MysticBuilds is a Guild Wars 2 PvP tournament like no other! Participants will enter the fray with completely random weapons, traits and skills. The only thing they will likely have in common with their opponents are their professions! In order to reduce the probability of one contender being exceptionally unlucky players who don’t make the final the first time round can enter any of the remaining rounds to secure a place! Players who have already qualified for the final can also play in any additional rounds if they so desire. They will still receive monetary rewards and in the event that an already qualified player places 1st or second again the place in the final will be given to the next non-qualified player.
Entering
Entering is simple; all you need to do is enter your account name (AccountName.1234) on http://mysticbuilds.com/#home and you will receive your build! If you don’t want to enter you can still get a random build to mess around with. Simply check the ‘I don’t want a random build’ checkbox and select the profession you desire!
Rules
Matches have a maximum length of 5 minutes. In the event of a tie (i.e. time runs out) up to two limitations may be applied: if one player is able to escape the other constantly players will be confined to a central location of the map to avoid this. If neither player is able to kill the other due to too much healing or defensive stats etc amulets will be limited to one defensive stat. Both of these limitations will be applied simultaneously if the need arises. In the unlikely event that these restrictions still don’t produce a victor amulets will be limited to only aggressive stats.
Structure
MysticBuilds runs on a roughly 8 week cycle with a single round of 16 per week as to cover all professions every two months. Leaderboard points are awarded based on placement within each round like so:
1st 300
2nd 200
3rd 20
4th 15
5th 12
6th 10
7th 8
8th 6
Note that due to the nature of a best of 3 round of 16, distinct places from 0-16 are not possible, indeed it’s highly unlikely that all possible places will be filled and therefore most places will be ‘joint’. Prize distributions are also simple:
1st 20
2nd 10
3rd 4
4th 2
The prize pool is open to contributions of any size, mail them to MightyTeapot.2093 with a subject of ‘MysticBuilds prize pool’ and they will be added to the prize for the current tournament.
Grand Final
Participants in the Grand Final will be given a link to a page to draft a build, this is to reduce randomness to more reasonable levels as there is more at stake!
The draft system operates in this order:
Profession
Specialisation 1
Specialisation 2
Specialisation 3
Major Trait 1
Major Trait 2
Major Trait 3
Major Trait 4
Major Trait 5
Major Trait 6
Major Trait 7
Major Trait 8
Major Trait 9
Heal
Utility 1
Utility 2
Utility 3
Elite
Weapon set 1
Weapon set 2
Ranger Pet 1
Ranger Pet 2
At each stage three random possibilities will be offered from each category. Traits are not selected in any particular order, and options are not guaranteed to be from the same specialisation or category.
For exceptions such as Revenants choosing legends or Elementalists and Engineers only having one weapon set the order is identical but with appropriate amendments. (Revenants get random legends – this is due to the inherent favourability of not having to pick utilities but instead a single archetype of abilities)
Link Overview:
Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/mightyteapot
Sign up: http://mysticbuilds.com/#home
Up to date Schedule: http://mysticbuilds.com/#schedule
Interested in the glory of former battles instead?
Enjoy some of the summarized highlights:
Highlights S3: Warrior, Ranger and Elementalist
Highlights S1: Mesmer, Thief and Engineer
Highlights S1: Elementalist and Guardian
Highlights S1: Warrior and Ranger
Overall MysticBuilds ‘feel’ introduction
Or the full VOD’s:
Schedule:
Revenant 21/5
Break 28/5
Final 4/6
Break2 11/6
Warrior 8/6
Ranger 25/6
Elementalist 2/7
Guardian 9/7
Thief 16/7
Necromancer 23/7
Mesmer 30/7
All days are Saturdays on which the tournament will take place at 20:00 CEST.
All games take place on EU servers!
NA players can join with f2p accounts since winning with non Elite Specs isn’t that unusual here. And the prices are transferable to your main account!
I hope we can see you soon in Mystic Builds, either as an avid viewbot, or as a glorious participant!
(edited by Cyhann.2609)
