Will this game ever get open world pvp?

[NegativeS]

The reason it works in something like WoW is because it was part of the game from the beginning, and it works into the faction conflict story.

Not only does FFXIV not have any of the framework required for something like this (for example, characters that stay in the world during cutscenes are effectively invincible, and teleport around a lot), but it wouldn't make any sense for adventurers to beat the snot out of each other in front of Hraesvelgr.

...it would be fun, though

[Xtro99]

The reason it works in something like WoW is because it was part of the game from the beginning, and it works into the faction conflict story.

Not only does FFXIV not have any of the framework required for something like this (for example, characters that stay in the world during cutscenes are effectively invincible, and teleport around a lot), but it wouldn't make any sense for adventurers to beat the snot out of each other in front of Hraesvelgr.

...it would be fun, though

It's only fun when you're at the right end of the stick, not when you get continuously jumped and camped by 2 or 3 people 10 levels higher than you.

Anyways, Wpvp in WoW has been dead for a while now, specially with websites tracking player participation and prompting mass exoduses of people to one side or the other, making the game completely unplayable for one faction (for classic) and Wpvp in retail is a snoozefest.