Guild Wars 2

I really wonder how Arenanet came to the decision that Conquest was the best game mode for this game.

It stuns me even more that it is still the only recognized PvP game mode.

This game would do extremely well with Capture the Flag and Deathmatch/Annihilation variants.

Keeping 5v5 conquest as the only game mode not only creates boredom within the player base it also creates an illusion that balance is worse than it actually is. 2v2, 3v3, 5v5 deathmatch would each create new viable builds and compositions.

2v2, 3v3, 5v5, 8v8 deathmatch as well as organized large scale scenarios such as 20v20 40v40 fortress defense would be a huge hit among all WvW and PvP players.

How about a dueling mode where the highest ranked duelists are instanced into a display in HotM in a new arena where people can observe and place bets? “Gladiator Arena”

There are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo many options that would be successful, it’s really saddening to see all the potential this game has go to waste on one single game mode.

Capture the flag would be really fun.

Battlefield of Ganak from eq2, such a simple yet exciting capture the flag map. Would love to see something like that here.

Anyone who picks up the flag could get permanent swiftness to make it so all classes could be flag carriers.

The capture the flag elements of purity watch don’t work. Some classes get to channel blocks while the cap the orb, other classes get leaps and immunities, some movement skills will auto drop the orb, others wolnt.

If they do capture the flag, the flag should not need a channel to pick up and should disable skills & traits, the way a costume brawl transform does.

There needs to be something that encourages a team to split, an actual deathmatch gamemode would be basicly wvw in small. aoe spamming tanks that stick together.

In all the gw1 nostalgia people forget that this game has way too much aoe to make a 8v8 fight what it was in gw1.

2v2 would be nice but the class matchup would play a way too big role there, so I doubt that that would be very competetive.

And just btw, this is a thing: http://www.esl.eu/eu/guildwars2/news/243433/

Hello frands! Vee Wee here retired #1 Engi NA and world first rank 80!

Capture the Flag would be the worst because the thilly people at Arenanet though adding in immob stacking would be a thuper thwell idea! Well it was a terrible godawful idea but for some reason it’s still in the game! Please Arenanet don’t waste what little resources you have on CTF mode when thilly things like immob stacking are in the game!

3v3 arenas would be da best! Vee Wee, #1 retired Engi NA and world first rank 80, would play this game again if 3v3 arenas were introduced! What a shame to see such great combat wasted on thuper boring conquest mode! What a shame to see this great game go stagnant after 2 years of the same stuff over and over and over again!

Wahoo! Bye frands!

I agree with Vee Wee #1 engi NA and world first Rank 80.

Hello Frons I am Pink Puma #3 mesmer and world 2nd rank 80.

3v3 and 2v2 Arenas would be awesome.
But BEFORE THAT we really need Templates so we can switch builds for these game modes.

Fastest and easiest thing they can do is make 2v2/3v3 arena an official format with some queue attached to it. It has been very popular with the community for quite a while already, and there are semi-official tournaments hosted weekly for it.

I would play the PvP in this game a lot more if there was a CTF mode, simply because running around is more fun than standing still in a circle. Seems the main opposition to CTF simply states that the game isn’t balanced for it. Surprise! The only game mode currently is conquest, so obviously it won’t be balanced for CTF (not that conquest is even well balanced to begin with). If Anet ever decided to introduce a CTF mode, then I’m sure they would balance for it.

Conquest is the best.
Makes the game play more strategic.
Terrible the team works only killing and killing and killing without any other purpose.

They decided to drop GvG from GW1 and go for.. Conquest..
HUGE mistake on their part.
Really dropped the ball on that one..

This ship has sailed. No new game modes will come until the designers who believe there should only be one game mode leave the company.

They have been told more game modes since closed alpha apparently. 3/4 years and they decided it wasn’t the direction they wanted to take the game in.

Realistically there will be no new game mode in this game ever.

There should be 5/6 game modes all within the same queue whereby builds are locked on registration.

I look forward to bringing a settler’s shoutheals sword/warhorn + greatsword warrior with melandru runes, dogged march, cleansing ire and mobile strikes to capture the flag. I can’t imagine anything more fun than that.