Guild Wars 2

Do you guys feel like, with so much work to be done yet in terms of balance and bugs, that it’s too soon for paid tournaments?

I know people are not patient in this day and age, and they strive for something different to do in PvP, but it just feels like more could be done before the release.

Do you believe they’ll use paid tournaments as a focal point to determine where and what to balance?

Where’d you get this info?

Yes, is very close to add paid tournaments.
Right now is very poor the balance system between clases in Free Tournament, but i dont know about bugs, i only know 1:

If you are engineer and you pick up the trebuchet repair kit, and then you use a engineer kit, the trebuchet repair kit is not droped and you get a permanent bug with the logo of trebuchet repair kit included defeated.

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Where’d you get this info?

Front page. The Halloween announcement.

In my opinion, they indeed lack some balance changes that should already been done quite some time ago.
But I do not think it is too soon, because in my opinion, Paid Tournaments are not the highest one can aspire to in this game. They can be used instead to establish a competitive meta way easier and make balancing easier however.

Once they add ladders and/or leaderboards (preferably ladders with some kind of rating system), that is when the real PvP begins, and when balance should be at its highest, while also being a platform for the aspiring E-Sporters. Of course, i’m assuming it will still involve the 3 same maps, maybe even using the Paid Tournaments themselves, but with rating. As long as they dont add underwater combat in any competitive scene (Tournaments mainly), map balance should not be too bad.

I was expecting them to release it the coming week (between 14-17th of October), but it is not too bad I supose..

Also, would I be too greedy to think we could get the private servers 1 or 2 weeks after the release of paid tournaments ?

You can never balance a game to 100%.. Additionally paid tournaments “dont matter” yet, the only thing you gonna receive, are some more glory+rank points, and if you’re reaching the top places some gems.. And i guess some qualifier points..

So paid tournaments arent that serious, how you take them :P
You can compare them to normal automated tournaments in gw1, if you played gw1

PvP Paid Tournaments

Paid tournaments will be available for competitive, five-person teams. These tournaments require tickets to enter and give better prizes than normal tournaments. Participating teams will earn qualifier points that will allow them to compete in future, larger tournaments. Tournament tickets can be earned from winning normal tournaments or purchased in the Gem Store.

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/events/halloween-2012
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Game is pretty close to ideal balance at the moment. Maybe as the best teams refine their skill/strategy in private servers there will be some significant balance issues to address.

That is the whole idea though, give the best players the tools to uncover any issues that are hidden under the surface. For the rest of the player base, I just hope they provide the tools to effectively cast the high-end play so that people can actually see the balance in the game.

I wont complain because i will be liking them tournaments… But i have to agree that im not sure if its fine to start heavily balancing or adding from features while there clearly still are huge bug lists to be found for almost all professions.

complains? seriously? too soon? really?

common guys.. this is what are we waiting for. Dont start with balance – you know as others the game is more or less ballanced and playable. There is no “perfect balance” and it will also be personal opinion..

Paid tournamenst its just small step, it will help us to have more challenging games and PUGS groups will now have better days in free tournamenst.
BUT its still nothing without matchmaking system.. so dont complain.. be glad we have at least this small step annouced

Paid tournaments should have been released already, balance is important but seperating premades vs pugs makes a huge difference when it comes to fun and enjoyment.

This is late at least imo. But hey if they were to fix one thing before introducing paid tournaments it would be the kitten portal repairs.

Paid will fix nothing , Free tournaments are alot worse then they we’re 2 weeks ago , ppl constantly leaving you always face the other team with a man short this happening on the first map im not gonna talk about the 2nd and 3d so its pretty much chaos and ppl will stray from them because they are worse then hotjoins atm. Free tournaments need a fix before they get paid running imho. And they should have added a matchmaking system before paid aswell.

Since paid tournaments don’t differ that much from free tournaments… why would it be too early?
Also as already said: the balance is pretty ok. Not perfect, but good enough to be enjoyable.

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hope i’ll get merciless as enemy. free gems sounds nice.

Since paid tournaments don’t differ that much from free tournaments… why would it be too early?
Also as already said: the balance is pretty ok. Not perfect, but good enough to be enjoyable.

Balance is fine… bugs are less fine

i think they maybe test it, don’t know but it says 22-31 oct. . .