Guild Wars 2

Had a pug vs a premade tonight. Score ended up 249 and 40 and we realized they were coordinating on coms and controlling the map (as any good premade would) but it seems they got paired with the wrong pug group. We were all tired of these repeated pug vs premade matches and decided collectively to “quit” by all hanging out inside the respawn point. We then informed the other team or our forfeit and the reason for it.

This is the first time I’ve seen an entire team agree to do this and I think it says a lot about the level of frustration there is right now with match making of pug to premade teams. It’s to the point where if ArenaNet will not fix the problem and not give us a resign option teams will effectively forfeit by refusing to play.

For any game to be taken seriously as an e-sport the developer needs to pay much respect to balance. Pairing a pug to a premade isn’t fun for anyone. It’s a waste of time for a good pre-made and a waste of time for a pug.

A solo queue has been repeatedly ask for. I don’t care if the premade’s have to wait 10 minutes in queue! It all comes back to the developer. You can make the PvP premade queue like WvW where the players can go do something else while they wait.

The fact that these sort of matches are still occurring (all the time) shows a lack of comprehended importance of “fair fight” scenarios. IMO ArenaNet has never given a proper response as to why this hasn’t been addressed. We were told about a new matchmaking algorithm for pairing players to opponents but nothing to account for the group of like matched players where one team has a clear advantage of being a premade. It’s ridiculous this is not understood to be a real problem and that it’s been given no priority at all.

Have we crossed a threshold where the community understands the needs of the game better than the develoepr does?

The only true resignation is to quit for another game.

Unfortunately if the addiction has set in, there is no hope for you D:

Anet are your dealer, GW2 the drug. Without it you’re nothing but a gibbering mess :D