Guild Wars 2

I made a post earlier about how I enjoyed this pvp season, so I thought I would follow up quickly with how it’s gone from there.

Like I said before, I played maybe 100 unranked pvp games in the four months leading up to the tournament. Then I decided to try some ranked matches. There were ups and downs, but it was mostly very fun and I made it to ruby.

But I realized once I got into ruby, it wasn’t as much fun. My skills and knowledge weren’t up to where many other ruby players were, and people got really bummed about losing pips. Also, in ruby, people really expected everyone to be playing a meta build (which I don’t) So I switched back to playing unranked.

In general, I’m having a lot of fun in unranked. There are huge ranges of skill and knowledge, but generally nobody takes it too seriously. There are times after a string of lopsided matches (either wins or losses), where I wish there were closer fights. But I’m having fun testing different build ideas and learning more about the maps and the rotations.

I was in an unranked match today with two other mesmers. One other teammate was concerned that we were all bunkers. As it turned out, none of us were. And our team managed to win a pretty close match by finding a good split with only about 100 points to go. It was really fun to be able to play how I wanted with people who were playing how they wanted to play – and to find a way to be successful doing it.

One final footnote – after a bunch of time primarily in pvp, I went back to my previous favorite game mode – roaming in wvw. In general, the fights there were just not very interesting compared to pvp.

Anyway, the point is that I hope some people are having fun just playing to compete against other players without worrying too much about the leagues. When the league restarts in February, I plan to play ranked again. But I’ll stop again if it reaches a point where it’s not fun. I’m not sure the game has the population to support it, but what would be perfect for me is a mode like “ranked but no pips at stake” where people could get matched with players of similar skill, but it would be more relaxed like unranked.

i think the changes they will make to match making will make things more fun.

Right now, you have to climb divisions facing the best the game can throw at you (supposedly, on your skill level, but it’s not true, as the game gives you kittenty teams when you are on a winning streak)

With the new system, the game will reward you with extra points for the winning streaks, and will not try to kitten you for actually beating people you find along the way. That should be a big improvement.

For me unranked is more fun aswell, the stress of winning pips as a solo que player isnt there anymore and i can play what ever i like. In ranked its play bunker ele/ mesmer and viper rev or your costing us the match.