Guild Wars 2

Before PvP Update
Played casual soloQ en some teamQ. If I really focused on playing sPvP, I manage to get in top 1000 of soloQ.

My experience was that I always get the best games when I play off-peak hours. (UTC+1) So during the day before 15.00. Or Saturday or Sunday morning. Team members seem to know what to do on the map, right positioning and playing well. And didn’t AFK, leave or rage.

During peak hours (18:00 – 23:00) I mostly had bad matches. With people AFK, leave, Rage. People didn’t know what to do on the map. Like double capping. Or zerging. Not positioning correctly, not going mid etc.

My win/loss ratio was about 51% with 600 games played

After PvP Update
Since the ladder I set myself the goal I want to reach the top 250 on the ladder (and stay there). I do this by joining by myself in the ranked arena. I have no team.

Now I encounter a lot of bad matches at any time (off-peak and peak) where I play with people who do not position themselves correctly on the map. The opponent is mostly better. It is really frustrating that I win my 1 versus 1 battles and manage to keep points or contest opponents points but still loose the game because the rest of the team is loosing their battles. This results in a lot of losses. The losses where expected because I almost never lose points on the ladder.

Every game takes about 15 minutes. So if you loose 4 games in a row, 1 hour has past and my ladder standing is still the same. Loosing also makes reward and rank progression slower. My win/loss ration on in ranked arena is 40% with 70 games played since beginning of the test ladder. 28 wins and 42 losses. I have 24 points.

Right now I feel burned out. I have spent about 17,5 hours playing, but not progressing much more on the ladder. And encountering a lot of loses, that feel undeserved, because I played well. I can better play unranked, than at least I win more. In unranked my win/loss is 50%. But I do like the idea of the ladder, so that is why i prefer to play ranked.

I hope this story will help to improve the matchmaking experience for people who queue by themselves.

Jurrit.7826:

Before PvP Update
Played casual soloQ en some teamQ. If I really focused on playing sPvP, I manage to get in top 1000 of soloQ.

My experience was that I always get the best games when I play off-peak hours. (UTC+1) So during the day before 15.00. Or Saturday or Sunday morning. Team members seem to know what to do on the map, right positioning and playing well. And didn’t AFK, leave or rage.

During peak hours (18:00 – 23:00) I mostly had bad matches. With people AFK, leave, Rage. People didn’t know what to do on the map. Like double capping. Or zerging. Not positioning correctly, not going mid etc.

My win/loss ratio was about 51% with 600 games played

After PvP Update
Since the ladder I set myself the goal I want to reach the top 250 on the ladder (and stay there). I do this by joining by myself in the ranked arena. I have no team.

Now I encounter a lot of bad matches at any time (off-peak and peak) where I play with people who do not position themselves correctly on the map. The opponent is mostly better. It is really frustrating that I win my 1 versus 1 battles and manage to keep points or contest opponents points but still loose the game because the rest of the team is loosing their battles. This results in a lot of losses. The losses where expected because I almost never lose points on the ladder.

Every game takes about 15 minutes. So if you loose 4 games in a row, 1 hour has past and my ladder standing is still the same. Loosing also makes reward and rank progression slower. My win/loss ration on in ranked arena is 40% with 70 games played since beginning of the test ladder. 28 wins and 42 losses. I have 24 points.

Right now I feel burned out. I have spent about 17,5 hours playing, but not progressing much more on the ladder. And encountering a lot of loses, that feel undeserved, because I played well. I can better play unranked, than at least I win more. In unranked my win/loss is 50%. But I do like the idea of the ladder, so that is why i prefer to play ranked.

I hope this story will help to improve the matchmaking experience for people who queue by themselves.

Number one, you never told us what class you play.

Number two, you never told us what you’re losing to.

Number three, people get bad games and bad matches. I personally COULD NOT WIN TODAY! However, I will play tomorrow and get a higher win rate and leaderboard position. Your entire idea of “improvement” dissolves under what is a flawed matchmaking system.

Let me tell you right now that if you quit you’ll never get the respect that improving YOURSELF will give you at the end of the day.

YES, the matchmaking is flawed ATM. But it was IMPLEMENTED THREE WEEKS AGO and actually relies on a point based system where “points” are generated by wins. In other words, there aren’t many “points” to be distributed amongst players to prevent really good players from being paired against and with not so good players. The good news is, it keeps getting better by the day because of no lifers like the guys at the top of the leaderboards like myself. The bad news is, if you care about actually getting rank atm, you have to play a LOT. Later on it will be about who wins and loses against whom, but right now it’s a grind to the top.

I agree the current system is flawed at the moment. I have seen my fair share of “oh god I hate my team” moments. There is no doubt I also play against people where they have absolutely zero chance of winning, often to the point of people quitting after the first fight in my solo queue matches… It’s not fun for anyone, but I’m sure it’s gonna get better.

Yes, matchmaking is flawed at the moment. However, f you want a number to justify your spot in this game then you don’t belong here…

FINALLY, I know that people rage quit and afk a LOT in lower rated games. It TRULY DOES EFFECT EVERYONE!!! I had a game that was 5v2 the other day by the end of it. It was disgusting.

The dishonor system hasn’t been implemented yet, but I think that’s a mistake. The game seems stable enough to where people that accept queues go into them. If you leave then you should be given dishonored but should be able to finish the game. I don’t think that with the current system you need to punish people for not accepting a queue pop, but leavers and class swappers should be punished…

I play engineer. Used to play with rabid and pistol/shield bombs. Since last two weeks I switched to celestial grenade/rifle.

Answer to your question: “What you are losing to?”. Mostly because other team has better map control. Or wins more battles on points. My guess is because they are overall better.

I must add to my previous post that I do like GW2 PvP.

I do encounter good matches where both, my team and the opponents are good. I don’t mind loosing from a team when we have a good team and we did the best we could and loose because the other are better. I am just saying that this seems to happen less then before.

The reason I post this, is because I want to the developer to know my experience. I hope this can help him to improve something.

About your statement: “if you want a number to justify your spot in this game”:

I enjoy pvp, because I like to compete against real people instead of AI. I like the team based setting. I like to have fair matches. To win a PvP match by itself is rewarding. The ladder system adds something extra on top of that to strive for something to show off. It does motivate to play more.

Jurrit.7826:

I play engineer. Used to play with rabid and pistol/shield bombs. Since last two weeks I switched to celestial grenade/rifle.

Answer to your question: “What you are loosing to?”. Mostly because other team has better map control. Or wins more battles on points. My guess is because they are overall better.

I must add to my previous post that I do like GW2 PvP.

I do encounter good matches where both, my team and the opponents are good. I don’t mind loosing from a team when we have a good team and we did the best we could and loose because the other are better. I am just saying that this seems to happen less then before.

The reason I post this, is because I want to the developer to know my experience. I hope this can help him to improve something.

About your statement: “if you want a number to justify your spot in this game”:

I enjoy pvp, because I like to compete against real people instead of AI. I like the team based setting. I like to have fair matches. The win a PvP match by itself is rewarding. The ladder system adds something extra on top of that to strive for something to show off. It does motivate to play more.

Losing**