I’ll start off by saying I am by no means an elitist. I do not consider myself to be one of the best PvP players out there. That being said, I’m fairly competent and I actually know how to play.
Now, I beg that you add a rank 10 requirement to tournament matches.
With the recent changes to SPvP where you can now earn gold, I’ve found a huge increase in absolutely awful players in SPvP. I appreciate we all have to start somewhere, but it shouldn’t be in tournaments. To me “Tournament” suggests a PvP match where at the very least teams of average players go head to head. Not where someone who hasn’t done any form of PvP before can just hop right in, then ask what to do.
I play Tournaments because I find enjoyment in balanced teams fighting it out to be crowned victor (even before the new patch). Now it’s constantly full of really bad players, who half the time genuinely don’t have the faintest clue what to be doing.
I understand that adding a requirement isn’t going to completely fix the issue, because of course, there will be people who haven’t adapted to PvP properly by rank X. I know it took me a long time to become even average after playing another MMO for a long time. Though, adding a requirement would at least allow people to get a feel for the map and get some experience in PvP. Rather than just hopping into Tournaments and causing trouble for the other people who are looking for fair games.
So please, add a rank requirement. Even level 5 would suffice.
EDIT: Apologies, I should’ve just posted on one of the other threads. I’m just a bit peeved that’s all. I’ve given up playing SPvP at the moment, it’s beyond a joke.
Back to WvW I go.