Guild Wars 2

But this just takes the cake…

I am freaking done. I may actually not touch PvP again because this has gotten to a point where it’s actually bad for my mental state.

I didn’t bother to keep track, but I have lost no less than 10 games in a row, more likely 15 by my rough estimation. All this in an effort to get the, apparently impossible, Daily Mesmer achievement so I can push for some dungeon rewards in a different and “fun” way.

But this has be the single most grossest matchmaking I’ve seen in the last 48 hours. Every single game has been utterly disgusting. Every single time, I am the least capable person on the teams by far. I die instantly and there’s nothing I can do to prevent it.

I don’t know Mesmer, so why the HELL am I getting matched with people who know their profession forward, backward, up-side-down and color inverted?

I’m aware that there’s been some matchmaking glitches, but does not make this any less upsetting. It’s just a game, and I should be having fun, but when when 95% of match-making aren’t close or fun, and then THIS happens… It’s merely a test of patience rather than anything that even remotely resembles a “game”.

P.S. – Give us a kitten /surrender option or something. If I’m shafted by match-making, don’t make it last longer than it needs to. It feels like someone’s spitting in my eye after kicking me in the nads.

I think you just need to breathe some fresh air…maybe go outside or play another game? Getting angry and going on tilt in game isn’t going to help you much more and probably only makes the issue worse. Also, judging from a recent post, the matchmaking issue is something they are actively working to improve.

blarghhrrkblah.3412:

I think you just need to breathe some fresh air…maybe go outside or play another game? Getting angry and going on tilt in game isn’t going to help you much more and probably only makes the issue worse. Also, judging from a recent post, the matchmaking issue is something they are actively working to improve.

I have gotten a breath of fresh air. I went to class. I’ve played other games. Over 48 hours, I’ve wanted to play this kitten game that I love and it kicks me in the balls EVERY kitten TIME.

And I am, somewhat, relieved that they’re actively trying to fix it, but I’m still hella kittened and needed to rant.

The problem is, the classes don’t have their own MMR and if you were succecfull with one class and then switched to the one with which you don’t have much experience, you still will be matched with the same players. Or worse, the game decides you are the most capable person on the teams and matches you with most uncapable persons against pre-made:). Same thing happened to me yesterday. Just a few day before i was having a good winstreak on my guardian (i was playing with a couple of friends to boot), then i decided to test my elementalist and lost 8 games in a row. I suppose, until the devs change matchmaking the only reasonable advise is to play hot-joins until you are little more experienced with class, then go unranked/ranked.

If i am reading this right…. your angry about losing while playing a class you DO NOT KNOW so you complain? Take into account it is 1 of 12 dailies you do not have to do it in one segment of the game. It is a BONUS to get it done for more potions. Also if you do not know the daily bonus potion classes, just continue playing with ones you know. In the end it’ll cause less stress to you.

Also no need for a “/surrender option” people usually stop playing/afk at spawn when they are getting kittenstomped.

If you’re playing a profession or build with which you’re completely unfamiliar, go to the game list tab and find a standard ANet server (all have names Server ### where ### is between 001 and some three digit number) which has people in it but under 10 and join it. This is the recently removed “Practice” option.

You’re losing because you’re playing against the same opponents you would if you were playing the build you were comfortable with. It would be like playing a new champion or role in LoL. There are a lot of things you can complain about, but losing on a class you are bad at compared to your normal skill level doesn’t really hold much water to me.

OlrunTheBlade.1486:

There are a lot of things you can complain about, but losing on a class you are bad at compared to your normal skill level doesn’t really hold much water to me.

Except it’s apparently gotten worse, and is worse than that.
I completely forgot to mention, but I had the idea to play my main class, and when we’re winning, switch over to Mesmer. Pretty good idea, I think. I can support my team, have fun, have a “good” match, and get the reward.

Except no. Screw me. Get stomped every time.
Even playing my main, it felt like I was getting matched against people who were waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than me. And while it used to happen every once in a while a week or two ago, now it’s been happening literally 90% of the time if not more.
Hell, I used to be able to off-class and still squeeze out a victory within 3 or 4 games, sometimes even on the first try. But matchmaking lately has been the most infuriating thing I can recall in video games. (And I played Brink with the AI.)