I have been reading the pvp forums for a while and i have not come across substantial constructive material that adress major issues with pvp in this game. I am sure most of you who are doing spvp or tpvp in this game competitively realized some serious problems over the time you have been playing it. The way pvp is in its current state, is no were near a esport(which is what anet has been shooting for but i see no improvement). I don’t want to go into wvw in this thread since its in the Spvp forums, So i will address in my view the problems that i feel is really holding this game back from being competitive and fun. Also suggestions on how to improve.
PROBLEM!
Spvp only has one form(or mode)however you want to put it. Which is king of the hill based over three capture points. First question, Was this a smart idea to balance pvp around with? I think this was a poor choice in a mmo considering the fact that spvp and Tpvp is overrun by guardians/thief’s/mesmers. Why you might ask? Tpvp makes very good use of those classes abilities and utilities. No matter how much balancing arena net do to try and make things better, by nerfing or buffin etc.. IT WONT fix the problem plain and simple. Unless arena net either a redesign the whole class(es),which i doubt they will do.
- Guardians with the right build can hold of a entire team until teammates arrive for help.They have enough utility to sustain and make fights last longer(Downed State can elongate battles by their ability). They can also dish out very good damage at the same time.
- Mesmer’s are a pain in the butt to fight just due to the fact they are hard to stick on with the sheer number of clones they can create. On top of that if specced correctly you can do some massive melee damage or stack conditions on your opponents.If you yourself take condition damage no problem you have an ability to put back on your target. To me mesmer’s are the most OP at the moment for Tpvp
- Thief’s by far have the most upfront burst damage and makes them very unpredictable. It can be hard to counter if they get there skills to all critt. You might die before you get chance to even swing at them.They are very good for getting that pesky player trying to capture a point(s). They also attain very good tactical utility skills to either evade(stealth) or Teleport around the map(shortbow). No matter what expect to be always opened up by a thief.
Spvp/Tpvp just make this classes shine its catered to they way they are designed.
SOLUTION
- I don’t really care if this game becomes a esport or not . If anything gets fixed, A easy solution would to obviously add Random/Team Arenas like guild wars 1. It’s team death match style for those of you who didn’t play the first one. Which did a excellent job at utilizing many different types of builds and team composition. Its much easier to balance a mmo around team deathmatch than objective based in my eyes. Every class has the ability to kill and heal. Now its just a matter building around your teammates. Were as King of the hill will always point to guardians/thiefs/mesmers/because it optimizes them. You might think that we might arrive to the same problems that are currently going on. But if you think about it, more classes will be viable with many different builds.
PROBLEM
- Another major issue and i know its been brought up. DOWNED STATE needs to go. Some classes have better abilities when they are down(Guardians/Warriors/Mesmers).
You cannot expect to play competitively knowing when you down someone there is a good chance he will get back up and come back and kill you and stay up. Chances increases when you fight around your teammates for surviving.
CONCLUSION
This game has a lot of potential to shine in pvp. Problem is people are not going to sit around and wait forever for a fix and so far it anet has been flooded with work. I dont see a fix anytime soon. Whether or not this game becomes a esport, or if arena net pursues it. They need to sit down and really think about how they plan to accomplish because as it stands. Objective based is not going to accomplish this.
SORRY FOR THE WALL OF TEXT.
I encourage all of you pvpers out there to put your own input. I will update this post more with time. I was planning to make a WvW post but i’m sure the devs already know whats wrong with it.
(edited by Pride N Greed.8106)