Guild Wars 2

im really enjoying the free tourney solo queue. it’d be nice to just add in map rotation and let hotjoin die in a fire.

You do know there is no solo queue, and you are just as likely to meet premades as you are to meet pugs atm?

Especially now that matchmaking seems to be turned off (or reset or something, but i havent had 1 good match since the patch, and before it 4/5 were good, against similar level players)

premades disappear as they climb ranks

So you’ve noticed a difference? That makes me really happy to hear.

I’m really enjoying it too! I don’t think I’ve run into a single premade team once yet either (I’ve probably played around 30 matches yesterday).

I also noticed that with the last few matches i’ve been playing, everyone has been ranging between 20’s and low 40’s (i’m rank 31). I don’t know if that is an awesome happy stance or luck, buy i’m not getting matched with newby spvp players or uber ultra vet players

games are popping almost instantly which is super nice.

Either matchmaking is turned off or not working properly.

With my second solo queue after the patch (first one being a loss), I was up against a full premade that had won several times in a row already. Found this out by talking to one of them.

I was with a bunch of rank 8’s and 9’s so I doubt their matchmaking rating was high.

Low population makes for bad matchups. Wait till prime PvP time for your server.

Lol, trying to find excuses for this terrible design of a matchmaking system.

Laserbolt.6731:

Low population makes for bad matchups. Wait till prime PvP time for your server.

so i will have to w8 forever?

When there aren’t enough players playing (generally before 6pm server time)…the matcher has to work with the few players it’s got. And if the fanatics who play all day are on, you have to compete against them more often, basically.

Anet did a really bad job..Things should have been better and more clearer.is this or not a solo q,why im team up against organized teams and why is my rating inv.Wheres the balance changes?wheres the ele nerf?wheres the toned down aoe?
All that shows that the devs have no idea what they are doing.We are just beta testers.They are not clear with their answers and they dont get into trouble explaining the minor changes theyve made so far.One day the put paid the other they take it back.They stealth patch the matchmaking and they dont bother to explain us how they do ratings…
Some top players stated that they will leave this game,some of them took it back
Eitherway the majority of the pvpers are alrdy departing for another pvp harbor and its sad but fair

I just started playing solo and it is nice to just go in there and(hopefully) have fun without the constraints of a strategy. I mean you’ll figure one out eventually but in the end, it’s a lot more enjoyable.

Laserbolt.6731:

Low population makes for bad matchups. Wait till prime PvP time for your server.

Should have mentioned that this WAS during prime time. All the queues were instant too.

Arken.3725:

I just started playing solo and it is nice to just go in there and(hopefully) have fun without the constraints of a strategy. I mean you’ll figure one out eventually but in the end, it’s a lot more enjoyable.

Thats the problem atm, you play for fun without caring for strategy, the other team does care. So while you run around and have fun your teammates like me get ganked. :-(

nerva.7940:

premades disappear as they climb ranks

How does it make you feel that your rating will always be handicapped compared to premade?

….Thats your logic and the logic behind arena net. /facepalm

OP is nothing more than a puppet of anet, completely blind to reality.

Matchmaking takes a while to get a good measure of your personal skill. You can’t expect it to match you properly after 1-2 matches. The more you play the better it will get at matching you against opponents of equal skill.

Usually if it’s a true pug vs. pug, then strategy is thrown out the window but I see what you’re saying.

Arken.3725:

Usually if it’s a true pug vs. pug, then strategy is thrown out the window but I see what you’re saying.

so it’s just normal 5v5 hot join? sounds like fun… i think i will continue my break

Sanis.1096:

Arken.3725:

Usually if it’s a true pug vs. pug, then strategy is thrown out the window but I see what you’re saying.

so it’s just normal 5v5 hot join? sounds like fun… i think i will continue my break

No it is not just normal 5v5 hot join. A few key differences: (1) There is a reason to win instead of just zerging for glory points. (2) Most games have balanced player number on each side (3) No auto-balancing nonsense.
Those are the things that makes it fun to play comparing with the stupid hot join. It actually starts to get closer to GW1’s random arena.