Start of new PvP seasons vs major content release

[Valence]

The fact that some pvp seasons start just at the same time as major patch content releases is annoying. If one wants to enjoy first the story and new content first week, then the weeks after it's savage raids... when do I even find the time to consistently play ranked pvp??

This knowing that it's gonna peter out at some point as well so I can't tally that much, and it's also probably not helping for the amount of people that actually take part in those at the ranked level.

Please move pvp season openings to minor patches.

[Llynethil]

For w/e reason they have this mindset of they only do bigger job balancing in big patches only, includng pvp ones, with few exceptions, it would be much better to space pve and pvp apart indeed.

I also don't get why they don't do more minor balancing patches neither, I'd love to see many small patches that each time give minor potency buff/nerfs for finetuning aswell.

Better for the game's health too with less dry spells of nothing new being added for a while.

[Moonlite]

For w/e reason they have this mindset of they only do bigger job balancing in big patches only, includng pvp ones, with few exceptions, it would be much better to space pve and pvp apart indeed.

I also don't get why they don't do more minor balancing patches neither, I'd love to see many small patches that each time give minor potency buff/nerfs for finetuning aswell.

Better for the game's health too with less dry spells of nothing new being added for a while.

Other games when stuff is unbalanced or not working right. They have a PvP patch. SE we only really try to fix stuff every 2 years. I don't know what to call it. But it isn't' healthy for growing the game. PvP is a never ending balance job of players vs devs. But here we are devs are "see you in two years". Then you get players it's fine just counter it, as if you can't be sunned/controlled repeatedly. Or the game already doesn't have the best interactions of abilities.

[Nanne]

They keep releasing new seasons one after another without any breaks years on end. I fondly remember one of the Feast seasons starting on Christmas day

[Elfidan]

The fact that some pvp seasons start just at the same time as major patch content releases is annoying. If one wants to enjoy first the story and new content first week, then the weeks after it's savage raids... when do I even find the time to consistently play ranked pvp??

This knowing that it's gonna peter out at some point as well so I can't tally that much, and it's also probably not helping for the amount of people that actually take part in those at the ranked level.

Please move pvp season openings to minor patches.

Makes sense to me. I don't even do raiding and there's not really time between new content and life to squeeze it all in. I have yet to touch the loporrit tribe. Or any of the treasure map content post initial release.

[Elucesta]

Tbh I think this is a non-issue, why move the opening? It just ensures that there is also something else to do aside from story and raids.

[Valence]

I don't know about you but ranked takes a significant investment in time every day, much like raiding. Combining both is possible but you end up with days crammed with nothing else but XIV for weeks, and tbh I don't think it's healthy to base content consumption in the game around no lifers (which I'm not even, but imagine the people that barely have their evenings...), especially when there is so many content lulls after said big releases.

The main problem is that this CANNOT be delayed, much like raiding and they are on a timed window (ranked especially). Both are also active generally in the evening. Both types of content conflict hard with each other.

[Ransu]

Honestly, I just stopped caring after season 3. I would love to play ranked (especially given the extreme skill range differences in casual mode), but the mode literally dies a week after a new season.

I'm all in favor in having new seasons start during the minor x.x5 updates instead of dropping at the start of a main patch, but I also think they need to change the ranking system. Personally at this point I'm ok with the ranking system going back to how it was in season 1, however, crystal ranks (and maybe diamond) need rank decay so people just cant hit top 100 and sit there the rest of the season without playing anymore.

[ThaCa]

They could easily start the Season a month late and cut off the mini-Season at the end of the patch.

[Towa-Musa]

The fact that some pvp seasons start just at the same time as major patch content releases is annoying. If one wants to enjoy first the story and new content first week, then the weeks after it's savage raids... when do I even find the time to consistently play ranked pvp??

This knowing that it's gonna peter out at some point as well so I can't tally that much, and it's also probably not helping for the amount of people that actually take part in those at the ranked level.

Please move pvp season openings to minor patches.

are we talking about series pass or 'rank reset' season? because i can tell you 90% of us dont really care about one of those.