First of all, i truly respect this game. It’s fresh, it’s new, it has awesome stuff.
But when people say to me “Ah, guild wars 2 PvP is the best, it’s all about skill and not stats”, i just feel like laughing. That’s the general opinion, and before i played GW, i thought “Well, i love PvP, so this feels just right for me”. I couldn’t be more wrong.
The word sPvP doesn’t even have meaning, i treat it as shi**** PvP. Or even PvB, as in players vs noobs.
Where should i start?
In sPvP it’s all about the zerg. You have a zerg? you kill. You try to follow a strategy? No one wants that and you’ll end up dead once again. Ress? No one does that. They fight right besides you, don’t res, then here it comes some thief and kills you, and the noob who stared at you even when the thief has gone stealthed.
Now you say “but there are people who are starting now, let them learn”. Fully respect that, and i even help fresh players in need. But those ranked 40+ who can’t play at all strucks my nerve.
Basically, Guild Wars 2 PvP is just a joke. You farm everyday, not being sure of what you’re doing, and achieve some ranks with some skins. So? Is that all? Yeah, you go to sPvP, farm like crazy, just mashing some buttons in the middle of the zerg, then go to tournaments, and do the same. Or even, get 5 point holders and the tournament is won. Genius!
My conclusion? To be good in GW2 PvP, you need to follow a zerg, or bring a full team of point holders. Strategy? Nah. Good builds? Nah, just choose between point holder or glass cannon. Warrior? HB of course. Thief? Backstab or just mash heartseek like there’s no tomorrow!
Check other games’ PvP, and compare them both. Check WoW’s PvP for example and you’ll see you cannot kill someone in half a second. Or sit in a point, full defensive and never leave there, don’t kill anyone, and still win! GW2 disencourages PvP. In raid of the capricorn for example, you go to one base, conquer, go to the other base, conquer, repeat repeat. You can win without even having a fight. If you plan to go back and fight? You die, because the other team zerg just kills you easily
Make it so you have to have skill to play in PvP. I did the experience of grabbing every class, go to PvP with a pre-made build (which at first they said it would have variety – yeah sure…..) and melt faces. Elementalist full water / earth? Gl killing me. Thief with backstab / heartseek build? Do a backstab and mash HS. If they don’t die in a second, you do right after.
Right now, the PvP is just worthless, mindless, and it turned into a constant farm. If that’s your idea for PvP, sure. To me? Even though i did tournaments and farmed titles + skins (there’s not anything else) in the past, i just don’t feel like going to PvP. Daily, Monthly and that’s it. I’ll be back when there’s skill needed and not just a pure farm.
Thank you for your attention