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  1. #11
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    jimmybe29's Avatar
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    Yamakaji Edo'sen
    World
    Moogle
    Main Class
    Monk Lv 100
    Quote Originally Posted by RedAkihabara View Post
    You guys perfectly described the death spiral that punishes players for not being able to play during the first two weeks of a season. This isn't a you problem, it's a fundamental design failure.

    You aren't hardstuck. You are design-stuck. The system placed you in a bracket and then took away the ladder. Until the developers implement these basic features, this cycle will repeat every single season, and dedicated players will continue to be punished for wanting to play.
    ye i'm aware was just wondering if I was alone in this very fucked up position
    I was top 100 first season and crystal for a few others just quit pvp for a while when I took a break from the game, didn't expect to go from having insta queue proc to literally no queue proc at all by gaining 1 rank
    the design is just straight up horrible and I hope the devs actually acknowledge and address this issue
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    Last edited by jimmybe29; 09-23-2025 at 12:24 PM.

  2. #12
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    Stormfur's Avatar
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    The World of Darkness
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    Character
    Hex Pathcrosser
    World
    Leviathan
    Main Class
    Dragoon Lv 72
    This is why I don't understand why they added even MORE levels, like I'm at upper plat and it's impossible to get matches of ANY kind right now.
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    "We want bunny suits for guys!" -- OK! ✅
    "We want Ishgard housing!" -- OK! ✅
    "We want Viera!" -- OK! ✅
    "We want Cloud's motorcycle!" -- OK! ✅
    "We want Blue Mage!"-- OK! ✅
    "We want the ability to earn past Feast rewards!" - HAHA no that's sacred.

  3. #13
    Player Infindox's Avatar
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    Absenthine Starfrost
    World
    Faerie
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    Red Mage Lv 100
    Quote Originally Posted by bortmode View Post
    SE should really just remove the casual queue; there's no value in it in particular since you would actually get better matches playing ranked anyway.
    Forcing players who just want to play the mode in a casual manner into ranked dilutes the matches and makes the overall experience worse.
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  4. 09-24-2025 02:36 PM

  5. #14
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    NevaehQuest's Avatar
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    after being banned I am now a new person, I love the dev I love FFXIV, perfect game 10 out of 10.
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    Character
    Nev Noe
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    Hyperion
    Main Class
    Botanist Lv 100
    same, tbh i blame some super toxic asshole mnk players just ratting new player in casual, pretty much killed the gamemods popularity but hey it is wat it is. i feel like the game punish new player way too hard. most of the pvp game have some kind of safezone or ways for players to anti-ratting but this gamemod is really sth. when u see an asshole mnk chasing a poor healer the entire game is really sth...
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    Last edited by NevaehQuest; 09-24-2025 at 02:51 PM.

  6. #15
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    Valence's Avatar
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    Sunie Dakwhil
    World
    Twintania
    Main Class
    Machinist Lv 100
    I could see casual being merged with ranked actually work if all manner of leagues only unlock for players that do opt in, and have casuals be paired with up to Gold rankers, while for casuals that don't opt in they'd just not have any league or rank. Materialistically this would work I believe, but the real issue is the toxicity and the mindset. There is a huge difference how players take something competitive like ranked and something semi competitive like casual, it's night and day. You'd get ignore marks flying everywhere, a lot of hatred immediately directed at casuals from rankers, etc.

    So nah.
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  7. #16
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    NevaehQuest's Avatar
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    after being banned I am now a new person, I love the dev I love FFXIV, perfect game 10 out of 10.
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    Character
    Nev Noe
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    Hyperion
    Main Class
    Botanist Lv 100
    The problem is that new player just start playing for a month being thrown into players that been playing for years, and theres no ways to protect them. Most of the people I know try a few game until they run into some asshole making their life measurable and they just stop playing. Thats ... all my friends. I trired to ask them to play some game with me and they all gave up after like 5 games. You know if they can just chilling in the bass for a bit or run behind a turret to take cover or sth... they might keep playing a bit longer.


    Because of that, there is no new blood for the gamemode. Its just a bunch of old asshole being asshole to each other until they also give up, that explain why rank is dead.
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    Last edited by NevaehQuest; 09-24-2025 at 09:02 PM.

  8. #17
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    Valence's Avatar
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    Sunie Dakwhil
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    Twintania
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    Machinist Lv 100
    If you mean ranked, yes, the CC ranked pvp communities are truly something. Stick to casual if you don't want to get harassed or called names outside of the game, but to be fair, the real harassment happens at high rank within those communities. Low ranks below diamond don't even meet or interact with those people, so at best you'll have people malding with quickchat spamm or some ignore marks in the game, which I'm not saying is okay, but it's not on the level of the toxicity of anything past diamond level, which tends to happen outside of the game (discords and streams among other platforms).

    In any multiplayer game the people actually getting into ranked ladders tend to be minorities to begin with. But seeing the average vibes and culture that's being bred at higher levels, that's no wonder people reach diam+ and just stop after.
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    Secretly had a crush on Mao

  9. #18
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    Bureda's Avatar
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    Bureda Ghodhand
    World
    Phoenix
    Main Class
    Rogue Lv 100
    Let's start making excuses for the development team.

    How they have no resources,
    How they have no man power,
    How they have better things to do,
    How they have random projects that get scraped in a year or 3,
    How they are okay to do the bare minimum,
    How even when their bare minimum is unacceptable but hey, surely next time,
    How they are humans too!!!

    I know I love having my time wasted and paying for it on top.
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  10. #19
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    MayuAmakura's Avatar
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    Mayu Amakura
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    Alpha
    Main Class
    Ninja Lv 100
    Well its a dead game mode, what can you expect? Devs so incompetent to even try to keep it alive. Pushing 2 new ranks was just a placebo effect so crystal people can bark at each other and "feel" good.
    People should demote from ranks including plat, gold, there's no need to protect them. You as plat will be able to play with diamonds but since only crystal+ players play at this part of the season, good luck finding games. Spoilers: it won't be any.
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  11. #20
    Player
    Valence's Avatar
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    Sunie Dakwhil
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    Twintania
    Main Class
    Machinist Lv 100
    Meanwhile it pops 24/7 in JP all ranks. So what's up with westerners?
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    Secretly had a crush on Mao

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