Guild Wars 2

Thank you Anet for finally fixing the matchmaking system and finally resetting the leaderboards.

Prior to this those that started their tPVP career later were automatically be teamed up with the low ranks vs high ranked players (teams). It was just matches of being steamrolled over and over again. Low rank players were not even necessarily unskilled, but were also late starters. Because our rank (high-skilled low ranked players) would majority of the time be paired up with at least 2 noobies vs high ranks.

This would cause the rank discrepancy to just grow farther and farther. I don’t think I ever broke rank 600. With all the mismatched team fights my rank easily dropped below rank 1000.

Those that were lucky enough to start early (but may not have had the same amount of skill) were teamed up with the true high skilled players and basically just rode the wave up up up, while others like myself were just being pushed down down down.

This is not a rant but just giving the community a comparison and idea of how drastic the improvement are.

As soon as you changed the matchmaking system I noticed the difference. It was such a relief not having to fight rigged matches. True, AFK’s and no shows were still a large annoyance. But at least it would be 4 vets + 1 noob vs 4 vets + 1 noob. Instead of, 3 vets + 2 noobs vs 5 vets.

And once you reset the leaderboards… OMG. I am playing on actual teams now. There are actual multiple veteran PVP’ers who have my back. I am easily breaking into the rank 100’s. Something that was impossible with the old rigged matchmaking.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

PS. [u]Please remove Skyhammer out of SoloQ tPVP rotation.[/u] I do not deny it is a hilarious and fun troll map but tPVP is <b>suppose to be</b> about a competition between PVP skills and team co-ordination.
Skyhammer revolves around knock back, pull, and stability fights/builds.

Please excuse my analogy, but it feels like a game of first person to fall from a kick to the nuts loses. The general strategy feels like, be the first one to kick them in the nuts. Run up behind the guy (stealth) and just wail him in the nuts from behind.
[u]Instant WIN![/u] (But not much skill)
And yes, I can play that game easily but it is NOT True PVP

ShadowAce.5432:

I am easily breaking into the rank 100’s.

It’s realy not a great feat considering there are only 1041 people who play soloQ at NA XD
Got 29 rank on EU by beating some noobs and afks in 4 matches. Leaderboards are still a joke.

I’m sorry you still feel so negative about a positive change. But then some people are always going to be glass half empty.

I am easily breaking into the rank 100’s.

I was not saying that it is a great feat. I am drawing a comparison to how it was impossible with the previous rigged system to rank into my actual skill level.

here are only 1041 people who play

There are way more than that. I have played consistently before and been ranked -1000.

Got 29 rank on EU by beating some noobs

MMR was reset so everyone was starting off at 0.

As you already know, your rank will matched up to your proper skill level after several games.
Ranked 29 => Ranked 563

Shadow of Azrael.1205
2013-08-08 05:50:16
Ranked 563

^ his point is that only 1k people played enough to get ranked in the new leaderboards.
So you are like at the 90%.Although thats not to say you arent top 100 material, it just really doesnt matter at all for now.Old lb had 20k people listed i believe so you needed more effort to get there.Especially with the awful system they had.

Most people who are raging about the new matchmaking system I find are the players who’ve always been teamed up with the high ranks.

They have never experienced being on the rigged to lose side for all these months.

So the “team noobs” are now being split between both teams instead of being lumped onto the rigged to lose side .
No more easy wins.
No more being carried.
No more always getting that perfect team of high ranks.

Welcome to fair play.

Is it frustrating to carry low rank players? YES, for sure! Rant all you want about that. I whole heartily agree. But do not complain that the system is broken because now you have low ranks on your team. Some of us had to endure much worse all these months.

Avead.5760
=D Ya, fair enough. I agree.

This is bs. Ive only played 5 games since the reset but every single game so far my team seems to have 3-4 low ranked players while the other team has one maybe two.

ShadowAce.5432:

As you already know, your rank will matched up to your proper skill level after several games.

Then im probably godlike since in the last game I had to carry 4v5 with a bear-ranger on my side

ShadowAce.5432:

Welcome to hotjoin.

Fixed ;-)

System would be ok IF Gw2 had way lager player base which would allow to split it into several breckets/leagues and FREAKING READY BUTTON. But for now it’s just a random mess.

Hehe I found the reset funny also. I must admit it was fun playing in a bit lower skill enviroment since rewards are the same anyway eventhough it makes you rage now and then.

Normaly when you see a 3vs1 fight it is no brainer but in one match a condition warrior acctualy downed whole point with longbow xD and he was very new to the whole pvp it seemed.

So yeah a nice change also new players will learn to play faster this way than only by playing with other new players.

Hahahaha, good joke.

I haven’t played the game in a long time because I know the PvP scene will take another 12 months to develop into something substancial.

I saw that the leaderboards were being reset so I played two games of solo queue. I win twice and all of a sudden I’m #1 on the leaderboard. As of today I’ve been knocked down to #2. The leaderboards are still a joke and to be honest I can’t even tell if they’ve done anything.

oh and here is an image
http://puu.sh/5vduj/38da0d6a05.png

Adam.6047:

Hahahaha, good joke.

I haven’t played the game in a long time because I know the PvP scene will take another 12 months to develop into something substancial.

I saw that the leaderboards were being reset so I played two games of solo queue. I win twice and all of a sudden I’m #1 on the leaderboard. As of today I’ve been knocked down to #2. The leaderboards are still a joke and to be honest I can’t even tell if they’ve done anything.

oh and here is an image
http://puu.sh/5vduj/38da0d6a05.png

And yet the picture shows that you lost atleast one match…

I’m definitely thankful for the reset, but I think it’s going to take some time to get used to these huge fluctuations. I had played soloQ often since the Nov 12 change and I noticed more consistency. I lost 250 ranks on the lb for one loss just now, but I’m assuming these massive shifts are due to the new MMR and things needing to settle in. I’m just used to one win/loss moving me 1% or like 50 ranks, not 250 per loss.

Edit: I’m sure the huge jumps are also due to population. Since 90% was the cutoff before the top 1000 before reset and now it seems to be 35%, I’m guessing once more people play we won’t be seeing 250-300 point jumps per match, right?

Agree, it’s a great change. There were certainly good players being held down by the old system. Things are still up in the air and the current leaderboards aren’t really more “accurate” than the old ones yet because they’re so new, but it’s definitely a step in the right direction.

It’s still garbage.

ShadowAce.5432:

Most people who are raging about the new matchmaking system I find are the players who’ve always been teamed up with the high ranks.

Or they’re people who realized that this was never the problem.
Leaderboard resets will never solve anything.

Low population, bad matchmaking in a mediocre anti-social game filled with 4v5s …
That breaks a game.
Leaderboards don’t mean kitten.

Narcarsis.5739:

It’s still garbage.

it is better than before
not trying to defend the system but at least you don’t have really good players farming rank 2 ppl all day

The game desperately needs a bigger pvp population until then the match making will remain cringeworthy. Since reset I have to wait 10 minutes for a pop and then it will be 5v4 with at least two players between r1-10.

If I have to play with r1 players anyway, at least make the pops instant. I spend more time waiting for matches than playing.

System is way better than it was. It could still use some improvement, like a larger pvp population and permanent but slower decay, but it is much better now than before.

Ashanor.5319:

System is way better than it was. It could still use some improvement, like a larger pvp population and permanent but slower decay, but it is much better now than before.

if pvp was rewarding like wvw or pve, there would be more ppl doing pvp

Cynz.9437:

Ashanor.5319:

System is way better than it was. It could still use some improvement, like a larger pvp population and permanent but slower decay, but it is much better now than before.

if pvp was rewarding like wvw or pve, there would be more ppl doing pvp

I agree, and would have no problem with them making spvp more rewarding. The sad fact is that spvp is way too segregated from the rest of the game.

ugh, my rank is just bombing now. 50% of my games are 4v5. It really shouldn’t count.

Narcarsis.5739:

It’s still garbage.

Yeah =/

I did 2 games, just right now :
- 1st one was 4v5 …. easy win, even if my team was bad.
- 2nd was 500-50, not really enjoyable.

I agree, and would have no problem with them making spvp more rewarding. The sad fact is that spvp is way too segregated from the rest of the game.

Yes and no … I don’t mind about the rewards personnaly. I just want to play with good players and having enjoyable games.

Well, not 50% anymore that’s prob just an exaggeration but it is pretty close.

So frustrating trying to get my rank back up. Lol I eventually just gave up. But the rampant afks and skyhammer are just driving me nuts now.

Oh Anet, why can’t you just implement a 12hr ban (from PVP) each dishonor buff (72hr decay) and 1 week if they stack it up to 3×.

It is a pretty easy system to prevent the rampant afks.

I hypothesize, but I don’t know.
During late nights all the low ranks and afks become higher majority of the playing population. This I’m hypothesizing makes it impossible to gain rank and will actually double penalize high ranks when in a 4v5.

So say a high rank gets an afk/leaver. Not only is his MMR going to take a [/b]HUGE[b] hit, but in order to regain those points a player would probably have to win a 5 game streak for every 1 loss.

Normally most players would be like, “BRING IT ON!” However, with the afks, it is no longer about skill but odds and odds of afks is very high.

Anyways, I think I am done with GW2. Completely ignoring rank and the leaderboards, I can’t take the afks, carrying noobs and skyhammer anymore.

I am done at least for now. Thanking for the gaming.