Guild Wars 2

I think his staff ele was teamed w/ me the other day. Kinda true what he said although not very easy to find such individuals to team with.

For some, finding a team is difficult. For me, it’s not that hard. The hard part is finding people within the same range of skills to form a team with.

Sometimes I get better luck soloQing (noob account) than teaming up. Teaming with PVE guilds is a no-no as well. Would I turn down a team with equally skilled players? Hell no.

But yeah, soloQing on an established account I wouldn’t recommend. It has eaten up countless hours of my life with no signs of progress

Browrain.7346:

trytonianYeti.4389:

Perhaps you’re clueless and haven’t been following what’s going on in NA right now.

People like you are getting farmed non-stop by top pro teams. They are keeping you from progressing.

The EU hero strikes again!

Haven’t really been following what’s going on in EU/NA pro scene except Helseth’s vid about duo/soloQ. Last time I faced an ESL team in NA was Thursday.

Pro teams don’t really bother me. What I’m not too happy about are lower MMR teams surging past me. I seriously want to scream “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” lol.

Power necro was my first build, this was before the Dhuumfire buff, so it’s very dear to me even though it’s not that great in conquest, lol.

GS is a tricky thing because it can go full marauder but since deathly chill became DOT, it’s too good not to take. I swapped from marauder to viper/sinister. 2 out of 3 of my necro builds are currently under development and I’ll put more time on those once I graduate from emerald.

My second or third match last Tuesday was against a 5 man guild team. Got bored of chills necro so I logged on my old school power wells Lich.

A DH and I contested far where they were triple-capping, lol. Then, after killing beast, 2 of their teammates ran back to help out.

It was 2v5 pretty much. DH laid his traps the same time as my wells followed by Chillblains and Reapers Mark

Our HP bar was running low so I resorted to Lich form and positioned myself to maximize piercing. Within seconds their entire team was wiped and heavy laughing ensued.

I laughed so hard tears began to drip.

It wasn’t an experienced team and we ended up winning as if our 5 soloQ were the pre-made.

Fast forward to this evening. I saw one member of that team sporting a red icon.

FML. My main account still stuck in emerald.

Last laugh on me :_(

Prefer all the metas before June 23. Mesmer, ranger and necro could have used a small buff. If they did that, pre June 23 meta would have been perfect.

The CC aoe spamming is ridiculous now. You cant even stomp or rez without blowing our all your CD’s in team fights.

Pvp gameplay has changed as much as pve, where you cant complete stuff now without being part of a huge map zerg led by commanders. PreHoT didn’t used to be that way.

I play chrono, reaper, herald, tempest and scrapper the most.
Sometimes druid and DH.

Herald is great but it has a slightly higher learning curve relative to the other elites. Easiest is DH and I heard it’s effective too.

You can bunker if your teammates don’t have an extra chromosome like the ones I’ve been getting lately.

That would promote zerging and counter intuitive to the conquest mode. The game is already broken the way it is, that would make it worse.

In fact, I’d rather see the opposite and eliminate personal score all together. Doing so, may increase the teamwork needed to survive in soloQs

Original post seemed honest enough to me.

That said – I hate this meta. I hate the platform we play it on (poorly designed league).

For me the game went down a slippery slope when the June 23 update took place. The expac made the game far worse and less enjoyable.

You get punished for playing the game longer and supporting the gem store. Wow you guys, that sounds like really shoddy programming.

I bought the account for $10, I think back in 2013. It was rank 23 when I logged on to it yesterday.

Oh and my teammates from the noob account were not clueless. It was so refreshing because I get the some of the worst teammates (except for the one that frequent the forum, wink) on my main.

Main account been stuck in Emerald since Wednesday. Noob account to Sapphire in a day and a half. Many matches I got 2 pips and a couple matches I got 3 pips.

Noob account has no HoT, no lvl 80, no rank 80, no champ title, no fancy legendaries, no fancy skins, no love from me. In fact, I even requested a password reset coz I forgot what it was.

My main account however went through so many consecutive losses I just stopped logging on to it.

How the hell did my neglected, forgotten account effortlessly coast through Emerald division and now Sapphire while main account forever stuck in tier 1 Emerald?

Don’t say luck, I don’t think that had anything to do with it. Well, maybe bad luck on main account. But still……

Well I hope this will make you feel better. Match from 1st day of season which felt like ages ago. Prefer the last 2 pvp preHoT test ladder seasons. It was grindy but a little more friendlier to soloQers.

Shepherd.5839:

Evan Lesh.3295:

I would wait longer than 3 days and at least until after we enable decay before making a judgement on how the team leaderboard will settle out. It is not our intention that a single team of players has the time to possibly keep that many entries at the top of the leaderboard.

While not wishing to be confrontational, for one the condescending attitude is grossly disrespectful to the people who pay your bills.

For second? You are completely incorrect in your assumptions. One of Abjured’s team is in the top 25 with only 6 games played. Many teams have more wins than this, you don’t need to put constant effort into maintaining your spot, just keep a high win rate.

Hey I feel where you are coming from. However, I do give Evan a lot of credit for responding to some of threads. At least we know he’s concerned and not part of the developer circle who serve ESL teams.

Ross Biddle.2367:

Pimsley.3681:

pandaexpress.1458:

This is a bit off topic but your account name made me hungry.

“a bit” off topic. rofl.

Well upon seeing his name, I immediately thought of Orange Chicken and Honey Walnut Shrimp w/ Fried Rice.

Im sorry pandaexpress.1458

pandaexpress.1458:

This is a bit off topic but your account name made me hungry.

That’s why I don’t understand why wait for 3 more days. I know most pvpers don’t come to the forum but it’s not hard to tell that the roster is making the community feel deflated and defeated by the interactions from map, team, guild and party chat.

I’m sure the top teams earned their spot and I think they deserve the top 2 spots – but having them occupy 9 out of 10 is so wrong on so many levels.

You guys are a business out to make your customers happy, not depressed and defeated.

I remember getting 2 pips as well from 1st division. I think it was because my pug team consisted of all Div 1 and opponents had 4 Div 2.

Someone give this OP +10000000000000000000000

GG. You were teamed up w/ my Revenant. I know warriors are in a not so great state but you still do well with it.

Evan Lesh.3295:

I would wait longer than 3 days and at least until after we enable decay before making a judgement on how the team leaderboard will settle out. It is not our intention that a single team of players has the time to possibly keep that many entries at the top of the leaderboard.

Why make a judgement now when you can wait 3 more days for the system to magically repair itself. I’m sure the teams that made it to the top got there by accident.

screw you guys…. im going to soviet russia….

screw you guys…. im going to china….

Guys – this is what anet should have done while still keeping their best interests (esports, they have such a huge fetish for esports) in mind:

Before promoting the $400K prize pool, they should have invested towards recruiting the best talent they could find. I know they lost 3 pvp developers this year alone.

Hire the best, pvp developers to flush out most of the disliked aspects of the mode. An experienced PvP developer will have the track record to know what users generally like and then apply those metrics towards this game. No need to redesign from the ground-up. The combat mechanics are already good.

If their goal was to create a game mode so amazing, so fun, so enjoyable and If they listened to some of the suggestions we gave them – the community itself, will organically spread how amazing the game is.

But they made the mistake of throwing more money in the prize pool thinking they would attract professional gamers to the scene. They need to remember that creating a superior, well-made product will yield a greater return on their investment as opposed to just throwing money away, baiting people to play an unplayable game.

It sums up what to expect from the Leagues if you solo/duo queue.

First screenie is 8 minutes into video
Second screenie is 4hr and 59minutes into the video

I don’t think anyone else from his pro league peer group would ever attempt this…and shouldn’t. Mad props to him.

I really do hope Nurse Marvin got to eat that sandwich though….

Necro main here. Carrion is 1 of 3 builds I currently run.

I swap between Death Perception and Dhuumfire on my Carrion build depending on opponents comp before each match

Death Perception can be far more useful than Dhuumfire when going against a DS Tempest.

But one thing you forgot to consider about Dhuumfire is that it doesn’t have a CD. It’s possible to apply 3-4 burning stacks from continuous Life Rend pressure. That plus the suggestion from OverPoweredNecro and you have a winner.

Velosth.4573:

GAME TO 3 YEARS IN PVP AND L ’ I HATED I NEVER SO MUCH! SINCE THERE ARE NEW BRANCHES IN BUILD YOU CREATED A UNBALANCING is monstrous , MY BUILD FROM RANGER BERSERKER HAS ALWAYS WORKED WELL , NOW I CAN NOT OWN THE GAME , PVP POPULATED BY TANK bestial YOU HOW TO EXPLODE NECRO NEW SPEC , SPEC NEW ENGINEER , And RAVENANT SWORD SHIELD , NOT TO MENTION THE DRUIDS , IN 3 A fight one , WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED ? is USELESS EVEN FIGHT 1 VS 1 CLASSES ABOVE YOU EXPLODE AND THERE ’ is WAY knock them down , I CAN USE MORE MY FAVORITE CLASS , THE FACT THAT RANGER THAN NOT COME EVEN MORE fun insulted by ALLY TEAM, PURE HATRED

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It’s subtle speculative exploitation. The algorithm hasn’t changed. You get a feeling of accomplishment when you stomp teams that shamelessly apply this cheap farming tactic with your team of pugs

Soa Cirri.6012:

Pimsley.3681:

Rap Tiger.1257:

He is angry because just picked it up and took a bad team perhaps? The alloy system is not bad, the problem is that there are bad players and some casual calls that are also bad, but I thought fantastic system idea, should fall division also only the best players rise because stand not play with my ranger and view map 3 players fighting one of the opposing team, stop complaining the whole game, it is hard to complain, just want things the easy way? Is in PVE then do not care if that player is top 3, I think some GW2 players is more to play Hello Kitty than PVP when I complaint at all

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But the real question is, has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?

I see and on the other hand true direction followed by mechanics is preferred by many otherwise pvp indoors

Rap Tiger.1257:

He is angry because just picked it up and took a bad team perhaps? The alloy system is not bad, the problem is that there are bad players and some casual calls that are also bad, but I thought fantastic system idea, should fall division also only the best players rise because stand not play with my ranger and view map 3 players fighting one of the opposing team, stop complaining the whole game, it is hard to complain, just want things the easy way? Is in PVE then do not care if that player is top 3, I think some GW2 players is more to play Hello Kitty than PVP when I complaint at all

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Does anet even recognize that they are offending a LOT of their loyal, long term core pvp user base?

Helseth is blunt af and I prefer that over fake bs.

There are 2 parts we need to consider:

1. Who in their right mind thought pugs vs organized team is competitive?

So yeah, if you queue solo/duo, throw your competitive spirit out the window coz the odds are highly against you. Sure you can still play and pretend you enjoy it but just throw any competitive drive out because the playing field isn’t level.

2. Once your MMR drops way way down from getting farmed, as a soloQer, you face another risk. This time, it’s getting teamed up with a 3man+ queue of bads… real bads… as in “I belong to a pve guild but wanna check out this cool new feature called leagues and I love skins” kinda bads.

Those are the absolute very worst. I’d honestly rather be teamed up with all pugs and go against a premade THAN be teamed up in a pve guild team and go against pvp pugs.

What I’m trying to say is – I agree w/ Helseth

Cheers!!!

A direct answer to your question

Anet matchmaking has absolutely no charm.

Collero.7963:

It’s 4am in EU at the moment and there is a team farming solo players all night. These are average players who would have no chance in Pro League yet they are getting free wins over and over again for hours now. Rank (Division) like everything else to ‘measure skill’ that you’ve ever added means nothing once again.

Is this actually what you wanted ANet?

I’d love an answer, thing is, I don’t think you have an answer other than ‘We have no idea what we are doing’ and that’s why there are literally no responses to any thread lately.

I understand what you’re going through.

It’s either you go against a 5man team of scrubs or you end up being teamed up with a 3 or 4man team of scrubs. Today, I have a 80% win rate from matches where my teammates all soloQ’d. The matches were a total FAIL when I ended up being teamed with a guild of pve ppl.

There are enough players at the moment to afford a separate queue for solo.

I tune in to watch the tourneys just so I can read the twitch comments.

The first thing I recognized is the excellent use of formatting. I appreciate the bold headlines, bulleted points and mindful use of space to separate paragraphs.

Further, the OP’s twitch comments made NA ESL far more entertaining because I spend more time reading them than observing the matches.

Likewise. I’d rather soloQ and have guys like hackks.3687 (on his engie or necro) and vapour (on his engie or necro) in my team than be in an average/typical guild team

Cynz.9437:

For extra level of frustration: queue solo as thief. Enjoy being reported for trolling simply because you play the class.
And, since nobody wants thieves on their team, most of them will be qing alone. Well done, Anet, well done /clap

P.S. i can’t believe they stealth nerfed thieves again, is not even on patch notes (steal requires target now, huge mobility and quite survivability nerf). How low can one get really….

That’s childish for people to report thieves as trolls simply by playing the class. Guess they missed the Daredevil carry from NA ESL last night. I think every team in NA w/ thief won.

online was an awesome pvp warrior. He actually gave good feedback on how to make the class relevant again but I doubt devs read the forums.

Vapour.7348:

That’s some crazy healing.

/applaud

About thread topic, I’ve always been a power necro guy. I thought cele signet was kinda slow but I liked it because it helped put necros back on the map. I’d hate to say this on the pvp forum but I love having necro teammates. In soloQ gameplay, necros have been stacking well these days. When I saw my team had 3 necros, I swapped from engie.

Do you guys have luck with stacked necros when you soloQ?

Yo I love having necro teammates in SoloQ. Here’s a recent 4 necro team on my main necro currently on carrion. What power build are you running? My two alt necros run power and cele sig.

meow one twenty.4376:

I decided to try a Settler’s Reaper for the funsies. Look at dat team healing…

Lol that’s insane healing! More than double my Tempest

abc.5790:

Mallyx/Shi Herald vs Diamnd Aura Tempest

Herald will win

Don’t underestimate the ele/tempest and their role.

abc.5790:

Wake up people. Like Vapour said, Condi Reapers have 3 powerful counters. That in itself proves that the build is balanced.

Instead of learning how to counter, all I see are people throwing tantrums demanding to get builds nerfed.

It’s pretty disgusting to witness how lazy people are at attempting to figure things out on their own.

I actually play the 2 counter builds to Reaper, Daredevil being the exception.

And there are counter plays to the Reaper outside playing counter builds. But with the “nerf” premise of this thread, it’s a waste of time explaining anything because they already have their opinions established and won’t consider advice.

Reapers are fine. There are builds far more superior than the Reaper in every way possible. But I’m not the kind of person who complains a lot because it’s often seen as a sign of weakness of the will

Burtnik.5218:

Jon Peters 5signet yolo left AN some time ago. Condi rep is not really troublesome tho (i deal with em just fine with no cleanse) but condi reaper is by far the most braindead kitten ever on par with old turret engi

There are many builds that counter condi reaper. It’s also one of the least “gimmicky” builds you can play.

Keep in mind that reapers start out with no lifeforce. Even worse is they have no reliable escape/disengage so they are habitually targeted to be put down first.

And plus a lot of reapers main necromancer. I can’t say the same thing about turreteers with engies.

What’s cool about the Revenant is you could use Carrion and still achieve almost Marauder level precision. The gameplay is not as straight forward as Viper but it could be rewarding to those who can make it work effectively.

Regarding the 2 builds discussed here, the herald may seem to have the upper hand, but I wouldn’t underestimate the bunkering capabilities of the tempest.

Flumek.9043:

Hello.

Diamond skin.

Criticize.

Thank you

It is powerful enough to make one have an affair with Celestial or Viper while still married to Carrion/other pure condi builds.

LMAO I remember this thread from ages ago.

There was a time when your pet could chase and attack an opponent across the map.

In Khylo for instance, you could cap mid while your pet is out attacking your targeted opponent at far.

nearlight.3064:

today is the day of the condi reaper. Go sow the fields with your 10 seconds of chilling cancer.

I had the most sinister grin on my face on Nov 4 upon reading about Deathly Chill’s new damage over time trait. Posted a comment on one of the threads here that day about how “right” everything felt.

Ive only been queuing solo but organized teams of veteran and tourney pvpers should consider having a Reaper in their line-up.

Nothing wrong with spreading putrid love.

Tnx for sharing. Heralds may not like this perma weakness build, lol.

I’m assuming that abc is referring to the metabattle.com conquest Meta section. I don’t go there often so I’m not clear on the prerequisites for making the list.