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Anybody trying out Frontlines? - little-patchy - 07-08-2014
So, as the title says, is anybody going to jump into Frontlines when 2.3 goes online? Naturally, I'm afraid of going to such a dangerous place alone (and with barely any PvP gear and no Relic at all). I also have no idea how it works...
RE: Anybody trying out Frontlines? - Kage - 07-08-2014
Frontlines will not be the same as Wolves' Den (so regular PVP). Morale won't count so having PVP gear or not does not matter.
What you will have to worry about is that people's gear will be synced to i80. So if your own gear is lower than that you may be at a a disadvantage with most i90+ Casters sound like they'd be very good in PVP and Frontlines in 2.3.
RE: Anybody trying out Frontlines? - Clover - 07-08-2014
I'm not a PVPer, but I wanted to try Frontline with my friend. Sadly, my friend's computer just broke, and now I'm wary of facing the PVPÂ giant on my own *sweatdrops*.
RE: Anybody trying out Frontlines? - little-patchy - 07-08-2014
@ExKage: Thanks for the info! Since my gear is way lower than level i80, I still sorta benefit from this arrangement.
@Clover: Yeah, PvP seems like a intimidating beast, doesn't it? Maybe you and I can team up so we can die togetherÂ
. Really, though, having someone to share the pressure should make things fun rather than completely nerve-racking.
RE: Anybody trying out Frontlines? - Knight Kat - 07-08-2014
I have nine months of pent up OOC anger for all the hate I get in PVE duties as a Dragoon. I plan to unleash it all in a flurry of destruction upon every player that gets in my way....
So yes, I plan to try it.
RE: Anybody trying out Frontlines? - Gwen - 07-08-2014
I can't wait to try it out! Though the lack of morale sounds kinda of disappointing... I just hope the fact there are so many people there will make up for it.
RE: Anybody trying out Frontlines? - Tiergan - 07-08-2014
I plan to try it out and pray that there will be too many people to notice how awful I am at PvP. <.< >.>;a
RE: Anybody trying out Frontlines? - Maril - 07-08-2014
I'm going to be hitting the frontlines as much as I can, if I end up liking it ^^ I very much want the horsie. I'm immortal flames, so we can team up if that's a possibility. I'm not a big PvP geek or anything, I just like to be like LEEEEROY *PEWPEWPEW* *ARGH* *DRAMATICDEATHSCENE*
RE: Anybody trying out Frontlines? - little-patchy - 07-08-2014
Happy to see a good number of people trying out Frontlines! I sure hope it'll be chaotic fun -- Â or something with less pressure than Wolves' Den. @Sastra: I'm a Serpent, though I'm wondering if I should switch to Immortal Flames, as most of the RP happens in Uldah...
RE: Anybody trying out Frontlines? - Aerostein - 07-09-2014
Frontlines is awesome! I think so, anyway.
The Que for it however, is not. To my understanding, if someone out of the 72 cancel or don't accept it resets. So you can imagine how that can go. T.T
I wish it worked like how battlegrounds worked in Tera. You'd be sent in regardless, unless you cancel. If you're afk, you'd get kicked after a minute or two. Allowing someone else to quickly join.
RE: Anybody trying out Frontlines? - Melodia - 07-09-2014
(07-08-2014, 04:07 AM)Amyness Wrote: Though the lack of morale sounds kinda of disappointing...I understand but it makes sense or people like me who just avoid the Wolves Den at all costs won't get soul-crushed in the first 5 seconds in Frontlines, rage quit and never come back. XDÂ I recall Yoshi saying they wanted it accessible to all players.
RE: Anybody trying out Frontlines? - Kage - 07-09-2014
(07-08-2014, 04:07 AM)Amyness Wrote: Though the lack of morale sounds kinda of disappointing...I feel like Wolves' Den has been made obsolete.
Whether or not your grand company wins you actually get nice rewards (exp and wolf marks wise) as the companies are ranked, 1-2-3. You always get a reward and it seems sorta decent.
I think this means morale/pvp gear are all now -just- vanity. Which I guess is fine. I'm not butthurt about it.
I -am- butthurt about the queues though. http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/news/detail/4c21d3bf85cb6f65e6b11298f7826c9b66cff4ab
RE: Anybody trying out Frontlines? - little-patchy - 07-10-2014
(07-09-2014, 07:49 AM)ExKage Wrote:(07-08-2014, 04:07 AM)Amyness Wrote: Though the lack of morale sounds kinda of disappointing...I feel like Wolves' Den has been made obsolete.
Whether or not your grand company wins you actually get nice rewards (exp and wolf marks wise) as the companies are ranked, 1-2-3. You always get a reward and it seems sorta decent.
I think this means morale/pvp gear are all now -just- vanity. Which I guess is fine. I'm not butthurt about it.
I -am- butthurt about the queues though. http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/news/detail/4c21d3bf85cb6f65e6b11298f7826c9b66cff4ab
And considering how pretty the gear is, I'm perfectly okay with them being placed in vanity status. Like Super Smash Bros. or Mario Kart (yeah, it's distant for an analogy), there's a lot of fun to starting a match on a more-or-less equal slate so that we can use tactics and pure-dumb-luck to win/lose/have a lovely time. Hopefully, Square-Enix will add many game mode varieties in the future.
Oh, and it looks like Yoshi-P and co. are going to fix the queue issue. Yay!
RE: Anybody trying out Frontlines? - Cato - 07-10-2014
I wouldn't mind teaming up with someone in order to try it out. It looks like a lot of fun! I don't have many in-game contacts at the moment so it'd be an excellent way to remedy that.
RE: Anybody trying out Frontlines? - Kage - 07-10-2014
It's almost as if Square announcing they will change how Frontlines queues work changed people from trying to match up their entire Grand Company alliance into the same match.
Or the queue droppers.
I have been able to get into frontlines a little faster.
... A little.
IMMORTAL FLAMES WILL DOMINATE ALL. FIRE BURN *coughcough*
It's been my experience that Maelstrom and Immortal Flames are forces to contend with in Frontlines. Several matches and it was either close or IF won by several hundred points.