Thread: 6.1 PvP: Amazing!!

Originally Posted by Ransu

Would also be nice if we got a damn audio queue when someone uses an LB so we can at least have a chance to react to it.

They'd need to give LBs an actual cast time because the damage is locked in the instant you hit the action presently, so even if you say, guard or stun a MCH the instant you see their LB animation start happening you'll still take the hit.

Originally Posted by KageTokage

They'd need to give LBs an actual cast time because the damage is locked in the instant you hit the action presently, so even if you say, guard or stun a MCH the instant you see their LB animation start happening you'll still take the hit.

I don't see the problem here. They shouldn't be that instantaneous anyways. Dying from 100% out of nowhere and not knowing what the hell killed you is extremely frustrating.

Originally Posted by Ransu

Primal rend absolutely needs to be nerfed. It needs to either be a single target gap closing stun or remove the gap closer and leave it an aoe stun. Ninja LB also needs to be nerfed. Allowing them to be able to do potentially two LB's is stupid. Would also be nice if we got a damn audio queue when someone uses an LB so we can at least have a chance to react to it.

I disagree... if you get hit by Primal rend and it stuns everyone, it meant your party was standing too close together. That's a low rank rookie mistake.

Ninja LB is fine as is. It's utterly useless unless it works on the ideal situation, which is what makes it fun and impactful when paired with its toolkit. The huge delay ninja has after utilizing LB is also something you can take advantage of since they'll be immediately animation locked. It has equally as big of a drawback to its usage if you can bait it. This LB is unlike other melee LBs which are impactful no matter the situation (DRG/SAM/MNK).

Originally Posted by AnotherPerson

I disagree... if you get hit by Primal rend and it stuns everyone, it meant your party was standing too close together. That's a low rank rookie mistake.

Ninja LB is fine as is. It's utterly useless unless it works on the ideal situation, which is what makes it fun and impactful when paired with its toolkit. The huge delay ninja has after utilizing LB is also something you can take advantage of since they'll be immediately animation locked. It has equally as big of a drawback to its usage if you can bait it. This LB is unlike other melee LBs which are impactful no matter the situation (DRG/SAM/MNK).

You can disagree all you want, but you're still wrong. At one point or another you're gonna be clumped together because there's this thing called the objective. Primal rend is broken, especially when they also have a stupid pull chain.

I want to like the mode, but the more I play it the more flawed it is. Roles need to just go away completely. I'm tired of seeing 2 or 3 healers on a team.

anyone else have their sound suddenly muted?

I love it personally, especially considering what we had.. and I'm not usually a PVP fan in most games (Lost ark was pretty fun for a while) - Sure getting out of Bronze is luck, but every well earned win, or last minute comeback feels great regardless of rank to me

I hate the daily frontline rotation just let me play all of them

It's definitely the best it's ever been. Even Frontlines is much improved with overpowered healers gone. Job balance is kinda whack but that can be improved, more importantly the jobs feel unique despite the limited movesets. It's a lot easier to just jump in and contribute. Crystal Conflict is also good as a fast casual mode, easy to understand, small groups and fast matches so the queues pop often.

There are some aspects of the game infrastructure and netcode which will mean XIV will never be able to be a serious hardcore PvP game, most obviously the excessive delay between pressing an action and having the effects apply. But as a casual chaotic brawl it's really fun. It feels kinda like 8 player Smash Bros. Sure it's "competitive" in the sense that there's winners and losers but you can't take it too seriously as a skill-based contest, and that's fine.

I think the series system is a pretty good idea and seems overall fairly well executed, although I would like to see a series exp bonus on the daily Frontlines challenge because right now its much more exp efficient to spam Crystal Conflict.