This game came out and was supposed to be a pvp centric game. Well the pvp has seriously dissapointed to say the least. Tournement pvp is pretty dam worthless. The first issue with it is the fact that it takes 5 freaking people to do it. Do you know how long it takes to find 5 other players to sign on at the same time or even just play? Then theres the fact that there is no rating system. I played warcraft for 7 years and would have quit after 2 years had arena not been implemented. Yes thats right, i played 5 years for 1 aspect of the game and so did millions of other people. GW2 needs to just strait up copy warcrafts arena system. The rating system makes it extremely addicting because you want to be the best and everyone can see how good you are based on your rating. Having the ability to go online and see that your team is one of the top in the world is just freaking awesome and i feel that this game would take arenas to another level. The best part about the system is the fact that they have 3 different team sizes to pick and play in. There is 2v2, 3v3 and 5v5, so you dont have to spend hours finding 5 people. 2v2 and 3v3 make it insanely easy to group up and start having fun immediatley. This game is seriously perfect for arena. Warcraft is extremely imbalanced class wise and that makes the areans way less fun becuase if you face a class thats overpowered its like you might as well quit. GW2 is the most balanced mmo out there and the hundereds of specs you can create would also be amazing for arena. PLEASE anet, do somthing about pvp! Atleast add ratings to the tournaments or some type of ranking system so people can judge if they are good! Lastly, in wows arena system, the objective is very straitforward. Kill the other team and you win. This is the best way to have competition and is the true meaning of PVP. The tournament system now is pvp but it doesnt mean player vs player, its points vs points witch really isnt that fun and doesnt judge peoples skill lvl at all. Most pvpers are very competitive and we always want to see if we are as good as we think, so killing the other team is alot more fun and fufiling. GW2 is also lacking somthing very big, DUELS. I have no idea why dueling is still not in this game. FIX this anet, i know tons of people who are just dissapointed that they cannot have fun and see who among their friends is the best.
Look raids are not boring and a grind unless the designers make them that way. Raids in this ame would be A HUGE draw for people. When i used to raid in other games, it was serious fun and they give you a reason to sign on daily. The sense of accomplishment you get from downing a boss for the first time is like nothing else in MMOs. Seriously i can still remeber the first time i downed a boss in Karazhan from warcraft, completely epic and it brought the entire guild together. You do not have to create a gear grind either. Most people would raid if there was currency and cool looking gear. The gear does not have to be statisticly better. Yes guild wars needs to implement raids because at 80 when you have your full gear set, ITS VERY BORING and everyone i know barly even plays anymore. That bums me out because this is such a great game but it lacks any reason for people to keep playing after maxx level.