Guild Wars 2

From what I gather from interviews/forum posts and the like, ArenaNet has devoted about 7-10 people to sPvP development. That is inadequate for a studio that has goals to make this a competitive e-sport, and to do that ANet needs to be putting A LOT more of its resources into the sPvP side of the game. The fact is, there are many bugs that aren’t addressed for weeks at a time, and it’s obvious that it’s because they have so few staff working solely on sPvP. I think a core group of 15-20 people working on just sPvP would greatly improve the experience for the sPvP side of the game. Since the game launched three months ago there has been numerous bugs (the chests not given for free’s, load screen bug, the tournament DC bug, no map announcements, region switch chests bug, etc) and lack of features that has truly decreased the number of people wanting to play sPvP. I think Guild Wars 2 has the potential to become a very popular e-sport, the likes of LoL. But unlike League, ArenaNet has not devoted the resources necessary for this to happen.

Please ArenaNet, devote more of your staff to sPvP. Your game has too much potential for you to not dedicate more time and attention to sPvP.

Edited by moderator: removed CoC infraction from the thread title

phfresno.1230:

ArenaNet has devoted about 7-10 people to sPvP development.

I am pretty sure that is incorrect. I can’t find the post but I remember seeing a list of people and teams working on things associated to sPvP shortly after the chris whitside incident where he said we only have 2 people working on this stuff. I don’t know the exact number and I don’t think the number was clear but I am fairly positive they have more than 10 people working on it.

EDIT: found it https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/pvp/The-teams-that-work-on-PvP-WvW-Balance/first#post821794 the list was people working on balance but I am still curious where you got your numbers of 7-10.

Thirsty.2875:

phfresno.1230:

ArenaNet has devoted about 7-10 people to sPvP development.

I am pretty sure that is incorrect. I can’t find the post but I remember seeing a list of people and teams working on things associated to sPvP shortly after the chris whitside incident where he said we only have 2 people working on this stuff. I don’t know the exact number and I don’t think the number was clear but I am fairly positive they have more than 10 people working on it.

EDIT: found it https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/pvp/The-teams-that-work-on-PvP-WvW-Balance/first#post821794 the list was people working on balance but I am still curious where you got your numbers of 7-10.

I got it from that lists. 7-10 may be low, but I don’t believe its near 20 either. I believe more resources should be dedicated to PvP, that is what I’m trying to get across in this thread. I think they probably have around 10 people dedicated to only pvp, with others coming in and helping on particular elements. I think 20 or more dedicated to just pvp would make the pvp experience better for all.

Thirsty.2875:

phfresno.1230:

ArenaNet has devoted about 7-10 people to sPvP development.

I am pretty sure that is incorrect. I can’t find the post but I remember seeing a list of people and teams working on things associated to sPvP shortly after the chris whitside incident where he said we only have 2 people working on this stuff. I don’t know the exact number and I don’t think the number was clear but I am fairly positive they have more than 10 people working on it.

EDIT: found it https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/pvp/The-teams-that-work-on-PvP-WvW-Balance/first#post821794 the list was people working on balance but I am still curious where you got your numbers of 7-10.

The only real developer/programmer that I’ve ever seen posting about PVP is Jonathan Sharp (and maybe Jon Peters occasionally).

2 people sounds about right for the speed at which they implement PVP bug fixes and content (matchmaking, custom servers, ladder, spectator mode, maps, modes).

It’s honestly pathetic, how do put 2 people on PVP and expect your game to be an esport? Do you expect us to be good and just keep playing the same old unranked content for a YEAR or however long it will take you to actually implement BASIC PVP FEATURES?

You need to cut the PVE staff and put them on PVP or just plain hire more people. This is unacceptable (and I’m not just saying that, look at how much your PVP player base has dwindled!).

You should watch that video Jonathan made with gw2guru. He answered this.