My “Dcent” Changes to PvP
SPVP:
I think that almost everyone can agree that hot join needs to go. This is because anything higher than 5v5 feels like a zerg fest that involves no skill, and all it does is shy people away from pvp. If arena net wants to attract more players to pvp then I feel like there should be more organization. So here are just some of the things I would change/add to pvp. So when you go to the pvp matchmaker you would see the following:
-Conquest Tab:
In this tab you would see the option to queue 5v5 for which ever map that you choose. So for example when you open up the tab you would see (5v5 Battle of Khylo queue), (5v5 Legacy of the Foefire queue), etc. The game would try to match you up with players close to your rank. This would give new players a better perspective of pvp .
-Arena Match Tab:
This would be a new game mode where you could queue up for 2v2 or 3v3 arena type play. In this game mode you are only given one life, and the goal is to defeat the enemy team. Surely arena net will need to implement new maps to support this game mode, or cut off sections of their current maps.
-Capture the Flag:
I think everyone knows what this game mode is like so I don’t really need to explain it. But I believe this game mode should be 10v10. You might think this would be a zerg fest. To avoid this maps would have to be very large, maybe 2 or 3 times as large as the current maps.
Spectating Tab:
Here you would be able to watch conquest, arena matches, and capture the flag.
-Dueling Tab:
Now I know many players like dueling their friends and such for obvious reasons and the current dueling servers that people make are great. But it’s time to organize it a little more. In this tab you would see a list of servers that would send you into a large dueling arena. Once in the arena you would be able to send duel request to players.
-Private Server Tab:
This tab is for custom arenas. Here you can construct your own matches however you please. The only catch is playing here will not award you rank or glory.
TPVP:
As for tournament pvp the only real issue here is the division of solo queue and group queue, beside from that I don’t think there are many more complaints. So when you talk to the tpvp match maker you should see something like this:
-Conquest Tab:
The difference between this tab and the one in spvp is that you will not be able to select which map you would like to participate in. These maps include the current tournaments maps, meaning raid of the Capricorn will never be selected.
-Build Template:
` Since you never know which map you are going to be in, I think it would be fair to give players the option to switch builds on the fly right before the match. I know arena net has been discussing this, so I am not going to elaborate.
-Arena Match Tab:
Not much of a different between this one and the spvp one. The difference being the chest rewards you get from winning and leaderboards.
Rewards:
Now there are a multitude of things that arena net could do to improve the reward system. Here are just some of my ideas.
-Gear:
They should add a new vender where you can buy pvp sets with glory. These sets however are pvp exclusive gear that has a legendary feel to them. For example maybe there is a set that makes your character look like they’re on fire or something like that. Also the pvp version of legendary weapons should be able to be purchased for A LOT of glory.
Another idea I had was for this to all be tied to new achievements instead of glory farm.
-Miscellaneous:
New class finishers could be added to be bought for glory, or possibly something you would purchase from the gem store.
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Tell me what you guys think, and what would you add. Sorry if my grammar isn’t the best.