Guild Wars 2

All yesterday afternoon I was unable to find a normal match where I was able to just join a server and play normal SPvP.

We joined half a dozen servers before we realized the implications of making these custom arenas, and how making them a PAY item. . . is going to truly ruin matchfinding.

Every server we picked out of the NON-custom arenas. . . was just a bunch of guildies pretending they had their own custom server and telling people to stay out of their business. . . or flat out not capping points and playing the game. Some of them were even hostile towards players who didn’t “follow their rules”.

What happens when the most active/populated PUBLIC servers are the ones being swamped by guilds who aren’t willing to pay for a custom arena? I am VERY worried that finding a NORMAL match is going to be impossible even AFTER this item is out for everyone to buy. Many people are simply just not going to pay per month to have their own space, so they will treat public space as their own.

I am worried that finding actual matches to join in with friends is going to remain a nightmare. I know my friend and I spent close to an hour before giving up and dropping our whole idea of enjoying some PvP. Neither of us were able to find servers ACTUALLY playing the game. I have a feeling that once the item is out to buy. . . we are going to see even more of this. Nobody wants to pay a tacked on price to access ONE feature of a game that should just have been free to everyone from the start.

Adding a price to custom arenas is going to add the time involved to ACTUALLY find a decent match to be in. People are just going to continue playing rule-maker in the public servers. I know those people can swap gold to gems, but the exchange rate is FAR too high all the time to make that even remotely viable. Please rethink this Anet! Paying for custom arenas is going to put the nail in the coffin for anyone just wanting to play the game by hopping into a match with a friend.

oh really now. i just jumped in and looked at server list and got into a normal game no issues. and i feel sad i had to do that because i either play solo que tourny or with friends. ’’normal’’ sPVP doesnt have anything other than just glory grinding.

I only play SPvP with friends. After an hour neither of us were able to find a decent match just by picking servers at random. There needs to be a way to join LEGITIMATE matches with friends.

Latromi.2387:

I only play SPvP with friends.

Try tournaments then instead of mindless hotjoin zerg.

yes I noticed some servers with a bunch of guilds hanging out, which is pretty awesome in a way, because its nice to see pvp guilds getting together. But it sure aint hard to find a normal game.

uberkingkong.8041:

yes I noticed some servers with a bunch of guilds hanging out, which is pretty awesome in a way, because its nice to see pvp guilds getting together. But it sure aint hard to find a normal game.

I had more issues pre-patch with people taking over the 5v5 servers for dueling than with guilds taking over public servers post-patch. Further, I don’t believe the presence or absence of custom servers much influences whether guilds want to ‘own’ a server—legitimately or otherwise.

shameless plug.

Join the [BANK] custom arena and play some regular spvp.

Tournaments are just as bad in pvp in my opinion.

1. - Anet you have a leaderboards that don’t mean much because you have so many variables out there. Maybe it was in the last patch notes didn’t get through everything, but is there even a formula?
2. - You go in solo q and you get matched up a group of 5…. gg, barely worth playing, good luck getting stomped all day long.
   —Note how to fix #2…. Ummm solo q vs solo q ; team q vs team q… not hard. If you have a group of 2-3 then that is your risk of going up against a group of 5. Just have your group of 2, be matched with another group of 3, and there you go. That will take a lot longer yes, BUT for these leaderboards to mean anything it would be worth me playing tournaments.
3. Solo q leaderboards, Team q leaderboards: You can’t mix apples and oranges, so make 2 leaderboards, yes formulas included.

This will either make tournaments more competitive in that a group of 5 is going up a group of 5… whereas now, it’s just crap in my opinion. A group of 5 against a group of 2 and 3 really low ranks, it’s just a mess. Clean it up, right now your leaderboards are a bad idea for determining anything.

As far as the custom arenas: They need more normal servers because right now, too many spectator modes around, I would rather not have spectators in my matches. I see maybe…. 2-3 servers without spectator.

Anet has a lot to do yet, I would hope sooner or later, forget all this new wvw and pve stuff, all these updates for that, whereas the spvp sector other than this last patch has just been kitten on.

Shadow of Azrael.1205:

Latromi.2387:

I only play SPvP with friends.

Try tournaments then instead of mindless hotjoin zerg.

You still get those in tournaments, but not as often. Tpvp is a hotjoin now remember?

Thank you MyGWAccount <3; the Penn so n’ so room i think it is, is also good.

Yep it’s terrible.

The game is just drowing in issues.

Anyways.
Off to Neverwinter for me (amazing game, they stole dodge rolling), I might occasionally check up on this game, but no hope here… they’ve crushed that to the ground.