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phuror

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with the recent update ballista has finally been introduced...

as of this posting i am too low level/rank to try it out, but i thought it would be interesting to make a thread and hear everyone's opinions on it.
a couple of people in my linkshell tried it, but i never got a chance to hear what they thought.

sooo.... discuss. :D


edit: typo (i was never got a chance.. lol) ... i was so tired when i wrote this
 
I am not into PvP at all, but I fail to see how the ballista addresses the wants of PvP. To me PvP would have to be just like that, player vs player, where the one with the best skills wins while fighting someone of comparable level and experience.

Having said that - I am glad there is no full PvP, nothing would suck more than having a good time a few zones away from your HP and have some prick come by and ruin your day buy running over you like a freight train.
 
Aye, grief killing is lame, and theres a lot of cockbites out there that would love to do it. HIDETO, YOU ASSMONKEY! (bad eq memories). But there are certain aspects to PvP that are fun. If instead of returning to HomePoint when ur defeated, u just sort of concede defeat and continue on ur merry (well, unmerry if u get pwned). And maybe if ur nation was affected, if it isnt already. Engaging would have to be with warning......if ppl wanna grief kill, let SQUARE make a new server where all the goobertards can flock to.
 
I'm dying to try it out, I got the license last night, and now it seems the games are down for awhile, playonline.com has nothing listed for today, and no one is at the outpost. Now I just need to wait till they start again. I'm also glad they started to introduce it as an event and not full PVP, I was never much of a fan of PVP due to the risk, but making it a game where all you can lose is some gil I have no problem playing.
 
a couple of my LSmates have tried this and they all say it's a blast.
 
Yeah I was really worried when they said they were going to introduce PvP. I think my favorite part of FFXI is the copertive play, besides I don't think a situation like if you were say a whm and a dark knight attacked you would be really fair. Each job functions well in a party atmosphere and some jobs can't function without a party at all.

That said I'm really glad they took the 'game' approach with the PvP. I havn't played it myself yet but man it sounds like a blast! I laughed my pitootie off when a Paladin told me he killed someone in the game with sheild bash. There's nothing better than a good contact sport!
 
yea the sport thing isnt too bad however you wont find me anytime soon playing, just not my bag baby ;P

I grew up playing Rallos Zek in EQ 100% PvP and while yes it could be extremely frustrating it was also a ton of fun to fight people and go on bounty hunts for people.

However thats not what I want in ffxi, I just think they should allow a non-looting arena where you can face off 1v1 up to a full alliance v alliance heh.

We used to have a blast with my guild setting up arenas and fighting for prizes and such it was a great morale lifter for the guild.

And that brings me to something totally off topic but Ill tell my tale quickly if possible =P. The thing I miss in ffxi is the togetherness of a guild or linkshell in this case. I really wish they emphasized that more but o well what can you do ^^
 
Ryme said:
And that brings me to something totally off topic but Ill tell my tale quickly if possible =P. The thing I miss in ffxi is the togetherness of a guild or linkshell in this case. I really wish they emphasized that more but o well what can you do ^^
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Agreed, that's what I miss the most from my EQ times.
 
Balista is back for today, the playonline site has games listed with no level restrictions and level 30 restrictions late at night. I'll be heading to Jugner forest at the first level 30 match, hopefully people will show up and the game isn't postponed. I'll take some screenshots and link to them from here, I'm using Fraps so the quality will be much better than that default playonline junk.
 
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