Guild Wars 2

This afternoon I played 3 ranked games. 2 wins and 1 lose but somehow my points went down for 2 points.
Then, I have not played for a few hours, my points went down 2 more points although no wins and loses were added.
Just now, my points went down again and 1 lose was added, but I have won at least 3 games tonight so I want to know what makes my points go down or it is just a bug.

play the toon youre queuing as
dont dc
dont cancel queue pops (edit: unless youre already in a match, then definitely cancel them)

problem probably solved

Justin ODell.9517:

Looking at your game history, you have 3 desertions, which count as full loses. They have cost you a total of -4 points over the last 2 hours.

These desertions are not yet shown in the losses column, but that will most likely change in the near future.

Also, the website takes snapshots every hour, so it may be some time before they update.

Thank you for replying and checking my game history.
To be honest, I do not think I have left any single game until the game is finished.
So I am thinking about when I was in a ranked game, I was playing but somehow a que pops and I just clicked “yes” then I get to choose a map and go to the new map.
Does this considered as desertions or bugs? I would not click “yes” if I know my points would go down.

insanemaniac.2456:

play the toon youre queuing as

Really wish this was not a thing, I enjoy playing classes I am less familiar with while I am solo, but if it does not work in the team comp I will switch (or I used to rather, because now you’re just kind of screwed).

Damsel Delilah.9084:

insanemaniac.2456:

play the toon youre queuing as

Really wish this was not a thing, I enjoy playing classes I am less familiar with while I am solo, but if it does not work in the team comp I will switch (or I used to rather, because now you’re just kind of screwed).

yeah i dunno… its one of those design decisions that kind of has to be there since matchmaking premises the queue pop based in part on your current toons profession because its trying hard not to repeat professions. when you switch, you circumvent matchmaking. the devs cant let you have a win for circumventing the system, cuz thats abusable.

if matchmaking made matches based on the player instead of the toon the player is currently on, the system could allow for switching… but how do you measure the player? im ok at engi, but bad at everything else. but i have 80s of everything. i have gear and builds for everything, but anything the game can tell about my toons has nothing to do with likelyhood that i will switch based on knowing team comps.

i think the best solution to this issue is something equivalent to champ select in league of legends. gw2 just hasnt made room for a minigame like champ select. so it kinda leaves us in this undesirable position of playing a rudimentary champ select before queuing, but allowing us to game the system by taking a loss.

yeah, make sure your not character switching at any point after you accept the queue. It will cause dishonor. (sucks i know)