Guild Wars 2

The fact that I am not an esports player doesn’t matter. I should be matched against players with equal “skill” regardless of how bad of a player I am. Which reminds me of the point of this thread: The MMR system is broken and unfair. I want to be able to win more than 1 ranked match per day in PvP.

Hm I didnt know that gave stability.

PadreNike.1803:

dominik.9721:

I think the mist npc-ele can contribute better to a win than you did

Rofl.

Jokes aside, OP is playing ele as if he’s in the tutorial stage of the class, not even once during that entire game did he use fire/earth attunment, the entire game he keeps masturbsting on air/water and only using air overload (tons of dmg) out of combat I’m guessing for swiftness?

Combo fields, blast finishers, evade frames, lava font + meteor shower on point (offense is sometimes the best defense), bad positioning as ranged class, I can go on and on and on all day… Most of it has already been said.

Sorry I can’t be more constructive but this just shows how ridiculous the system is as this dude should have clearly stayed in the early stages of Amber but with a tiny bit of luck and a little bit of help from the comeback pip we may seeing the OP soon in Ruby… Which will be horrible for both the OP and the people teamed with him.

If the system was working properly OP would have stayed in Amber having a blast with his own kind with probably a 50% win ratio and never having a 40 game lose streak.

It isn’t the matchmaking’s fault it’s this mish-mash of a reward track system for a league that some people mistake for a ladder is the fault.

The problem is that the damage output on the other team is so high that I am forced to stay in water attunement for the regen buff that my traits give me. As ele you kind of have to be in the center of the field especially with my build because of the way some of the traits work and because of how overload works.

new video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqxIoHT0oyY&feature=youtu.be

I also want to add that if you look at the end of the video you can see that I earned a lot of top player achievements for that match. Regardless of whether or not you think the build is good, I think those achievements prove that I am contributing a lot to my team and that I am decent at pvp.

Teutos.8620:

Riku.1093:

Before the expansion, I used to consider myself a pro player

And now, you are realizing, you are not. That’s ok, you don’t have to be.

People realizing they are not good players and having to improve their playstyle is the only good thing season 2 has brought us.

Maybe this will improve the quality of the balance feedbacks.

So, I started to watch your video, yes, it is your playstyle that causes the loss streak.

First off: You don’t have to mouse-over every skill, we know the icons.

1. You are not running the standard aura-tempest, you are trying your own build and well, it is not working.

2. No boon stacking at the start (air or fire overload)

3. You are leaving your teammates to die on mid just because you got hit by 1 ability.

1. The meta-game is always changing, and this build does a decent job as a support build. Whether or not a build is good is purely opinion based and all about the numbers. I’m pretty sure you haven’t tried this build yourself to know what it is capable of.
3.Staying alive is the most important thing as a healer so that I can continue doing my job as a support build.
4. I did not waste mist form, it gave me the boons I wanted to help keep myself alive.

I will post a video of me playing what many consider one of the strongest builds in the game; “Corruptionmancer”.

Furthermore, if you would look at the screenshots I posted, you would see that elementalist isn’t the only class I played that earned many losses.

Riku.1093:

Before the expansion, I used to consider myself a pro player. I won almost every match with my guardian. People even tried copying my build and I saw a variation of it on metabattle.

I have been on a horrible lose streak for the past 2 days. I do not think that the matchmaking system is balanced, fair, or fun. Regardless of the reason, obviously there is something wrong here, and I don’t know what kind of nutjob would argue with that.

I understand that my MMR is decreased after every loss, but I think there is a “flaw” or “bug” in Anet’s MMR system. After a lose streak, what are the chances that you are pitted with bots? I’d say it is very likely, after all, it makes sense. On average, bots probably lose most of there games. So why wouldn’t you get pitted with a bot or two if you have a low MMR?

Maybe there is a “wintrading” flaw in the system -wink wink-. I won’t explain what it is, but I will mention that it involves groups of players lowering their MMR on purpose.

I am editing my original post to be shorter and to the point, and to add a collection of screenshots and videos of my gameplay. This video that I’m posting is me playing a cleric support elementalist. I am posting it to support my thread since some of the posters on this thread believe that I am just a bad player. I want to emphasize that their should be no reason why any player should lose 40 games of PvP and win only 5 in the span of a few days. The video quality will improve after an hour of being uploaded to youtube, so stay tuned.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ_1sDVt_rI&feature=youtu.be

Basket of Boxes.1976:

This thread is one of two things:

1: Someone trolling (which was my initial suspicion based on the first post not matching the screen shot at all).

or

2: Confirmation that most of the people complaining are not nearly as good as they thought

The problem isn’t skill. The problem is that regardless of the variables, I shouldn’t be losing every single match I play unless I’m actually a bot or trolling.
New screenshot. Video coming within an hour. Stay tuned.

Crimson Shi.5047:

Riku.1093:

Celeras.4980:

Low games played: check.
Winning percentage under 40%: check.
Considers self a pro player: check.

Congratulations OP, I believe you meet the requirements to complain about GW2 matchmaking.

A lot of those games have been me trying out other builds and experimenting with my own builds… as well as giving other classes a chance. I rarely que unranked because I don’t like the maps.

Like i said that was before HoT came out

Warlord.9074:

Riku.1093:

Celeras.4980:

Low games played: check.
Winning percentage under 40%: check.
Considers self a pro player: check.

Congratulations OP, I believe you meet the requirements to complain about GW2 matchmaking.

A lot of those games have been me trying out other builds and experimenting with my own builds… as well as giving other classes a chance. I rarely que unranked because I don’t like the maps.

And you don’t think thats a good reason why you lost so much kek.

That was before the expansion when I did all of that experimentation anyway. I could always just make a youtube video of my gameplay.

Celeras.4980:

Low games played: check.
Winning percentage under 40%: check.
Considers self a pro player: check.

Congratulations OP, I believe you meet the requirements to complain about GW2 matchmaking.

A lot of those games have been me trying out other builds and experimenting with my own builds… as well as giving other classes a chance. I rarely que unranked because I don’t like the maps.

New screenshot. At least the last few games have been somewhat better.

I talked about my experience with guardian because you learn things about the mapping of pvp and other strategies that are not class-specific. It could be as simple as removing boons or timing interrupts. Anyway, I’ve been playing a bunch of different classes this expansion to learn their strengths and weaknesses and I feel pretty confident that I know what I’m doing when I play necromancer, thief, and elementalist. If I didn’t, I would have taken my skill into accountability and I wouldn’t have even posted those pictures.

I’ll have more pictures tonight and maybe a video of my gameplay. I have also tried playing with my guild and friends, and we get stomped every match.

New screenshot. Not 1 win in the past 24 hours.

Amineo.8951:

Riku.1093:

Amineo.8951:

Riku.1093:

Extreme.8350:

Stop playing theif problem solved

Okay, then explain this. Rumor has it, necro is one of the strongest classes in the game for pvp.

Doesn’t matter with the class people are playing, it’s basically RNG when you reach Ruby in SoloQ this season…

Im in emerald.

Then just play with people you know, you don’t have anything to prove, this system is a mess and requires players to have luck or grind each days instead of having fun and getting better.

It’s pretty hard to find players that know how to pvp decently. Especially find enough players to make a full group. I tried pvping with one friend that a trust, and we got wrecked. Queing as a duo isn’t really the best way to cheat the horrible mmr system.

Amineo.8951:

Riku.1093:

Extreme.8350:

Stop playing theif problem solved

Okay, then explain this. Rumor has it, necro is one of the strongest classes in the game for pvp.

Doesn’t matter with the class people are playing, it’s basically RNG when you reach Ruby in SoloQ this season…

It does matter. Try playing a glass cannon with no engi or ele.

Amineo.8951:

Riku.1093:

Extreme.8350:

Stop playing theif problem solved

Okay, then explain this. Rumor has it, necro is one of the strongest classes in the game for pvp.

Doesn’t matter with the class people are playing, it’s basically RNG when you reach Ruby in SoloQ this season…

Im in emerald.

Extreme.8350:

Stop playing theif problem solved

Okay, then explain this. Rumor has it, necro is one of the strongest classes in the game for pvp.

cleric guardian was an underground build before the launch of hot and it was extremely strong. it doesnt work now because DH and necro do way too much damage for tanks or cleric builds to compete

I do not think that the matchmaking system is balanced, fair, or fun. Within the past few days, I have played exactly 50 solo-qued PvP games. I think I won 5 of them, although I am unsure.

There should be no reason why ANY player should lose 45 out of 50 ranked games played. Regardless of personal skill and regardless of any other variables. Arenanet should optimize their matchmaking system so that every GW2 lover can enjoy the game (aka have a fun gaming experience). Obviously there is something wrong here, and I don’t know what kind of nutjob would argue with my evidence.

The rumor going around is after a losestreak, players are pitted with bots and are matched against premade groups that lowered their MMR purposely to get better games.

I made a video of my gameplay so that everyone accusing me of being a bad player can see for themselves the reality of my gaming experience. Hypothetically, even if I am a bad player, I should still have a higher win/loss ratio than 5/50 ranked games won.

My overall win/loss ratio is bad because I never qued unranked when I started playing the game a year ago and I like experimenting with other classes to try new stuff. Since the launch of HoT, I have not messed around.

Support Cleric Elementalist Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ_1sDVt_rI
Corruptionmancer Gameplay (shorter): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqxIoHT0oyY&feature=youtu.be