Guild Wars 2

From watching alot of tournaments lately 3 point 5vs5 conquest is just not viewer friendly at all. At any given time there can be 3 fights going on and it is impossible to know which fight will have the most exciting/important action, a lot of the time the shoutcaster will be focused on the wrong fight, and we miss alot of great 1vs2s or 1vs1’s etc. In moba games there is alot of pve/farming going on so it is easy to know where the main pvp/ganking action is happening. To counteract this we often see shoutcasters cycling through fights quickly trying to show as much action as possible and it just becomes a hectic mess that is not enjoyable to watch. I can’t remember the last time i watched a LoL,sc2 or Wow tourny where i was annoyed because i missed seeing a key part of the action(even CS had the spectator mode that would switch camera to show every kill).

With a 3vs3, 2 point conquest gamemode we would see alot of 3vs3 deathmatch type fights on 1 point, aswell as 2vs2s on 1 point and a duel on the other which would be alot more viewer friendly. 3vs3 group fights are alot easier for casual viewers and players to understand and keep track of the major abilities being used from either team. From experience with wow 3vs3 and 5vs5 arenas, 3vs3 was far more enjoyable/popular and had a lot higher skillcap than 5vs5 as it was less of a zerg and you had more time to read and predict the other teams abilities and had to strategize and prepare more which made for more engaging combat. And it is far easier to find 2 more players with the same schedule/skill/goals/language than 4.

Sadly with the current system we will almost never see a shoutcaster show a awesome 1vs2 that changes the outcome of the match as they will assume the 2 beats the 1 and will prioritize the show other fights that are happening.

Since Aanet seems so strongly against a deathmatch game mode, could this be a viable alternative?

That makes way too much sense and sounds way too good. So the obvious response is to be interested in this and take it into consideration.

But Arenanet, being the high and mighty, all knowing bunch of head up their butts type of people they are … don’t think you’re right, and think they’re right instead and that 5v5 3 nodes is the best PvP setup in existence.

I’m sorry man … maybe if you made your post sound less intelligent … and more boring … then perhaps they would consider it! They seem to favor that stuff.

3v3 x2 nodes does sound interesting. Lets just thank god its not 8v8 x3 cap nodes.

i think i know what is even more exciting !!!

1 node !!!
20 players !!!

free for all !!!

KING OF THE HILL !!!!