Clarify match type for new players
It seems to be a pretty regular occurrence in solo queue that you get level 1 players new to sPvP that accidentally join solo queue thinking that’s the obvious path to follow to hop in a match. They proclaim they don’t know what’s going on and apologise for being new. Simple solution is to add a big tutorial arrow that points to the game browser and says “If you’re new, try playing here first!”. As is, it’s just frustrating for players who want to have a competitive match with players who know how to play the maps and their class.
Thanks.
Yes. I probably see lowbies more often in SQ due to that than it hotjoin. It’s also the first tab, the real “casual” gametype only being the second with a nondescript icon and name … you’d think first timers looking for PvP will click on the Arena icon and description. What the hell is up with hat design?
And no matchmaking based on ranks in SQ? Seriously?
I have also gotten rank 1 people in team arena when I run less then full groups occassionally. As a matter of fact I have noticed tons of solo players in team arena which leads me to believe there are tons of players that are confused about the difference between solo arena and team arena. This game does a horrible job explaining everything. I really think there may be people out there that think solo arena is some kind of 1v1 thing or something lol. Why else would queue solo for a game mode where you could be facing other full teams when you could play against other randoms instead. There is lots of confusion here.
To be fair…
SPvP is crap PvP…
Leaving tournies to basically fill the ‘que and play’ mode of every other game.
It’s not surprising rank 1s end up in there.
What is, is that the MMR is so bad that it can’t stick rank 1s with other newbies.
True. I’d rather have a team of rank 1s every once in a while than for PvP to die because every new player tries hotjoin once and says “lol back to WvW.”