Guild Wars 2

I was wondering if hotjoin could be finally balanced next patch. The current autobalance and spectate system is just not working as intended. You ask why? Easy.

Lets say a game starts with both team having 6-6 members. One of these teams takes the lead. A new player joins the game. That person looks at the scores and joins the winning side (this happens around 95% of the time, respect for the other 5% who joins he losing side). Once that player joined the winning side the game is even more unbalanced than it was before and the team starts snowballing.

Now, what do the players do on the losing team? Easy, they abuse the current spectate mode, by leaving their team, joining spectate mode (this way its 5v7), wait for the auto balance and then join the winning side. I witness this every single game now. I did not share my thoughts about this before since I thought I would just make it more popular, but we came to a point where it is way more frequent than it should be.

The current system favors abusers and not honest players. If I start on the losing side, it is almost 99% that I will lose in the end, due to players leaving/spectate waiting.

Is there a solution? Yes, do not allow players to join the winning side when they have equal numbers. This could make hotjoin games more interesting as they are now. I really hope to see this getting fixed in the next patch.