Guild Wars 2

Never done Spvp Rank before and i have started to do some again because i want to obtain the legendary Wings, During my progression i managed to go from bronze and up to Gold 2. I’m more then half way done with getting the wings however the season is ending and wanted to know a few things.

1: The way it is currently set up to get the wings going to be changing for next season or is it going to stay the same as it is?

2: Is there any rewards for being Above siliver after the season ends? Kinda like how League of legends does during the end of every season they reward Gold+ players with a new Skin, wanted to know if Anet has done anything like this at all>

3: Whats the purpose of being “bear” rank and moving on forward if it doesn’t place you in anything or gets you anything besides a finisher?

4: Is the Meta going to be the same? Any changes going to be happening over all?

I’m just a noob looking to get some good information from veteran players or anet members that can shed some light for me if possible. Thank you in advance for responding.

1. The way of obtaining the wings likely stays the same, but there were some changes after first 4 seasons because the pip system changed.

2. End of season reward comes in form of titles for top 250, 100, 25, 10, 3, 2, 1. Nothing else.

3. I think the “animal” rank system is just a form of progression for pvp, similar to what levels are in pve. Also, back in the day you could only get pve armor/weapon skins in pvp from rewards which were tied to those ranks.

4. Based on my limited knowledge I assume that the meta stays pretty much the same until some balance update changes some skills and traits.

GunnarMare.9218:

1. The way of obtaining the wings likely stays the same, but there were some changes after first 4 seasons because the pip system changed.

2. End of season reward comes in form of titles for top 250, 100, 25, 10, 3, 2, 1. Nothing else.

3. I think the “animal” rank system is just a form of progression for pvp, similar to what levels are in pve. Also, back in the day you could only get pve armor/weapon skins in pvp from rewards which were tied to those ranks.

4. Based on my limited knowledge I assume that the meta stays pretty much the same until some balance update changes some skills and traits.

alright man, thank you for taking the time to respond to me and let me know whats good.

currently just need 25 “tickets” and i should be all set with the item imo, besides completing some of the acts i gotta do that are time gated.

No problem! One thing to keep in mind is that originally when the league season was introduced, I remember them saying that the legendary item would change every year, and the previous item would become harder to obtain later on. But so far it seems like this is not the case.

GunnarMare.9218:

4. Based on my limited knowledge I assume that the meta stays pretty much the same until some balance update changes some skills and traits.

Not really. Drastic changes only occur around balance patches, but there are often shifts in the meta between them. Guardian and Necromancer in particular see a lot of shifts.

Examples of meta shifts that where unrelated to patches:
-the rise of LB druid in s5-s6
-the sudden appearance of power necro in s5.
-the perpetual popularity war between symbolic guard, meditrapper, and burn guard.

Also meta is largely caused by perception. For example power necros where almost never seen and generally considered trash up until Nos started streaming himself playing power necro in s5, and then suddenly 3/4ths of the necros you encountered where power.

GunnarMare.9218:

No problem! One thing to keep in mind is that originally when the league season was introduced, I remember them saying that the legendary item would change every year, and the previous item would become harder to obtain later on. But so far it seems like this is not the case.

Also they dont even have legendary weapons for HoT expansion either …slowly adding them over time … and with same rarity balance patches

zoopop.5630:

GunnarMare.9218:

1. The way of obtaining the wings likely stays the same, but there were some changes after first 4 seasons because the pip system changed.

2. End of season reward comes in form of titles for top 250, 100, 25, 10, 3, 2, 1. Nothing else.

3. I think the “animal” rank system is just a form of progression for pvp, similar to what levels are in pve. Also, back in the day you could only get pve armor/weapon skins in pvp from rewards which were tied to those ranks.

4. Based on my limited knowledge I assume that the meta stays pretty much the same until some balance update changes some skills and traits.

alright man, thank you for taking the time to respond to me and let me know whats good.

currently just need 25 “tickets” and i should be all set with the item imo, besides completing some of the acts i gotta do that are time gated.

Im actually quite surprised that u could get where u are now so fast. I also recently returned and im at the IV part and theres still tons left to do. I can only imagine that theyve nerfed some of the achis, I remember back from season1 you had to get to legendary i believe to finish one of the achis – unless the progress carried over to the next (could be the case), I dont see the achi where you have to play multiple classes anymore either. It does seem tho that this legendary is purely time gated, which sucks as it wouldve been nice to have something that requires some dedication, same way u have to focus to overcome raids.