From January 28—February 4 the regular eight-team/three-round paid tournaments will be replaced by two-team/single-round paid tournaments in the Temple of the Silent Storm map. After the week is over, we’ll add Temple of the Silent Storm to the regular rotation of both free and paid tournaments.
Okay guys, this is what many of us have asked for; single round, 2 teams, 1 map. What do we think? Also, what of temple of the silent storm?
The map is enormous and has lots of room for strategy. I think it’s going to be especially interesting during the first week watching all the good teams develop new strategy. With the points being so far apart I dont even know if mesmer portal will reach from mid to side node like usual.
“The map is enormous and has lots of room for strategy”
You obviously never played arathi basin or alterac valley.
Not quite sure what your point is by referring to AB or AV, but I do stand by my opinion that I feel temple of the silent storm has room for more diverse strategies unlike the maps that are in the current rotation.
Sounds like loads of fun for the 7 teams that care about Paid Tournaments, but can’t get pops because they need 8 teams. However, for the rest of the player base — including lurker solo players like me — this is a completely useless feature. I suppose I’ll check back again in a month or so to see if they have implemented any ranked solo/duo ladder features. :/
1. So what will happen to the two team – single round once this week is over? I hope they build on it, as it isn’t the new map that is the best in this change, but the concept of single round.
2. I assume tournaments after this week will still have 3 rounds? Will they alternate what maps are played or ditch one completely?
1. So what will happen to the two team – single round once this week is over? I hope they build on it, as it isn’t the new map that is the best in this change, but the concept of single round.
2. I assume tournaments after this week will still have 3 rounds? Will they alternate what maps are played or ditch one completely?
I think some clarification is needed on these questions. Why not keep team 1v1 as a separate tournament option in addition to regular 3 round tournies?
1. So what will happen to the two team – single round once this week is over? I hope they build on it, as it isn’t the new map that is the best in this change, but the concept of single round.
2. I assume tournaments after this week will still have 3 rounds? Will they alternate what maps are played or ditch one completely?
I think some clarification is needed on these questions. Why not keep team 1v1 as a separate tournament option in addition to regular 3 round tournies?
Maybe someone from anet can give us a hint :P
Im excited!
I think they want to “test” this feature, hear our opinions and then decide what to do.
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I’m looking forward to pug’ing free tournies and farming mid. It’s so easy to get skirmisher/defender combo kills I might even get from r40 to r50 within the duration of the event.
I’m looking forward to pug’ing free tournies and farming mid. It’s so easy to get skirmisher/defender combo kills I might even get from r40 to r50 within the duration of the event.
So much truth there. Paid tourneys were supposed to be a poor man’s matchmaking system—the best of the best teams just do paids, making life a little more bearable for solo queue’ers and casuals. Maybe this will bring that idea to fruition. I’ll hop in on Temple once or twice but after that, I’m looking for some random vs random matches for a change.
