Guild Wars 2

Crapgame.6519:

NA is toxic. Lots of disgruntled players thinking they should be ranked higher than they are. Others frustrated because they placed better and are falling due to luck of the team draw. Loss typically equates to a greater loss in points than a win. Game team chat is toxic when you don’t do what is assumed to be normal or make a mistake. First couple minutes if it looks like a loss, player(s) start to AFK out because it is a no-win – or so they think.

There is skill, no doubt, but I think luck of the team draw far outweighs skill in bronze and silver tiers. You can’t carry mean spirited players throwing games in spite, you can’t carry a game when it looks bad at the start and they just stop playing or trying. You can’t carry 3 or more unskilled or unaware, or uncaring players. Period. Good, or better, is only going to take you so far. Back to the toxic comment…

Non spvp players did enter the meta to do dailies but it didn’t matter or show has much. With the introduction of ascended gear, and chests, it brought in the PvE crowd has another option to obtain quick and easy set of ascended (although I would think pve players would have ascended gear coming out the wazoo but maybe not).

My own personal opinion thus far is that it is toxic and not has much fun. In fact, unenjoyable comes to mind. Just one mans opinion.

I agree completely, and I would say even in gold

Spartacus.3192:

mrauls.6519:

I think being able to drop divisions has become a real eye opener for a lot of people. Also, watching your MMR drop can hurt and be a reality check. There are no more safety nets. If you weren’t sure of how good or bad you were before, you are now…

One of the best things about this season. No more safety nets which enable “rank inflation” . Now you play bad you go down. Play good you go up. (ofc your team has to play good because one person cant carry the whole team)

I agree that it is nice not to have safety nets and it will determine peoples skills better. But the system has flaws that cannot be ruled out. Since my rank got determined from the first 10 games, I dropped over 200 points because most of my games I have people quit, give up or just dc. You can say I suck, and everything but the system isn’t perfect. Your rank doesn’t just reflect you and how well you play, it also reflects how well your team does.