Balancing issues in PVP

[Sharkface]

PVP as we all know has its fair share of flaws, but I believe some just make the subgenre of FFXIV unplayable. While it would be commonplace to assume that each class would have it's own unique way to keep it viable in this game mode that's far from the truth. Classes like Reaper and Summoner are much MUCH more powerful in terms of combat, having many advantages over the other classes. One of said advantages is the ability to sustain themselves in combat without heavily relying on the widespread Recuperate ability that regenerates HP at a cost of MP with the use of: lifesteal, protective barriers that when broken heal the user, etc. While you may think "Why not just play these classes?" some people don't play these classes or just have preference in the main game and would like to continue playing as their job that they've spent so long levelling and getting into the story of. One way that we can change this is by giving each class a way to sustain itself, for example, though GNB has 3 types of junctions (each with their own specific way to change up gameplay in PVP) it is near impossible to find anyone in a 1 on 1 duel who uses anything except a DPS, which limits your ability to sustain yourself as you only have damage output. This would be okay if this damage output was good enough to not be negated by a single Recuperate ability. One way this can be changed (in GNB's sense) would be to give it it's "Brutal Shell" passive ability back, that way it can have survivability even in this DPS junction, or any junction for that matter. I feel many other classes fall short of this, falling victim to not being able to sustain themselves in combat or keep up with the survivability of the "Meta" classes in PVP. If PVP does not provide any balancing to help with these issues PVP will continue to be a chore for many players when they have to play it. I hope this was comprehensible and I mean no disrespect to the team at Square Enix, I just feel that in order to make the PVP game mode a little more accessible some changes need to be made, Thanks.

EDIT: I am a GNB main and I do have bias to this class as I love it's story and gameplay, but I have played many other classes in PVP and most still fall short survivability wise.

[Eisi]

Youuuu wanna balance for duels?

[Sharkface]

I don't see why it should be excluded, it is apart of PVP after all. Though it wasn't my main concern it was included as a example, yes.

[KageTokage]

It does kind of suck that GNB's gimmick is gated by having specific roles on the enemy team.

I feel like you should at least be able to target allies with Draw and Junction as well to increase the odds of having access to the effect you desire.

[SenzorialBoundries]

It does kind of suck that GNB's gimmick is gated by having specific roles on the enemy team.

I feel like you should at least be able to target allies with Draw and Junction as well to increase the odds of having access to the effect you desire.

Gunbreaker is sadly horribly designed, its cool from a fluff perspective but its garbo in actual game. Having your mit locked behind a junction as well as your dps being neutered when you are not in a certain junction feels terrible. Best thing they can do is make Nebula baseline at a slightly reduced effectiveness and instead give Heart of Corundum as the tank junction ability.

[Ransu]

Gunbreaker is sadly horribly designed, its cool from a fluff perspective but its garbo in actual game. Having your mit locked behind a junction as well as your dps being neutered when you are not in a certain junction feels terrible. Best thing they can do is make Nebula baseline at a slightly reduced effectiveness and instead give Heart of Corundum as the tank junction ability.

Junction just needs to be basically stances on a CD and it immediately fixes GNB problems.

[ThaCa]

1v1 Duels is irrelevant when the game is balanced for Crystalline Conflict.

No MMO directly balances for 1v1, especially when they have so many Jobs/Classes to choose from.

[Ransu]

The game is balanced around team play... 1v1 duels are just for fun. Balancing around something so pointless would be an impossible task. Case in point, outside of the LB reapers are pretty whatever in CC, but they are basically the best 1v1 job in the game.

[MonteCristo]

The game is balanced around team play... 1v1 duels are just for fun. Balancing around something so pointless would be an impossible task. Case in point, outside of the LB reapers are pretty whatever in CC, but they are basically the best 1v1 job in the game.

Better than GNB and mnk???

[Ransu]

Better than GNB and mnk???

I mean, unless GNB is dueling a healer, they have like zero sustainability in dps stance and are just slightly tanky in tank stance. MNK is good, but rpr sustainability makes them nearly impossible to kill in a 1v1. I did a rpr vs rpr once for the luls and the duel lasted several minutes. It just came down to who would make the first mistake in timing their guard/LB.