Guild Wars 2

The random matches have allowed quite a bit of movement in the ratings, and they are getting closer to actually matching each server’s abilities (which is one of the goals of the new system), but I think Anet could do something to speed up this process.

For example, Borlis Pass has beaten both Ehmry Bay and Yak’s Bend (this Yak shakes his fist at you!) in the last few weeks, but they still rank below those other servers. And this week they are matched up against two lower-rated servers, but because they aren’t beating them by enough they are losing rating.

I suggest that for a couple of weeks, Anet should set up the matches manually, with an eye to moving the ratings of servers closer to where they should be. BP should be matched up against higher-rated servers (Mag? SoS? FA?) so that, while they will probably lose, they will gain rating points to help them move up to where they should be. Maybe Kaineng should be matched with lower-rated servers, since they seem to be on the way down.