Guild Wars 2

I believe they really should be viewable ingame. I’m sure many are not interested in PvP because they probably think there are no leaderboards at all. Nothing in the game suggests their existance. It should be on the front tab of the PvP/ Mists screen. Even a link to the website from here would make a difference.

Another thing that would really spice things up would the observer system from GW1. All games above a certain ranking threshold (average of all players?) would be broadcasted for anyone to join in and observe. (Delayed if concerned about cheating)

Stuff like this I feel the PvP community is lacking.

There was some thread about the observer system.

Basically a dev said that can’t be done with the current system because it is very complicated, so come back in two years I guess.

Got it :

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/pvp/Spectator-Mode-Solo-Team-Matches/first#post3835609

Evan Lesh.3295:

We can’t support GW1 style observer mode and recordings yet due to the fact we use Havok. The simulations are not deterministic so we have to figure out a way around that first. Basically, its way harder to do in GW2 than GW1.

Btw, the leaderboards are so broken that it’s not that much of a loss that no one can see them IG, if you ask me. The matchmaking is terrible, too.

I still feel that, broken or not, more people would take an interest in PvP if it was more easily known that they still are there.

Also one reason for bad match making could be as simple as low player pool in the first place.

It’s a shame about observer thing. I just wonder why stuff like this was not considered in the design phase if they really wanted to aim for esports.

Thanks for the link though.

This is a good point, I played at least 100 tourny matches before I knew there was a leader board( im thinking more like 300, but i dont know for sure). I think people like me will see the achievements for tpvp and just jump in, I know i must have made at least a few people mad when i did tpvp when i was a noob.

Yes the spectator mode does need work, such as zoom, and perhaps a free cam.