Guild Wars 2

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/29bpvc/whats_your_favorite_spvp_map_poll/

Stop trolling the poll please, or anet will think this map is balanced.

the huge skyhammer thread that they keep binning all skyhammer hate threads into is testimony that anet dont care anyway.

they’re probably at a state of blissful ignorance now were the moment they see “skyhammer” in a thread title they bin it into the merged thread straight away.

…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABCya_k0zLA
…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4DASkZbdVI

There are ppl that love these kind of things :P

Just because a vocal subset of players hate it and posts on the forums continually doesn’t mean that the general population dislikes it.

Exedore.6320:

Just because a vocal subset of players hate it and posts on the forums continually doesn’t mean that the general population dislikes it.

The majority of the population that likes this map are those who hot-join or play some sort of knock-back professions. It really is a good feeling to the casual player to go up to someone and instantly kill them.

Anyone who takes PvP somewhat seriously will realize that this does not have a place in a competitive queue. The profession imbalance is 100x that of other maps.

Anet once said about the Skyhammer hate that forum feedback isnt representative of the whole PvP playerbase.
Why do you even care?
They killed PvP but they keep digging deeper and deeper.
I wish the GW1 devs would come back and delete all that crap they call “pvp”.

1 PvP gamemode (broken and full of bug/exploit) for a game that was supposed to push into eSports. I wonder how many devs work on PvP and balance updates.
2 updates a year… So ye, what do you expect from this pool? Skyhammer wont get removed anytime soon, you wont have a pvp update/push into eSports, they’re too busy working on livingstory #2

Anet should really put Courtyard in the hot join or solo q rotation. More of the playerbase would get to test it and will give them more feedback in that case.

Your Game My Rules.5324:

Anet once said about the Skyhammer hate that forum feedback isnt representative of the whole PvP playerbase.

they BS about a lot of things,
the readyup before last “balance philosophy” they said things like:
“warriors can’t get out of a fight easily and don’t have alot of condition removal”
“rangers have the best sustainability and high melee aoe damage”

if thats not proof that they are perfectly happy to BS/(or honestly don’t have a clue about their game) then i dont know what is!

The problem with skyhammer is it’s not balanced for all classes. It’s basically made for mesmers, engies, and one thief build. I’m not sure what the intention was in the design but it’s kittening stupid to keep it in the soloQ rotation.

I absolutely love Skyhammer! It’s such a fun map. Not in rated queue though where I actually care about winning and my teammates don’t fancy stability. Anet PLEASE

Its more telling how unpopular Courtyard is…

How many threads by how many players saying that’s what they wanted and look only 3% of players like it!

Those forums are just wildly out of sink with the vast majority of GW2 players…no wonder Anet don’t take any notice of them.

Exedore.6320:

Just because a vocal subset of players hate it and posts on the forums continually doesn’t mean that the general population dislikes it.

Actually, the reverse is true.

Because that thread only asks for the “favorite” map, a choice like skyhammer may appear to be much more popular than it really is.

Let’s say that about 70% of the playerbase dislikes skyhammer enough to want it removed from solo arena. There are probably another 20% who don’t care too much, and 10% who like it.

So imagine that 90% of the playerbase spreads their votes around 6 different maps—about 15% per map, varying fairly widely from map to map. Skyhammer comes in at a solid 10% and appears to be not significantly less popular than other maps, even though only one in ten players actually like the map.

Meglobob.8620:

Its more telling how unpopular Courtyard is…

How many threads by how many players saying that’s what they wanted and look only 3% of players like it!

Those forums are just wildly out of sink with the vast majority of GW2 players…no wonder Anet don’t take any notice of them.

Custom arenas and public servers are not the same thing. I’m surprised you do not know that. A public server will always draw more people.

NevirSayDie.6235:

Exedore.6320:

Just because a vocal subset of players hate it and posts on the forums continually doesn’t mean that the general population dislikes it.

Actually, the reverse is true.

Because that thread only asks for the “favorite” map, a choice like skyhammer may appear to be much more popular than it really is.

Let’s say that about 70% of the playerbase dislikes skyhammer enough to want it removed from solo arena. There are probably another 20% who don’t care too much, and 10% who like it.

So imagine that 90% of the playerbase spreads their votes around 6 different maps—about 15% per map, varying fairly widely from map to map. Skyhammer comes in at a solid 10% and appears to be not significantly less popular than other maps, even though only one in ten players actually like the map.

This. Maybe a poll for “Least favorite map” would be more telling.

So what that my favorite map isn’t skyhammer. Usually after playing skyhammer I feel like quitting tpvp so I go to to WvW to roam, which is much better fights than than stealth mesmer pulls, perma stealth scorpion wires, and un-dodgable cannons.

Does a simple “favorite map” poll account for that sentiment?