• Remove 'Seasons'. These do nothing except create bloat and an overabundance of glamour plates.
• Make the Glamour Plates you receive for End of Season Rewards something purchasable with Commendation Crystals.
• Allow players to purchase coffers containing previous PvP/Series rewards with Commendation Crystals. (Shadowcleaver, Shadowstalker, Gunro, Koro, Barghest, Moddy Dhoo, Hellhound, Greyhound, Archfiend, False Monarchy, etc).
• Reset Ranked CC weekly (same as Tomes, Raids, etc).
• Remove Bronze III, Bronze II, Silver III, Silver II, etc. Just do Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Crystal.
• Placing in Crystal gives you 3 Commendation Crystals, Platinum 2, and Gold 1. Top 100 players get 2 Crystals. Top 300 players get 1.
• Keep the Seasonal Battlepass as is. Or rather have it be something that lasts for X amount of patches (meaning we get several per expansion). These changes refer to the Ranked system, not standard PvP.
The Why:
Ranked CC is popular for a few days, then wait times tend to be 40-60 minutes for a single match. Commendation Crystals are difficult to get (you need to place Gold or higher to receive them). Allowing players a way to earn their gear by playing well for a week, they can unlock PvP specific armor.
By adjusting it so it resets weekly, players can dedicate time when they can. Players won't feel like its 'too late' and can always jump in next week. Since players have a week, their climb would be shortened considerably.
Augmented Hellhound Weapons currently cost 2 Crystals. Coffers should cost 3. Glamour Portraits should cost 1. You could even have an option where you can buy Jet Black Dye for 3 Commendation Crystals. (If SE really wanted to revive their PvP scene, let them get an upgrade material of their choice for the current tier of gear.) The goal is to entice players to play the game mode regularly, rather than just for a few days en masse once the new season starts and then allow the game mode to die off.
Have each tier you place in grant you gil, wolf marks, & trophy crystals with Commendation Crystals only provided Gold onward.
Regardless of how you feel about my suggestions, we cannot hide the fact that the Ranked NA scene is dead. There needs to be a drastic change to how it works or else it'll continue to deteriorate.
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• Make the Glamour Plates you receive for End of Season Rewards something purchasable with Commendation Crystals.
• Allow players to purchase coffers containing previous PvP/Series rewards with Commendation Crystals. (Shadowcleaver, Shadowstalker, Gunro, Koro, Barghest, Moddy Dhoo, Hellhound, Greyhound, Archfiend, False Monarchy, etc).
• Reset Ranked CC weekly (same as Tomes, Raids, etc).
• Remove Bronze III, Bronze II, Silver III, Silver II, etc. Just do Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Crystal.
• Placing in Crystal gives you 3 Commendation Crystals, Platinum 2, and Gold 1. Top 100 players get 2 Crystals. Top 300 players get 1.
• Keep the Seasonal Battlepass as is. Or rather have it be something that lasts for X amount of patches (meaning we get several per expansion). These changes refer to the Ranked system, not standard PvP.
The Why:
Ranked CC is popular for a few days, then wait times tend to be 40-60 minutes for a single match. Commendation Crystals are difficult to get (you need to place Gold or higher to receive them). Allowing players a way to earn their gear by playing well for a week, they can unlock PvP specific armor.
By adjusting it so it resets weekly, players can dedicate time when they can. Players won't feel like its 'too late' and can always jump in next week. Since players have a week, their climb would be shortened considerably.
Augmented Hellhound Weapons currently cost 2 Crystals. Coffers should cost 3. Glamour Portraits should cost 1. You could even have an option where you can buy Jet Black Dye for 3 Commendation Crystals. (If SE really wanted to revive their PvP scene, let them get an upgrade material of their choice for the current tier of gear.) The goal is to entice players to play the game mode regularly, rather than just for a few days en masse once the new season starts and then allow the game mode to die off.
Have each tier you place in grant you gil, wolf marks, & trophy crystals with Commendation Crystals only provided Gold onward.
Regardless of how you feel about my suggestions, we cannot hide the fact that the Ranked NA scene is dead. There needs to be a drastic change to how it works or else it'll continue to deteriorate.
Continue reading...