Guild Wars 2

I am one of those solo queue guys on which the game is constantly vomiting since the release. But whatever. I got “kind of” used to being farmed by premades (but I shall not stop QQ about it) but after the recent patch something happened. I am now on a streak of 12 games where my team was a PUG and enemy team was a premade (4man in few cases, 5 in rest). Of course all of those games were lost but that is a secondary thing. So, is anyone aware about some recent changes in matchmaking? Am I just unlucky? Or more and more soloers leave tPvP due to being farmed and such streaks will become more frequent now? What is going on? :o

EDIT: 13th premade. Waiting for ress atm.

no changes – its normal

SoloQer just dont press the button “Join Solo” anymore cause its anoying like hell
they just dont play the tournaments anymore (like me) or go only premade to farm SoloQers too (but they get more premades now too^^)

it will be like this til arenanet bring real SoloQ – in 2014 or 15 or something – devs are bussy they have to do living story crap now all 2 weeks

so for you – DONT JOIN SOLO ANYMORE and let it die fast – maby arenanet wake up someday when no canonfodder for premades fix the Qtimes

Well you have a chance to win soloq vs pre made.
I wish they add some VoIP, so soloq can also communicate with team.

Agree, you cant even learn a good 5v5 with your character, and if you goto hot join you are fighting in a team deathmatch.. nobody cares for a bit structure, they just want to kill ppl :P

I am done with Spvp, gave it a good shot though but failed. WvW is where the fun and action is now.

I am aware of the fact that being farmed by premades is part of everyday life for solo queuers. I was just asking if something changed in the matchmaking system becouse 13 premades in a row is… just… I mean come on.

Crying for solo queue is one thing. Having to endure a PUG vs. premade match is another. But getting streaks of 13 matches in a row vs. a premade? What are the odds? If no change was made in matchmaking somehow (which I was asking about) this could mean that less and less people queue solo. And if so, this can only end in bad and dark places.

Btw. I finally joined PUG vs PUG match and we won 500 to 300ish. A nice refresh after getting stomped 13 times just becouse they are premade and we are not (OK, 2-3 of those 13 games were close, like we got 400 points or something).

matchmaking is working as intended: you get matched either with soloQers of your same rating, or against a premade of much lower rating

what is broken, is that if you lose against a much lower ranked premades (because, duh, voIP gives a “slight” advantage even if they suck), you’re going to lose so many points and the game won’t take into consideration that it was solo vs premade. This is what kitten es me off when i soloQ.

Shar.3402:

matchmaking is working as intended: you get matched either with soloQers of your same rating, or against a premade of much lower rating

Could someone confirm that? Or point to a source? I was not aware of this if thats true.

Theres just a real increase in premades. I’m getting more premades than non-premades. Solo q split can’t come soon enough.

Awe.1096:

Shar.3402:

matchmaking is working as intended: you get matched either with soloQers of your same rating, or against a premade of much lower rating

Could someone confirm that? Or point to a source? I was not aware of this if thats true.

Nope, there is no source on this information!
I can give you only one tip – find yourself a team.

emon.1863:

Awe.1096:

Shar.3402:

matchmaking is working as intended: you get matched either with soloQers of your same rating, or against a premade of much lower rating

Could someone confirm that? Or point to a source? I was not aware of this if thats true.

Nope, there is no source on this information!
I can give you only one tip – find yourself a team.

Some people just dont fit. It is also why I dont raid (nor play as a matter of fact) in WoW since a long time. I play GW2 a lot but not on a fixed schedule. Sometimes I play in a morning, sometimes at evening, sometimes at 2AM. Sometimes I PvP just for 30m to do dailies, sometimes I queue for 2-3 hours straight. What kind of team could accommodate that? Teamplay should be rewarded. With higher ratings, better vanity rewards etc. Not with ability to stomp-farm PUG-s. WoW splits premades and PUG-s, SWTOR implemented that split 2 months after release. LoL, DotA2 etc. do the same. Why not GW2?

Awe.1096:

emon.1863:

Awe.1096:

Shar.3402:

matchmaking is working as intended: you get matched either with soloQers of your same rating, or against a premade of much lower rating

Could someone confirm that? Or point to a source? I was not aware of this if thats true.

Nope, there is no source on this information!
I can give you only one tip – find yourself a team.

Some people just dont fit. It is also why I dont raid (nor play as a matter of fact) in WoW since a long time. I play GW2 a lot but not on a fixed schedule. Sometimes I play in a morning, sometimes at evening, sometimes at 2AM. Sometimes I PvP just for 30m to do dailies, sometimes I queue for 2-3 hours straight. What kind of team could accommodate that? Teamplay should be rewarded. With higher ratings, better vanity rewards etc. Not with ability to stomp-farm PUG-s. WoW splits premades and PUG-s, SWTOR implemented that split 2 months after release. LoL, DotA2 etc. do the same. Why not GW2?

My playtime is the same, and I never had trouble finding pug teams. There’s maybe 50 people NA who have regular teams, everyone else just has a friends list. You should look into it.

Awe.1096:

emon.1863:

Awe.1096:

Shar.3402:

matchmaking is working as intended: you get matched either with soloQers of your same rating, or against a premade of much lower rating

Could someone confirm that? Or point to a source? I was not aware of this if thats true.

Nope, there is no source on this information!
I can give you only one tip – find yourself a team.

Some people just dont fit. It is also why I dont raid (nor play as a matter of fact) in WoW since a long time. I play GW2 a lot but not on a fixed schedule. Sometimes I play in a morning, sometimes at evening, sometimes at 2AM. Sometimes I PvP just for 30m to do dailies, sometimes I queue for 2-3 hours straight. What kind of team could accommodate that? Teamplay should be rewarded. With higher ratings, better vanity rewards etc. Not with ability to stomp-farm PUG-s. WoW splits premades and PUG-s, SWTOR implemented that split 2 months after release. LoL, DotA2 etc. do the same. Why not GW2?

Plz. stop comparing all MMORPG to WoW. I hate WoW and its pvp system!
When i was saing team, i didnt mean a pro team, I am currently running with some ppl from diffrent guild i know and we are doing fine. Try to find some PvX of PvP guild so you can team up.
Btw. there was a system like free tournaments (just for fun) and paid tournament ( for pro teams). But for some reasone ANet disable paids and now we have this horroble system.

emon.1863:

Plz. stop comparing all MMORPG to WoW. I hate WoW and its pvp system!
When i was saing team, i didnt mean a pro team, I am currently running with some ppl from diffrent guild i know and we are doing fine. Try to find some PvX of PvP guild so you can team up.
Btw. there was a system like free tournaments (just for fun) and paid tournament ( for pro teams). But for some reasone ANet disable paids and now we have this horroble system.

They disabled paids because it was probably biggest fail system in history of MMORPG’s.

Its quite sad that people need to compare this new MMORPG to old one, but i have to its really needed. Its even more sad that stuff like movement and camera are far better in game that released in 2004.

Nilvio.7941:

emon.1863:

Plz. stop comparing all MMORPG to WoW. I hate WoW and its pvp system!
When i was saing team, i didnt mean a pro team, I am currently running with some ppl from diffrent guild i know and we are doing fine. Try to find some PvX of PvP guild so you can team up.
Btw. there was a system like free tournaments (just for fun) and paid tournament ( for pro teams). But for some reasone ANet disable paids and now we have this horroble system.

They disabled paids because it was probably biggest fail system in history of MMORPG’s.

Its quite sad that people need to compare this new MMORPG to old one, but i have to its really needed. Its even more sad that stuff like movement and camera are far better in game that released in 2004.

Fail? Well it was unpopular by new teams, but it was a lot more fun. I think main problem was that you could win gems there.

About other MMO RPG i cant speak , as i disliked most of them, expect GW1.
Personally i dont have any problems with camera and movements(i tryd wow and cant tell any diffrence in it).

My friend who is R50 thief and #20 in the leaderboard went to solo yesterday and in every single match he faces a premade with a pug group with r20s ~ His leaderboard rank dropped from #20 to #200. Thx Anet

I haven’t fought a premade out of my 10 solo que games today. But I’ve been on that path of destruction where every game is a loss because stupid solo que vs premade bullkitten streak.