Guild Wars 2

HD GW2 made another thread: GW2 as E-Sports .

It contains link to all the major podcasts, coverage and commentaries which will get u started. There is a growing community on fire, not to mention the number of teams.

I am not sure whether i’ll be able to edit the post to add more stuff but, from what I gathered – these should be essential things for GW2 to have soon in order to catch the momentum of PvP teams.

• Spectator mode
• Ranking system which will put apart premade teams and hot-joins
• Private instances for tournaments, practices, friendly matches
• Dueling – solved by the private servers
• Further developing of balanced maps – possibly without underwater combat (not balanced atm) or sharks
• More PvP modes – 5v5/8v8 something more resembling gw1?

• MOBA looking like camera for spectators – if you gave the viewer a possible camera mode where he can experience the game from bird’s eye view. It gives a sense of strategy understanding, and is more similar to watching LOL / Dota 2 games. You can always go to players perspective to experience the fight up close. – The mode is about points not 1v1.

If you have ideas, shoot em, can add them!

This is obviously an attempt to catch ANet’s attention

Best regards,

Knocknoq

While I support all the proposed additions (with the possible exception of private servers, unless you mean private PvP instances for friendly matches like in GW1), what I’d like to see, and have been advocating since GW1, is the addition of ranked and tiered 5vs5 and 8vs8 PvP (i.e. PvP leagues) on symmetrical maps with automated matchmaking within the tier ala SC2 (but for teams, not players) with the highest ranking games of each league being broadcast GW1 style.

It would help if an 8vs8 guild was be able to create multiple (let’s say a total of 3) teams.

No to the Birdseye view/MOBA-style camera, at least for the player. That’d ruin the majority of the PvP by trying too much to be a MOBA.

A Birdseye spectator mode would be fine for viewing, even freecam would be great. But if players could use birdseye view, it’d force players to have to use it to be on equal footing.

Jack AD.2451:

No to the Birdseye view/MOBA-style camera, at least for the player. That’d ruin the majority of the PvP by trying too much to be a MOBA.

A Birdseye spectator mode would be fine for viewing, even freecam would be great. But if players could use birdseye view, it’d force players to have to use it to be on equal footing.

Yeah. I meant for both pvp instance and moba style camera just for spectators – not for players!! edited the post for more clarity,

game modes like 5v5 8v8 ranked etc is definitely good!! I will add that!

I fully support this. I also think we need more game modes in terms of having more than just conquest. While I love conquest, I think capture the flag would be a great addition to keep things fresh or even a scenario keep defense/attack taking it in turns with a 10v10 format.

Misha.4593:

I fully support this. I also think we need more game modes in terms of having more than just conquest. While I love conquest, I think capture the flag would be a great addition to keep things fresh or even a scenario keep defense/attack taking it in turns with a 10v10 format.

I’m fairly sure they said they had a lot of ideas for game modes, but conquest was just the “simplest” to have at release.

I’d just like sPVP to be split into 5v5 and 8v5 for hot join. I want 5v5 but I also don’t always feel like joining a tourney and waiting/hanging around.