random Duty Finder groups - Square Enix attitude solution INC

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Seeing that you cannot up-vote people that you queue with or friends that you enter with, they are punishing players for being loyal to a group and friends.

(1) Because abuse don't happen in FC/LS parties. So it was never a problem in the first place. Abusive behavior in FC/LS runs can be easily taken care of by disciplinary action. Not so in random pugs.

(2) The problem here is with random pugs where there are no incentives to be nice. So the solution was targeted at random pugs.

(3) The MVP system is aimed to improve relationships in random matches, and indeed if you read the interview, it only allows votes on random matches.

* For those who have not read the details of this system: the planned MVP vote only activates in a "Random Duty match". I.e. you don't queue solo for AK and get votes. You queue a random duty, the server decides where your role is most needed, and you be nice to those people who's been waiting for you for so long. So you may very well get into a story mode Garuda fight. If you be nice and explain the fights, pull the group through, sure you'll get your MVP vote. Note also this is once a day.

So no, it is not penalizing anyone. If you refuse to help strangers by always playing with your mates, you have no right to claim any rewards that are given to people who help strangers.

PLUS, it is a once-a-day reward. So you can very well just do one random and go back to your mates and still get the full rewards.

** What this also means, is that it doesn't help the end-game grinding dungeons much. You don't do random on that. But you may get a few random matched people who try to be nice and end up there...well maybe it helps a little.