Guild Wars 2

According to guildwars2guru

http://www.guildwars2guru.com/news/1120-details-on-upcoming-custom-arenas-spectator-mode/

LOL WAT! brb reading

Thank you for the information.
The hard-work will pay off for A-Net!

Launch in beta only for top 50 QP

April 30th – any confirmation from A-Net?

Would be great!

Rerroll.9083:

Launch in beta only for top 50 QP

but anyone can play in a player-created arena and have access to spectator mode.

tbh, the big news is they’ve finally decided to have a public beta testing.

Still in those top 50 QP players mostly don’t even play so its really limited

Mrbig.8019:

tbh, the big news is they’ve finally decided to have a public beta testing.

now what if the the top 50 qp guys dont want to test the CA’s?

Finally, it might be worth coming back soon if this leads to some competitve tournaments being hosted.

good news. Top 50 is fine for a beta.

Rerroll.9083:

Launch in beta only for top 50 QP

lol I actually thought you were joking but your not haha :/

Lordrosicky.5813:

Rerroll.9083:

Launch in beta only for top 50 QP

lol I actually thought you were joking but your not haha :/

I dont joke on serious business!

It makes sense for them to test CA in beta, to see if everything is alright. The fact that we can play it already will be enough.

Sooner than i expected, awesome news!

DiogoSilva.7089:

It makes sense for them to test CA in beta, to see if everything is already. The fact that we can play it already will be enough.

Indeed.

Since it will be requiring gems to rent the servers it’s important everything is working soundly before they open that floodgate to the masses.

You won’t play in it unless you’re invited in most likely

what about those of us that already bought our custom arena?

They should make open beta and then fix the stuff they need to fix within the next 1-2 months instead of making beta only with the 50 top qp people… fixing a small amount of stuff and then having later fix tons of more stuff because 50 people found 1 percent of the stuff they would needed to change.

Luthan.5236:

They should make open beta and then fix the stuff they need to fix within the next 1-2 months instead of making beta only with the 50 top qp people… fixing a small amount of stuff and then having later fix tons of more stuff because 50 people found 1 percent of the stuff they would needed to change.

I guess some people WILL never be happy.

Zinwrath.2049:

what about those of us that already bought our custom arena?

As customers (we already paid the tokens) we have the RIGHT to test the custom arenas too! Most top 50qp dont play anyway, why not top 50 ladder?

Custom arenas were not in the game when i bought it , so i dont think i can complain at all. It’s not like im paying a sub…

Awesome news GJ. At least its here.

Rerroll.9083:

Most top 50qp dont play anyway

How do you know that? Regardless, I’m sure most of them will play it for this patch, and with 25-50 custom servers for the beta, it seems good enough for me.

Besides, the devs did say they wold reward the qp players somehow. So it’s fair.

I wonder how much I’ll be willing to pay for a custom arena?

Let’s see. I would think it worthwhile to spend say 10 silver to create a custom arena lasting for a few days.

I hope it’s not much more expensive than that.

bhagwad.4281:

I wonder how much I’ll be willing to pay for a custom arena?

Let’s see. I would think it worthwhile to spend say 10 silver to create a custom arena lasting for a few days.

I hope it’s not much more expensive than that.

I haven’t seen how much it will cost, but I read somewhere that the starter kit would last one month, and you could add time to it with time tokens afterward. And anyone can contribute time tokens to someone’s custom arena. So a whole guild could contribute a little bit of gold (gem conversion) per month to sustain their own arena.

bhagwad.4281:

I wonder how much I’ll be willing to pay for a custom arena?

Let’s see. I would think it worthwhile to spend say 10 silver to create a custom arena lasting for a few days.

I hope it’s not much more expensive than that.

lol

I don’t want to speculate on what the cost will be specifically, but it will certainly be substantially more than that.

This time tokens thing scares me alot…. i smell some big crap there…

Myrmidian Eudoros.4671:

lol

I don’t want to speculate on what the cost will be specifically, but it will certainly be substantially more than that.

If I were to speculate, my guess would be between 800 and 1600 gems (24-48g) per month. Here’s to hoping it’s less.

Cosine.7841:

bhagwad.4281:

I wonder how much I’ll be willing to pay for a custom arena?

Let’s see. I would think it worthwhile to spend say 10 silver to create a custom arena lasting for a few days.

I hope it’s not much more expensive than that.

I haven’t seen how much it will cost, but I read somewhere that the starter kit would last one month, and you could add time to it with time tokens afterward. And anyone can contribute time tokens to someone’s custom arena. So a whole guild could contribute a little bit of gold (gem conversion) per month to sustain their own arena.

Finally, a reason to tax PvE and WvW players.

800 gems per month means 10$ per month…. which means that would become a monthly fee like WoW and stuff…. that would suck so badly, i ahve waited since first beta for custom arenas to be released, but i wont be able to use them at such a price…

I really, really hope that the devs add silver awards for ranked matches for this update. 40 minutes of matches with about half the games won should be worth the same as 40 minutes of completing a dungeon: about 60-ish silver.

This would help pvp players not needing to farm pve to have money for CA, and also help PvX players to get on par with pure pve players.

spectator mode not tested….beta mode custom arenas….there is now without a shadow of a doubt in my mind, yes this is just my opinion, the spvp development team is literally 4 people tops if that. It also goes to prove anet….YOU NEED NEED NEED! public beta test servers. push your builds and features and let us test it for you…takes the load off and quite frankly players do a better job of testing than developers. thats why every company does it.

It’s great that PvP will bring some money to the developers, so probably PvP can be a higher priority, which is great.

The only problem is: PvP players make 2 copper a day (pvp daily reward). The only way we can make some more is selling dye from boxes.

So hardcore pvp players won’t be able to rent a server, only the pve dudes will have to money for that if they won’t make some changes.

Rare minis from chests or skins, like in GW1, would solve the problem.

Gandarel.5091:

It’s geart that PvP will bring some money to the developers, so probably PvP can be a higher priority, which is great.

The only problem is: PvP players make 2 copper a day (pvp daily reward). The only way we can make some more is selling dye from boxes.

So hardcore pvp players won’t be able to rent a server, only the pve dudes will have to money for that if they won’t make some changes.

Rare minis from chests or skins, like in GW1, would solve the problem.

Agreed. PvP players need some way to fund the expense of renting arenas.

I want a functionality so that those entering a custom arena have to pay a certain amount to the owner.

So for example, I create a normal 5v5 arena with regular map rotations minus capricorn. Anyone who wants to play has to pay me 5 or 10 copper per match. This way I will be able to recoup my investment into renting the arena in the first place.

It’s cheap, and I myself wouldn’t mind paying that fee to get capricorn free map rotations

April’s patch will certainly be big for pvp:

http://www.guildwars2hub.com/features/editorials/flame-and-frost-retribution-preview

On top of all of this and according to ArenaNet, the Flame and Frost: Retribution will see one of the biggest balance sweeps of structured PvP to date with an even greater number of split-skills between PvE and sPvP.

Gandarel.5091:

Rare minis from chests or skins, like in GW1, would solve the problem.

More RNG is not the answer.

Don’t expect a way to purchase CA’s from in game activity without a large, contributing number of players, because they need this to generate revenue. I rather doubt that these CA’s will be terribly affordable.

With regard to posters who have said that they don’t want it to be like a monthly sub fee… Make no mistake about it, this is a micro that they are going to try to generate revenue from just like you normally would from a monthly. It is something that they HAVE to do. It is good business, and they need the cash to cover the continued costs of development and service if the game is to be sustainable. I suspect that this is a lesson learned from GW1 where they wanted to generate all of their revenue stream from periodic expansions & campaigns (it wasn’t viable long term).

Looks like 3 steps forward.

So, for April:
- Beta for Custom Arenas.
- Spectator Mode.
- More balance changes than normal, with plenty of splits.

Cheers.

DiogoSilva.7089:

So, for April:
- Beta for Custom Arenas.
- Spectator Mode.
- More balance changes than normal, with plenty of splits.

Cheers.

If they do reverse the 4s revealed in wvwvw and PvE and make my favorite spec viable again, you will not see me in sPvP again! xD
I have been FORCED to play with Pistol OH, cant wait to get rid of it!!

Volrath.1473:

DiogoSilva.7089:

So, for April:
- Beta for Custom Arenas.
- Spectator Mode.
- More balance changes than normal, with plenty of splits.

Cheers.

If they do reverse the 4s revealed in wvwvw and PvE and make my favorite spec viable again, you will not see me in sPvP again! xD
I have been FORCED to play with Pistol OH, cant wait to get rid of it!!

Noone told you that they will. Btw :P

didn’t you read the interview? i cant find it now sorry but it was on gugu…
ill keep looking.

What about people who managed to purchase Custom Arena Starter Kits due to a bug before? I know ANet said they will be usable when CAs get released but does it apply to beta too?

Good news.
Can we have the exhaustive list of things that will be customizable for private servers ?

Will the top 50qp players get a free starter kit for custom arenas as a reward or will we have to buy one?

guza.6170:

Will the top 50qp players get a free starter kit for custom arenas as a reward or will we have to buy one?

top 50 qp shouldnt have much problems with gems

I love how there is no way to make gold in spvp to pay for CA

oh wait no I don’t.

Evan Lesh.3295:

Metatail.1306:

What about people who managed to purchase Custom Arena Starter Kits due to a bug before? I know ANet said they will be usable when CAs get released but does it apply to beta too?

Yes they will be fully functional.

Awesome, best news i heard all day. Appreciate it.

cuge.5398:

This time tokens thing scares me alot…. i smell some big crap there…

Definitely need more info on this too because I’m worried that part of the pvp population will be denied the opportunity to play if they can’t pay.