What is going on with spvp?
It seems I am stuck at silver 3/gold 1. I main theif/engi/war. I’ve only played 1k games, but it is clearly apparent to me who much of a mess spvp is.
Why do I keep getting matched with teams who see 2dh as a lose. Why can’t these players dodge traps, why can’t they cleanse conditions, why can’t they see I’m 3v1 on stillness when they zerg mid, why can’t they cap points when I’m holding far in 1vX trying to take pressure off the suiciders, better yet why are they even being match-maked to silver?
This season is absolute garbage. I get on a 10 win streak then a 10 lose streak. I can’t move anywhere.
Today I have a mesmer AFK two games in a row, once because she thought it wasn’t an even match up. Second time because a ranger decapped mid when nobody was on it, all because she told our team to cap close and far only.
Another match today I’m against 5 gaurdians, we were losing by 100 pts and 3 team members afk. Seriously Annette, you couldn’t swap a couple players over before the match started? It’s obvious if you can get on a 10 streak that rating doesn’t mean anything so why not balance the games by class rather than skill level?
Not that I have a problem with fighting 5dh or another game 3dh 2war, just the people I’m being matched with don’t understand how to counter these classes. So they afk or just faceroll into the traps.They won’t even switch classes, this is half the problem.
Two theives moaning were against a bunker team, yet neither of them will change class, seriously? You call this competitive gameplay? If you refuse to change classes at least try a staff with acrobatics.
I’m seriously about to give up spvp, I really don’t want to because when I’m having good fights and good teams, even if we lose, I really enjoy the game. But when I go to cap close and watch my entire team melt instantly to mid, then continue to suicide one by one over and over again to the same point, well, it’s really demoralising.
Some things I think could help spvp.
1) Disable daily rewards for ranked gameplay, this will stop matches like today stacking warriors and guardians.
2) Make two separate ranked ques, or, give unranked the same rewards as ranked, this would stop new players being thrown into carnage, and it would also stop new players destroying match making in ranked just to get the rewards.
3) Make a separate solo que from a duo/team que, this would stop highly skilled duos wrecking through new players and would allow a more competitive matchmaking for teams and duos.
4) Please make a ranked 1vs1 que, some other game modes. I’m really getting sick of being told It’s my fault I’m stuck in silver, and that I need to carry 4 new players to increase my rating. There’s only so much one can take. It would be nice to have a break from the 5v5 zergfest that is spvp at the moment.
5) Fix top stats. You are not top anything if you die 10+ times a game, that is -50 points lost. Most games especially on my engi/theif I’m easily surviving the entire game and picking up at least one top stat. How can you get extra points for running into a zerg laying down a kitten tonne of dps then dying because you used all your cooldown. I swear this is another big problem with match-making.
I’ve been flamed a couple of times for having no top stats on the theif, probably because when I +1 a fight I leave the downed body or practically dead body for my team-mate to down. Hell sometimes I’m even nice enough to drop a blind so he stomps successfully.
Obviously these things might affect que times, but you could easily increase the rewards for playing by doing this. GW2 is already a grind for the casual player and IMO, it doesn’t need to be that way.
Peace!