Guild Wars 2

With a delay to avoid spying

for entertainment purposes
to get better…

like in sPvP : with static camera / eagle camera
and direct access to the position of a commander

no, we have enough issues with queue w/o adding in all the people that would go in to spectate and take up precious slots away from wuv players.

not to mention that even with a delay the information on troop movement can be easily predicted and reported, patterns would emerge.

I was hoping for a good spectator mode:

not one taking slots

In sPvP, it doesn’t

And personnaly, I would watch it on Twitch, to listen to a podcaster bringing it to life

Second, learning ennemy patterns is a way to get better at the game.
It will improve the general meta of WvW.

So I dont see any problem with that
In competitive esport, they all watch replay to get better…

So instead of live or with delay, if we can get replays…

Stuwy.9352:

I was hoping for a good spectator mode:

not one taking slots

In sPvP, it doesn’t

And personnaly, I would watch it on Twitch, to listen to a podcaster bringing it to life

Second, learning ennemy patterns is a way to get better at the game.
It will improve the general meta of WvW.

So I dont see any problem with that
In competitive esport, they all watch replay to get better…

So instead of live or with delay, if we can get replays…

“Slots” aren’t the issue. If you want to stand there and watch the action the game has to process and send all the same information to you that it does to everyone else. That means you add to the lag without contributing anything. Even a delay would simply shift the impact. It might be a nice idea, but ANet’s crippled system isn’t capable of handling it without harm.

Yes, make it delay 24 hours

Latinkuro.9420 basically explained it. If you want to get better Youtube is a good choice. Otherwise ask commanders/guilds to help you. Always worked on my server.

Spectator mode for WvW? No. I don’t think its needed and would only make tag watching and “spying” easier imo.

Spectator mode for the new arena? Yes! While the Arena is quite awesome, there are still issues of “trolls” interfering with GvG’s and duels. As the area is free roam, complaints made are kinda in a grey area, kinda like JP griefing. So adding queueable overflows for the arena with spectator mode would really improve GvG’ing while still allowing the main instance to be free roam.

no. the last thing anyone should want is someone watching how they command and what tactics/skills they use.

I think it’d be great. Kida like observer mode in GW1 where you could watch GvG’s.

But of course not if it affected performance. And they have enough to work on in WvW that it shouldn’t take any developer time away from fixing all the issues.

geist.3980:

no. the last thing anyone should want is someone watching how they command and what tactics/skills they use.

If you’re responding to me, you’re absolutely right. It would have to be more restrictive, mainly only allowing to view the GvG from better vantage points.

Don’t really want spying in the game. I would also rather they devote their design and development resources elsewhere.