Guild Wars 2

So, I created a thread earlier that gave me an idea: most of the time, I suppose the vocal minority can skew the perception of things. I want to house a place where we can all vote on certain things.

Here are some of my ideas, if you have an idea for a poll, let me know below.

Should Skyhammer be in the solo q rotation? http://strawpoll.me/355256

What is your major incentive to play PvP?
http://strawpoll.me/355414

Should PvP skills be balanced only by PvP DEVs and PvE not enter into the discussion about balance changes? http://strawpoll.me/355265

What should the minimum games be to be on the leaderboards?
http://strawpoll.me/355272

How many professions should be allowed in each solo q?
http://strawpoll.me/355276

Should there be a tiered system for Solo Q Matchmaking? (Bronze, Silver, Gold, etc. where you work your way through each tier and only play people in your tier)
http://strawpoll.me/355281

How big of a deal is SYNC queuing?
http://strawpoll.me/355287

What is the most important thing for the DEVs to be working on right now?
http://strawpoll.me/355293

As a PvPer, do you care at all about PvE?
http://strawpoll.me/355302

Do you watch the twitch stream: guildwars2pvptv?
http://strawpoll.me/355308

What is the most fun profession to you (forget balance, only fun)?
http://strawpoll.me/355352

What should the next game mode be?
http://strawpoll.me/355365

What is your favorite PvP Map?
http://strawpoll.me/355783

Which Map(s) would you like to see removed from the Solo Q rotation?
http://strawpoll.me/355898

Again, please come up with your own polls and if they are worthy, I’ll add them to this list. Thanks!

Do you even realize there are plenty of players who rarely check the forums?
:)

Harrywinky.8632:

Do you even realize there are plenty of players who rarely check the forums?
:)

No, I thought every single player that has ever played PvP has 1 monitor open with the forums constantly refreshing.

I have 3 monitors.

Middle Monitor – Guild wars 2

Left Monitor – Forums

Right Monitor – twitch.tv/guildwars2pvptv

New features =/= new gamemodes, you should add that option to the dev priority list too.

Btw tiered soloque? We already have moba mentality devs, don’t give them ideas further in that direction.

Adding another one:

What is the most fun profession to you play (forget balance, only fun)?
http://strawpoll.me/355352

This could use more votes, I’m pretty sure Anet will be interested in the results too, if it’s representative enough…

Added a new one

What should the next game mode be?
http://strawpoll.me/355365

Added another
What is your major incentive to play PvP?
http://strawpoll.me/355414

Staying at the Poll palace

good thread, devs pls dont send it to linksville

I dont get the skyhammer hate, can we please add

Should Spirit Watch be in the solo q rotation?

This is so far the only issue I have with Solo Q.

What about adding a “What’s your favorite map?” poll?

Batmang.5421:

What about adding a “What’s your favorite map?” poll?

Your wish is my command. I added it to the OP.

http://strawpoll.me/355783

That doesn’t eliminate maps from solo Q though.
How about, which map would you like to see removed from Solo Q?

Gasp.3824:

That doesn’t eliminate maps from solo Q though.
How about, which map would you like to see removed from Solo Q?

Done.

http://strawpoll.me/355898

Edited to add an option for “none”

felivear.1536:

I have 3 monitors.

Middle Monitor – Guild wars 2

Left Monitor – Forums

Right Monitor – twitch.tv/guildwars2pvptv

I only have 2, Left = GW2 playing spirit ranger, Right = watching anime, usually Ruroni Kenshin

done and bump because this is a really interesting thread.

edit:

it would be better to put it on google docs and do something like @reroll used to do ( pls do it again, it’s very helpful !!! )

Harrywinky.8632:

Do you even realize there are plenty of players who rarely check the forums?
:)

But that’s how gallups are done. If the people who answer are selected with no bias and there is enough of them, then the data should reflect the opinions of the whole community.

You need to add one more: “Will Anet read this post?”

Vamp Rook.7835:

You need to add one more: “Will Anet read this post?”

Anet I’m sure have already read it. They are the ultimate forum lurkers

Which is why I’m sure we have 11 “NO” answers to “should PvP balance only be done by PvP devs”. I’m sure Karl was one of the people that answered that one

Bump for visibility to get more votes in.

Thought polls were agaisnt the ToA

Quickfoot Katana.8642:

Thought polls were agaisnt the ToA

Yeah. They could after all reveal obvious flaws in the game.

Master of Timespace.2548:

Quickfoot Katana.8642:

Thought polls were agaisnt the ToA

Yeah. They could after all reveal obvious flaws in the game.

Just saying it is in the rules.

I voted in everyone one of them, and most of them seemed biased or leaning into specific answers.

Quickfoot Katana.8642:

Master of Timespace.2548:

Quickfoot Katana.8642:

Thought polls were agaisnt the ToA

Yeah. They could after all reveal obvious flaws in the game.

Just saying it is in the rules

I voted in everyone one of them, and most of them seemed biased or leaning into specific answers.

How so? I mean, they don’t meet scientific standards but they are good enough to me.

Only 49% of people voting play PVP for fun..
THIS IS PRETTY FUNNY TO ME AND I DON’T KNOW WHY

I’ve warmed up to skyhammer after playing it 3 times in a row ; yes it’s annoying to switch weapons… but at the same time it’s fun to play once you have cool moves only possible in SH..

We made a pole earlier. Heavily agreed that skyhammer should be in hot join only. But Poles are against Anets policy so this is pointless =(

It’s also because the majority of the people come to the forums to whine about something, so its obvious negative outcomes on the polls will prevail. They are by no means any indicator of how the community feels about X subject.

Quickfoot Katana.8642:

It’s also because the majority of the people come to the forums to whine about something, so its obvious negative outcomes on the polls will prevail. They are by no means any indicator of how the community feels about X subject.

Well I’d say the community that consists mostly of casual pvers, doesn’t really give a kitten about what is happening in pvp. It is quite obvious where the focus of this game is.

Casual Pveers gonna pve, lets have a circle jerk about it.

Seriously though most of the class forums are 100% pve and pretty much dead, so atleast we are the vocal minority..

I think this could work very well if we were to also have abit more updated info, information showing the results under the question/link and also simply a quicker way to flick between questions. I agree the stats will be horrible but if we made it look all shiny with lots of views, reply count and stuff, maybe ask for a sticky thread or something, players who haven’t checked in X amount of time will still be able to contribute, which could level things. BUT WHO KNOWS

May sound simple and bad but it will just make things run a bit smoother in terms of enticing people to do it , and mass constructive criticism in easy to read statistics. Which is what the devs want right? It makes there life a bit easier, that way a lot of things might get done.

Darnis of course you like skyhammer, you play a kitten necro. Biased opinions like Ive said.

Uhhh no? I play a mesmer..