Guild Wars 2

Ten Ton Hammer have just posted a new interview about PvP and the upcoming update. You can find it here – http://www.tentonhammer.com/interview/guild-wars-2-pvp-interview-devon-carver-josh-davis

We are completely reworking the way that PvP works

Goes on to only talk about matchmaking, which is little impact on actual mechanics and gameplay.

I think our gameplay catches people off-guard – they’re not expecting something so fluid and refined from the MMO genre

This just made me chuckle…

Many people play E­Sports orientated games such as DOTA 2, LOL or Hearthstone for nothing more than fun and the pure competitiveness

Then he goes on to talk purely about cosmetic carrot on a stick items that have nothing to do with fun or competitiveness…

Rank is factored in but doesn’t have as much weight.

At least there is something good coming from all this banter >.>

whatever game mode we choose to introduce takes advantage of everything Guild Wars 2 has to offer rather than shoehorning in something in that doesn’t quite belong.

Like our current 2-year old one?

so the only way to ensure that you’re able to maintain your position on the leaderboard is to progress at the same rate as your fellow competitors.

not bad…

Our running philosophy on balance has long been to “shave” things that appear to be outliers in terms of relative strength.

Let’s !$@# with primary class mechanics like Adrenaline, and not address issues revolving around passive play and stat abuse (cele) yay!

you can start jumping into Unranked Arena play, where you’ll get the full structured PvP experience and benefit from the new match flow features as well as our extensive matchmaking rework.

Better than what we have now, true.

we’re one of the few MMOs that is actively pushing and supporting our hardcore PvP player-base

That definitely brought another chuckle…ha….hahaha

We put a heavy emphasis on individual skill rather than gear score.

Ohhhhh….is that why a ton of the meta and higher tier builds are brainless and passive?

Getting into PvP in Guild Wars 2 has never been easier or more rewarding as it will be on December 2.

What about the “too confusing to new players” patch that make new players not even know it exists until level 22?

Lopez.7369:

Wow. Take it easy, Ziet.

Changes sound great.

well 2 years of waiting does that to people sometime.

hey at least we are still here, unlike many others who have left the game.

Lopez.7369:

Wow. Take it easy, Ziet.

Changes sound great.

What do you expect. Clearly he is a warrior “fan”.

Zietlogik.6208:

Let’s !$@# with primary class mechanics like Adrenaline

It seems to me that I see quit a bit of salt from warrior mains.

Guys Anet isnt a freaking gigantic company that can do everything in a month with a gigantic team. They have small teams and budgets. Calm down guys.

Thank you for posting a link to this interview.

UNtil they add new maps and new skills it’s still the same old PvP. They don’t even have enough maps in ranked matches to make a map election feature worthwhile. I always get the same 3-4 maps.

Devon Carter? Isn’t he the EotM guy from WvW?

I thought Hugh was the PvP lead?