Guild Wars 2

The one positive thing I could take from SOTG was that arenanet said that hotjoin will be abolished and replaced with custom arenas, superb.

However, you guys mentioned that you also had no plan of reintroducing gems into the pvp system. I suppose this is acceptable BUT;

What about custom arenas? Will they still cost gems or are you removing that idea too?

Will the pvp population seriously have to start coughing up cash if they wish to 1v1? The current method of 1v1 is a sad workaround method where you join the same hotjoin and duel until hotjoiners zerg your server and ruin your duels, but at least it’s an actual method to be able to 1v1. The idea that new players would ONLY be able to go to tournaments and never being able to 1v1 their friends without paying cash seems… Unimaginable to me.