Free rising stars for dead ranked pvp ques

[Kemeko]

Would be nice to still be able to rank up when no one else ques for ranked, both at odd times and during the second half of seasons. Could have it que you in after 30 minutes and end the match. Cap it at 0 Crystal, so it doesn't mess with top 100 rankings and such.

[ThaCa]

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...?dcgroup=Light

This is the state of PvP at Light. Begin able to get free Crystal would already put you in top 100. And in this case top 30.

How would it count the people getting in there? First come first serve or push people off?

[Reinhardt_Azureheim]

No offence Kemeko but you are essentially creating a sloppy band-aid to a bigger problem.

If participation is low and it is difficult to go through the ranks, that is a clear indicator that changes to the mode need to happen. These may include:

- queueing structure change (maybe a duo queue allowed, better matching though that may solve itself with more players)
- map rotation replaced with random map selected per match ("oh no its volcanic heart / cloud nine, time to queue down")
- better / more unique rewards that isn't Trophy Crystals or the same Framer's kit with a different roman numeral (I swear this will go a long way)

I'd prefer real changes and not band-aids.

[Kemeko]

Doesn't top 100 ranking count all the way down to bronze tier? It's always first come first serve if they all have the exact same rank with putting people higher when they achieve a higher rank or crystal credit. Also, in order for people to reach crystal, there has to be enough rising stars in the rank pool generated from both winning streaks and people that can't derank, since they can't lose any more stars and generates free stars for the winning team.

With the current changes to ques, there are also times where there's not enough people within a certain rank bracket to trigger a match, since it requires 10 people for a que to pop, unless you start putting everyone in the same que pools with results showing teams composed of 3 or more none matching tiers breaking balance between the two.

While adding extra rewards or duo que may incentive more to play early in the season, it doesn't remedy low population servers or player drought when everyone has the rewards they want. Map rotation will change in the following patch, but there are still droughts regardless of whichever current map is showing. I que in multiple times throughtout the day currently for max 90 min each because that's when you get removed from que due to forced arena change.

Though, it'd be amusing if they added their own form of bots that are really coordinated to fill in the gaps so you are still putting an effort for a win. Similar to how you can fight NPCs for the Lord of Vermillion Tournament as well as against other players.

[Nikoto]

This doesn't make any sense, sorry.

[Mistress_Irika]

Trust me when I say that you do NOT want any bots in pvp.

[Mandudez]

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...?dcgroup=Light

This is the state of PvP at Light. Begin able to get free Crystal would already put you in top 100. And in this case top 30.

How would it count the people getting in there? First come first serve or push people off?

Many players are top 100 with only ONE OR TWO WINS holy that is a pathetic look SE.

[ThaCa]

Many players are top 100 with only ONE OR TWO WINS holy that is a pathetic look SE.

Only S1 was good on Light. Every season has been steadily declining and now you have to face the queue boss to even get that one game. Everyone is on their Chaos alts if they want to actually play and occasionally on Casual for achievement grind.

The lack of rewards and massive skill gaps make it pointless to play for most.

[Reinhardt_Azureheim]

Many players are top 100 with only ONE OR TWO WINS holy that is a pathetic look SE.

It's almost like we have nothing to play for in a community driven by rewards and incentive.

Never saw that one coming, did we?

[Osmond]

Would be nice to still be able to rank up when no one else ques for ranked, both at odd times and during the second half of seasons. Could have it que you in after 30 minutes and end the match. Cap it at 0 Crystal, so it doesn't mess with top 100 rankings and such.

Sounds like wishful thinking, but no, very exploitative and quickly removed if that’s implemented. This is a problem the PvP team have to deal with in encouraging ppl to play the content.