Guild Wars 2

Evan Lesh.3295:

Dishonored is definitely working. You can think of it like this: You can leave a maximum of 5 times in 3 days.

@Kito: What you described is valid, but we’ve kept you from leaving for 71 hours.

We will continue to watch the rate at which people acquire dishonor and make adjustments as needed.

I fully support the dishonor system but I have a question. My Internet isn’t 100% reliable and in the past two days of Solo Q I have dcd in 2 matches but open my game back up as fast as it can to hop back in the match. Does every dc count as a dishonor?

Rank has nothing to do with the hidden rating system. The more you win, the higher your rating will be (generally—it depends on who you beat and their rating).

Basically since the system is brand new anyone with less than 11 wins will have a base-line rating and then after 11 wins you’ll get a volatile rating. The more matches people play the more stable the system will become.

Basically, for the first few weeks there are going to be crazy match-ups like that, but in theory pro players will be playing pro players and new players will be playing new players at their appropriate skill level because of MMR.

Psychogene.6780:

Whether people try to sync on purpose or not, the fact that it does not seem to ‘randomize’ team composition means by design whatever method anet are using to put people in teams is FLAWED.

You could get people who are trying to sync with others, you could get people who queue straight away after every game only to end up back in the same team vs the same opponents game after game – it does not really matter because the end result will more or less look the same (i.e people syncing and people accused of syncing when innocent).

The blame is entirely on anet really for having such a flawed grouping system that seems to be so easily exploited, whether intentional or not. Fix it up, make it completely randomised and then this issue will go away.

I definitely agree that regardless of whether or not it’s syncing or match-making it is flawed and should be fixed ASAP. Identifying the problem is one step towards the solution though.

-Being able to report afkers/trolls

-Better balance on the amount of classes per team (so we don’t end up with 4 thieves and a warrior)

-Fail-safes that prevent you from being on the same team as anyone from the previous match

-Ability to strike a map (everyone gets 1 vote) and any map that receives 2 strikes will not be played on.

butch.8136:

I played against a guildmate after that match I played with him.

Not saying it doesn’t or won’t happen because I am sure there’s a algorithm that forms the teams and to identify every variable would be difficult without a dev flat out telling us.

That being said, what do you mean? What’s your point?

It happened to me as we’ll and I most definitely was not spamming.

You’re ranked better than 70% of all the players who have played at least 10 tournament games.

Where’s your evidence to support that? Your stating that as a fact when the developers explicitly said they would not reveal the grouping method.

I’d like to hear what you guys think on the subject because there’s a lot of accusations going around with little evidence supporting any particular side.

My theory is that the match making system creates the illusion of syncing and it benefits the high ranked,skilled players the most.

I believe the matchmaking system is trying to pool similarly ranked players on the leader board into the same team and attempts to put them against the next team that queues regardless of drastic ranking differences.

I played 36 games so far and I literally had the EXACT same random group 5 times in a row. I kept getting paired with lady steamhawke plus others I don’t remember. The odd thing was that I literally played against the SAME warrior all 5 matches. What are the chances of him NEVER getting on my team? I believe since me and the rest of the team that I was with for all 5 matches had a similar MMR at the time so it always paired us together but not the warrior.

The same thing happened to me. I played against Caed and Mini Ken three matches in a row. I was never on their team and they were always together. It definitely FELT like they were syncing but I think it was just the illusion of it. Caed has better things to do than sync a yolo q.

Any of you who have played 20+ matches will probably agree that you played with one or two players for several matches unintentionally.

I believe a lot of the frustration on the forums is because no one wants to fight Shan, eura, keldor, Mila, and puff on the same team against you+ 4 players who you’ve never heard of before.

What do you guys think?

It’s 11 for some odd reason. It updates on the hour but is wonky. Check back in at least an hour and you will def be there. Less than 500 people on the ladder at the moment

Someone got headshot 1 too many times while trying to res XD

Absolutely love it so far! I mean of course there are some quality of life improvements (I don’t think you should be able to have anyone from your immediately previous game in your subsequent one), but minus those couple issues it’s been great fun!

Yeah I agree—most of the players are actually in game PLAYING instead of the select few whining in the forums about how much they are disappointed in it.

Tichorum doesn’t care about holding spot 1 with just 11 wins. Why would he stop playing Solo Q just to troll the leaderboards?

Sure someone might do it with an alt but I know Mila and that’s just not like them.

It updates hourly and is occasionally wonky about it. Just give it another hour or two.

Then don’t pay attention to the leaderboards

He’s not saying you have to teach them. You’re making it sound like that’s what he implied. He said to offer adbice, strategy and/or insight and if they listen then great and if not its just a random solo q so don’t take it too seriously.

The people I hear complaining seem to just be venting their frustrations with the occasional mismatched game or people not playing or doing exactly what they hope they want them to do.

I understand and agree with your frustration. I feel that at the least they should not have modified the EXISTING finishers plus they should have implemented a way to forge permanent finishers if we had older discontinued finishers.

Thanks for that ostrich. I agree with all you said (except thieves are above wars IMO).

I think they should tweak necros and spirit rangers before the pax tourney. I doubt TC or SYNC would whine about it. Even caed said his teammates would much rather be playing more engaging classes (not saying he agrees they should tweak before pax). Seriously, it’s bad rep. for competitive gw2when classes like spirit rangers dominate the HIGH END meta =\

Get better at the map.
Thanks,
Player who enjoys map variety.

Even if you leave hom or log out or swap toons it will still be there. Or rather it should be. Glitches and bugs happen all the time. I remember a few chests I never got. Generally not a big deal or loss though.

In the niche s/d build that’s not bringing other condi removal outside of the signet. It’s convenient in some thief builds, like I said.

You are supposed to get a match win reward chest and a bonus 150 rank and glory

Slow but consistent. I am under the impression that a revamped reward system is next in line so that sounds promising too.

They’re convenient in some thief builds but last I checked majority of thieves were split between scholar and ogre runes.

Won some, lost some. Love the map rotations. Love the random aspect. Had great experiences overall with it. Fantastic matches. I think the people who dislike it had unrealistic expectations. People will dc. You will face stacked teams. You will lose.

It’s everything I expected. Extremely fun. Sometimes challenging. Couldn’t thank the devs more. Lets see who the solo q heroes will be!

My best in custom arenas is 780:
http://i42.tinypic.com/11akh8h.jpg

My best in a regular hotjoin in 500:
http://i42.tinypic.com/2hn6yv6.jpg

I definitely support this as long as they also let me:

remove poison when I jump
remove burning when stop drop and roll
remove stun and immobilize by shaking my mouse
remove bleeding by standing still for 1 second
Remove weakness by moving
Remove chill by running through any fire fields

All of that sounds as logical as removing blind on spontaneous auto attack that is aimed at nothing.

I think there are several ways to modify it to keep the skill level high but making it more competitive. Here are some of my personal thoughts on ‘fixes’ :

1) Enable most/all classes abilities that de-stealth (null field, traps, certain wells, etc). Having 1 or 2 abilities that remove stealth IF it hits would increase the skill in fights.

2) Perhaps make stealth a boon so that aoe boon removals or skills like null field would de-stealth the thief.

3) This is a double modification so hear me out on both ends. First make it so that if you miss an attack from stealth you become visible. Also make it so that stealth no longer has a revealed duration. It seems like a solid trade.

Personally I like the current system but if I was FORCED to see a change to stealth then I’d like to see something similar to my above suggestions. Of course they’re no where near perfect but it’s some brain-storming.

To sort of pull the conversation back on topic I was referring more to a discussion on particular players who will probably do well in solo Q due to their strong presence in matches.

Some lesser-knowns I think will do really well are:

Keldorz- Ranger- NA
Venus- Necro- NA
Reikou- Thief- NA
Kierin- Ele- NA
Jazzy Turretz- Engie- NA
Beefy Boy- Warrior- NA

Probably not all top 100 but IMO they will all definitely be top 1k NA

So who else am I missing? Post very strong players who you think will dominate in sQ

With the advent of Solo Q leaderboards on the horizon I am curious as to who you all think will do well in them. We all know the current big names out there and I am positive they will all do great but are there any unsung heroes you’d like to predict? Not all of the good players are necessarily on teams due to hectic schedules etc.

Who do you think will be top 100 material in Solo Q leaderboards?

Preferably their name, profession and EU/NA

Thank you

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TheOneNOnlyGeneralBama.9586:

Lux did you delete your post(s)? :|

Yup. They were uncalled for.

noobftw.9654:

swinsk.6410:

30SA is only a must if you want defense/sustain in a fight.

Burst includes no SA whatsoever.

It’s not OP.

When you have easy 10 stack might from this line, yes, it gives you sustain, escape and better burst than DA.

Just check out the meta burst thief builds, it’s a must.

None one is running 25 30 0 0 15 meta burst build anymore in neither pvp nor wvw.

10 stacks of might? Without much power to begin with that extraordinarily weak.

No one’s running 25 30 0 0 15? Caed ran it during the EU vs. NA match…. He’s only one of the top 3 thieves in the game…

You must not pvp much.

Dahkeus.8243:

Hehe, Cloak and Swagger is pretty cool

This

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Yeah we got on skype and dueled. He is a chill guy. And he likes dinner.

Spam 2 more thief
Wait til they nerf pets ranger
Faceroll more mesmer
Play something that takes skill guardians

It’s all irrelevant. No matter what you play or how you play it, people will still talk crap. Can noobs use d/p? Absolutely. Do top players use it? Most definitely.

Da Sonic.6521:

Mathias.9657:

There is a cap at 12 secs but yes you can heartseeker or cluster bomb through smoke screen or black powder or sit in shadow refuge. You can indefinitely stealth by spamming black powder > heartseeker with certain traits.

This isn’t true, personally I’ve gotten up to 15 seconds, just in this thread someone has said they got to 17, and I’ve seen two thieves manage to get several minutes of stealth.

It is true. I’d love to see you prove me wrong (IGN: Lux Fortuna).

No official word but logic dictates that the likely time would be near the time when the top 50 QP one’s expire. I believe they last 4 weeks and 5 days (had a friend who got one). So when those expire there needs to be some means of keeping customs up.

Nik Rane.6431:

Since when are ranks any measure of skill? It only indicates how many pubs you’ve zerged.

Where did he say he was looking for skill? By asking for ranked players he is requiring that minimum amount of experience.

Goes to watch Thievs vs Guardians

Rune of Earth I believe. He reflected your scepter attack that creates a clone and because he reflected it he created a clone of himself.

No but from that video you can learn how he typically uses his s/d build. There’s more videos on that steam where he uses s/d s/d.

Caed, Cruuk, Jumper, Snake Rain, James.

Here’s a video, you’re welcome: http://www.twitch.tv/loljumper/c/2259958

Bas.7406:

Sittingonacouch.com Bracket:
Shoutcasted by – Daemonlasher and Jumper http://www.twitch.tv/soacgaming

1. Nettle’s Thieves vs 8. Rangers
4. Gibbly’s Necromancer vs 5. Guardian

This is hilarious because…. my fiancee is on the rangers team. She’s saying we’re going to get beat by a girl…

Also my input about the original lack of signups has to do with the fact that a lot of the active pvp’ers I know don’t check out the forums too often. Even though I check out the forums a lot I thought the sign up for this would be full and didn’t bother to check personally. I asked a few of my thief friends in game if they wanted to try this out and they all really wanted to but just didn’t know what to do until I explained it to them. Perhaps the coaches (since they’re going to be experienced and on the ladder) could help recruit players in future events. I’m not saying they should load teams with r40+ but just get more players who are active in the tourney scene.

I would like to participate again on the Saturday tourney (was the substitute player aphrodite in the thursday one)

IGN: Lux Fortuna
Day Available: Any
Record Capability: Fraps
NA or EU: NA

If you need a 5th I am available whenever. 500+ tourney wins on thief.

IGN: Lux Fortuna
Day Available: Any
Record Capability: Fraps
NA or EU: NA

Pretty sure no one actually told them gw2 is coming out so they’re still playing gw1.

Rambo or Leeroy?

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