Quote Originally Posted by Khryseis_Astra View Post
By the same token, ignoring the objectives of the arena will also cause a loss. For example, if you let the other team get all the big ice, or don’t guard the tomeliths you take (which add to your score as long as they’re in your team’s possession), etc.

That’s one of the things I actually enjoy about pvp in FFXIV, is that it’s not just mindless pvp. Knockouts and battle high are important yes, but the arena objectives still need to be met. The winning teams are usually doing a good balance of both.
Let me explain very simply for you:

A team full of BH5s might lose some objectives at first. But then once they get their BH5s, they can just attack whoever has the highest score and steamroll you in your base and get kill points. Basically you spent the entire match farming objectives for them.