Guild Wars 2

Help me figure this out.

Info taken from the wiki:

Page: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Structured_PvP

• Rewards from structured PvP matches include rank points and coin. Players participating in a match for less than 7 minutes receive reduced rewards.

Page: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/PvP_Rank

• Rank points are earned at the end of a match and are based on whether your team won or lost. Matches that last shorter than average will yield proportionally less points. The number of points earned further depends on the type of match played. (???)

What does “average” mean? Average duration per map type? Is it different in hotjoin and rated play? And can anybody back up the “proportionally” part at all?

I just did a bunch of test matches in hotjoin with a friend, which we tried to win as fast as possible. They all ended way sooner than 7 minutes (duration varied between 4:50 and 6 minutes, depending on the map).

The fastest one was a Spirit Watch match which ended after 4:50.

It did not last 7 minutes or longer.

It definitely didn’t last longer than “average”.

The winner got the full 500 points.

We actually got the full 500 points for winning every time, except for one match, which was a 5:25 Khylo match, if I remember correctly.

So not only contradict the two wiki pages each other, it also seems that neither of the statements is true. At the very least they don’t contain the full truth.

Factors that could influence the rank points (and/or reward points) awarded – (maybe) a combination of:

• Duration of the match (Apparently NOT the only factor)

• Whether a player joined late (this one seems a given)

• Whether a player left the home base late

• Whether the other team scored points or not

• Number of players on both teams

• Intended match duration (10 mins or 15 mins)

• ANet server or custom server

Oh, one more thing. Personal points, as long as you have >0, shouldn’t matter anymore. However, in our test matches, sometimes the winner would get the full 500, and the loser less than 200 (for example, 169 rank points) so I guess that could be a factor. I’m putting it back on the list.

• Personal points gained

• Can you think of anything else?

There was me, thinking I could write down some durations and points and plot a nice curve afterwards. But the reality seems more complicated, and we don’t have enough datapoints. I’m not sure how to test this reliably.

Nobody has any ideas on this?

Shall I edit the wiki so it says, “we don’t really know”?

:)