Guild Wars 2

Back in the days of Left 4 Dead 2 there was a game mode called “Mutations”. Each week you could play a match with some specific feature or element to it.

It’d be cool to have something similar in PvP, particularly in the off season when standard unranked is AWFUL. If it’s going to be awful pvp, it might aswell have some fun element to it.

So an example might be “Zerker ammy only” or “Warriors vs Thieves” (either 5 wars vs 5 thieves or a mixed wars/thieves), “Only Mesmer” or “No Elite specs”. Plenty of different examples could be created, not necessarily concerned about balance, but something different and pre-set just to mix things up for a bit of fun.

Make fun happen.

hmmm yes, they have something similar in guild wars 1 random arenas too.

Fun? In PvP? Somehow Anet will take the fun out of a mutation system. Like say, favouring one team more than the other. 5 warriors being favoured to win over 5 mesmers would be the most one sided match in history.

Still, I like this idea. Though I hope you want this to be optional to players. They should still be able to play regular games if they want to practice regularly for the league season.

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Fun? In PvP? Somehow Anet will take the fun out of a mutation system. Like say, favouring one team more than the other. 5 warriors being favoured to win over 5 mesmers would be the most one sided match in history.

Still, I like this idea. Though I hope you want this to be optional to players. They should still be able to play regular games if they want to practice regularly for the league season.

If they dont want to give us “ranked” during the off season, it’d just be two buttons. Unranked, and Mutation (changed weekly).

Or 3 buttons Unranked, Ranked, Mutation(name pending).

OR if you wanted to make things technical, when you queue for Unranked you can have a box ticked like you do conquest/stronghold. Unranked? Regular/Mutation