Guild Wars 2

dcgregorya.5386:

Hudie.1795:

Right click and “join friend in pvp” makes no difference, we still get put on opposite teams or get split up mid match.

You can voluntarily change teams mid match as soon as the teams become uneven. Just swap sides. Hit ‘B’ and click on the ‘+’ button by the other team – if they have less players than your team it will instantly transfer you.

This doesnt stop us from getting split mid match and isnt always possible If this worked I wouldnt have wrote a post here. Nearly every single game we play we get swapped, we maybe have a streak of 2 games where we finally are together then get split again and have to spend more time trying to play together.

Like I said, we spend more time trying to get on the same team than actually playing. joining games with less players to try to do this, doesnt always work especially when one has a longer loading screen than the other and more players join at the same time. Or sitting 7vs7 on oposite teams and no one else joins to let us swap a team.

The best part is one of us gets swapped and having to switch to the losing team is a terrible punishment for wanting to play with a friend.

Arenanet really need to address this tbh. Ive had this happen to myself on so many occasions and its really frustrating.

I think that the auto balance feature should be locked when a team approaches 400 points to make it fair on those who have been playing the entire game. Those who get switched teams should be chosen based on how long they have been in the battle and or their performance during the game (points earned).

Maybe implement a small penalty on those who have left a match because of a losing game? half glory and rank earned next match? no idea.

I really hope in the future they implement something that allows small groups to join for structured pvp.

I myself dont play very often and when I do its usually to pvp with my partner. Its really annoying spending more time trying to get on a team together than actually playing most evenings. Then eventually finding a game we are teamed together only to get split up mid match.

People will say “thats what tournament pvp is for”, this isnt the case for everyone. Not everyone wants to take pug players for a tpvp match match and sometimes just want to chill out with a friend or 2 and do some spvp.

Right click and “join friend in pvp” makes no difference, we still get put on opposite teams or get split up mid match.