Guild Wars 2

I have to agree. Soloq is probably the most frustrating thing I’ve done in a MMO in years. Not what I call fun or implemented well at all.

7 matches in a row with less than 5 people vs a full group. What a pile of trash lol.

Well, came to this game hoping for something “esport viable” but this is really just a sad state of affairs. Red circles all over the objective area and the classes with the most aoe and conditions wins cause they are super strong. Time to look for a new game I guess… /sigh.

Thank you for the response. Ya perhaps they did oversell it. I understand that is the nature of MMO’s, the constant imbalance’s but there seems to be a lack of diversity in this game compared to other games. Or perhaps it just seems that ways due to my expectations going in.

Hello,

I know how these things go. I am “too new” to have anything of value to contribute. Well, you might be right as far as the nuts and bolts of the game but I do have a fresh perspective and some questions. I guess I should say a little something about the kind of player I am. I am a former multi-high-rating arena player in WoW. I know, very little translates over to this game but I only mention it because I tend to strive for the higher end gameplay. But I digress.

I have been doing a lot of sPvP and is it me or does everyone play Necro or Engineer? I was recruited to this game for it’s “balance” and “variety.” I guess what I am asking is, was I lied to? Lol. I also watched the PAX EU qualifiers and the teams that won matches pretty much had the same setup across the board resulting in the latter stages of the tournament being mirror matches. If they strayed from Necro, Thief, Engi, Elementalist, Warrior they seemed to get stomped pretty handily. Moreover, it seemed like they all took the same skills/weapons choices.

I understand I am not yet involved in the more organized PvP but after watching the PAX EU qualifier stream, I am not sure I really want to. Has the balance always been this lop-sided? Does states such as it is now stay for very long? How come there is very little communication by the dev’s? I mean, even WoW and SWTOR dev’s use twitter to inform it’s customers (perhaps they do but I cannot find it). I know, then why don’t I play WoW? I am sick of it and was hoping for a change of scenery. I remember when this game came out that they said if the game wasn’t e-sport viable, they would consider it a failure… or something to that effect. Well, the PAX gameplay was really kind of boring and teams running the same setup was really, well, lackluster.

Did I get my hopes up too high for the sPvP in this game? Am I better off just shelving this game or does Arena Net do the right thing more often than not? I understand I will get the usual trolls and that’s fine. I am really searching for a new game to get involved with and I want it to be this but as I said in the topic, I have concerns.

Thank you for the swift reply mrook. I do have one further question if you don’t mind. Since GW2 did away with the “trinity” of most MMO’s, any chance you could define what the roles you would to make sure you have covered? Thank you.

Hello all.

I am a brand new GW2 player that comes from the WoW arena scene and had a few questions. Most are relating to class balance and profession composition for tournament play. So, I suppose I should just start firing away…

I ask in streams about the current class balance and monitor the forums for the ever so conspicuous “OMG such and such profession is too good” threads.

- As far as I can tell, it seems the bulk of the complaining revolves around Necro’s. Would it be a fair assumption that they are over-tuned right now?

- What are “must have” professions for any competitive tournament team? Which aren’t really viable in tournament play? I am seeing Thief isn’t something you want to bring in your setup. Is that also a fair assessment?

- How often does class balance occur? When it does occur, are the changes heavy-handed?

- Generally speaking, do people on these forums tend to do a lot of baseless crying about this and that or are they pretty much on the mark normally?

Well, I think that pretty much covers it. Thank you to anyone who takes the time to read and respond.