Guild Wars 2

It’s simple. Every successful MMORPG that has a semi-decent esports scene has 2v2, 3v3, and 4v4 battle-to-the-death arenas. Just look at WoW. It has a standardized MMO combat system that was created in 2001 and hasn’t changed since, and yet, it still has the biggest PvP scene out of all MMOs. A 3v3 Ranked/Unranked arena minigame could save this game, and help inspire more people to participate in PvP. I say 3v3 only because with downstate, 2v2 wouldn’t really work (cheese double rez specs, 2 hard to rez with 2 cleaving and only 1 rezzing, ect) and 4v4+ would just turn into too long of a thing with most likely more cheese comps. 3v3 arenas seem ideal for GW2 and it’s combat system and would (in my mind) be the most balanced.

Simple change that could be a huge game breaker. Feel free to post your opinions.

Either 2v2 or 3v3. 2v2 is more popular and has a history in Gw2 from many community hosted events. Balance in it isn’t even all that terrible as long as you apply a few rules. Problem with 3v3 is you start to lose creative power.

Plus this game sorely needs a mode you can do with one friend and wreck havoc, and 2v2 has the least amount of crud spam. I can say 2v2 tournies had some of the better diversity, or did at one point. Balance is up in the air as far as HOT goes, but some of us in the community have plans to bring back 2v2 hosted events shortly after HoT.

Yeah I agree with what you’ve said. As I stated, just thinking about it, 3v3 seemed to me to potentially work the best. Not opposed at all to a 2v2 arena though if it was the only option/majority vote.

SimpleKingly.5021:

It’s simple. Every successful MMORPG that has a semi-decent esports scene has 2v2, 3v3, and 4v4 battle-to-the-death arenas. Just look at WoW. It has a standardized MMO combat system that was created in 2001 and hasn’t changed since, and yet, it still has the biggest PvP scene out of all MMOs. A 3v3 Ranked/Unranked arena minigame could save this game, and help inspire more people to participate in PvP. I say 3v3 only because with downstate, 2v2 wouldn’t really work (cheese double rez specs, 2 hard to rez with 2 cleaving and only 1 rezzing, ect) and 4v4+ would just turn into too long of a thing with most likely more cheese comps. 3v3 arenas seem ideal for GW2 and it’s combat system and would (in my mind) be the most balanced.

Simple change that could be a huge game breaker. Feel free to post your opinions.

gonna support this all day! the game is already balanced around 3v3 fights more than 5v5. also if deathmatch mens to you that dead people cant respawn or respawn is ~1 or 2 minute WAVES then we are on the same openion.

An official game mode would be amazing, but remember we do have weekly 2v2 competitive tournaments and it’s always the same 20 players who sign up…

Benjamin.8237:

An official game mode would be amazing, but remember we do have weekly 2v2 competitive tournaments and it’s always the same 20 players who sign up…

2v2 NA isn’t even hosted anymore. Also, that’s somewhat to be expected. There are size caps on these events, they’re not very well advertised and some people prefer to watch rather than do these live casted tournies (cold feet, or just generally prefer watching). The love for the mode is definitely there though.

Benjamin.8237:

An official game mode would be amazing, but remember we do have weekly 2v2 competitive tournaments and it’s always the same 20 players who sign up…

becouse its rooted to specific time, isnt advertised wide enough, held on a place where is almost no place to LoS, people feel they cant win anyways so why sign up, etc… you got it imo.
game supported stuff is allways played by more players anyways, aso dont think that it requires much effort to make 3 more courtyard-ish map and 3v3 gamemode.

i support more arena modes

I have been a pvper and arena player in wow for many years, I would luv to c Gw2 have 2v2, 3v3 which i believe will attract many pvpers from other MMO’s such as WOW.

the lack of 2v2 and 3v3 has forced me to go back to WOW in order to play these game modes of pvp which i thoroughly enjoy. EVENTHOUGH i like the gw2 combat system a lot more.

Im sure there are other pvpers who are in the same predicament.

guildwars 1 had it for some time http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Team_Arenas

King of the Hill with 2-,3- men teams <3

I really like the idea of 2v2 and 3v3 arenas.

They could start with Courtyard as the base map and add more while they polish the current courtyard.

Fully support this game mode.

Other than making them BO3 annihilation instead of the current death match, it’d be super easy to add 2v2/3v3s so the pool to chose from. Simply “force” opt out of 2v2/3v3 matches if the team is higher than the 2/3 threshold of players for those matches. Then solo queuers and small teams could get pulled for either stronghold, conquest OR a small arena match, unless they turn them off. Other people could turn off Cobquest and Stronghold and specifically focus on arenas. This new system they are adding could very easily allow them to add 2v2/3v3 without as harshly separating the pvp community.

Now if only Courtyard wasn’t such a crazy map we’d be in business. It has too much terrain which really gives an edge to high mobility classes and screws over anything with a pet.

3v3 seems resonable. My guild usually practices 2v2 and 3v3 on weekends just for fun. Since we don’t take it so seriously and Celestial is forbidden on Engineer and Warrior, same as going out of the “middle collseum” ln Courtyard, it’s fairly balanced, new builds and comps are being created on weekly basis and it’s a lot of fun.

Teaches you how to peel, how to LoS and coordinate in PvP (because it’s not same as in WvW).

It also has fight spreaded more on the arena, there’re no cap points, so it’s far easier to spectate.

It needs more proper arena map, though. Courtyard Colloseum is by far the best out of all existing ones. But I would make two lesser pillars higher (so you don’t climb on them), lower the third one, delete the bridge.

Three – Four pillars and a circle/square arena map would be perfect that way.

Things every spvper would rather have than stronghold for 600. Funny thing is it would be easy to implement (code wise, lets be honest here) and they already have maps for it (courtyard a modified spirit watch, skyhammer – map falling and lazer) seriously just change these maps for 2v2/3v3 and scrap stronghold

i support this, i think DM should have been 3v3 and not 5v5