Guild Wars 2

Out of 21 game played today, got 7 4v5’s, 6 of which were with me being in the lesser team.
I’m pretty kittened today… Can’t harsher penalties for leavers be introduced?

Ban Titanium, gg.

They need to fix why 4v5 happens in the first place. If someone leaves before the match starts, they need to be replaced. The match shouldn’t be allowed to start. That’s just asinine.

Chinchillo.5769:

Ban Titanium, gg.

ceol.9175:

They need to fix why 4v5 happens in the first place. If someone leaves before the match starts, they need to be replaced. The match shouldn’t be allowed to start. That’s just asinine.

What if the player leaves after the match start?

Make 4 v 5s not count in leaderboards, or lock out one player on the 5 team from leaving spawn.

Just had another one of these. Person leaves the match about 20 seconds in.

I can have fun, even with people that are new or are half asleep. But 4v5? No, that’s 15 minutes of my life stolen.

At least give us a /resign option.

Rather than punishing players who leave a game, perhaps a simple solution would be to change the respawn timer when teams are mismatched. A 5-man team with a sufficiently long respawn timer operates with the same effectiveness as a 4-man team with a normal timer.

They should make the last person of the full team who entered the map go back in the que and play the match as 4 vs 4

runeblade.7514:

What if the player leaves after the match start?

I don’t care what happens after the match starts. Most of the 3/4v5s are people leaving before the match begins. They’re two separate problems that can have two separate solutions implemented at different times. To ignore fixing one just because it doesn’t fix both is equally asinine.

vincecontix.1264:

They should make the last person of the full team who entered the map go back in the que and play the match as 4 vs 4

From a technical POV it would probably be easier to just only allow people in pairs, one from each team.

Punishments for leaving the game early or not joining at all should be harsher as well.

Aberrant.6749:

vincecontix.1264:

They should make the last person of the full team who entered the map go back in the que and play the match as 4 vs 4

From a technical POV it would probably be easier to just only allow people in pairs, one from each team.

Punishments for leaving the game early or not joining at all should be harsher as well.

I thought it would be technically easier to just send one person back into the que or Hotm. Then just run the match as normal but 4v4 instead.

I got on these forums because I wanted to address this issue myself. Played three matches just now. Two of those were 4v5.

I see some simple and effective solutions here. Anet, why haven’t you properly fixed this issue after all this time? It’s obviously a serious balance issue that takes out the fun for many players. Fixing it can’t be that hard. Need inspiration? Read above.

No good? Then at least change the impact on personal stats and rank points. But don’t just leave us hanging here. For a firm that’s big on “quality of life”, you sure have remarkable way of ignoring major issues.