Guild Wars 2

I think this thread belongs here since Guild Halls were introduced with HoT.

Can someone explain why the Guild Hall arena doesn’t have PvP and WvW modes?

At the moment I can enter the arena with guild mates and we can test out PvE builds. When I was asked about joining one of the Guild PvP teams I thought we could practice against each other and learn how to build and play a team together – but I can’t select PvP mode when I start the arena instance. Do I really have to make/buy all the stuff I use for PvP?? I’m not even sure it would work anyway as some of the stats are different in there.

It’s the same for WvW – I have a separate build but would have to manually swap things around to practice in the arena.

My PvP builds and WvW builds must be saved on my account somewhere. The Guild arena should give the choice of PvE, PvP or WvW mode when the instance is activated. The arena should then be governed by the game rules for that mode – so my existing PvP build is already equipped when I enter a PvP arena, and I can’t use food buffs.

Without this functionality – what’s the point of the arena? WvW and PvP are the player competitive game modes. Why would I want to only test my PvE build against other players?

Even PvE mode could use some work. It would be more useful if it gave the option of spawning world boss NPCs to fight – so i can practice in a team or solo against different world bosses. That would be a proper PvE test.

This is a really good idea, selectable modes, for all the reasons stated above. Would make the arena’s actually functional, rather then a curiosity that you try once or twice.

It’s probably mostly for dueling. There gave been a lot of requests for a way to duel in pve. I suspect this is anet’s answer to that request.

For PvP practice that is what custom arenas are for …

I believe they hard code the character hero panel one for each game mode. That is why we can only save one build in each of them.

The Devs answered this very query on the Guild Chat regarding Guild Halls. You can find it on Twitch or YouTube.

Good luck.

A PvE arena for dps testing etc would be interesting.

I support the idea of mode swaps.

I’d also like the ability to put mobs in there somehow. Currently it’s a good pvp sandbox. Without too much effort one could create all sorts of hilarious pve game modes as well. They could even be collectable drops from various monsters to create holographic versions for the arena or something. I’d really like to one day create fully functional quaggan pinball.

it is for duel or 1v1, 2v2, or 3v3 mini tournament organised by the guild. any larger group size is simply not suitable due to the size of the arena.