Final Fantasy XIV Hot Takes

[Shougun]

My hot take: I still do not find the new PVP to be any fun. I can't even bring myself to do a daily Frontline roulette, since I know I will almost always be on a losing team.

But I hate PVP games in general. At least in something simple like Pokemon Go I have a 50/50 shot of success at it. In anything more complicated, I feel like it's closer to 10% chance of winning.

Probably doomed to this feeling, but I would probably add to your win rate desires that given frontline is 1v1v1 under a balanced distribution you're expecting a 1/3 win rate- which would feel worse than perhaps a player expecting a 1/2 win rate. I think frontline is best looked at as entertaining chaos, because if you try to expect winning... good luck! lol. Sometimes you will be in groups who throw themselves embarrassingly onto the enemy 1 by 1 in an orchestrated dance of feeding. Other times you feel like everyone is a pvp grandmaster and you're mowing through the enemy like goats in a garden. The crystal pvp can be a bit more skill based feeling, but will direct more pressure for you particularly to perform well since each person is even more important when there are less of you (which could be the opposite of someone who doesn't really love pvp wants).

[Renalt]

Probably doomed to this feeling, but I would probably add to your win rate desires that given frontline is 1v1v1 under a balanced distribution you're expecting a 1/3 win rate- which would feel worse than perhaps a player expecting a 1/2 win rate. I think frontline is best looked at as entertaining chaos, because if you try to expect winning... good luck! lol. Sometimes you will be in groups who throw themselves embarrassingly onto the enemy 1 by 1 in an orchestrated dance of feeding. Other times you feel like everyone is a pvp grandmaster and you're mowing through the enemy like goats in a garden. The crystal pvp can be a bit more skill based feeling, but will direct more pressure for you particularly to perform well since each person is even more important when there are less of you (which could be the opposite of someone who doesn't really love pvp wants).

I hate frontlines if I'm a melee character. If you go in ever you or bursted down instantly by like 20 people since all teams move in herds. CC is better cause it's 5v5 and way more contained. If you want to be of any use in Frontlines as melee you have to wait till someone foolishly jumps into the middle of your pack or to help clear a defensive point. Thats the only way to guarantee you aren't targeted by a dozen people.

[Rein_eon_Osborne]

Someone, somewhere, in the dev’s team is obsessed with Silver Ore.

[EgilTheStressedMage]

Someone, somewhere, in the dev’s team is obsessed with Silver Ore.

I love going back to ARR to make items in EW, said not a single person period.

[Soge01]

Someone, somewhere, in the dev’s team is obsessed with Silver Ore.

Speaking of crafting. Heavensward crafting is hell on Ethryis.

Too much crap to buy/gather to make one. single. ITEM!!!!

[Hyperia]

Someone, somewhere, in the dev’s team is obsessed with Silver Ore.

It’s to help make the old zones look more alive and not dead.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Keeps the bots busy, anyway.

[Anienai]

I like gathering in old zones.

[Jagick]

Alphinaud and Alisaie should be kicked to the curb, they aren't bad characters strictly speaking but the writing should have stopped accommodating them years ago. They (especially Alphinaud) have been constantly making mistakes because of their naivete and hubris and screwing things up for everyone around them (and gets multiple innocent people killed) over and over since A Realm Reborn. These literal children have no business leading anyone, negotiating on behalf of anyone, or making any sort of diplomatic or authoritative decisions for the Scions or any other group. They should not be allowed to be envoys, diplomats, negotiators, or policy makers. The absolute MOST they should be doing is assisting Tataru with logistical work and housekeeping. Send these children home before they get even more people killed, I don't care how great their Grandfather was, they aren't him. That's my hot take.

/Endrant

[Videra]

Gonna necro this thread to offer my own take:

Job design was by and larger superior in HW, and Bard was at its absolute peak during that expansion.