Guild Wars 2

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So, “git gud” for everybody?

velmeister.4187:

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— I can’t find any word to describe how bad it is. So, I left my post blank.

It is horrid. Ruby players playing like ambers.

Dude, it’s even worse on sunday. … it’s utter crap. I had better games in enerald/ amber

The truth is you can be an amber player and make it to Ruby by playing necro. This probably explain why I see 50% necros in Ruby.

Idk, for me its not that bad… it could be better, sure… Id like to get carried for once also, having my little mistakes forgiven thanks to my teammates. It is sapping to not only predict enemy movement, but also keep an eye out for some weird teammate leaving close to fight a 1v1 on far against an ele… as a ranger. Ruby, mid tier.
Or having a corruption necro go for lord… alone… out of nowhere. Just decides to go there at 400 and with 2 caps, gate closed on our side

But Ive been playing amber on weekend… and then emerald. And both was definitely worse. Maybe not that much in terms of teammates, but rather more in terms of teamcomp (4 thieves, 1 necro <sigh>) and definitely in terms of skill. I mean, jesus… you think lord rush with 2 at beginning of game is bad? Ever seen that wave of players running close, group hugging there until its capped, and then moving on to lord?
Thats bad.
We waited for them on mid until we saw them rush to gates. Priceless.

It’s horrible and tedious but it progresses. I find lost pips super easy to get back, so it’s always progressing in the end. On Saturday I almost hit tier 4 then fell down to mid tier 2 due to losing streak of 5. After that I won 5 games in a row and sailed into 4th tier. Sunday I spent all day climbing 4th tier and some of 5th ugh… Monday I only played a few hours but made it to t6 then lost 2 games, won 1, lost 2, won 1 serveral times and rage quit for the night, at tier 5 2 pips. Today I played for less than 2 hours and hit diamond on a win streak of 5.
The point is, if you find yourself on a lose streak, wait until tomorrow, try a different class that you’re good with, and you should get those back plus more. Losing 3 games then winning 3 is straight away 2pip profit.
Yes, it varies due to player skill, mine would be not professional but well above average. If you can win 55% or more you’ll get legend in just a matter of time. In this current system don’t go anymore than a DuoQ. A ruby trio will fight a full team of diamond pugs, with rubies on their team.

How to avoid massive losing streaks, losing days worth of progress
- don’t blame your team constantly, too many people do that and fail to realose realise errors that they make themselves. Examine your actions in the game and ask yourself why you lost. If you lose 5 in a row, chances are, it’s not just bad teams, you are repeating mistakes. If you are going to constantly spam caps in team chat and judge people based on single mistakes or just different actions they make, you are the bad one who everyone laughs at. I see so many of these players and it’s just awful.
- don’t keep playing and playing after losing several times. You may just be on at the wrong time with the wrong people. After 3 losses, call it a night or at least break for a few hours, and see how it goes next time.
- try different classes, if you only play one and have no confidence in anything else, you aren’t ready for ranked beyond sapphire.
- play during a different time zone, with different people.

Last season ruby was far worse than diamond, it’s still too early to tell if it’s the same here. But I don’t think it can be worse.