Guild Wars 2

this is one more reason why you should give back our 8v8.
currently it is impossible to get a match, ALL of your 5v5 servers are full.

honestly whos bright idea was it to utterly remove 8v8?

there is no reasoning behind it,
you’ve removed the favourite part of the game for some of us.

give us our 8v8 back so we can actually get a match.
atleast 4-5 servers. 5v5 doesn’t need to go anywhere, but give us back 8v8.

There’s bound to be some 8v8 custom arenas.
Also, just join a match and spectate until there’s an open slot. If you don’t get an open slot, then you should definitely get a free slot at the beginning of next game. Not a big deal in my eyes.

Zach.3264:

There’s bound to be some 8v8 custom arenas.
Also, just join a match and spectate until there’s an open slot. If you don’t get an open slot, then you should definitely get a free slot at the beginning of next game. Not a big deal in my eyes.

You aren’t allowed to spectate if the servers are full of players playing and spectators spectating.

Pre-patch there were over 200 servers. Now I see only 50?

That’s the problem. 1/4 of the servers are left.

JinDaVikk.7291:

Pre-patch there were over 200 servers. Now I see only 50?

That’s the problem. 1/4 of the servers are left.

Yup, that’s the problem, not because they removed 8v8. They should make it so that if people click Play Now, and there is no available left, they should create an addition server.

Sunshine, who are you to say what other players like. If they prefer 8v8 that should be ok.

Please quote where I said “who are you to say what other players like” part.

Problem: not enough hot join servers
OP: it’s because they removed 8v8
Me: no, it’s because they reduced the number of servers. They just need to open more servers.

Where did I say anything about the “who are you to say what other players like” part?

When I’ve been clicking “Play Now” I either get dumped in one of the “full” 5v5 arenas to spectate, which I don’t want to do, or I get dumped in someone’s custom arena.

Last time I clicked “Play Now” I got onto a custom arena, but I think one with the same settings as the hot-join servers from ArenaNet.

Justin ODell.9517:

Teutos.8620:

Last time I clicked “Play Now” I got onto a custom arena, but I think one with the same settings as the hot-join servers from ArenaNet.

That’s by design. Our hot-join servers are really just custom arenas that we run. All that is required to be picked up by the “Play Now” feature is to use the standard config.

But courtyard is excluded from that?

Justin ODell.9517:

Nabbo.2845:

But courtyard is excluded from that?

Correct. Courtyard is not part of the standard custom arena configuration.

May I ask why?

Justin ODell.9517:

Nabbo.2845:

Justin ODell.9517:

Nabbo.2845:

But courtyard is excluded from that?

Correct. Courtyard is not part of the standard custom arena configuration.

May I ask why?

TDM is not a supported game mode, at least not yet. We are watching the how community responds to the format, and then we’ll go from there.

why have you guys not explored annihilation mode?

Justin ODell.9517:

Nabbo.2845:

But courtyard is excluded from that?

Correct. Courtyard is not part of the standard custom arena configuration.

What? I get thrown into any custom arena when I press “Play now”. Even the ones who kick me out before the loading screen finishes.

Justin ODell.9517:

TDM is not a supported game mode, at least not yet. We are watching the how community responds to the format, and then we’ll go from there.

Turn off the respawn. “Farming” an already won game is pointless in spvp.

Justin ODell.9517:

Teutos.8620:

Last time I clicked “Play Now” I got onto a custom arena, but I think one with the same settings as the hot-join servers from ArenaNet.

That’s by design. Our hot-join servers are really just custom arenas that we run. All that is required to be picked up by the “Play Now” feature is to use the standard config.

Tested it out again. With “Play Now” I just landed twice on 9vs9 Custom Arenas with the new map, where everyone is just fighting in the middle -.- Please adjust the ‘Play Now’ button to only include 5vs5 Custom Arenas.

sMihaly.1492:

Justin ODell.9517:

TDM is not a supported game mode, at least not yet. We are watching the how community responds to the format, and then we’ll go from there.

Turn off the respawn. “Farming” an already won game is pointless in spvp.

Deimos Tel Arin.7391:

Why have you guys not explored annihilation mode?

Catch the drift?

Absolutely love the new map by the way. Best thing ever.

I was doing hotjoin last night, mostly i got into into a match as a spectator or got error massage “World you are trying to join is full”. Then after some time i was put into a private server i was kicked from in less than a minute.

Please increase number of ArenaNet run servers.

Definitely. I hit “Play now” earlier and was immediately kicked. I didn’t even see, what kind of server it was.

there should be no limit on “official” servers to begin with
and play now should start only official servers

i never would check for custom server cuase i dont wanna waste my time on this to be kicked from some random joe cause he wanna change settings or wanna have someone in from his friendlist or crappy rules like red wins only or blue wins only^^

arenanet guys should finally accept gw2 is NO SHOOTER and this custom arena system fails for an MMO

Romek.4201:

there should be no limit on “official” servers to begin with
and play now should start only official servers

i never would check for custom server cuase i dont wanna waste my time on this to be kicked from some random joe cause he wanna change settings or wanna have someone in from his friendlist or crappy rules like red wins only or blue wins only^^

arenanet guys should finally accept gw2 is NO SHOOTER and this custom arena system fails for an MMO

Custom Arena is a must for every decent WvW/PvP guild/team to practice. It’s not the Custom Arena’s fault you’re landing there when pressing Play Now, blame the Play Now System. I don’t even get how you can even be mad at Custom Arena’s for that..

Give us an option to filter out all player custom arenas so we only get the servers that you created. It was like this before the update and now I get player created arenas 95% of the time with a high chance of being booted from them. Also, your deathmatch map is part of the “Play Now” random selection.

I’m spending more time looking for games than actually playing them at the moment, I either get into a full game or a custom Skyhammer farm server. I’m not going to be selfish jump into SoloQ and hold my team down because I’m rusty or new at playing a class so thats not really an alternative.

The filter option seems pointless too as selecting a specific server leaves me stuck as a spectator. If I wanted to play a specific map, such as Skyhammer, I’d be unable to and forced to join a server with the map before Skyhammer in the rotation. I usually hopped servers as fighting the same people gets boring. Before the update, I could join servers and most of the time be able to play the current match.

Yup, it sickens me searching for a game where I can join in.. Something needs to be done.

Justin ODell.9517:

Sunshine.5014:

They should make it so that if people click Play Now, and there is no available left, they should create an addition server.

Unless there is a bug, it should already be doing this.

the system probably works fine if ALL the servers are full, thing is ppl what to play 5v5 and all 5v5 servers are full, if you press “join now” you will end up in a 8v8, what er are suggesting is that wen all servers of one kind, in this case 5v5 are full (or populated, meaning no empty 5v5 arena), an empty one should be automatically generated. That is not happening, so… I’m guessing it’s not a bug….

Volrath.1473:

Justin ODell.9517:

Sunshine.5014:

They should make it so that if people click Play Now, and there is no available left, they should create an addition server.

Unless there is a bug, it should already be doing this.

the system probably works fine if ALL the servers are full, thing is ppl what to play 5v5 and all 5v5 servers are full, if you press “join now” you will end up in a 8v8, what er are suggesting is that wen all servers of one kind, in this case 5v5 are full (or populated, meaning no empty 5v5 arena), an empty one should be automatically generated. That is not happening, so… I’m guessing it’s not a bug….

Or, when 5v5 servers have 10 players, it should be considered full. Spectating should be an extra option or a seperate list of servers where we can spectate. If we press Play Now, it means we want to play, not spectate. Waiting untill all servers are full (eg 20/20, meaning 10 people are spectating + 10 are playing)to have a new server proc’d, that’s just so wrong and makes us waiting forever. Custom Arena and Spectating should be split from Anets PvP hotjoin Servers. Gonna be more easier to see what game has a place to join aswel. Instead of waiting half hour ‘till one server has free spots (eg 7/20), join it and end up being spectator and wait because it’s full (5v5)..

Justin ODell.9517:

Nabbo.2845:

Justin ODell.9517:

Nabbo.2845:

But courtyard is excluded from that?

Correct. Courtyard is not part of the standard custom arena configuration.

May I ask why?

TDM is not a supported game mode, at least not yet. We are watching the how community responds to the format, and then we’ll go from there.

Its awesome. Now gimme.

EDIT: Actually, I have some advice if you wouldn’t mind.. You need to scale the matches a bit. In a 10v10 the matches end REALLY fast and give what you’d expect as reward. In 5v5, the matches take a significantly longer time, yet the same rewards. If you scale the time limit/score limit according to the players involved.. The system would work a lot better.

I LOVE the new PvP, it is the reason why myself and 2 of my friends (and 3 of my guildies) came back to the game the second you announced it. The rank system was an awesome surprise. Seriously props. I hope you guys actually listen to the community here, and give the people what they want. More match types! More match types!

EDIT2: Oh Oh! And force the respawn to be team based, not individual. People streaming into battles isn’t making it fun on the noobs.

Nothing more fun than getting dumped in an unlocked server with [PRIVATE] DO NOT ENTER and then have to continue the cycle again.

Something does seem wrong with the Play Now button. The only thing noticeable seems to be checking for is whether or not progression is enabled.

Put me in the camp that would prefer if it was 5v5 ANet servers only.

Justin ODell.9517:

Nabbo.2845:

But courtyard is excluded from that?

Correct. Courtyard is not part of the standard custom arena configuration.

Uhhh…. I’m 110% positive than on 2 different occasions today I clicked “play now” and got sent to a Courtyard map!

Not that I’m complaining, it’s fun, and if it’s a bug I’m not sure I want you to fix it :p

Justin ODell.9517:

manveruppd.7601:

Uhhh…. I’m 110% positive than on 2 different occasions today I clicked “play now” and got sent to a Courtyard map!

Not that I’m complaining, it’s fun, and if it’s a bug I’m not sure I want you to fix it :p

I was wrong, we changed it some time back so it will include any custom arena that has progression enabled.

Are there any plans to revert that or are you going to see how it turns out then take any action if needed?

I still get thrown into stuff like 10 vs. 10 custom arenas when I klick “play now”.
But i wanna play 5 vs. 5 …but all servers are full

EverythingEnds.4261:

I still get thrown into stuff like 10 vs. 10 custom arenas when I klick “play now”.
But i wanna play 5 vs. 5 …but all servers are full

People need to kick start some custom.. I’ve had my server up from the beginning with courtyard.. Yet no one plays on it (because there’s no players that second lol)

If you want 8v8 zergfest go play WvW.

Geff.1930:

If you want 8v8 zergfest go play WvW.

8v8 is hardly a zergfest

Aside from this, i personnaly really hate how the map rotation changed in hotjoin.

Before i could join Temple of the Silent Storm and do every regular (read real) map without interruption (ToSS> Niflhel> LoF> Kyhlo) while avoiding capri skyham and spiritwatch all together.

Now i have to join during skyham if i want to play a full Kyhlo game.

QQ.

Justin ODell.9517:

Sunshine.5014:

They should make it so that if people click Play Now, and there is no available left, they should create an addition server.

Unless there is a bug, it should already be doing this.

I’d look into it. I haven’t done hot join in a few matches, but I think it was 1-2 days ago I tried doing hotjoin and it took me I think 4 clicks of the button. 4th one I finally got in, but the other three gave me the message “The server you’re attempting to join is full” or some variation of that. I’m guessing it was from the huge traffic increase, but I haven’t tested it since that day (been doing just solo que).

Yeah, looking for a match to even play in can be a total pain. My loading screen takes a little longer than many other players’ (apparently), so by the time the new arena is loaded, the teams are already full. So no, sitting out one match that has 10 players and as many spectators does NOT guarantee me a slot in the next match – it would give me a 50% chance, IF my loading time was as fast as everybody else’s.

So even while I’m waiting for my solo arena match (15+ minutes in the queue by the way…….), I can’t even play hot join half the time. Before the patch, at least I could get into the hot join matches during off-hours.

It totally doesn’t help that ALL servers say x/20 on the selection screen as you are unable to tell what the actual player limit is – is it 5vs5 with 10 possible spectators or 8vs8 with 4 possible spectators? I’m really tired of manually hovering over every single match hoping that one of those 14/20 ones is an underpopulated 8vs8 instead of a full 5vs5.

Right now, I feel like I want to play instead of standing around in the mists queuing and waiting and refreshing the selection screen for 15+ minutes – and the game is making it really difficult for me.

:(

Might there be some hidden cap that’s intentional or not? It still isn’t budging past 50. ¯\(°_o)/¯

Justin ODell.9517:

I’ve also randomized the map order.

wow thats nice

but Justin can you help soloQ too and make this Skyhammer thing somehow a chance like 0,000000001% or even delete it?

please help us you dont need to say it to the other arenanet guyz (they hate soloQers)

thx

Thanks, Justin!

(P.S. Also, I happen to like Skyhammer, so…I guess that’s just me?)

Justin ODell.9517:

We’ve added 50 more standard custom arenas. I’ve also randomized the map order.

Thanks, but you’ve also broken somthing aswell I think (oops!). Pressing play dumps me into custom servers instead of an Anet server (which are mostly empty or have 2-8 players). I’m also getting lots of network error messages when server hopping.