Guild Wars 2

Over 5000 games played and this season is the worst for me in Gw2. I’m happy with class balance (Rev does need work though) and im happy with my abilities in matches. What I’m not happy about is the way these matches get prepared.

Today I found myself in team with a Revenent and DH who both had no guild and no title. I noticed a lot in the match they seemed to be doing weird things, DH rushed Lord from the start of the match, Rev just sucked and I watched die in less then 5 seconds to a DH. We obviously lost with a blowout but I thought to myself not to worry, its just one game.

The next game i’m matched with the exact same 2 people in my team. I have seen this happen a lot and i’m cursing myself for not waiting to queue. Needless to say we have yet another blowout and this time I really observe them and the mistakes they make are something someone completely new to PvP would make which is shocking for high gold.

So then I wait 5 minutes and put some food in the oven before queueing again. I get into the game and to my absolute shock I have the same 2 people in my team yet again. Another blowout. Furthermore all 3 of these games the enemy had a balanced team and we would have 2 rev or 3 engi.

Yesterday I played 7 games and won every one. Today I have so far lost 6 in a row. I have played enough games in Gw2 to know that something just doesn’t feel right at all.

Zodi.8932:

Over 5000 games played and this season is the worst for me in Gw2. I’m happy with class balance (Rev does need work though) and im happy with my abilities in matches. What I’m not happy about is the way these matches get prepared.

Today I found myself in team with a Revenent and DH who both had no guild and no title. I noticed a lot in the match they seemed to be doing weird things, DH rushed Lord from the start of the match, Rev just sucked and I watched die in less then 5 seconds to a DH. We obviously lost with a blowout but I thought to myself not to worry, its just one game.

The next game i’m matched with the exact same 2 people in my team. I have seen this happen a lot and i’m cursing myself for not waiting to queue. Needless to say we have yet another blowout and this time I really observe them and the mistakes they make are something someone completely new to PvP would make which is shocking for high gold.

So then I wait 5 minutes and put some food in the oven before queueing again. I get into the game and to my absolute shock I have the same 2 people in my team yet again. Another blowout. Furthermore all 3 of these games the enemy had a balanced team and we would have 2 rev or 3 engi.

Yesterday I played 7 games and won every one. Today I have so far lost 6 in a row. I have played enough games in Gw2 to know that something just doesn’t feel right at all.

I can relate to this. Whenever I get someone in my team who is literally first time in spvp i get that player or that group of players 4-3 times in a row IN MY TEAM. I dont need to say that when it happens every match is a loss unless I get someone good in my team aswell with the bad player, but lets be honest, that never actually happens. Very, very, veeeeeryyyy rarely i see someone who played bad in my team next match against me.

That sucks, but the best way to avoid players like these is to block them and wait to queue until you see they are in a match.

Well also what’s probable causing this is the fact, many long time PvP players. Who are getting beyond fed up with the condition Ranked PvP is in, have moved their PvP time to other PvP games, if not straight up quit GW2 all together.

So as more and more decent players stop playing. You get what’s left of the community who are not cheating or getting fed wins to artificially make them look like pros. With would also explain why Arena Net refusing to punish system abusers and chronic afkers/idlers. We all expected Season 5 to be the season that crushed the PvP community or make it great again. Needless to say we know what it did.

Glad I’m not the only person that’s noticed the sPvP population ‘issue’. Over the past week I practically know half of the players in the matches…the ones that stick to the same class anyway.

Shaogin.2679:

That sucks, but the best way to avoid players like these is to block them and wait to queue until you see they are in a match.

Actually you friend them and give them nicknames, you’re welcome to block but it prevents future communication in PvP games and THAT will result in a loss.

sephiroth.4217:

Shaogin.2679:

That sucks, but the best way to avoid players like these is to block them and wait to queue until you see they are in a match.

Actually you friend them and give them nicknames, you’re welcome to block but it prevents future communication in PvP games and THAT will result in a loss.

Except the purpose of blocking them is so you can queue dodge them, meaning they won’t be in anymore of your pvp games, meaning there is no need to talk to them again.

Shaogin.2679:

sephiroth.4217:

Shaogin.2679:

That sucks, but the best way to avoid players like these is to block them and wait to queue until you see they are in a match.

Actually you friend them and give them nicknames, you’re welcome to block but it prevents future communication in PvP games and THAT will result in a loss.

Except the purpose of blocking them is so you can queue dodge them, meaning they won’t be in anymore of your pvp games, meaning there is no need to talk to them again.

When did the block feature stop putting those people into your games? I remember this subject being brought up a few years ago and Anet stated they wouldn’t put that into the game because players would abuse it by adding better players than themselves.

Otherwise you can still queue dodge off your friends list – But honestly like I said, it’s up to you and it’s your pvp experience effected by it in a negative way, only trying to help.

sephiroth.4217:

Shaogin.2679:

sephiroth.4217:

Shaogin.2679:

That sucks, but the best way to avoid players like these is to block them and wait to queue until you see they are in a match.

Actually you friend them and give them nicknames, you’re welcome to block but it prevents future communication in PvP games and THAT will result in a loss.

Except the purpose of blocking them is so you can queue dodge them, meaning they won’t be in anymore of your pvp games, meaning there is no need to talk to them again.

When did the block feature stop putting those people into your games? I remember this subject being brought up a few years ago and Anet stated they wouldn’t put that into the game because players would abuse it by adding better players than themselves.

It doesn’t. It does, however, tell you if that player is online and where they are currently at. So when you see that “Whiny DH” is now in Foefire, then you know you can safely queue up for a match and not worry about getting that player in the match with you. Besides, wouldn’t want to crowd my friend’s list with people I don’t like when that is what the block list is for.

Shaogin.2679:

sephiroth.4217:

Shaogin.2679:

sephiroth.4217:

Shaogin.2679:

That sucks, but the best way to avoid players like these is to block them and wait to queue until you see they are in a match.

Actually you friend them and give them nicknames, you’re welcome to block but it prevents future communication in PvP games and THAT will result in a loss.

Except the purpose of blocking them is so you can queue dodge them, meaning they won’t be in anymore of your pvp games, meaning there is no need to talk to them again.

When did the block feature stop putting those people into your games? I remember this subject being brought up a few years ago and Anet stated they wouldn’t put that into the game because players would abuse it by adding better players than themselves.

It doesn’t. It does, however, tell you if that player is online and where they are currently at. So when you see that “Whiny DH” is now in Foefire, then you know you can safely queue up for a match and not worry about getting that player in the match with you. Besides, wouldn’t want to crowd my friend’s list with people I don’t like when that is what the block list is for.

Like I said mate, it’s up to you I was only trying to help yourself and those who read the forums. No need to try and argue everything.

There was a guy in my match who was surprised he was Moa’ed since the other team had no mesmer, and he genuinely did not know that an Engineer could Moa. This is one of many cases of clueless players who have little to no PvP experience whatsoever and this was in Gold/Platinum.

More and more I’m dissuaded from playing ranked matches because it’s nothing but frustration. I really hope they do a hard MMR reset if and when Anet fixes their system, as much of an ongoing process it might be.

sephiroth.4217:

Shaogin.2679:

sephiroth.4217:

Shaogin.2679:

sephiroth.4217:

Shaogin.2679:

That sucks, but the best way to avoid players like these is to block them and wait to queue until you see they are in a match.

Actually you friend them and give them nicknames, you’re welcome to block but it prevents future communication in PvP games and THAT will result in a loss.

Except the purpose of blocking them is so you can queue dodge them, meaning they won’t be in anymore of your pvp games, meaning there is no need to talk to them again.

When did the block feature stop putting those people into your games? I remember this subject being brought up a few years ago and Anet stated they wouldn’t put that into the game because players would abuse it by adding better players than themselves.

It doesn’t. It does, however, tell you if that player is online and where they are currently at. So when you see that “Whiny DH” is now in Foefire, then you know you can safely queue up for a match and not worry about getting that player in the match with you. Besides, wouldn’t want to crowd my friend’s list with people I don’t like when that is what the block list is for.

Like I said mate, it’s up to you I was only trying to help yourself and those who read the forums. No need to try and argue everything.

You asked a question and I responded, hardly an argument.

Shaogin.2679:

sephiroth.4217:

Shaogin.2679:

sephiroth.4217:

Shaogin.2679:

sephiroth.4217:

Shaogin.2679:

That sucks, but the best way to avoid players like these is to block them and wait to queue until you see they are in a match.

Actually you friend them and give them nicknames, you’re welcome to block but it prevents future communication in PvP games and THAT will result in a loss.

Except the purpose of blocking them is so you can queue dodge them, meaning they won’t be in anymore of your pvp games, meaning there is no need to talk to them again.

When did the block feature stop putting those people into your games? I remember this subject being brought up a few years ago and Anet stated they wouldn’t put that into the game because players would abuse it by adding better players than themselves.

It doesn’t. It does, however, tell you if that player is online and where they are currently at. So when you see that “Whiny DH” is now in Foefire, then you know you can safely queue up for a match and not worry about getting that player in the match with you. Besides, wouldn’t want to crowd my friend’s list with people I don’t like when that is what the block list is for.

Like I said mate, it’s up to you I was only trying to help yourself and those who read the forums. No need to try and argue everything.

You asked a question and I responded, hardly an argument.

/facepalm.

I’m sorry if it didn’t help you, hopefully it helps someone else the way it helped me when someone else posted the exact same thing years ago.

Reaper Alim.4176:

Well also what’s probable causing this is the fact, many long time PvP players. Who are getting beyond fed up with the condition Ranked PvP is in, have moved their PvP time to other PvP games, if not straight up quit GW2 all together.

So as more and more decent players stop playing. You get what’s left of the community who are not cheating or getting fed wins to artificially make them look like pros. With would also explain why Arena Net refusing to punish system abusers and chronic afkers/idlers. We all expected Season 5 to be the season that crushed the PvP community or make it great again. Needless to say we know what it did.

I can confirm this is true for me at least. 10k pvp games over three years and the state of pvp had led me to abandon this game entirely. This is the first time I have checked the forums in over a month and I can say I’m happy no longer holding onto a hope that things will get better. They won’t and people that think they’ve gotten better are probably too new to know how much better this game used to be.

the problem this season is the bad MM system we have and the rating system which punishes you really bad for losing just 1 match. because you have to basically win twice to even get back at your rating before your lost happen.

No the problems with this season is it rewards only exploiters and throws the virtuous players under the bus.

Another problem is that this system offers no good quality in PvP matches like you would find in other dedicated ranked PvP games on the market.

Another problem is that idlers/AFKers are not being punished for creating beyond game breaking conditions match after match for players who are actually trying to enjoy PvP in GW2. The privileged club players that was bless to have under 30 games or even less siting on top of the leader boards played telling others who are dealing with such game breaking conditions to Git Gud and Learn to Carry, when they know they themselves would not be able to do so themselves. So you continue to get a smaller and smaller PvP population as a result.

Broken and not so fun METAs and class balances goes unchecked for 3 month or more at a time.

Class Stacking being allowed in a Ranked environment in GW2. Where it’s not even allowed in a Ranked environment in any other game’s Ranked Matches/Leagues.

Also another problem is that GW2 has lost a lot and continues to bleed what’s left of it’s core of PvP players, because of what said above. And instead of fix the above issues in a timely manor the devs rather just sweep things under the rug and continue working ok PvE….No surprises there for one most super casual non competitive PvE centric MMO on the market.

Reaper Alim.4176:

No the problems with this season is it rewards only exploiters and throws the virtuous players under the bus.

Another problem is that this system offers no good quality in PvP matches like you would find in other dedicated ranked PvP games on the market.

Another problem is that idlers/AFKers are not being punished for creating beyond game breaking conditions match after match for players who are actually trying to enjoy PvP in GW2. The privileged club players that was bless to have under 30 games or even less siting on top of the leader boards played telling others who are dealing with such game breaking conditions to Git Gud and Learn to Carry, when they know they themselves would not be able to do so themselves. So you continue to get a smaller and smaller PvP population as a result.

Broken and not so fun METAs and class balances goes unchecked for 3 month or more at a time.

Class Stacking being allowed in a Ranked environment in GW2. Where it’s not even allowed in a Ranked environment in any other game’s Ranked Matches/Leagues.

Also another problem is that GW2 has lost a lot and continues to bleed what’s left of it’s core of PvP players, because of what said above. And instead of fix the above issues in a timely manor the devs rather just sweep things under the rug and continue working ok PvE….No surprises there for one most super casual non competitive PvE centric MMO on the market.

Amen.

And this is also me, a veteran PvP player, out too. I seriously had my sights on the top 150 at the start of the season. But watching myself flick from Plat T1 down to Silver T3 and back up 3 times in a row with seemingly no control of my own over it is just too much.

I will be back for next season, I hope Anet improve something by then.

Zodi.8932:

Reaper Alim.4176:

No the problems with this season is it rewards only exploiters and throws the virtuous players under the bus.

Another problem is that this system offers no good quality in PvP matches like you would find in other dedicated ranked PvP games on the market.

Another problem is that idlers/AFKers are not being punished for creating beyond game breaking conditions match after match for players who are actually trying to enjoy PvP in GW2. The privileged club players that was bless to have under 30 games or even less siting on top of the leader boards played telling others who are dealing with such game breaking conditions to Git Gud and Learn to Carry, when they know they themselves would not be able to do so themselves. So you continue to get a smaller and smaller PvP population as a result.

Broken and not so fun METAs and class balances goes unchecked for 3 month or more at a time.

Class Stacking being allowed in a Ranked environment in GW2. Where it’s not even allowed in a Ranked environment in any other game’s Ranked Matches/Leagues.

Also another problem is that GW2 has lost a lot and continues to bleed what’s left of it’s core of PvP players, because of what said above. And instead of fix the above issues in a timely manor the devs rather just sweep things under the rug and continue working ok PvE….No surprises there for one most super casual non competitive PvE centric MMO on the market.

Amen.

And this is also me, a veteran PvP player, out too. I seriously had my sights on the top 150 at the start of the season. But watching myself flick from Plat T1 down to Silver T3 and back up 3 times in a row with seemingly no control of my own over it is just too much.

I will be back for next season, I hope Anet improve something by then.

I won’t. I’m through. I gave FIVE chances, for FIVE seasons. No longer.

I’ll give ANet 10 games of my time. If I’m feeling generous like I did this season I’ll give them 20 games to prove themselves worthy of my play time.

If not oh well. I guess the bulk of my time will continue to go towards Smite, ESO, and Paragon with GW2 just being as it is now for me, a causal PvE vacation away from those serious skill based or grind based games every so in a blue moon, I’ve mentioned.

While I can certainly understand getting not so good players on my team during ques I hadn’t realized we as a pvp community got to the point where we started assuming the target player may or may not be decent because they aren’t flashing a pvp title which pretty much can be grinded to a certain extent or were not repping a guild as both guild tags and titles can be made hidden via player choice while also keeping in mind having a pvp title doesn’t make a player good subjectively nor having a guild make them that much better which goes to that saying don’t judge a book by its cover in general a bad player is exactly that regardless of tag or title