Guild Wars 2

I’ve already posted this on Sat’s thread “https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/pvp/great-idea-what-do-you-think/first#post828735”

I never post threads and rarely come onto the forums but I felt a great need to post this as I first bought this game in high hopes of it succeeding as a PvP game. This idea might already be in process of development, I’m not sure (because I am a terrible follower of the forums). But regardless …

I believe that a great way to pull people into PvP is to introduce a solo/duo queue matchmaking system just like the system LoL has. Part of the reason why players are discouraged to play TPvP is because it requires the need to gather a team of five in order to play. What we need is a system that allows people to play whenever they want without the pressure to find four other people they match with. There are many great players out there that probably have difficulty finding other players to queue up for tournaments because they are either not well known or of low PvP rank.

It is also a fun way to encourage players to actually play because at the state the game is in right now, players don’t have much incentive to play TPvP. With this matchmaking system, people will try to prove themselves by raising their rank in solo/duo queue and higher ranked players can have privileges to exclusive rewards (new weapon/armor cosmetics). Better players will be matched with people around the same skill level. This will also allow skilled individuals that have previously not been able to play in teams to be scouted for and allow new PvP players to match up against each other as well.

If needed, you can add an ingame voice chat system to allow players to communicate in these games.

-Gronzy

The fact that you get matched up against premade team in free tournament, when you entered rooster alone is what bothers me more. I wouldn’t care about having to enter a team of 4 if I only knew, that if I enter free tournament alone, I will also get matched up against a full pug team.

The fact that premades get matched up against pugs makes this match-up system a complete joke, and I don’t know what on earth Anet were thinking when they made this decision. They had a perfect match-up system in GW1 with RA/TA. Enter alone, fight pug vs. pug, if your team is really good, after 10 consecutive wins you get transfered into TA where you go up against premades.

In my opinion that is exactly how free and paid tornaments should work. Free tournaments – pug teams only, if your team wins the tourney, you get queued for paid tournaments. It would also shorten the long wait times for paid tournaments, and it would make both tournament formats way more appealing.