Guild Wars 2

Twyn.7320:

So, to start things off… I’m not trying to claim I’m the best player ever in the world… evidently I’m not. I’m a nobody, but just one of the average PvPers in the game who wants to progress and set personal goals…

Buuuuuuut… I’ve been stuck in Bronze Tier 1 for the whole season, I’ve never managed to climb into Tier 2, and honestly, I don’t even think I’m that bad of a player. I’m able to read the map, win my fights, cap my points etc etc, but some of the teams I’ve been with have blown my mind. From people not using team chat, to people who throw themselves on a point and expect to win against an AoE spam. Attached, you’ll see that my win/loss ratio is about 28 wins to 30 losses… but that shouldn’t be the measure of my personal skill.

I’m not saying I deserve to be in gold or something like that, I just want to at least climb up a single tier without being dragged down by unlucky matchmaking. Carrying a game at my level isn’t possible, I’m not a pro PvPer, I have enough experience to direct a team but not solo everything. The problem is: I can’t climb out of my tier because of two things…

1) Wins and losses are not a measure of personal skill.
1b) The way to counter this would be to add Top Stats to your rating, like +5 for every Top Stat that you earn, to reduce the amount of rating that you lose, or increase it if you win by a large margin.

2) Bronze Tier 1 is too large to climb. Trying to gain 850 rating is very difficult, due to the luck required to gain competent teams every single match.
2b) Obvs, the way to counter this is to reduce the amount of rating required to achieve Bronze Tier 2. I’ve played all of my matches in Bronze Tier 1, I haven’t escaped it, even after a long run of consecutive wins.

It feels as if nothing’s really changed in the PvP system apart from the queue sizes. Of course, this was a test run of the system, but I feel like these tiny changes would make a world of difference for the average player.

Anyway, feel free to tell me to ‘learn to play’ or ‘git gud’, but this is just my infuriating experience of Season 5. o/

EDIT: Additional Information – I’m getting about 2-3 Top Stats per game on average! ;D

Hi,
No 1 – Your 1st 10 placement matches ended u in bronze which is a bummer
No 2 – 58 matches is not enuf to climb from bronze to Gold imo

Play at least 200 matches and see where u end up. More a less that is where u belong.

Just my 2 cents

been in this situation yesterday, and yes we end up losing. however i didnt lose any ranked points

The best is invest in an MMO gaming mouse like the razer naga which have 19 buttons. i can assure u will love it. This mouse will allow me to activate all the skills at my thumb and index finger without lifting my WASD which is crucial especially in pvp.

Started to play from day 1, amber was pretty ok for me. i Hit Emerald on day 3 t4 and i thought it was pretty easy compared to season 1 bcos at that time i was having like 8 winning streak. Day 4 onwards the nightmare began having 7-8 losing streak. As soon i win a match, the subsequent 5-8 matches was losses. So far i have not lost more than 9 matches in a row. Still stuck at emerald t4 and i just do my dailies 3 matches. Once i have like 5 losing streak, i will logout.

I just hope this wont continue.