Guild Wars 2

It seems like no matter what I do in PvP, I’m not making a difference either way. I know I’m not an expert in PvP, and possibly not even good, but it seems that no matter what I do, I can’t actually do anything useful.

1. I ninja an undefended point, for 2 people to come and retake it. I end up feeding the enemy 5 points, while only making that many points for my team if I’m lucky.

2. I help out in the giant battle raging over the central point. But no matter what I play, I can’t make any difference in the battle. If I’m a glass cannon, I just get murdered by that lolheartseeker Thief or 100b warrior that came from behind. If I’m a tank, I can’t do kitten for damage or even make it on to the point sometimes, thanks to all the CC and knockbacks. If I’m somewhere in between, I get the worst of both.

3. I hide in the brush and wait for the guys defending the point to leave. They never do. I’m doing literally nothing and not helping the team at all.

I can’t be the only one feeling this way. It seems like sPvP is all about living and dying by the mob, since I can’t do much on my own. 1v1 fights are non-existant, and even if they did exist it would only be a complex version of rock-paper-scissors.

1) Sometimes simply neutralizing a point is enough. By all means capture it if you can but sometimes you can use the neutralization as bait to split larger forces you can’t otherwise break head on. This helps the team more than I think most give due credit.

2) It’s chaos and very hard to decipher everything that’s going on all at once. Unless the directive is obvious I suggest hanging back a couple seconds to get a grasp on what is happening and then jumping in on the most advantageous opportunity present.

3) Always keep moving. If you see a point you can’t break, call out what you see and move on to something else.

Try free tournaments. They are usually much less frustrating than hotjoin, though not always. Surprisingly, free tourneys are an overall better choice for newer PvPers. It’s best if you can join as a premade, but I even enjoy queueing up solo and trusting my luck in a pug much more than playing a hotjoin.

Free tournaments are a better place to play as its much less zergy. Not always mind, but you do tend to get a better game going. Quite a few more 1 vs 1s as well, which is perfect for actually playing your class instead of spamming everything in vain hope something sticks.

As for your points, if you find a point thats empty, cap it and move on. If its retaken, thats one of their team that has to wait with it whilst you can scout out somewhere else to grab some points. Roaming is better than holding a point unless you are built to hold points.

8v8 is worthless for anything other than warming up or testing a new build or class.

You also dont need a full team to make a difference either, just finding a buddy who can go with you, and make both your builds compliment each other. Few times on my ranger I went with a thief who was VERY bursty, but I can take a lot of damage as well as pumping out nice condi damage. You can make quite a difference even with just a little team work.