Guild Wars 2

So as of right now here is a list of PvP updates as I read them:

1. Specializations
2. New Class
3. New Mist Warriors for Stronghold
4. Guild vs Guild PvP arenas

I think 1 & 2 might be ok but 3 and 4 seem little off. Stronghold may not have a very high demand and the additional heroes have yet to prove a positive change without beta testing. sPvP arenas will still use HotM arenas and guilds will continue to use their own arenas for dailies/duels so the sPvP scene will still revolve around HotM. Also, with arenas in HotM, guilds can get them easily. Guild Halls will require time/upgrades to gather so there is an instant block towards the full PvP potential.

Over all it seems that only 65% of the new content looks good. 25% is blocked for smaller guilds. The only way for HoT to really make a dent in in the eyes of those who enjoy PvP is to add more maps. One new mode with nothing else is not enough in my opinion. Putting heroes for that new mode behind a paywall is also not going to increase diversity or interest in that new mode. If people feel like they are going to be “kitten” against players who bought the game then their interest in the mode due to balance is going to be low.

Since HoT specializations and classes will be mixed with base game players, the amount of QQ will be high once they are in the player pool. The recent patch shows that balance in PvP is hard and having the playerbase suffer through this again on release is going to be an issue since you will have the people who paid vs the people who didn’t.

Anet really needs to think about this release and the PvP balance post implementation.

Add working leaderboards
Make rank visable to self and displayable as a title if on top 100
Change pvp rewards to seasonal/event/leaderboard based
Add 2v2 and 3v3 arenas (convert parts of current maps into arena maps)
Change court yard to a 1 life round arena style
Split pvp and pve/wvw balance
Change amulets back to having slots for additional stats (the 30% or w/e was just added)
Actually balance the game on a consistent basis

Thats what we need

OneKlicKill.4285:

Add working leaderboards
Make rank visable to self and displayable as a title if on top 100
Change pvp rewards to seasonal/event/leaderboard based
Add 2v2 and 3v3 arenas (convert parts of current maps into arena maps)
Change court yard to a 1 life round arena style
Split pvp and pve/wvw balance
Change amulets back to having slots for additional stats (the 30% or w/e was just added)
Actually balance the game on a consistent basis

Thats what we need

Amulets?! o.O :o

But newer players wouldn’t know what to do anymore.

Oh yeah sorry forgot competitive esports had to be noob friendly my bad, carry on arena net your doing GREAT!