Guild Wars 2

Alright, so this is just a simple suggestion for Anet based on my experience with SPvP. I don’t go into SPvP often (only when I want to test a build, really), but, 95% of the time I do, I see one thing: people not actually playing the game (not capping points), and instead just dueling each other.

So my suggestion: why not make dueling part of SPvP officially? Why not make it an option? Either you could make it so that people could duel each other in Heart of the Mists (a good way to test builds without interfering with competitive play), or you could make a gladiator/arena style part of SPvP. I don’t think it would be too hard to implement (although I’m not speaking from any programming experience, so correct me if I’m wrong). All you would need is a simple, open map. It could be fairly small and wouldn’t need more than a few obstacles that could be used based on different play styles. No orbs of ascension or points to capture… just a place to fight to the death. I’m imagining 1v1, but you could even do 2v2 or 5v5 if you wanted. You could add spectator mode later on if you wanted to make it more of an “esport.”

Anyway, just seems like that would be a good way to accommodate the way I actually see people playing SPvP, since the “intended” way (getting to 500 points faster than the other team) has seemed to be uninteresting to most people.