Yoshida on the future of PvP in Final Fantasy XIV

The next Final Fantasy XIV patch will not contain the new PvP mode of The Feast; that’s due to be implemented a bit after the patch launch. But the groundwork is still being laid, and producer Naoki Yoshida answered a few questions for popular Japanese gaming publication Famitsu regarding strategies in the new style of arena. He also discussed future content to be added for the game’s PvP, including a spectator mode planned for sometime within the 3.x series.

Players in the Feast will need to adopt different strategies than have become standard during Wolves’ Den matches up to this point; simply focusing down the healers is no longer the most efficient strategy to taking out your enemies. Yoshida is curious to see how players react to the new mode, although he’s considered the possibility of adding more open PvP areas to the game based upon player response. You’ll have to wait a bit more than a week to get into the new style of PvP, but it’s already being watched and considered carefully.