Guild Wars 2

Jourdelune.7456:

Tarhana.3561:

Jourdelune.7456:

Tarhana.3561:

SO I end up alt+f4 in the games because I lost 10 times ( yes you heard that right) in a row on when my team scores 400s , and sometime I even get on the top 2 or 3 on the score but I CAN NOT GET OUT OF THE LOSING STREAK

If you CAP a point, keep it up. If it’s contested, prevent the CAP.

If you CAP point and run in circle, you will lose all your matches.

If your soloq guyz act like you, you will get that kind of result.

To carry matches, you need 2 points to win, keep them up.

Usually, it’s not the top 1, 2 or 3 glory point guyz that carried your match to victory. It’s the none selfish guy, holding a point that make you win games.

I am well aware of these, its just the frusatration of me being in a team that does not know it, i am not trying to be on top 3, usually dont care, I am a team player and not really good 1 vs 1 combat but still carry good points i think

Cool. It’s your game.

BTW, since you answer me… I will give you some tips. Leaving a match and not coming back will give you dishonor points that fade with time, but they have a big impact on your MMR.

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/PvP_Matchmaking_Algorithm

" Dishonor[edit]
Dishonor is one of the methods used to encourage good sportsmanship. Behavior is tracked in the medium to long range through stacks. Each stack represents a duration that decays over time. Every time you receive dishonor you also receive a timeout. The length of a timeout increases exponentially based on how many stacks you currently have. In other words, your first offense may yield a short timeout, while your 20th may keep you from playing for a much longer amount of time.

While in timeout, you may not participate in ranked or unranked arena, but you can still play in custom arenas.

Dishonor also impacts matchmaking by preferring to place you with other players that also have dishonor. This isn’t a separate queue, but merely a suggestion to the matchmaking system.

It’s possible to have stacks of dishonor without having an active timeout because dishonor decays at a much slower rate.

Configuration[edit]

<Dishonor disabled=“1” stack-duration=“15m” timeout-duration=“30s” timeout-exponent=“1.5” timeout-rounding=“1m”>
<Penalty reason=“Abandon” stacks=“10”/>
<Penalty reason=“QueueDodge” stacks=“3”/>
<Penalty reason=“Banned” stacks=“1000000”/>
</Dishonor> "

This affect MMR way more than losing from 100 pts. If you dc, you will get MMR for losing for X points more thna if you don’t + having a counter to accumulated your bad behavior.

So, rage quitting on short term, will soloq random in baddest team than the one you just did flush the drain.

BTW, when you got report for boting or verbal abuse, admin that address those cases will give you Dishonor point too. Usually they will not affect your queue because their timeout-duration is done, but will keep their stack-duration on. Yeah, the effect of dishonor and the STATS of dishonor don’t decay at the same rate.

I have done it once, but I gave up many games in game when they hit 300 and my team is like 50, sometimes other players are just way way better and no need to waste time really

Wolfey.3407:

As Jourdelune.7456 nice put it….

Rage Quitting Matches or constantly DCing towards the end of a match does effect your MMR….

There is also the +/- pip rule for this season
If I remember correctly.. it’s +/- 15 pips
E.G. If you’re in Sapph T1 you can still face people in Emerald T2

The way I remember it being explained, is that it starts with your current Tier and tries to find people within the same tier, as time goes on it takes the +/- rule and broadens it’s search.

Some things I’ve done to try and enjoy the season:
1) Look at your Achievements, if the game is spiraling way out of control find something to work on. Do you need Top Stats? start doing something that no one else is doing so you can knock that out. Res? Capture Points? Kill? Healing? Condi Removal? etc.

2) If you’re only playing 1 game mode, try switching things up. If you’re only playing conquest, take a break, adjust your build read up on Stronghold and Give it a shot. Flip things around if you only play Stronghold.

3) Try being a little more diverse. If you’re only playing 1 class and 1 class only.. you’re going to have a horrible time in any PvP season…. I’ve tried my hardest to get ant to remove the daily professions but they wont budge… E.g. If you only play Warrior, you may have a hell of a time if it’s Daily: Ranger, Revenant, Necromancer and Mesmer.

4) Find someone to PvP with. The more the merrier, I’m not saying you should go create a 5 man team… but see if any of your friends want to PvP with you. For me, I find it rather enjoyable PvPing with a friend. I tend to have fun laughing at her if she gets ganked and she tends to laugh at me if i get ganked, or we both laugh if one of us wins a 3v1 at mid.

The perfect situation would be for Anet to swoop in and fix this mess; however, realistic expectations have to be kept in mind. The PvP season is well underway and a few people in NA have already hit Legendary… so the chances of ANET doing a reset and fixing the match making is slim to none for this season… All we can do, is to try and make the best of it…

Give the above shots a chance and see if things brighten up for you
Rage quitting is never the answer, same with AFKing. Just take that time to try something new ^-^ you may find a new sniping spot or be able to have a fun 1v1 duel. The loss of a Pip still stings but ya….

I agree but you cant help anger sometimes, its the nature of pvp i guess

even though i know whole spvp deal is 5 vs 5, I would love to see 10 vs 10, 15 vs 15 game types, i bet there would be more interest, i love massive battles ( not 60 vs 60 to drop my fps from 50 to 20 lol ) WvW is not pvp to me at all, I thought i liked it but not at all

Jourdelune.7456:

Tarhana.3561:

SO I end up alt+f4 in the games because I lost 10 times ( yes you heard that right) in a row on when my team scores 400s , and sometime I even get on the top 2 or 3 on the score but I CAN NOT GET OUT OF THE LOSING STREAK

If you CAP a point, keep it up. If it’s contested, prevent the CAP.

If you CAP point and run in circle, you will lose all your matches.

If your soloq guyz act like you, you will get that kind of result.

To carry matches, you need 2 points to win, keep them up.

Usually, it’s not the top 1, 2 or 3 glory point guyz that carried your match to victory. It’s the none selfish guy, holding a point that make you win games.

I am well aware of these, its just the frusatration of me being in a team that does not know it, i am not trying to be on top 3, usually dont care, I am a team player and not really good 1 vs 1 combat but still carry good points i think

Norbe.7630:

Tarhana.3561:

SO I end up alt+f4 in the games because I lost 10 times ( yes you heard that right) in a row on when my team scores 400s , and sometime I even get on the top 2 or 3 on the score but I CAN NOT GET OUT OF THE LOSING STREAK
whats the point of this ranked ? Who designed this and HOW CAN II can jump tiers cause 36 games I am on the same tier, now if that is not bull(kitten) i dont know what is, give us a bonus if we get on the loser team like why

I see millions of other posts complaining about the same thing but what is there NOT to ?

Arenanet your spvp system is bad and you should do smthng about this , idk how you fix it but customer is always right and your entire community tells you to fix it so

care to share ur winrate on the ranked and unranked before we proceed?

I will when I go home,

Engel.6029:

If your matches are being decided by 100 points or less mmr is working and people are just screwing up.

Do you talk with the team before the match? A simple “Hi, I’m going mid/home/far” loosens people up usually.

Do you see people feeding a zerg on your home? Or similarly 3 people running to help a 1v1 on home? Call them out on it (gently).

People going for secondary objectives when they shouldn’t? People fighting off point? Poor rotation in general? Prod people gently on these points during the match and hopefully you will get through. Also make sure you aren’t committing the same sins. Also watch the mini-map if you see the other team has left a point un-defended and you are fast capture it or decap it at the very least.

I dont know how EXACTLY mmr works and where do I see my mmr points, how often it resets and at this point I am too afraid to ask lol

But I try to talk, seems like not everyone cares, every now and then someone says I take mid or smthng but thats it, they just log in and fight, not a word.

I may aswell play with bots at this point, at least they would be better teammates.

CrimsonNeonite.1048:

Cant even get out of emerald, as I keep being paired with some of the worst players ive seen. Worst of all, they just run into fights on mid and melt, rinse repeat, without rotating or capping elsewhere, not even close.

One victory doesn’t even change my luck either. If everyone is solo, why does it give special treatment towards the winning team?

I hear you dude!

Dawdler.8521:

Lost 10 times in a row eh?

Well you know what the definition of insanity is: Doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result.

You know after your second loss you could just relax, take a breather for an hour or two, then do another match. You might win.

I really dont understand people that keep bashing their heads against a brickwall. We already know that the sPvP population is relativly small and odds are that you meet the same people over and over. Letting the player base refresh will vastly improve your chances of breaking streaks. Getting more and more frustrated after each loss does not.

Well every game you are expecting better team mates as in talks and tries to help, after a while it goes back to grinding I guess, solo queue sucks.

Krysard.1364:

Tarhana.3561:

top 2 or 3 on the score

that carry tho

Yea man , I mean try my best to win but when rest of the team doesnt, it gets all frustrating

Real question if the developers CARE ?

SO I end up alt+f4 in the games because I lost 10 times ( yes you heard that right) in a row on when my team scores 400s , and sometime I even get on the top 2 or 3 on the score but I CAN NOT GET OUT OF THE LOSING STREAK
whats the point of this ranked ? Who designed this and HOW CAN II can jump tiers cause 36 games I am on the same tier, now if that is not bull(kitten) i dont know what is, give us a bonus if we get on the loser team like why

I see millions of other posts complaining about the same thing but what is there NOT to ?

Arenanet your spvp system is bad and you should do smthng about this , idk how you fix it but customer is always right and your entire community tells you to fix it so

Novuake.2691:

Yeah, you heard me. Even though I find it super hard to admit. WIhtout them, druids, DH and eles would be running rampant and we would have a bunker meta again.

Druids are the only thing keeping them under control. This probably goes for scrappers too. Although scrappers can outkite them and win the duels in the long run.

am I missing something here? All druids complain about their specs and as a new druid, I find it hard to stay alive never mind benefiting the team in spvp, havent found a good build yet, please enlighten me with this magical spec you got there bud

Eater of Peeps.9062:

I spend 10 hrs a day trying to grind out of the emerald tier the pro leagues all sank me to that first day.

Nice the pros are getting victories and enjoying their pvp experience and exchange warm wishes and gloat, and discuss how the system has been good to the esports players.

However, the pros all got their organized victories off the backs of players like me.

It would have been nice if someone would have warned me that 1st day that a slew of organized and coordinated pro teams on ts w/set stacked builds, were going to stomp and trounce their way thru innocent players like me who, as usual, pushed the solo q hot join button that first day. I played all day and didn’t know/realize that mmr was formulated so that losses would beget more losses and I should stop playing when I hit a losing streak. As a solo quer, I got teamed with other random teammates with whom it was literally impossible to coordinate/communicate.

Hardly a level playing field.

While I can appreciate the pros all had an agenda, and their goals/feats and esports concerns were significantly more important than my hardcore casual player interests, I am stuck at emerald, where the pros all drove me down to that first day, and I am now stuck forever because of the mmr coding (unless I get organized help from 2 or more pre-made “teammates”). I am now playing 10 hrs a day against ambers who do not know how to pvp at all. All I do now in pvp is try to teach people strategy, all day long, in the hopes I can get a random team that will win one. Not gonna happen. And the toxic responses from the high scorers of the lost matches (you know, players who do most damage but never cap, etc) is nothing less than soul draining. So usually, I just stop talking altogether and give up and ride the magic loss wave endlessly around in a loop.

My play experience has been ruined. Hope the backpiece is worth it. Just sayin – you might want to think about what you all are doing, and at what cost to others.

Why did not a single elite player warn solo players that first day to not push that solo hotjoin button that first day as the pro leagues blew thru the system on their way to their playing field, as the consequences of doing so has ruined my entire ranked spvp gameplay forever.

Want to come watch me teach newbs how to play pvp on twitch all day? Didn’t think so.

I hear you dude! As a casual player, I can designate like 2-3 hrs a day for the game , which is significantly high, and I am in the same loop as well, making me hating the game, not sure if there is a Anet solution to this or if they care at all, but this should be a different topic !

jcbroe.4329:

You’re going to have to remove the crusader build from the PvP section, it was confirmed by a red post that the Crusader amulet will be hotfixed out this week (along with the Vigilant amulet).

Personally for this PvP season, I’d run:
Paladin GS: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vNAQJAWRnUqAlsiVsCOsActglOBDelOT3pOBuAQh7pFMAWYlMtzA-TZBGABBt/w+lBA4BAgwRAIhLBAA
Paladin LB: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vNAQJAWTnUqAlsiVsCOsActglOBzJwFAKcPtgQ1CDelOT3plMtzA-TJBGABA8EA2vMQQ7PkwlAAA
Mercenary Sword/Torch: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vNAQNAW8fnUqAFsiVsCOsActglOB7pFEqWYOBuAQhDelOT3pl480A-TJRHAB1XGgn9HC4JAAwFBAA

Mender is too squishy, SoS can be replaced with a shout (SnR, Guard, Protect Me) for utility over tanking, and in general, I’d be surprised if anything else really gets all that popular this PvP season that isn’t just a variation of one of these builds.

Do you mind telling more about the LB rotation , especially on 1 vs 1 ?

Tragic Positive.9356:

Tarhana.3561:

So buddy I am really trying this Cleric Burst , boy I cant win nothing

You have a similar problem to mine.
I suck at melee builds but if you force yourself to play veeery offensively – you’ll find the potential in this build. Well, if you lose you can still hop out since both of your weapons have escapes.

Don’t forget that a Tiger F2 can hit up to 4K into mesmers. You’ll still die to Revenants and probably scrappers, too.

Yea I mean I played 200 games with guardian and maybe 50 with ranger but I feel like I am missing some major game play deal here, tiger hits hard and buffs and all but 1 vs 1 I end up hitting like 300-500 at a time while getting wrecked in 5 seconds, cant move neither, so really looking forward to learn Druid pvp if it is actually good for anything, the staff doesnt do much damage or whatso ever ( i think )

So buddy I am really trying this Cleric Burst , boy I cant win nothing

What am I doing wrong not sure but I cant solo anybody, I am not really good at group fights, I am surviving but my damage is so low I cant even kill a downed person , not sure what your rotation is but really cant kill anybody at all, and I cant get out of stun,

Havent seen a legit druid spvp build yet, i thought yours were close, in theory it was, but in practice nope

So I had a thread going the other day about this.

GeForce GTX 860M , 8 GB ram, i7 core

I log in to the game around noon 17 fps average, change settings, fps does not change, cool.
I log in middle of the night, 75 fps average on highest settings, played 5 hours, everything cool.
Log in late morning, same 17 fps, does not respond, almost not playable.
Log in the morning, 85 fps, great gameplay.

Now I log in, 2 pm, obviously cramped up server. 15 fps

There is nothing in the behind that runs, cause if it was, it would not work other times.

Does anyone know if this is my computer or the game itself ?

It does the exact same thing with Elder Scrolls online

Here is a upload of task manager, its a brand new computer so I wonder if I had a malware that works time to time and pushes things to its limits.

cause that 95 percent aint normal
[IMG]http://i60.tinypic.com/14cv1mw.jpg[/IMG]

Thank you for your information guys. I appreciate it!

I would like to change my homeworld withouth Transferring my characters .

I currently play at eu servers and I wanna change it to Us servers.

Whats my free option to do that?

Do I have to delete characters in Eu in order to start in Us ?

Please help.

Thank You

I am getting
Error Code : 42:1020:9001:4093 Build: 16089

Same here Cant log in for NO REASON now that I have time to play with friends cant log in, I am sure they fix it when the WEEKEND is over and I cant play

Debsylvania.7396:

Not to beat a dead horse, but the Alienware gaming laptops are designed to be easily “taken apart, clean out, and modify”. You can find TONS of information regarding every conceivable current laptop available at www.notebookreview.com. It really would be smart to do some thorough research before committing to any specific brand or configuration.

To be honest all I want is getting a 30+ FPS on WWW battles, so the cheapest laptop that can get me 30 FPS on WWW would be my choice,
because thats all I do, like 2-4 hours of WWW pvp every week , I am really casual

James.2064:

I can’t provide any info on what to get because I’m not very knowledgeable on the subject but I do think you’d be better off getting a desk top. I’m sure you have your reasons but a tower would be cheaper so for the same price you could get a better running computer that you can also easily take apart, clean out, and modify.

Yea my reason is I am an International Student at US so if I buy a desktop I cant carry it back home unless it is like a mini Tower but still I dont know if I can fit that in my backpack for 12 hour flight LOL
So I am kinda stuck in laptop

Is there an official gaming laptop for GW 2 ?

skullmount.1758:

I was gonna create a similar thread asking what laptop would be good to play GW2 on when I’m not at my desktop. Asus is the only company I’ve heard before (other than Dell/Alienware). Desktop is currently an Alienware (won’t probably buy another one from them again).

Also link doesn’t work Tarhana. Have a different one we can view?

it should work now, I am kinda going with the MSI GT70 but not sure, I feel like any laptop with Nvidia GTX series would do the job I ask for

So ok I am getting my budget together this week and hopefully ordering a gaming laptop from Best Buy after a lot of research.
Considering this
https://www.guildwars2.com/en-gb/news/bill-freist-talks-optimization-and-performance

I will definetly go with Nvidia card,

Here are my choices
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olstemplatemapper.jsp?id=pcat17080&type=page&qp=q70726f63657373696e6774696d653a3e313930302d30312d3031~~cabcat0500000%23%230%23%2311a~~cabcat0502000%23%230%23%23o~~nf1139%7C%7C47616d696e6720536572696573&list=y&nrp=15&sc=abComputerSP&sp=-bestsellingsort+skuid&usc=abcat0500000&ref=30&loc=KW-2390&s_kwcid=TC|8064|gaming%20laptops||S|p|16894133839

Obviously the cheaper the better, I am definetly looking forward to use this for
WvW where 50 players are in the same screen and Sh$#!@ gets serious, you need FPS above 25-30 .

Thanks guys

I agree I have been really useful for my build at wvw , but still I would like to get more DPs with my scepter

@Ryswick.8752

OK here is the dollar question, does torch make fire damage or air damage? and what do you keep your stats at? +power? +toughness? or condition damage since you use fire for attacks?

I am looking forward to see your video, and since the game does not reward absorbation and giving buffs to team members, your chances to get rewards from WvW is less than a good ranged class, my arguement wont change.

I do really enjoy playing my Guardian but rewards and XP wise, we are not getting the full benefits, thats my argument, not that we suck.

I do have a great sword but attacking melee Is really risky where u can lose the track of your players for a second and you r an open target in few seconds, obviously you can play with melee but compare to a thief or ranger what are our chances to get items and Kills

Adding speed and maybe a little range to scepter should do the trick or maybe one day they make our spirit bow usable by us with few skills on it, that would be awesome

I really think virtues don’t do any good especially if u activate them , or is it just me don’t now how to use it on right time?

Lack of WvW battle skills

We all know WvW is all about range attacks and melee is kind of hard to deal with, considering this, even though it has been discussed how to make guardian better in wvw, let’s just put them under this topic, here is my suggestions
1. Scepter can slightly hit more
2. Scepter can fire orbs faster instead of more DMG
3. More shield abilities?
4. Being able to teleport on walls and knock ppl down with hammer
5. A spirit bow that we can use for few seconds in utility skills

What do you do on WvW and what r or suggestions?

I have been trying to build something with these for an offensive build
but I am not sure which traits I should be leaning forward to for scepter / torch besides Zeal and Radiance ?

And what kind of stats I should be getting on my items for WvW ? + power? or +condition damage?

On the other hand, +healings dont to much to healing whats up with that?

Basically I end up with a warrior gear but guardian skills, is that normal ?

Hi Guys

I am rank 5 currently on sPvP and tried several builds, but I am not really sure which way I want to go
Currently I use scepter+torch, %30 air and fire crit rune on those, and I switch to Great sword to finish my enemies, I make enough damage but not as much as a ranger or warrior. I can only be 2nd or 3rd , never got 1st ( as dps)
Traits are 30/30/10/0/0
So clearly guardian are not supposed to be full dps class but I am sure there are other players doing better and I would like to see them on action if you guys can record a video for me or link me few so I can watch and see what are they doing?

Thank you

@Kosmos.3907

How would this one work ?
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/MSI+-+17.3%26%2334%3B+Laptop+-+8GB+Memory+-+750GB+Hard+Drive+-+Black/5764147.p?id=1218691612333&skuId=5764147

You wont get any points at PvP if you dont choose an offensive play because guess what? defending people wont get you any points but a satisfaction only. You may be able to revive a lot but that wont get you anywhere, for sPvP if you have a balanced team and you dont care where you stand but winning the game you may enjoy but thats about it. No matter how defensive you are, in WvW you will die so I dont see a point of doing it

@Kosmos.3907
Thats a BEAST dude, very pricey though
any other cheaper suggestions with a GTX Nvidia card? they are hard to find on laptops
CapnGarr.9284
How is their guarantee works? do they have a good customer support? I got an Alienware before, the computer sucked and Customer support sucked too , it took me 2 months to get my money back

Thank you guys for all the suggestions, I really appreciate it
I like Falcon NW because its made in USA I believe
1. my question here I guess is for massive WvW battles is it the Cpu or the Graphic card it runs smooth more
2. Guild wars 2 is more ATI friendly or Nvidia ?
3. Can you suggest me something from Best Buy website

Hi guys

You probably think GW 2 doesnt require high end gaming device but I feel like my XPS is struggling a lot during the WvW events so I decided to renew it.
Currently I am using my Work Computer which has Atifire Pro M8900 FireGl and it runs the game perfect on medium settings even in massive WvW battles.
But I am looking for either an Alienware or Falcon NW gaming laptop, but I am not sure about their gaming video cards for GW2 which requires different stuff for handling Massive Player vs Player combats smoothly.

My budget is around 1700 and I would like to hear your suggestions.
Thank You