Guild Wars 2

today I had one of those glorious pvp ranked matches again. One guy stood afk for a minute before he even started to play. the other three ran to mid point and died. 2 of them were afk after their second try to take mid. meanwhile the guy who was afk in the beginning of the match has abandoned us, so we lost the game with more than 400 point difference. this is sooo frustrating.

the divisions speak for themselves. 5 sapphires against a mix of lower divisions. how could we lose this and how did my teammates even make it to sapphire with that kind of “teamplay”. I blame the whole league system for this. without the possibility to derank in divisons and absolutely no impact by the dishonor system combined with terrible matchmaking ppl just dont care the least and ranked pvp gets completely unfun and uncompetitive.

and don’t give me this crap “find a pvp guild” or “just improve your skill” etc. there are many other games that have league systems and punishment mechanics that work just fine and keep the games fun without asking me to be the most invested best of the best.

Definitely separate solo and team queues! And definitely make it possible to lose divisions. Those two are the fundamental flaws that make the supposedly competitive mode not competitive but exploitable. It’s a very simple solution to make it actually earn it’s name as a league.

Losing divisions in ranked wouldn’t destroy the playerbase. It would be the one and only reasonable and healthy thing to do. It would mean less afking, less exploiting, more competition and could finally fulfill the purpose of an actual league system. It’s pretty much the exact same problem with wvw after automating all upgrades . Instead of rewarding competitive, tactical, strategic, sneaky or whatever playstyle it’s all trimmed down to flying on autopilot in zombie mode with the only goal to keep you longer in the game by holding some not so unique item, title or whatever in front of your face. People afking to get weaker foes in their next match up are not looking for competition. And people who are happy if their wvw ranking goes down tiers aren’t looking for competition as well. If people want their shiny finishers, titles, gold, loot bags and all that other crap to show off they should at least meet some competition in the so called competitive mode and not by rank farming, exploiting and ruining games for other people.