Guild Wars 2

I think the match making for both solo que and team que needs to be set so that there can not be two of the same classes on the same team. It creates bad matches and encourages people to run multiple of whatever class is FOTM.

I know anet wants to take baby steps to not upset the balance but the fact is their balancing has failed. Instead of just biting the bullet and just admitting there were mistakes made we end up where for months at a time we have classes being overpowered or under powered. Then more people leave the game because hey i might really love to play X class but its gonna be 4 months before any real changes happen same thing with classes that become to strong 4 months on slowing nerfing it before finally getting to the real fixes that were needed all along.

The above paragraph may seem off the original topic but bare with me. The point is that the balancing team for pvp is not doing a real great job. (sorry whoever you are its true)

Now yes limiting it to 1 class per team would limit team comp options, the fact is that if it is ever more effective to bring multiple of 1 class instead of 5 different classes then we have either a class that is to strong or classes that need to be better so that they can be a viable option for a team.

people would still just queue up with whatever class they wanted then switch classes during pregame

Oblivion.8307:

people would still just queue up with whatever class they wanted then switch classes during pregame

Well yeah of course anet would have to do something to make that not an option.

then you’d have longer queue times, and people would feel pressured into playing their class a certain way (eg guardian bunker).

Right now that petition is hardly viable since we lack players…
When rewards come out, if pvp population increases, then A-net will be in position to restrict games to 1 class per team without hurting queue times.

Nary Why Irk.8150:

Right now that petition is hardly viable since we lack players…
When rewards come out, if pvp population increases, then A-net will be in position to restrict games to 1 class per team without hurting queue times.

I would argue that the reason we lack players in spvp is because of issues like having teams running multiple FOTM classes and causing people to leave. This would also force the balance team to step up their game and keep all classes viable instead of slowly oh so slowly making changes.

Oblivion.8307:

then you’d have longer queue times, and people would feel pressured into playing their class a certain way (eg guardian bunker).

This is true but in any sort of competitive setting be it a game or real life people are going to be pressured to do what is most effective. Now obviously what a classes more effective role is debatable but the basic idea of competitiveness always forcing people to be the most use to their team is not.

I’ve teamed up with 3 thieves and we still won. I don’t think it’s the class that determines the victor of the match, it’s the skills of the players.

what if 2 mates enjoy playing the same class?

and you would reduce dps guard use even more

Valentin.2073:

I’ve teamed up with 3 thieves and we still won. I don’t think it’s the class that determines the victor of the match, it’s the skills of the players.

While yes the player is more important than just the class that doesn’t make it so its not bad game balance if its better to have a team with 2 warriors for example than a warrior and a thief.

What that means is that if you need a really good bunker and a really good roamer you should need different classes for that not have 1 class that fills multiple roles better than any other classes. Plus we have all seen classes that just aren’t used at all in spvp and that means something is wrong with the game balance.

Blackjack.5621:

what if 2 mates enjoy playing the same class?

and you would reduce dps guard use even more

I dont meant to say that a class cant be good at multiple roles but lets say you go dps guard in theory you should want another class as bunker that would bring their own important part to the team.

I don’t want to it to be where every class only has 1 role on a team just that if a class decides to fill a role for this team comp another class should fill another spot to bring something to the team that’s better than just doubling up on whatever class.