I don’t really care if you think the game isn’t complex enough or something, I’m stating what I think needs to be done to make the game ready for e-sports, if it ever happens.
1. Particle soup
I find GW2 is enjoyable to watch when you know what’s happening. The problem is, often you can’t. Effects are flying EVERYWHERE, even on the most basic actions. Switching attunements causes an explosion, shattering causes an explosion, combos cause explosions. It REALLY needs to be toned down. In other games, effects happen as well, but much smaller. It seems arenanet tried to make AOES stand out, but in doing so they made them very “in your face”, it’s a clusterkitten.
2. Time
It feels like 500 points takes too short, maybe it’s because I’ve been watching other teams roll other teams, but games can be over in like a minute. Change it to 1000?
3. Balance and downed state
Should be obvious, but some classes need balancing. It doesn’t feel like any balance was put into downed state (it was though, they made mesmer weaker in the BWEs, still OP though), because thief, mesmer and warrior are over the top.
4. Ranking
There’s a ranking system in the game, but it’s pointless. You aren’t matched up at all in tournaments, it may as well not even exist. There’s a tournament scoreboard and it doesn’t even work, oddly.
5. Spectator
Yeah, I know, this is coming. Something like tf2 spectator mode would be nice.
