missing so much content this expansion?While also having constant content downgrades compared to last expansion...

[Kes13a]

Is that why we’re missing so much content this expansion?While also having constant content downgrades compared to last expansion...

just my opinion, but putting out anything in the face of the restrictions imposed by a GLOBAL REAL WORLD HEALTH EVENT may have had an influence of that.

I guess things may have been different in your country though so you have far higher expectations