Guild Wars 2

I’ve never seen a player AFK for no reason. If someone stops playing it’s usually due to being so far behind they can’t ever catch up, and I’d never expect anyone to continue under those matchmaking conditions. Blame the lack of player base and the matchmaker for creating unbalanced games.

You guys take all of this way too seriously. Play the game, have some fun, win and lose.

It helps if you do them in order though. I was stuck in T3 for ages because I did 100 before 99, it showed completion but wouldn’t allow me to progress.

It’s not that hard, just be a little humble and state it’s a training or practice group. You often get vets willing to help.

WvW is all about warfare, and that includes spies and sabotage. Every war ever fought anywhere has spies and saboteurs, it goes with the territory. Unless someone is breaking a written rule I can’t see how any of this is a problem besides an inconvenience to the side it’s happening too. It’s war son, deal with it.

Legendary armor up for grabs. It’s gonna get ugly out there this season, good luck all.

I never understood why developers create content just for small segments of the community instead of everyone. This always leads to elitism and exclusion.

I’ve never been one for fast paced, high octane games. Am I playing an RPG or Dance Mania Turbo Crisis? Theres a reason I don’t play arcade style games, I hate them.

Same couple of guys still telling everyone how easy this is if they just learn. I still haven’t completed this fractal in a pug at any level above 25, wipe after wipe leads to rage quits then group disbands. And I try everyday. it’s time to stop pretending that this “easy” fractal is going to be learned. People just won’t do it, period.

At the end of the day nothing we discuss here really matters. The player base decides what they will play or enjoy and I don’t see this popping up in LFG at at any tier very often except the odd 100 cm. Nightmare still going hard though.

They aren’t hard to spot. They run on the same path, face the same way, stop on the same point and run to the same cap, over and over.

Personally I feel that every part of the game should be accessible to everyone regardless of skill level but im in the minority. People here will tell you that they are doing raids in groups of 3 with no armor on and if you cant do it you dont deserve it. Fair enough.

Blaeys.3102:

They didnt mention guild halls, guild missions, fractals, pvp, jumping puzzles or wvw either – but I’m confident they are coming. I wouldn’t read too much into what they did or didn’t talk about in the early announcement.

A new Guild Hall was shown in the reveal.

nacario.9417:

skillze.7689:

having to go threw many players to find a team to do one boss as a pick up group is unacceptable, people dont have time to throw away just to complete something in a fantasy rpg, i have played this game since beta and excelled in everything that its had to offer but your raids are set so high that it take hours of kicking people out of teams (which is just bad for the community) to get a team to complete one boss. and thats without achievements (elitists should not get the green light and they are only a small part of the community). It about time u addressed this issue and stopped listening to the minority and stood up for the people that have stood by you since the start.

As someone who doesnt raid (did in the past tho by clearing first wing in pugs) nor have the legendary armor all I can say is this game needs challenging content. Why must all be accessible to everyone, especially when there are good equal alternatives out there such as ascended gear.

If you take away the Journey and focus then you only have left with Skins Wars 2.

It’s the same With the legendary backpiece from spvp, it’s purely time gated, anyone can get it, and thats plain wrong because why cant we have content that rewards those willing to dedicate themselves. Im not talking being upper legendary tier, even platinum would do, but still there is a limit at how casual friendly this game should be – when there are equal options out there for anyone.

I don’t really care one way or the other but if people find too much of the content beyond their abilities they often decide the game isn’t for them and will abandon it to those it’s meant for. In the 3 guilds im in there are already more than 50% of people that won’t pvp, wvw, raid, or do the new fractals like swamp and nightmare. I have no solutions but I think theres a problem here and expecting people to get better isn’t the answer.

While it may be fine for the few that find this new content easy, there are a great many that do not. It’s an easy thing to tell people to just learn and practise, I dunno about most people but I play a game to relax, not practise or work. And with family life and commitment outside of games 90% of my guild won’t touch this, for said reasons. I’m not asking for a nerf or easier content but keep in mind that when you make something like this, you’re not making it for the whole community.

Why on earth does anyone need an incentive to play PvP? The fact you can play PvP should be all the incentive you need. I just don’t get it, you need a reward to use a play mode? I would remove all rewards from PvP so that it becomes a game mode for people that actually just want to PvP, you reward chasers can go do something else. Entitlement is high here.

Love when people say it’s not hard. Ive been in there since the update and I cannot find how to get up top. Call me stupid all you like but im certainly not the only person that cant navigate this hell. I thought they learned after TD that most people wont play this type of map.

all you lose is any personal story elements, most achieves are global so you should be good

It has been a disappointing season but posts like this serve no purpose. PvP is far from dead, there will always be people like me that will play for the sake of playing. Don’t care about rewards or placements, just a fun fair game.

matchmaker has always been rigged to favor one side, most of you have just never been aware of it till this season.

If they banned every person that went AFK because their team was beyond worthless there would be so few people left playing q times would be an hour. I’d love to see the results of that though.

After playing upward of 600 games per season 1 – 5 I find myself barely playing 3 games a day this season. I notice no changes to match making, no changes to class stacking. And today after facing 3 teams with 4 DH in each and my teams with none I can’t deal with it anymore. My enthusiasm has eroded so badly that I find myself unable to even think about playing the game I loved for so long. I dunno if I will see this season out but it will definitely be my last. This game has been soul destroying to me, seeing the worst matchups I can imagine, I can’t even….

Having played over 500 games this season I can tell you for a fact that games do not in any way, shape or form become consistent. Matchmaker most definitely chooses which team is going to win 100% of the time. One side will always have players that can’t even find the home point, while the other team runs rings around them. I’ve been on both teams an even amount of times.

The only problem I have with DH is the trap spam. They can lay a full set then have the CD pass ready to drop another full set instantly. When you’re fighting for mid and there’s 2 of them dropping traps like they’re going out of fashion it gets painful.

The funny thing about all of this is that I run T4 fractals daily, during this season of PvP I’ve had 3.5 full sets of ascended armor and 7 ascended weapons drop randomly. Not to mention more rings and accessories than I can fit into the bank. PvP is not the path to free ascended gear that people think it is.

Just more of the same manipulation and exploiting by the top players. Seems to me the rankings have been a very bad idea. It’s brought out the worst in people more concerned with a title and position than the integrity of the game or even just playing for the sport of playing. Shameful season.

It’s always been between a month to 6 weeks, depends on how much they have to do to be ready. Last one was the longest due to total overhaul.

Reasons to remove duoq:

Prevents match manipulation.
Makes matches fairer.
People should be earning their position on the ladder.
Most people solo.
Nobody ever asked for a duoq, after the poll to get rid of teamq anet slipped this in.

Reasons to keep duoq:

I like playing with my friend.

If it were put to a poll duo would lose big. Everyone but the people that need it see it as an unfair advantage, which is why the guys that want it need it.

Imagine if this kind of nonsense went on in pro sports. Afraid to play because you might lose. I think you are playing for the wrong reasons.

I’m sorry but it just sounds absurd that in a competition of conquest people are afraid to play. I’ve heard it so many times now. It makes no sense….

Kreweless.2196:

Sooloo.1364:

It’s a video game, it don’t matter.

C’mon buddy, we can still converse about improving the experience for those of us that are invested in the success and improvement of the game we like.

What would the implications of limiting Rankings to one per IP address be?

I suppose that could harm a small group of players that are both roommates and fall into the top >1% of PvPers? Certainly, there are work-arounds, and you know we’d see them in NA.

I guess you have to wonder why we Americans (and probably Canadians) are more willing to seek out exploits and game the ranking/rating system than we are to improve our gameplay in a casual PvP game with as few as makes no difference cash payouts.

I actually meant from the perspective of professional sports as the op had implied, in the grand scheme of things video games don’t matter. I’m also annoyed by the fact that these top players aren’t actually even playing, this whole season has been match dodging and match manipulation. PvP is meant to be a contest of players playing each other, not hiding from matches and playing lower ranks in off peak hours.

It’s a video game, it don’t matter.

I’d like to see anyone in legendary be made to play everyday to keep their position, the system is far too lenient on them. Being legendary atm means playing only when necessary and only playing favorable games, wheres the competition in that. Make them earn and keep their places daily, it should be dog eat dog at the top.

Stop asking for nerfs!

It has been going on a while but it’s been worse this season. I had a guy tell me in a match last night that he cant be bothered to play, he watches anime while he racks up pips for the ascended loot. Couldn’t care less if we won or not, not interested. It’s just something we have to live with. Oh and I’d edit his name out, you will get into more trouble posting his id than he will for afking.

Game doesnt know why you dc, you might have rage quit and deserved the penalty. It’s happened to all of us.

Spirit watch is your ctf and it often descends into team wide deathmatch.

This game relies entirely on word of mouth from other players on how to get things done, and if new players don’t ask they never find out. I often still get surprised when I see a player who doesn’t even know that there is a pvp build menu, they just assume that their pve build carries into the match. When we had to idle in the pvp lobby between matches this was rarer, but queuing while farming is normal now so I guess it was bound to happen.

Best bet is to probably idle in the pvp lobby around peak times and advertise what you need in map chat, many people do it. Good luck

I lost 3 games during placement due to dc and afk, I feel your pain. Problem is that you have people doing placement and others already have done in the same match. Maybe they should sort that out.

You’re playing with people trying their hardest to reach legendary, emotions are running high. Every little frustration adds to the misery. Sometimes people forget it’s a game and they lash out at the object of their pain. Have fun

It’s the only map i’m not bored of. Maybe if people capped hammer instead of ignoring it they would win more often. It’s an effective mechanic that changes games.

Usually a month to 6 weeks between seasons, often coming with balance updates.

You have to keep in mind that these forums have maybe 20 – 30 people complaining while there are hundreds more people just playing and remaining silent. I imagine the devs keep an eye on things and then act as they see fit, not always to our liking.

This was voted on between seasons, what we have now is what won the vote. Devs aren’t going to look into this again anytime soon.

Shaogin.2679:

Sooloo.1364:

PlatinumMember.5274:

Ithilwen.1529:

I’m starting to wonder what the point is. Just finished one of several pre determined matches tonight.

Occam’s razor.

Isn’t far more likely you aren’t really as good as you think you are. Unless you think Evan designed the system to specifically screw you over, which is a possibility. Just like there is a possibility that rain falls because Zeus is cry from losing in ranked as well.

Their skill level is irrelevant in a game where the matchmaker is supposed to match people of equal skill. If they are losing it means they are being outmatched, therefore the result was predetermined.

That’s a pretty kittenumption. Against an evenly matched team, you have a 50/50 chance to win. If I flip a quarter a bunch of times and happen to get tails a few times in a row, does that automatically mean the quarter is cheating and forcing me to get tails? No, that’s just how 50/50 works.

Now with said we also have to consider other things here. She tells us she lost a couple of matches, but how many did she win before that? What is her current winrate? Did she recently move up in rank and is now at a rank above the level she is able to compete at, thus causing her to lose matches and fall back to her actual rank? We don’t know, we don’t know any of this.

So if anyone just comes to the forums talking about how the system is broke because they lost a few matches and provide no other substantial evidence to back up their statement of the system being broken, then you’ll have to excuse the skepticism of the people responding. Just my two cents.
Also, if you feel the system is cheating you, you can prove it simply by adding everyone to friend’s list at the start of the match with a nickname, then screen shot the friend’s leaderboard. This way, you’ll know exactly what everyone’s rating was and can show proof that the system set you up to lose. Baseless statements of “I lost a few matches so the system stem is rigged” don’t hold any value without actual evidence.

Except nobody complains about losing 2 matches, they complain about losing 7, and most of them by over 300 points.

PlatinumMember.5274:

Ithilwen.1529:

I’m starting to wonder what the point is. Just finished one of several pre determined matches tonight.

Occam’s razor.

Isn’t far more likely you aren’t really as good as you think you are. Unless you think Evan designed the system to specifically screw you over, which is a possibility. Just like there is a possibility that rain falls because Zeus is cry from losing in ranked as well.

Their skill level is irrelevant in a game where the matchmaker is supposed to match people of equal skill. If they are losing it means they are being outmatched, therefore the result was predetermined.

Come on, who doesnt love a match with 3dh+2war vs 2necro+3thief.
One of the issues is always going to be people switching during the game, have to control for that too

Opc.4718:

Sooloo.1364:

Opc.4718:

Sooloo.1364:

This is why divisions need to be scrapped altogether, the only way some people can make themselves feel good is by trashing others. PvP is toxic enough without this garbage.
Also being proud of being good in a video game is kind of sad to be honest, most of us have real world commitments.

Lol what you mean is, you’re bad at the game so the only way you can make yourself feel good is to dismiss the achievements of other people. Being a hypocrite is kind of sad to be honest.

You have that reversed, I’m not trashing anybody. Comprehension is not your thing.

I deliberately reversed it so you could see the irony for yourself. It appears to have wooshed over your head.

“Also being proud of being good in a video game is kind of sad to be honest”.

I know it’s hard for a hypocrite to look at a mirror and see your own flaws for yourself but that phrase right there is downright condescending and toxic. In your narrow view of the world, you have an opinion of the kind of activities one is allowed to be proud of, and of course, anybody not conforming with your views is “kind of sad”. And in my humble opinion, that kind of attitude is indeed, very sad.

Everything you’ve just said applies directly to you, who is missing the point. The sad part im referring to is that this is a video game, something nobody will remember 10 min after it’s gone, yet the people that are good at it feel justified in belittling those they feel are inferior. If you don’t understand then you are the problem. Now insult me again then call me toxic, the irony is great.