Guild Wars 2

I like the auto-balance feature in structured pvp, however, I can’t stand being switched to the other team right as the team I was on from the very beginning of the game is about to win. The devs need to implement a way to randomly switch the people that came in later in the game. That way the people that helped either win or lose for their team, from the beginning, can stick with it.

Or how about no auto-balance after a certain point? The autobalance feature is completely trash. To remedy this there needs to be an incredibly harsh quitting penalty that makes people wait like 5 minutes before joining another match. Or, like LoL style where if you quit, you can either wait until the current match is over or rejoin the match that you just quit out of. This will make all the bad ragequitters (like myself) stop playing sPvP or learn anger management and not quit the match and cause the game to autobalance.

I’m not going to lie….I take some small measure of sadistic pleasure when I leave a really lopsided game with the knowledge that I very likely just contributed to forcing a player from the winning team onto the losing team.

I feel you lol

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/pvp/Auto-Balancing-Lulz/first#post184329

This could be exploited, but I’d say reward players that switch teams with the winning bonus regardless of who actually wins. Had a game the other night where the entire losing team left, score was around 300 to 40, one by one the autobalance took the team over, and then people would just leave, I ended up volunteering and just sitting down until the counter ran up when it was just 2 of us left.

Not in favor of a penalty for leaving, as I will leave matches to go find a new set of people to play with (servers need more randomization of players) also keeps things interesting, having to guess what people are playing and learning how to react to them.

another option, Is when you switch teams you are cashed out for points (if you’re winning you get the win bonus). Then you get the minimum match points even if you do nothing as a bonus for switching.

I saw somebody post this in another thread, so it isn’t exactly my idea, but I loved it.

Instead of auto balancing… how about, if too many players leave a certain team the game just ends. Perhaps it ends instantly, or maybe it ends in 20-45 seconds after too many leave.

What this would effectively do, is let you finish on the team you began with first of all, and secondly let the game auto balance for the next map. It’s pretty straightforward and I think its the best solution.

Thoughts?