Guild Wars 2

This may be a shot in the dark, but I think this is a fair solution to the problems in hotjoin PVP (8v8).

If the games only allowed 5 characters on the map at the same, Yet still allowed 8 people per team into the server. So when you die you get put into the alternate pool and the one who was in the pool the longest would be released. This would solve the “Zergy” feel to hotjoins due to never having 8 people running around the map at once. When you die you just wait a minute or two until there is another death. This would only be implemented when both teams are completely full.

Yes there may be some issues with your team not dieing and you not getting out in the right order; but i think having alternates may bring something to the casual feel of hotjoins now. Gives you a minute or two to look over your new spec, seeing where your help is needed, never feeling bad about afking or leaving during a game cause there is someone there to replace you, and who knows might work well with a spectator mode.

Just an idea, may be outlandish due to how coding works or something. But I think this is the best, simplest idea to change the hotjoins around. Ideas?

I don’t mean to be mean, but that is an awful idea :/

They stress they wanted to make a game that promoted risk taking, I am all for calculated risk in games. Dieing for 2 minutes is a great way for a team to change their focus and not want to die. And what happens if you have a team who pretty much never dies? You just sit there and watch all game? That would be simply terrible. A suggestion that achieves the same thing and would be slightly less terrible is to just let the max be 5 people on each team.

I apologize if that seems a little.. aggressive.. but this idea should never be implemented, sorry.