Guild Wars 2

I know hot join spvp is supposed to be not serious, casual but as of now it is frustrating with one team (blue more often then not – thx for pumping all new players into red team anet) losing badly, players hooping in and out to force autobalance so they can join the better team.
Random unorganized games would be fun. But they are not when you either dominate other team or are stuck in team with less players getting stomped. Not to mention that this environment is hostile to new/inexperienced players.
I know not all matches will be balanced but right now its out of hand.

Also please don’t tell me “go play tournaments for balanced teams” because that doesn’t cut it. They require team to be successful, can be tense and more time consuming (gathering people takes time and is pointless if one wishes/got time to play one one or two matches).

Here is my idea of fixing it

1. Separate players in each room into three groups: Players, Wannabeplayers and Spectators.
-Players can not choose team they are in – this is to prevent all “good”/expirenced players grouping in one team
-Wannabeplayers who can choose team they prefer to join(but are not guaranteed to be placed there) in case spot opens up once game has started, players will be only added if it will result in teams to be even
-Autobalance as we know it will trigger only if there are no Wannabeplayers available
-Player can leave game midway, which will result in some penalty and will be placed in Spectators group
-Spectators may not join game once it has started – this is to prevent players hopping in and out to be placed in winning team
-Players that have finished previous game have priority to joining next one over others, players that left midgame got lowest prior if allowed to join at all

2. Rework join game UI:
-Display (right away not “on mouse”) Players, Wannabeplayers and Spectators count/limit
-Two joining buttons for each room: “Play” which will put players into game or into Wannabeplayers if there is no room in game and “Spectate”

Penalty for leaving game should stack.. a lot.. exponential or so. Starting low because kitten happens then growing rapidly so player feel he’s punished

Discuss!