Guild Wars 2

Wow, the average skill level of WvW players is far below that of the average sPvP

Do you find this surprising?

Probably depends on whether you take your WvW sample from the lost zergling staff guardians/uplevels or the players who are actually roaming and looking for fights.

One thing to think about is the situation you are in with them? Are you in a 1v1 situation? Many WvW players run builds that are designed to be effective in large group play, and while deadly to large groups of players while with their allies, they are helpless when you catch them alone. Most are aware of this and have sacrificed viability in a 1v1 for more usefulness in zerg play. Unlike sPvP, 1v1 or small group play is all you find, WvW has multiple kinds of conflicts, from 1v1, to small group, all the way up to zerg play, you pick what to be effective at, as it’s not common for one build to really excel at both, there’s more to WvW than just killing 1 enemy. Because of that many players aren’t as skilled at 1v1 encounters or small group encounters, they just don’t have the experience with it that a sPvP player does, it’s practically all you do in sPvP, where as it’s one of many things you do in WvW.

That being said, I don’t doubt you run into more players with a lower skill level in WvW, more allies in WvW gives a less skilled player more of a cushion to learn, it’s greater number of objectives to complete appeals to a broader range of players, and the fact you can play with the character you already have and use the gear you already have makes for a lower barrier for entry.

In short there’s more to WvW than your skill against one player, this is shown in its population.

Here’s a slow clap for your elitism and forum trolling skillz OP. You’re able to take out a zerg build with zerg utilities while they were outside of the zerg and probably on CD. That’s so impressive!!! Were they up levels, while you’re more than likely running in full Ascended gear too?

#GG, go back to standing on a node then.

I never win any fights in www, but i am still top player in hot joins and tell everybody in chat how bad they are compared www pros.

Faranox.4217:

Do you find this surprising?

DeWolfe.2174:

Here’s a slow clap for your elitism and forum trolling skillz OP. You’re able to take out a zerg build with zerg utilities while they were outside of the zerg and probably on CD. That’s so impressive!!! Were they up levels, while you’re more than likely running in full Ascended gear too?

#GG, go back to standing on a node then.

Are you one of the zerglings that die 1v1 to any decent roamer?