Guild Wars 2

MithranArkanere.8957:

I know you are not going to change the encounters significantly, but I hope you consider at least one change to them: addressing the ‘penalty box’.

Getting kicked out and only being able to wait is not fun at all, but the fights are too hectic to be able to revive anyone during them. I wonder if it’ll be possible to have separate rooms where defeated players are sent instead being sent to the box, and there they can do something to return to the fight.

By all means, that’s how this instance and this fight encounter should work – and the current way it works is why I didn’t bothered finishing HoT story on my other 10 characters; I finished it 3 times and in two encounters I was sent to the punishment box from where I couldn’t do anything but cheer up people who were with me and who were working for me and because of that, I felt awful.

Thanks PvP team and Gaile. I actually found the Coliseum achievements quite fun to obtain. More rewards for PvP are welcome.

Please fix the ability to hop between maps after completing the meta and opening chests on multiple maps.

You cannot do this for any other meta event. It’s making it the most efficient and gold per hour. It’s killing other aspects of the game. Please fix this ASAP anet.

I do not like feeling like I’m gimping myself by not doing this exploit.

Please fix it ASAP!

If a #1 Top Team can win 500 Wins in a row it means the system is imbalanced.

Observe any other well designed PvP Game even Grandmaster players occasionally lose.

Log into any SC2 Ladder and look at Grandmaster.

Every single player in Grandmaster will have a few losses.

Anet forgot how to balance a game after Guild Wars 1 ran its course.

The state of PvP balance doesn’t allow a single player to carry their team. As a result, progress tends to be a direct result of getting multiple good teams/matches in a row.

Taking the concept to its conclusion, it is theoretically possible for two players to have the exact same number of wins and losses, but they could be in vastly different divisions/leagues based solely upon the order in which he got certain matchups.

Players with the same win/loss ratio should be in the same division or close to it

Yes, it was a deliberate slight against your choice. Clearly.

To grind for the backpiece.

My issue is that the matchmaking is deliberately unfair. ANET has chosen to implement a system expressly designed to keep losers losing and winners winning. THAT IS BLATANT FAVORITISM AND CAN ONLY BE DESTRUCTIVE TO THE GAME.

I know it’s making a few people feel like champions. However, it’s at the cost of making players like myself miserable.

It is also going to prevent me from winning the wings, thus removing the whole reason for putting up with this.

The purpose of matchmaking is to place players of similar skills together. The purpose is not to set up players to be punching bags for the pleasure of others.

OK, I now have consecutive loss streaks of 23, 12, 11 and now working on 6.

On the advice of forum members I switched to Warrior. I am consistently getting stomped by 300+ points.

It’s very obvious that the matches are being predestined by the matchmaker and that is really a kitten poor way to make a game.

This is not competition. It is pure favoritism of a small group of players. I’ve taken to thanking ANET for my punishment after each match and asking for another.

ANET expressly stated that the ingredients would be no good after this year.

That’s a side point. This matchmaking is conceptually wrong. This is not reality TV. People are not paid to come here and be pounded on.

NO SERIOUS COMPETITION FORMAT ANYWHERE DELIBERATELY SETS ONE SIDE OF A CONTEST TO LOSE

This is not competition. This is not Esports. This is simple favortism. If I could without being infracted I’d describe what it actually is….

Yeah, so much hype with condi spam and op elite specs… This game’s e-sport is one huge joke atm, after hot and even before hot ^^

As a new GW2 player (some 75 days in), I have dedicated a considerable amount of time during the last 50 days to GW2 sPvP. As a PvP’er with some good level of experience in other games, my goal was to enjoy and gradually learn how to play this game, until I could reach a good feeling about my skill and enjoy some more. I am well aware that I could not achieve these goals in 50 days, and I was planning to dedicate 1 year to the learning process (yup, I was commited). However, since I am almost sure I will soon leave GW2, I decided to share my experience now.

My general thoughts about the game are:
- The pace is too fast: it’s mostly about muscle memory and reflexes, and almost nothing about depth and strategy
- Too many things happen at the same time: absolute insanity in cluster fights, absolutely unplayable for a new player; too much information, too little clarity; almost impossible to learn and improve, because there is no time to gain any awareness on what is happening
- Balance between classes is an absolute aberration

These aspects have probably been worsened by the fact that I have been playing a DPS Ranger, which is probably one of the weakest options atm. I did my best to improve my skill while running into an horrible amount of adversity, and I am finally exhausted from seeing so much nonsense and having so little fun.

In my opinion, there should always be room for diversity, and that should always be the main goal for those responsible for the game’s balance. Some ways to achieve this in PvP are:
» The difference between the best builds/classes and the worst should be measured in less than 10% of power/impact/relevance
» Rock/Paper/Scissors
» Average players with an average quality class/build should still be meaningful in a fight vs a stronger opponent (not pulverized in 2 seconds)
» If any class/build consistently allows a 1 v 2+ of any kind, it must have an equally relevant weakness

From what I have seen, GW2 is seriously lacking in all these aspects.

It seems that the developers have opted to create more stuff instead of improving existing stuff, which has resulted in losing track of what basic balance and common sense should be.

In sum, I would be willing to play a relatively weaker class/build because of my personal preference for it, but not to the point of becoming so horribly handicapped that enjoyment is no longer possible. And yes, that is what happens to a player who tries to learn GW2 sPvP playing a classic offensive ranger. Just sadly horrible.

One question to the Community… As a new player playing a DPS Ranger, I have no time or space to notice stuff like weapon swapping, casting animations, conditions affecting opponents, and whatnot, because I am overwhelmed at all times by the extreme need of staying alive (kiting is my only way of survival, and even that is taken away when thieves are around). So, in your opinion, what is the best class/build that can be used to learn and gain awareness of these aspects of PvP?

Although I am almost sure that I cannot overcome all the bad stuff that I already experienced, recovering the feeling that I may be learning and improving would be the one thing that might make a difference…

Thanks in advance for your participation!

One word:

Elitism.

And this is why the game, which prospered so much at launch, didn’t feature any kind of “elite” or arbitrarily “difficult” content. And also part of why, HoT, an expansion featured as pleasing the “hardcore” crowd has failed in the eyes of a bulk majority of players when looking at sheer numbers.

Strictly speaking, not many people care. And those that do are likely too exclusive to not care about anyone not involved in their personal affairs.

Matchmaking > experience/skill > class > build

From my experience most games are lost due to poor rotations. Good rotations require experience.

Gear? wat?

To avoid Skyhammer and Spirit Watch? Of course.

I consider this the best PvP season ever.

There is one problem though: I do not PvP.

Disclaimer – This is based on my understanding of the ranked matchmaking system.

Consider these two matchmaking points

1 – A match will be made between players within a similar pip range
2 – These 10 players will be grouped based on their MMR

Because of point 2, there will in effect be an “A Team” and a “B Team” in every match.

The official reasoning for this is so good players will advance through the ladder quickly.

However, if a player loses a large number of games such that his MMR declines below the average for his pip range, he will always be grouped with the “B Team”.

In most games losing matches results in that player facing weaker opponents so he has an even match up. In the current league system there are points where you cannot be matched with weaker opponents (division thresholds etc).

What happens at this point is the player in question always faces a stronger team with a weaker one because his lower MMR. If the range of player skill is significant in a specific pip zone, the gap between the A and B teams will be large on average and will result in constant losses due to the matchmaking system. Every loss will lower this player’s MMR, and the lower MMR will result in even worse matchups, up until they are essentially unwinnable. This is the MMR hole.

I feel this is a fundamental flaw in the system and is contributing the the consistent one sided match ups I see in my progression through the leagues.

Can we not put it inside the pirate ship, I don’t want to fight my camera constantly.

Anet intentionally designed the system so that some people would lose repeatedly. They won’t answer anyone’s complaints about this. So the game is a big fiery ball visible from space.

Sounds like a good idea, and I’d be happy if this got implemented. But, this kinda takes away the point of the league a little, and makes the divisions pointless. Don’t get me wrong I’d love to be able to get my wings quickly, but I realize that the league is not something everyone is supposed to be able to “finish”.

Id rather see something like this added till ruby. As you can “grind” to get there as it is.

… with players from my blocked list.

They are on my blocked list for a very good reason. I dont want to have to teamup with them.