Why is Brenner so unpopular?

[FFXIFlux]

If they didn't pentalized gear switching, melee wouldn't exist, just to put a reason behind why they did that.

If they didn't penalize gear swapping they'd have to do something hard that would take more than 10 seconds like fix blinking out of existance and losing targets.

[Septimus]

If they didn't pentalized gear switching, melee wouldn't exist, just to put a reason behind why they did that.

If they didn't penalize gear swapping they'd have to do something hard that would take more than 10 seconds like fix blinking out of existance and losing targets.

I have to agree. Losing target and/or follow when someone changes gear is annoying. Unlocking from someone/thing else when you change gear is stupid.

[BRP]

I agree. SE should really do some work and combine PvP system with the monster system(they don't have problems when you switch gear). But as is, it isn't so bad. It kind of makes you put more thought into which gear you should use. As BLM, I can go more defensive with Earth Staff, but at the cost of Thunder spell damage. In the end, you can always switch gear right after you respawn. 20/30-secs of doing nothing isn't going to hurt you when you can't do anything in the first place.

[Zarathustra]

Sounds like Seel D:

Oh yeah that's him. He annoyed the crap out of me.

Him too... before the RNG nerf it was hard to put a scratch on him. As RNG/WHM [always buffed] with Vcloak, strider boots, terra staff and the best everything else he just spammed those sleep bolts and slugshot. Even if i got close to takin him out he just shadowbinds me and runs off... or just kills me after tping some other people with bolts.

[Flarega]

Jobs aren't balanced enough in ballista for it to be at all fun, mostly just frustrating. Red mages feel like they're damn near impossible to kill without your whole team attacking one, and a monk with Giant's drink can just run in, take a few swings, and run out before you can take out his 3000 hp. And to top it off, two handed weapons fucking suck because of utsusemi + attack delay. The whole impossible to interrupt thing on bard is annoying too.

[BRP]

While some jobs are just really damn good, I think PvP(both Ballista and Brenner) are only balanced when you travel in groups of 3+(you know, just like the game requires you to do for everything else). A Dispeler and an AoE user of some kind really stops RDM in their tracks.

[Navia]

Honestly the reason I think brenner isn't popular to a casual gamer like me is because the name of the event is so damn forgettable (I forgot brenner even existed). Or on asura people think you're talking about the player Brennon or something which quickly derails into how she HQ's stuff like mad

None of my friends ever said anything about brenner either.
Having a natural aversion to peeveepee might have something to do with it. I've got to put up with immature conduct from fellow ffxi players that reminds me of HNMLS dramarama? Oh yay.

Maybe ffxi should send out random pol messages (ffxi junkmail) that says 'hay guyz come try out brenner' or make it not suck based on some of the criticism i've read.