Sometimes I get a little burned out on the grind of Final Fantasy XIV. PVP offers a nice break from the grind while giving experience for melee or mage classes I'm leveling. PVP also gives tomes needed for better gear for your job classes. It also gives a currency called wolf marks that you can use to buy PVP gear and items like song scrolls and wind up minions.
To participate in PVP you need to complete the level 30 quest A Pup No Longer with your Grand Company. This will require you to visit The Wolves Den where you have to talk to the NPC Berkoeya Loetahlysn. Once you do that, you can join in PVP. The Wolves Den is also where you can spend your wolf marks on PVP gear and various items. You can also practice sparring for PVP matches here.
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| Pirotess at the Wolves Den. |
To participate in PVP, you will look in your adventure log and see a list of the types of PVP matches you can do. The Feast matches require that you be in a party which is perfect for doing PVP with your friends. Rival Wings is a large scale PVP event involving up to 48 people divided into two teams. Frontline PVP corresponds with your Grand Company.
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| List of PVP events are in your PVP log. |
I personally enjoy doing the Frontline PVP. They did make a change to where instead of being able to choose which Frontline area you want to do, you go to the one that is available that day and it changes each day to a different area. The following three areas for Frontline are, The Borderland Ruins, Seal Rock, and The Fields Of Glory.
The Borderland Ruins are a fairly easy map to navigate. Your team needs to rack up points by capturing the opposing teams base as well as their outposts. Knocking out members of the opposing team will rack up points as well. You will notice in your hot bar that you have job specific PVP abilities. These are useful during PVP matches and the flee button especially helps when you're in a pinch during a match because you can run away and regroup with your team.
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| PVP in the Borderland Ruins. |
Seal Rock is quite a different map and it can be a little challenging to navigate, but if you have your map up and call out coordinates to your team, it makes things easier. It is also a good idea to move as a group with your team so you don't get ambushed. The goal here is to find Allagan tomeliths and activate them so that you can extract their data. The more you find, the more points your team racks up bringing you closer to victory.
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| PVP in Seal Rock. |
The Fields Of Glory is my favorite PVP because the map is incredibly easy to navigate and it's quite straightforward in what you're supposed to do. In this one, there are icebound tomeliths that will activate at a random point of time. Once activated it is up to your team to attack and destroy these tomeliths in order to collect the data from them. There are small and large tomeliths. Large tomeliths will reward you with more data, but be prepared because battles around these are intense.
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| PVP in The Fields Of Glory. |
As mentioned before, having the map up and calling out coordinates is very helpful to your team during PVP. It is also important to be aware of your surroundings. Don't get caught alone by the opposing team because you will get a KO that sends you back to the starting base and it will give them points. You want the other team to have as few points as possible and your team to succeed because the team with the highest points wins the match. Use your job specific abilities during matches and be aware of the cool down timers so that you can do your best to be helpful to your team.
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| Do your best and use the PVP skills at your disposal. |
Win or lose at the end of PVP matches, you get pretty good experience for jobs you're leveling, the aforementioned wolf marks, and endgame tomes needed to buy endgame gear for your melee and mage job classes. The tomes are especially helpful if your job class is the max level and you need to get endgame gear. PVP has helped me outfit my endgame bard, samurai, and soon my monk. PVP is a lot of fun to do with your friends and it does offer rewards that make it worth your while. Just remember to do your best and work together with your team towards victory. Another thing to remember, it is just a game and it's meant to be fun so don't take it too seriously. Get out there and enjoy yourselves. See you at the next adventure everyone!
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| Pirotess having fun in PVP. |
*Final Fantasy XIV is available to play on the following platforms: PC and Playstation 4
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