Guild Wars 2

I find this very hard to believe. Since around Monday, most of my queue times have been over 4 minutes and as of yesterday my queue times have shot up even further to 5-8 minutes.

It’s better than a 15 min queue time on the previous system, is 5-8 mins a real thing? I would sacrifice a goat for these times on the old system.

XGhoul.7426:

It’s better than a 15 min queue time on the previous system, is 5-8 mins a real thing? I would sacrifice a goat for these times on the old system.

I would sacrifice a goat to have 15 min queues in exchange for being about to enter custom arenas while queuing…

Random Weird Guy.3528:

I find this very hard to believe. Since around Monday, most of my queue times have been over 4 minutes and as of yesterday my queue times have shot up even further to 5-8 minutes.

Well it’s not as bad as it use to. You have to keep urself busy do. Clear bags & recycle ect… wish we had more social thing to do as dual & inspect players build & basically compare characters.

I have had the exact same experience as you, which leads me to wonder how I can become part of the 50% that has a 5 second queue time.

Lucky you, I get insta pops into 4+1 vs 5 (or 3+2) as 1

Something happened to ranked queue times. I find myself more and more heading to unranked arenas because they require at most 1-2m for a match to start. Ranked however can easily go up to 4-5min now.

holodoc.5748:

Something happened to ranked queue times. I find myself more and more heading to unranked arenas because they require at most 1-2m for a match to start. Ranked however can easily go up to 4-5min now.

Probably just way more popular. The rewards are streamlined now right? I know back when I was doing a lot of tpvp before, many people just did it because it gave better rewards so it became a casual playground.

Random Weird Guy.3528:

I find this very hard to believe. Since around Monday, most of my queue times have been over 4 minutes and as of yesterday my queue times have shot up even further to 5-8 minutes.

Ranked or Unranked?

I’ve noticed a lot of people prefer to play unranked since it does not have the negative attitude that some ranked games tend to have.

Wolfey.3407:

Ranked or Unranked?

Ranked.

I’d rather wait 5 minutes than be rushed into a bad matchup…

Wolfey.3407:

Random Weird Guy.3528:

I find this very hard to believe. Since around Monday, most of my queue times have been over 4 minutes and as of yesterday my queue times have shot up even further to 5-8 minutes.

Ranked or Unranked?

I’ve noticed a lot of people prefer to play unranked since it does not have the negative attitude that some ranked games tend to have.

And I don’t the possibility of getting skyhammer.

Random Weird Guy.3528:

I find this very hard to believe. Since around Monday, most of my queue times have been over 4 minutes and as of yesterday my queue times have shot up even further to 5-8 minutes.

just go to hot join, there is no point in playing ranked if youre not grinding the ladderboard. and there is very little difference between unranked and hot join, accept in hot join you can instantly leave a map you hate without dishonor. player quality is no different.

oneply.9586:

Random Weird Guy.3528:

I find this very hard to believe. Since around Monday, most of my queue times have been over 4 minutes and as of yesterday my queue times have shot up even further to 5-8 minutes.

just go to hot join, there is no point in playing ranked if youre not grinding the ladderboard. and there is very little difference between unranked and hot join, accept in hot join you can instantly leave a map you hate without dishonor. player quality is no different.

Ranked has standard models (no asuras!), no Skyhammer, no Courtyard, and no Spirit Watch. The players there are generally better.

Unranked does not let you use standard models, people often vote Courtyard, there’s always that one troll that manages to get us Skyhammer or Spirit Watch, and the players are generally bad.

Hot join is just like unranked except you can escape maps and games you don’t like, but in turn you must deal with it being either so easy that it’s boring, or being out numbered all the time, because no one wants to make the effort to win. They just want to be on the winning side. A hot join match is more a battle of the auto balance system for a spot on the team with the most points at the time. Consequentially, hot join is not ideal when you’re trying to play with people in a party. At least in unranked, the teams are fixed until the match ends.

Impact.2780:

Ranked has standard models (no asuras!), no Skyhammer, no Courtyard, and no Spirit Watch. The players there are generally better.

Unranked does not let you use standard models, people often vote Courtyard, there’s always that one troll that manages to get us Skyhammer or Spirit Watch, and the players are generally bad.

Hot join is just like unranked except you can escape maps and games you don’t like, but in turn you must deal with it being either so easy that it’s boring, or being out numbered all the time, because no one wants to make the effort to win. They just want to be on the winning side. A hot join match is more a battle of the auto balance system for a spot on the team with the most points at the time. Consequentially, hot join is not ideal when you’re trying to play with people in a party. At least in unranked, the teams are fixed until the match ends.

idk about ranked having generally better players. i usually only q ranked with a friend or two, but the games are of the same quality as if we did it in unranked. it might be a MMR issue idk as i only play ranked anymore with a cpl friends. and considering you do see the names of the people who compete in the tourns in unranked often. honestly, at least at my MMR/skill level (my guess would be mediocre to average), there is barely any difference in player quality between unranked and ranked, the only difference is the maps available. (i could care less about fighting asuras, they arent any harder to target than norns/charrs.)

your points about hotjoin are valid. when im in the mood for quick games and not sitting in q for long periods of time i will bounce around until i get lucky and find that room of people that stay and just keep playing to win. but admittedly i do sometimes give up before finding it.

Difference in player quality between Ranked and Unranked is huge… usualy in Ranked when people bunker nodes, they bunker them, not kitten around in middle of nowhere chasing Thieves or zerg while giving nodes to enemies for free…