Guild Wars 2

So much godkitten drama about who’s gonna be stuck in Silver. No one wants FA/Mag/DB in Silver — not them, not us, not anyone.

How is ANet so obstinate about the structure of Leagues this time when they changed the structure last minute for Season 1? And why should the structure of Season 2 be the same as the structure of Season 1 when populations and competitiveness have drastically changed since Season 1?

It’s clear that there are four T2 servers that would absolutely roflstomp anyone in Silver and be bored out of their minds. Is there any reason to think that Gold should remain top 6 servers?

You know there are 3 servers in a match up right? One of those servers would still have to fight against the 2 remaining in silver.

That’s true, but they don’t need to keep League static. Set Gold to top 7 such that they all have the highest chances of rolling each other than anyone below, and if they do roll below, it needn’t be the same server that does. Seems like this is possible with Swiss style.

The current system locks one of those servers into 2 months of no fights and boredom. And everyone’s going wild trying to buy guilds, pull all-nighters, throw each other under the bus, etc.

Just welcome your new…. I mean returning FA overlords. IoJ is in good position for second unless HoD is more impressive than their score implies.

Chris.3290:

Just welcome your new…. I mean returning FA overlords. IoJ is in good position for second unless HoD is more impressive than their score implies.

It’s a shame because if we didn’t have a T2 server in Silver, it’d actually be a pretty interesting league for the top 3 slots, since it seems IoJ/SBI/HoD are competitive with each other. Instead, the top 3 rankings will probably be heavily influenced by the T2 server who doesn’t even want to be there.

Don’t hold your breath on a fix from Anet. Glicko and stacking has screwed FA in the past.

Frankly, and this isn’t meant as a dig against FA, this is why I transferred over into Bronze from SBI. At least Bronze could be interesting; spending 2 months having a contest to see which side’s 15 man groups can last the longest against a 60 man FA zerg isn’t particularly fun sounding, because we all know that’s exactly what is going to determine the 2nd place standing in Silver.

Last season, it should have been 1-9. ANET messed up by separate 4-9 who were fairly balanced.

The problem now though, is that there are no strong #8 and 9. It will not be a fun experience for them.