1- There really needs to be a penalty for leaving games early and afking in games. Something like you cannot que again for 15 mins if you leave a game.
2- Games need to not start until the Games are full. (Sounds simple enough, I just REALLY hate joining a game and seeing its only a 2v2 or something. People then join and leave and join and leave, and try to switch teams to the winning team if they can. Its just a big mess and creates a lot of frustration.
3- Kills need to give points (they might already and if they do that is awesome, right now though I cant tell if they do) The reason for this being to discourage teams to build NOTHING but defense, and just “hunker down” on points and never kill anyone.
If kills award some points, then it would mitigate the attractiveness of “pure defense” teams.
4- Forests of —-Whatever. The map with the graveyard, waterfall, quarry, and keep lords….needs more people. That map just doesn’t feel like its designed to be played right without 15 people per team. (So each team can have roughly 5 at their base, 5 on a home node, and 5 on middle node) The map just feels too large to play with less people and at that point involves more “running around and tagging bases as fast as you can and no actual PvP”
5- Personal Opinion that in the Game Browser All maps need to have different game modes for different amounts of players. Example:
5v5, 10v10, 15v15
6- SPvP needs to change up how ques work. I dont have any ideas for how, but here are 2 problems I see that need fixed.
6a: Can’t play with your friends in pick up games. Tournaments are there, yes. But sometimes you dont want to commit the time to finish out a tournament, or you want to play a specific map over and over.
6b: You CAN play against your friends in Spvp: While I kinda like this, I can’t help but think there are people out there abusing the system to rig games and get free wins / kills. That just isn’t right and the option really should not even be there. Or if it IS there, make a game mode specifically for fighting players on your own server and award no points. (Or just assure us that you DEFIANTLY have someone there at arena net whose job it is to police proper PvP behavior)
I know this is a lot to ask for, and I’m realistic about how much you guys can achieve in reasonable time frames. Please just strongly consider these improvements as they would greatly add to the enjoyment of an already awesome game.
-PS. I love this game, its my favorite PC game I’ve ever played really. Keep up the good work and continue to improve it and make it a game that truly strives for perfection!