What's your pet-peeve in FFXIV: ARR?

[DakAttack]

Re: What's your pet-peeve in FFXIV: ARR?

I only had time to play one round before I had to leave for work, so my observations are limited.

• Nobody dies quickly, even the healers who are traditionally easy targets.
• Heals aren't difficult when under duress and are very powerful.
• There's a lot of moving around and crowd control doesn't change this. Sleep is the big exception here.
• The arena is small, but there are multiple ways to break line of sight.
• This isn't a mode with a lot of strategic or competitive potential. It certainly wont be the next e-sport.

I don't believe they have enough experience with competitive games to create their own competitive mode. I think this is the bare minimum for players killing other players, which leaves a lot to be desired.

[Takelli]

Re: What's your pet-peeve in FFXIV: ARR?

Didn't SE release a game quite a while ago that was centered around just pure pvp?

I can't quite remember the name though. It was released in Japan only, then in the NA, then was pulled because it failed.

[Malacite]

Re: What's your pet-peeve in FFXIV: ARR?

Hildibrand FATE is ridiculous... like an hour long wait between pops wtf.

[Aeni]

Re: What's your pet-peeve in FFXIV: ARR?

Didn't SE release a game quite a while ago that was centered around just pure pvp?

I can't quite remember the name though. It was released in Japan only, then in the NA, then was pulled because it failed.

Fantasy Earth: Zero was the name of the game you are talking about. This game is no longer running outside of Japan and it was also released in China as well as Taiwan.

[DakAttack]

Re: What's your pet-peeve in FFXIV: ARR?

Used the new Vote Dismiss feature to kick an offline Whm.

Couldn't find a new member through the duty finder...


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[Firewind]

Re: What's your pet-peeve in FFXIV: ARR?

PvP is...Pretty horrible to be honest. Findings so far:

• Taking any kind of damage interrupts spellcasting. Including pet damage.
• There are no diminishing returns on CC so have fun getting stunlocked to oblivion by Paladins, and the entire match silenced by Bards and Paladins.
• Getting PvP gear is a grindfest. You get 50 Comms for a win and you need 2-4k for ONE piece of gear.
• Summoners are pretty ridiculously overpowered since Miasma and Storm's Eye STACK, and Ifrit/Titan can keep a caster locked down indefinitely.
• Good luck kiting a competent Dragoon. The animation lock was the only thing making them kitable in Beta.
• The whole thing is massively biased towards melee classes, especially since taking ANY damage whatsoever interrupts your spellcasting, and all of the mages have long cast times.
• Paladin, Summonerx2 or Summoner and Bard, SCH is pretty much guaranteed to destroy everything in sight.
• As soon as people get Purge, Sleep becomes more or less useless as sustaining it once the two teams are in melee isn't possible with all the stunlocking and interrupts.
• Everything is over in less than a minute. You spend longer staring at the gate at the beginning of the fight, waiting for it to open up than you do fighting.

[DakAttack]

Re: What's your pet-peeve in FFXIV: ARR?

PvP is...Pretty horrible to be honest. Findings so far:

• Taking any kind of damage interrupts spellcasting. Including pet damage.
• There are no diminishing returns on CC so have fun getting stunlocked to oblivion by Paladins, and the entire match silenced by Bards and Paladins.
• Getting PvP gear is a grindfest. You get 50 Comms for a win and you need 2-4k for ONE piece of gear.
• Summoners are pretty ridiculously overpowered since Miasma and Storm's Eye STACK, and Ifrit/Titan can keep a caster locked down indefinitely.
• Good luck kiting a competent Dragoon. The animation lock was the only thing making them kitable in Beta.
• The whole thing is massively biased towards melee classes, especially since taking ANY damage whatsoever interrupts your spellcasting, and all of the mages have long cast times.
• Paladin, Summonerx2 or Summoner and Bard, SCH is pretty much guaranteed to destroy everything in sight.
• As soon as people get Purge, Sleep becomes more or less useless as sustaining it once the two teams are in melee isn't possible with all the stunlocking and interrupts.
• Everything is over in less than a minute. You spend longer staring at the gate at the beginning of the fight, waiting for it to open up than you do fighting.

• White Mages are unkillable until their mana runs out

Overall, this update is very disappointing.

[Etra]

Re: What's your pet-peeve in FFXIV: ARR?

• White Mages are unkillable until their mana runs out

Overall, this update is very disappointing.

I wouldn't say disappointing. Just over-hyped.

[DakAttack]

Re: What's your pet-peeve in FFXIV: ARR?

I guess disappointment is a consequence of letting the hype get to you.

Even so, I'm disappointed that the new dungeon drops loot from an old dungeon. It does include two chests that drop accessories, instead of one, which will be well appreciated. I've only gotten half-way through it, due to that issue with being unable to find a new member after kicking one, but it wasn't very difficult. We wiped to the two bosses we encountered once apiece. Cool? Yes, but it doesn't change the stagnant end-game.

I'm disappointed that PvP is such a bust. Mages are handed a fuck-you debuff, which we can upgrade to a screw-you debuff once we've grinded through a handful of matches and can afford some of the PvP-exclusive abilities. Even at that point I don't think it's going to provide a fulfilling competitive experience. I think they're experimenting for the most part, which I'm fine with, but I think I expected more from their first draft.

I haven't had a chance to check out the Crystal Tower. It might be what end-game needs, but I don't think it will be. Bahamut's Coil is still for people who don't mind listening to children who can't type fast enough scream commands over VOIP.

Right now there's nothing that's keeping me subscribed.

[Takelli]

Re: What's your pet-peeve in FFXIV: ARR?

Duty roulette...

It isn't random, it's WP over and over.

I wonder if it puts you in a group that's using the DF to do WP or close to that.

[Aeni]

Re: What's your pet-peeve in FFXIV: ARR?

Duty roulette...

It isn't random, it's WP over and over.

I wonder if it puts you in a group that's using the DF to do WP or close to that.

We use DF to fill a dps slot for a specific content, which means the people using Duty Roulette is still at the mercy of those with a near complete group. Unless you're a tank. Then you can pretty much control the way Duty Roulette works in that case.

[Firewind]

Re: What's your pet-peeve in FFXIV: ARR?

Instantly popping into the last boss of WP or AK is fucking awesome, why are you whining Takeli? You get 90 Myth for less than 3 mins of work.

[Takelli]

Re: What's your pet-peeve in FFXIV: ARR?

Instantly popping into the last boss of WP or AK is fucking awesome, why are you whining Takeli? You get 90 Myth for less than 3 mins of work.

I'm not whining about the point of getting the myth pieces, I'm just tired of WP over and over again.

[DakAttack]

Re: What's your pet-peeve in FFXIV: ARR?

I haven't had a chance to check out the Crystal Tower. It might be what end-game needs, but I don't think it will be.

Called it. You get one drop from CT per week. If for whatever reason you get stuck with item you didn't roll on, you're fucked.

[Takelli]

Re: What's your pet-peeve in FFXIV: ARR?

Called it. You get one drop from CT per week. If for whatever reason you get stuck with item you didn't roll on, you're fucked.

And that's why you hit pass if you don't want it.

But, they should change the loot rules... Atleast make it so one drop a day. How do they expect people to use the gear to get their subs leveled if they are using that set of loot rules