Guild Wars 2

I am hopeful that there are big changes coming to the meta with the sigil/rune changes, balance and w/e is coming over the next few months. I have learned to be patient as far as real changes to balance are concerned. However I have a serious issue with how Anet has done rewards for pvp the entire existence of pvp.

The experienced pvp players are not really rewarded at all. If a rank 15 saved their glory with boosters they could have t3 racial armor (or dragon rank weapon from token), so that shows nothing. Anyone could get lucky with coffer and have high tier stuff… So gear shows nothing right now…. Then we look at rank…………….. This is very frustrating to me.

Rank was the only thing to show for experience in pvp. It was already weakened by Skyhammer farming which had no repercussion, and with all the updates applying more rank and bonus weekends and such, I feel quite conned. I have many tournament wins from long ago before the rank points were increased so dramatically. I am busy on weekends so I cant get the bonus rank points the random times you do them. So now I have people with half the tournament wins as me higher rank….. I worked forever to get to tiger and then was ecstatic to get to bear after months and months, since the tiger finisher is so underwhelming. Only now I have friends (I guess I am happy for them) who blazed through the 40s in 2 weeks…….. You need to reimburse previous tournament wins or something. There is nothing for experienced players to show. This is extremely disappointing. Why should I play pvp if the only thing to show (rank) is now lower than people who have half the experience I do? Fun? Fix the balance then maybe fun will be a factor.

As suggested, update some previous wins, and add new title/tiers.
Title ideas – All champ titles = Champion, 500 wins with class = Master X(Shadow etc) – All Master titles = Master, 1500 wins with class = Legendary X – All Legendary = Legend

My ideas….. You have me really vexed and not wanting to play pvp even more than before…. I will wait for balance. That hype better be something.

If you’re so worried about being known as an experienced player or to stand out maybe make a name for yourself in your respective class? Be that person who people seek out for help, be friendly, don’t troll, etc. Also rank doesn’t really mean experience/skill – same with titles. It just shows the amount of time invested in the game and people assume this is an indicator of skill (which, yes, is true for SOME) but not a true indicator.

Now I agree with some of your anger but after seeing thread after thread of things like this I’m sick of it. I’m rank 49 and while I was ticked about the sky hammer farming I said to myself would I really have wanted to be one of those people who did it? No. I was happier playing the game as intended and working on skills to help make a name for myself and find a group of like minded people to play with. Being salty over someone being a higher rank or having “cooler” gear is kind of childish. Some people play 8 hrs a day others can’t so should I be mad that I’m lower rank compared to people I believe to be lower skilled? No. After all, ranks are just a number to be farmed in all actuality – sorry to burst your bubble. There is some prestige if you get there first or something but come on, everyone can reach a rank given time regardless of low or high skill level in pvp.

These types of posts are childless and unproductive to this community and furthers the toxicity people attach to us. Stop beating the dead horse over these things. Rank doesn’t mean everything.

Rank doesnt mean anything – the point is that there is no reward, and even less so for the more experienced people who deserve more since they have played more. Rank is not a direct indicator of skill (especially now) but it used to be a decent show of how much you have played…. But I have played much more than a lot of people rank 50+ now. I agree these posts are everywhere, but they are here for a reason…. We are frustrated