Guild Wars 2

What happened to that BG moron that wanted 5-4-3 instead of 2-1-1?

Saiyan.1704:

Alphabet.7392:

Thank you to those who actually had a brain and voted NO.

NO ONE stacks dragonhunters/warriors/whatever the kitten in any DECENT division because it is SUBPAR and if you have trouble winning against teams with 2-3 dragonhunters then you shouldn’t have even been allowed to vote on the poll. I’m looking at you, bronze quacks.

This change would’ve completely BONED plat+ because people there are actually COMPETENT enough to play multiple classes to balance out the team comp.

Why the hell should I be forced to lose if the matchmaker decides to match me, as a thief, with 2 other thieves? Why shouldn’t I be able to switch?

Why SHOULDN’T I have an advantage over the people who can only play one class? coughbronzequeencough

I voted Yes because I wanted an additional ladder that lists professions only. Let’s see who is actually best in their profession.

I voted Yes because Anet flat out said they’ll make Matchmaking a lot smarter because it will actually see professions in the player pool it draws from, rather than just a number on a spread sheet. This also means a more accurate MMR per class… as each class will literally have their own rating.

Lastly, I voted Yes because I expect Anet to later fix the obvious issues you just pointed out. These “Yes” are a whole lot more than your one “No”.

Just wish we had more smart people voting here.

I voted no. I don’t care for a class based leaderboard. I also don’t in ANet’s ability to create such an algorithm that you describe in your second point. I also don’t believe ANet will fix those issues he mentioned. After all, with what we’ve been presented with so far, there’s no evidence to suggest so. In addition, should they succeed in creating this algorithm, the upper echelons of ranked simply does not have the population to support it. ANet has said a lot of things and have not delivered.

So, I did the only logical thing and voted no. The matchmaking system was as fair as it got in season 5. I didn’t see people stacking teams. I rarely saw people swapping to alts for profession achievements in the end. If they did, it was when the game was surely unwinnable for the enemy team. If I was queued into a team with 3+ of a certain profession, the vast majority of the time 2 of them swapped to another class they were proficient with. Perhaps it’s because I usually only played during primetime. But, the system, in this sense, more or less worked.

It seems to me that the people that voted for no are the realists and the yes votes are hopeful for the almost impossible. So yes, I do wish we had more smart people voting here. I do wish we had more people vote after taking into consideration the empirical evidence that has been presented to them over the years.

In fact, as for your second point, regarding class-based MMR, I really don’t see the need. Someone who can competently play multiple classes should be rightfully ranked higher than someone who can only play one class, even if the skill is comparable. If they want to learn, then they will play unranked, or they will take the MMR hit.

staff thief is fine

who the kitten had access to quickness as thief anyway

BeepBoopBop.5403:

Ruru.1302:

BeepBoopBop.5403:

and the acro staffers crying begins

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlIpD3IXMoI

can i c ur duels vs him next?

I see the timestamp didn’t show up when I linked the video.

I’d originally linked it at 4 minutes in, you know, when you start spamming kys after losing a few duels in a row.

BeepBoopBop.5403:

and the acro staffers crying begins

grow thicker skin

People want to avoid class stacking because more often than not, the team with 3 DHs loses the game.

Not because class stacking is an unfair advantage.

So what happens if I get queued into 3 thieves and the enemy team actually has a comp? Do I just take the L?

Hitman.5829:

Haishao.6851:

Play a thief and do the same.

Really? so that is the solution, to play a thief? So everyone just grab a thief because it is the 1 button kill.

He’s saying that the thief was better than you because you’d lose the same fight, as a thief, versus a warrior.

I like how you chose the threshold to be 9 games under what you have

something something of the arena plz

zHasgard.9827:

A warrior called i made muffin from NSP is really good. Dont think that the best players in the game are in spvp,cuz they dont.

I played that guy on my alt yesterday. He’s about average.

Why don’t you keep playing? Afraid you’ll drop out of top 250?

im sry u got that neckbeard gregor

xd

Seldis has barely played since he got legend, lol.

ThatNAESLGuard.6238:

Can someone screenshot top 10 for me?

Don’t worry, your Darek account is still there.

1. 4 is the same person as #1 on the leaderboard.

I don’t see a problem.

Dusty Moon.4382:

Warlord.9074:

Maguuma built its army from BG drops. our server has more fully ascended geared players and owners of precursors than any other server ty to BG.

Who cares. All y’all know how to do is blob. They should change the name of your server to BLOBUUMA . Y’all blob down even one to 5 players, pretty hysterical really. And, you have to have spies or you can’t win.

who would’ve known T1 has blobs???

variance increases the longer you don’t play. had he lost those he would’ve dropped far below you

All this could’ve been avoided had they just left you to a 1v1 with the enemy guardian who had all his CDs

It’s 2 minutes

MissCee.1295:

Perhaps not count as a loss, but play an additional match? So if you suffer a dc during 10 placement matches, you play 11 before you are rated. It could still be exploited but it would be fairer in the long run.

I’m pretty sure this might be how it works already

why do you still post if you don’t play the game anymore?? lol

Jerry CCH.9816:

Ruru.1302:

Jerry CCH.9816:

Instead of complaining on the forums about it, have you considered trying to play better instead?

I know Maguuma is Pin Snipe Server.

You’re in a guild that is literally made to pinsnipe.

You’re in a guild that is literally made to pinsnipe too .
oh btw and tag watch

No, my guild isn’t comprised solely of pin snipers. We’re mostly just random players from either sPvP or remnants of the GvG scene. As for tag watching, I don’t know anything about that.

Jerry CCH.9816:

Instead of complaining on the forums about it, have you considered trying to play better instead?

I know Maguuma is Pin Snipe Server.

You’re in a guild that is literally made to pinsnipe.

Zergbusting is a thing of days past. No matter how much you change, you won’t be able to bring it back.

If only this was a feature

JTGuevara.9018:

You cheerleaders don’t quit do you? I see RIGHT through this BS.

It’s called ALT and DUO. I trust not one thing these pro-leaguers say or do.

lol

The same players will be at the top. Don’t delude yourself.

I’ve been bouncing between rank 50-100 and there’s no one that “zergs” here. Sure, some people might have some questionable rotations (me included) but we don’t 5 man points while letting our other points decap for free.

hiba.1674:

Ruru.1302:

Lol, you’re rank 22, which means you barely started playing pvp.

Mr. 9 wins 1 loss over there was legend for the past 4 seasons and is an ESL player

Wait so what your saying is that anet based its mmr on what people did in previous seasons and not current skill level? good job bro you make total sense

Oh yea, because it’d be a great idea if we hard reset everyone back to 1200 MMR every season regardless of how well they did.

And before you say anything, it’s not a great idea. It’s a terrible idea.

Lol, you’re rank 22, which means you barely started playing pvp.

Mr. 9 wins 1 loss over there was legend for the past 4 seasons and is an ESL player

dude i sleep 13 hours a day lol

Spurnshadow.3678:

Jim Hunter.6821:

Spurnshadow.3678:

An additional thought on this. As a BG player, I also feel that we’ve lost a tremendous amount of control over our destiny. We’ve spent years creating a community. Whether it’s for better or worse, it is ours. We, as a collective, have been in control over our destiny, whether we push hard, or play casual. Trying to fill our gaps in coverage, trying to police ourselves with our behavior. Trying to get newer players in the loop, get them better, train them. What have you.

But with this 211 scoring system, we are no longer in control over our own destiny. If we win, it was because we had the co-operation of the 3rd place server. It was not due to our own efforts, and, for me, this feels like it’s cheating us, and also cheating the 3rd place server, as they will receive zero reward from this co-operation.

In the coming weeks, if Maguma looses their link, then maybe BG is the dominant server again in T1. These same issues will affect them and whover we’re matched with as well.

Of course, this is somewhat unique to the T1 servers, but it’s still noteworthy.

Translation: BG can no longer focus the third place server during their dead time zones for an easy win, please open BG.

Translation: reading is hard. I’m just gonna insert some trollish thing.

O P E N B G W E A R E L O S I N G T O M A G

I think you were just seeded too high.

This patch I’ve moved from playing Rev-Druid-Mesmer to DH/Thief/Necro. I don’t see the point in bringing a rev over a thief in solo queue now.

#openBG

95%? you like pulling stats out of nowhere?

He’s playing harder opponents because he had high MMR prior to the start of the season.

If anything, this game needs more exclusivity.

we need to open bg guys its the only solution

TC’s pugs are generally lower skilled than other servers.

Hi, my game suddenly started randomly microstuttering after yesterday (other games run fine). Generally what happens is that I load in, everything is smooth for a minute or two, then the microstuttering happens. If I tab out and tab back in, it becomes smooth again for a minute or two, then happens again.

edit: Im running i5 4690k, rx480, 16 gigs of ram, gw2 on SSD, windows 7. Here’s a video of what I mean by microstuttering
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7N09itsgC8&feature=youtu.be

reaper is only bad in pugs

FA→CD→FA→IOJ→BP→FA→PS→FA→Gandara→FSP→SoS →FA→BG→FA→JQ→BG→FA→BG→YB→JQ→TC→Mag

5/7 of those FA transfer were free btw

You missed the biggest one.

Unskilled players.

Stiofan.6720:

Malediktus.3740:

Anet should make more exclusive things, its boring if everyone can have everything

No they shouldn’t.

Yea, they should.

149-62 im in legend 4. only solo queued. games split relatively evenly between revenant mesmer and druid

highest winstreak was 13 or 14
highest loss streak was 5

MMR really can’t keep legends at 50/50 unless you’re like those kittenty premade queues like LGND and PFMA

Edit:counted wrong

sophiewhite.3149:

Ruru.1302:

sophiewhite.3149:

lioka qiao.8734:

I think their survivablity is fine. I’ve had trouble dropping them on my guardian.

I do love landing a moa on a necro in shroud (with my mesmer) with 10% hp left though. It feels so fun to totally ruin their day.

abusing exploits like this is complete bs btw.

Forcing necros out of shroud with moa is not an exploit.

using moa to completely drain shroud and kill all their minions IS a exploit.

Care to explain how an intended, consistent mechanic qualifies as an exploit? It works like this for all transforms.

sophiewhite.3149:

lioka qiao.8734:

I think their survivablity is fine. I’ve had trouble dropping them on my guardian.

I do love landing a moa on a necro in shroud (with my mesmer) with 10% hp left though. It feels so fun to totally ruin their day.

abusing exploits like this is complete bs btw.

Forcing necros out of shroud with moa is not an exploit.