Guild Wars 2

We’re right back to farming in ranked. I just went against a trio that easily commanded the map against 5 solos.

We had a teammate that I knew was weak going in. That could have been overcome, but when a couple of the solos on my team over extended, the trio snowballed the map easily.

ANET, allowing one faction to farm another is not good from any angle I can see. It pleases a small faction that think it’s fun to farm. The cost is more frustration and ultimately fewer players.

Note the reaction when a player learned that teams are once more allowed in ranked:

separate solo & team queue > mixed queue

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anets rationale for having ranked just be unranked w different maps in off-season is something i will never understand.

It’s not like off season ranked means anything players lose absolutely nothing when you do lose and if anything objectively Solo players going against grouped teams would theoretically increase in skill especially if they win… just saying

I’m not clear on that. Does off-season not affect mmr?.

Wait – the trio actually played as a team and was aware of the map, and they ended up beating the PUG which didn’t? Seems fine to me.

Ithilwen.1529:

I’m not clear on that. Does off-season not affect mmr?.

Correct. Off season in ranked does not change mmr at all. The only people playing ranked are the ones not wanting to play on the unranked maps and are fine with waiting 2 to 3x as long for a match.