Guild Wars 2

A – So me and a friend struck up a conversation about one of us being better at MMORPG’s then the other (GW2), and being as human as we are we both have different opinions on who is better as well as why.
now personally I think my criteria is pretty solid and realistic and lets be honest a MMORPG is basically how much you can no life it, now basically my criteria is :
Achievement Points
PvP Levels
Currency Saved up
Types of Armor & Collectibles
Amount of 80’s you posses

And of course its based off the more you have or the higher amount of w/e you have = the better you are.

B – Now my friend thinks you base how well you do something reflects how well you are at the game now here are a few examples…
If he can kill me in a 1v1 in PvP that means hes better than me at the PvP.
Now that seems pretty fair but what if it just so happens my build is made for defense and his is offence, obviously he will be able to kill me faster then I will be able to kill him but your ability to be able to kill something or DPS output shouldn’t how how we are rated on wow well we play MMO’s.
Or if he can kill i certain creature more efficiently than me.

All classes are different so obviously one may do ore DPS than the other you cant have 100% balance.

So this wasn’t a post asking you guys what one you agree with i would just like to know what you guys think how “good” you are at a MMORPG should be based on, anyways that’s all and thanks, what side do you take A or B and why?

I think how good you are at an MMO is pretty much entirely dependent on how you perform in combat (whether it be a 1v1 in PvP or soloing a difficult mob in PvE). As far as the other criteria, like currency saved up and number of endgame characters, for the most part these things don’t reflect how good a player is, just how much time that person has been able to invest.

How good you are is really just how well you know your and enemy classes, what to do in each situation and reflexes that ofcourse play a huge part when it comes to dodging and hitting when you are supposed to. This is ofcourse for pvp.

In PvE its pretty much knowing the tactics for each boss and how to take them down, reflexes play a part there too but to a lower degree.

Gear, ammount of characters at 80 or achievement points dont show how good you are at anything… just the time you spent doing something ; p

I think how “good” you are depends on what your personal goals are in the game. If you can achieve what you want to achieve, then you are by definition a good player.

Rabiez.9178:

All classes are different so obviously one may do ore DPS than the other you cant have 100% balance.

I would like to add that too many people focus on comparing classes (damage output, etc.) and far too often neglect player skill and tactic, as well as teamwork, as rather significant variables in the equation.