Guild Wars 2

Hello,

I’m new to gw2 and was wondering do people mainly run sPvP with their guild or are there organized teams. I play an engineer and plan to mainly sPvP. If it is guild based and there are any guilds on Anvil Rock out there I’m looking to play.

cedar.4609:

Hello,

I’m new to gw2 and was wondering do people mainly run sPvP with their guild or are there organized teams. I play an engineer and plan to mainly sPvP. If it is guild based and there are any guilds on Anvil Rock out there I’m looking to play.

Welcome to gw2 and PvP aspect of the game. There are plenty of reasons why people only runs in organised group or with guildies. I will just named a few :

1/Matchmaking is still broken. Let say you are fresh in tourney and soloQ,you are randomly matched up with much higher skill level such as r30+. That normally turns people down, away from SoloQ. If your teams consists of low ranks(new to sPvP)being matched up with a r30 team,your teams will most likely lose. In the case you are the only one low rank in the team, you still drag the whole team down a lot,not say it is your fault, but most people will blame you for their lost.

2/ Afker, Leaver Mid match. This is what being a big problem ATM. When groping with pugs, and when your teams start losing,being dominating. Instead of trying harder to overturn, some people simply leave mid match or afk, leave the other 4 fighting alone which often results in a lose match. Not only that, since there is no punishment implemented for these players yet, you will see them more and more often lead to unnecessary frustrated and lose.

3/ Conquest still is the only mode available in sPvP which requires a good coordinated between team members to win. Grouping with pugs normally don’t have that kind of communication and lost is often guaranteed.Plus because of Conquest is the only mode that promoted Bunker build,dps,roamers. A pre-made team normally consists of these roles.But with pugs, you don’t have that luxury options.

4/ sPvP win/lost ratio will affect your leader board rank. However, losing to a low lv team result in even more drop in rank due to imbalanced team,leavers,etc…and winning against high rank team will up ladder you a lot but very hard to achieve with SoloQ.Hence they join team.

Quicks reason why I think people afraid of SoloQ. For teams,if you are in NA, sign up with Esport Guild just a couple thread above. My name is Kaane Moka, if you are in NA, I can provide some help. Speak to you soon.

Also, you should have no problem finding a bazillion pvpers on Anvil Rock to get your more familiar with the whole system.

Anvil Rock is the Spvp oasis for NA.