Guild Wars 2

I just want to say that I’m loving the new UI before the match begins and after it ends, especially showing other people’s characters. I honestly think that was spot on because one of the best parts about sPvP (for me at least) is getting to know who the enemies are and vice versa. Most people remember visually better anyway. I’m not sure if it also shows the actual portraits if you use standard sPvP models, but if it does, even better. I have only one suggestion – I think it would be better if the portraits stayed there for a bit longer cuz I have no time to look through all the people when the match actually begins and the two teams are both shown at the same time (maybe add the portraits when you press B? or hold the portraits for a bit longer?).

2nd, I also like the new “Ready” UI because it also shows you the character faces, and it also shows you who doesn’t click “ready” and just looks more fancy and desirable to click.
As an aside, though, I STILL don’t get why people don’t click ready. People used to complain about que times and how they’re so long and whatever, which is really ironic because when it came to the actual match, every single time you have to sit around wasting time because people don’t click their mouse once. If everyone clicked ready you’d save a ton of pointless time, and I know that it’s not the case of “oh I was afk” or “I had to change my build” cuz in the thousands of games I’ve played, not once have 10 players clicked on “ready” for the match to get on quicker. I’m used to it, but I keep seeing Anet trying to add certain things to encourage people to click their mouse once and people still don’t do it! Just… click the button! :P

Anyway, just a late-night props to the UI team on the recent changes big props on the UI changes.

They probably wit until queue pops to get a drink or snack because they have a known amount of time to get that done.

Faux Play.6104:

They probably wit until queue pops to get a drink or snack because they have a known amount of time to get that done.

Even if you’re facing the same people over and over?
I get that people do that, but I doubt they get a snack and drink after every 10-15 min game.

MethaneGas.8357:

Faux Play.6104:

They probably wit until queue pops to get a drink or snack because they have a known amount of time to get that done.

Even if you’re facing the same people over and over?
I get that people do that, but I doubt they get a snack and drink after every 10-15 min game.

Mountain Dew and Doritos aren’t going to refill themselves now are they?

MethaneGas.8357:

Faux Play.6104:

They probably wit until queue pops to get a drink or snack because they have a known amount of time to get that done.

Even if you’re facing the same people over and over?
I get that people do that, but I doubt they get a snack and drink after every 10-15 min game.

first game – grab a drink(s) in the 1 minute waiting period
second game – bathroom break in the 1 minute waiting period
third game – grab more drink(s) in the 1 minute waiting period
fourth game – bathroom break (depending on the amount of drink consumed)

vicious cycle, especially when that drink is beer

zxstanyxz.8769:

MethaneGas.8357:

Faux Play.6104:

They probably wit until queue pops to get a drink or snack because they have a known amount of time to get that done.

Even if you’re facing the same people over and over?
I get that people do that, but I doubt they get a snack and drink after every 10-15 min game.

first game – grab a drink(s) in the 1 minute waiting period
second game – bathroom break in the 1 minute waiting period
third game – grab more drink(s) in the 1 minute waiting period
fourth game – bathroom break (depending on the amount of drink consumed)

vicious cycle, especially when that drink is beer

Wow… guild wars is a game of chubby alcoholics then isn’kitten :P Everyone eats and pees all the time!

It’s really silly how people made a huge fuss about the que time time while at the same time not caring about the 1.5-min wait before each game. Five games played = 7.5 mins of time wasted. Ten games played = 15 mins of sitting doing nothing. #Irony

If I have to go to the bathroom or snack, I click “Accept” when the que pops, and then go. The map gets picked in your absence and you get back right as you load the match.

The issue is worse the longer the queue time. If you miss a very short window of opportunity to accept a match, you get dishonor and have to start the wait over. The minute or so before the match you know you have so you can go grab something in that time period. If people do that on average once every 10 matches you will always have someone in queue doing it.

Faux Play.6104:

The issue is worse the longer the queue time. If you miss a very short window of opportunity to accept a match, you get dishonor and have to start the wait over. The minute or so before the match you know you have so you can go grab something in that time period. If people do that on average once every 10 matches you will always have someone in queue doing it.

It never happened to me that I missed a que because I left somewhere for 30 secs once I clicked accept… It usually takes you less than a min to do whatever you want to do afk, and if the que fails while you’re taking a nasty dump (jk), and then pops again, you still have like 30 secs to click accept. So in total, it would take 30 secs for que to fail if someone else didn’t click accept, then about 20 secs for the que to pop again, then 30 secs for you to accept again. Almost 1 min and 30 secs – the same wait time that happens before the match starts. Leaving once you click accept shouldn’t be an issue tbh.

League of Legends had a system like that when you click ready, and every single person did it and if you didn’t, you got bad mouthed so I don’t see why it happens in GW2. Sometimes late at night you fight the same pool of people over and over and it still happens and I doubt they’re all peeing and pooping all the time…or eating. Or doing all of them at the time time, I dunno?