Team Dath Match is really the only true pvp. This circle zerg in middle on all maps is not pvp and it’s finally showing. With Cap the circle all you do is force teefs to be useful when normally they arent. You make the game about a speed race and not actual pvp.
I’ve had games where not one player could kill me yet i’ve lost how does that work? Because i didn’t sit on a circle or i got zerged off of it.
Come on anet step it up. Gw1 PvP was the highlight of pvp in the day.
Edit: So i just played a game where most of the time i was fighting and holding 1v3s and somehow my team kept dying from simple 2v1s. Such a bad game mode. I’m just going to head back to stronghold where its at least fun pvp. Unranked conq is getting boring now lol sad anet sad. Why was Gw1 pvp so bad?
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Im hoping they learn from this after turning their backs on a real chance at pvp. What happened to gw1 style of kill or be killed? This conquest crap of holding little circles does not work for competitive play I’m sorry. Balances can only do so much. The main issue is the 5v5 hold little circles mode.
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For tournaments Anet should make pre set builds that people have to use, give a selection to each class.
This way they could reduce the amount of steamrolls, and they should also make it so that at the very least one one single double class is on each team.
Hhahahahahahaha sorry no thank you I don’t want some standard builds or a website copy paste build. I love my off the wall tank necro that one one else uses. If we had it that way then i wouldn’t be able to have fun.
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Why are any of you happy about this? Basically giving up on competitive pvp… and you are all rejoicing….. sad.
PVP died around season 3. As a pvp player since gw2 drop I’ve been on n off but things were fine before they started seasons which brought in the riff raf who just want boxes of shinys and don’t care about actually winning or trying. Then anet takes out the only legit pvp mode ( Courtyard) to make it circle jer* in the middle pvp. To add on to of that thye never did a actual balance to builds they kind of just randomly make some ok adjustments and over power some classes.
They need to try to take their game seriously again one day since people enjoy it. Or just start on GW3 if they may have given up.
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Or some kind ofmode like that. I mean 4v4 or 5v5 TDM wouldn’t be bad. I liked how courtyard had all the different routes around. That’s what made it a fun map you can lead someone to a trap or run if need be.
Sitting in a circle and zerging 4v4 in mid while 1 other team member each runs around decapping isn’t pvp
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Yay! finally reality has hit Anet. Now maybe instead of a gimmicky map type where it sucks to not have at least 1 super fast decapper they will go with maybe what works like GUILD WARS OG PVP you know just saying.
Contrash was never a good idea for PvP when you give 1 or 2 classes ultra mobility and force people to zerg each other on little circles .
Bring back the glorious Courtyard that is tru to the bone pvp no one running around just kill or be killed.
It will take anet awhile to recover from this fail.
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In all other parts of Gw2 things seem to be going alright with living story and wvw (Still waiting for a new wvw season). Raids have been fun Dungeons are somewhat forgotten but then there is pvp…
Anet seems to have just plain given up on pvp and the players interested in it and just decided to cast them aside. Obviously your style of “Competitive” pvp is not working. Things in pvp need to change and there are ways to do this the smart way. No player will ever be satisfied with what works with what class and what not. If you were to say add maybe 6- 10 new skills ( Utility and Elite ) per class to spice up gw2 that would be great and would help pvp. Tho it will not fix the main problem of pvp.
We have a game mode issue that is now showing due to Anet’s attempt at “Competitive” gaming. Conquest is the issue and has always and will always be the issue. Holding 3 points to win a game is just not “Competitive” pvp. When a team has a advantage just by having a thief and the other doesn’t is not pvp. Forcing players to sit on little circles and zerg each other (with the occasional 1v1) is not competitive pvp. Death Match like good old gw1 is COMPETITIVE pvp.
I loved season 2 – 4 because i escaped Conquest with stronghold. Now i can barely play a few games and would rather play a different game (Battlefield one is quite fun). I did find love in playing unranked conquest again now because you know going in the players aren’t the best. In ranked you expect to have a chance if you are decent.
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Its a grind if you are placed low. To pull you out you need to play war/mes/thief (high mobility/map control) to a very high skill level maybe (platin +) or you will grind at a 55-60% winrate even if you are a good player deserving gold or low plat.
See this is where anet has failed. They make a map “Competitive” even tho it isn’t the play style it should be for “Competitive” pvp. Competitive pvp isn’t a Circle Jer* in middle all game to see who zergs who. Deathmatch or stronghold would have been better suited for competitive play but Anet must be hyping up for a new expansion or something to not care enough to actually fix problems.
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I got a lot of top stats in those wins and the pugs were good so it worked out i guess. Still feels like pvp is not as great as it used to be. The more restrictive anet is the worse it gets. They could have done things differently with the groups que and not shunned all the stronghold players away. I still get the feeling Anet just hates PvP and doesn’t want it to work out. Wvw has become boring as of late and pvp has been worse off as of season 5.
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So i finally broke down after skipping seasons 5 and played 10 “ranked” games and got to Gold T2. No idea if that’s good or just ok after 6 wins and 4 losses. All i have to say is why anet why. 3 losses could have been wins if it weren’t for that player that gave up after 2 minutes in or just one or 2 pugs i was put with just did not understand pvp at all.
I know your trying for this “Competitive” pvp but with conquest it just doesn’t work i’m sorry. Trying to carry a bad pug or 2 on your shoulders in conq is quite hard, hell team death match is more suited for that. I may play a ranked game or 2 now and then to keep up but my love of pvp has been crushed. After 4 seasons of Diamond or Legendary and having fun in stronghold ranked you have killed my interest in pvp. Well done.
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Cynz lol its ok circle J boy you can run around those all you want and use a treb like wvw on kyloh or play kill forest and foefire to kill npcs for a win.
Poor lil nublet can’t make up any real excuse for his horrible ratio so it’s because sh has “npcs” that i had a good ratio. Ill take my “npc” and strategy wins that got me to 102 – 12 over sitting in a circle all game with others “Fighting” on conq maps because being in a circle J all game while one teef runs around doing work is your “Actual pvp” lol 1v1 ez win against you i bet since your probably a teef.
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When you alienate groups like those interested in something other then holding little circles so they play stronghold. That’s one issue because then they also instead of making sure those who are in groups only face group and solos fight solos. They force people down to duo groups, why not ban 4 man and allow 2 3 and 5 so you can make match making a bit simpler.
When i used to pvp for years ( before the failure of season 5 ) i would mostly solo but now and then want a group. Anet stop trying to force people to play a certain way because your “competitive” pvp is a joke right now. I’ve had 90% ish ratio win seasons with playing stronghold but yet you want me to play pug conq lol hell no not worth the time playing to win but forced to lose with sucky pugs.
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Seeing that we seem to have a issue with stupid pug people or parts of teams that can not co-operate well together to simply hold capture points. Why not toss this question out.
Is conquest really great for (Competitive) pvp as far as holding points for the majority of the game? Just to win you must had a speedy and smart teammate or just smart people to begin with and you just sit on circles.
Now that being said there is some.. strategy to it but it seems to be failing hard when you have just one not so smart pug on your team.
My question is now what would be better for competitive pvp:
Conquest which is a new concept come gw2 and fun at times but can be stressing.
Stronghold which is a reminder of JQ and FA from gw1 and can be a bit more interesting.
Or go back to the glory that is Guild Wars 1 and play a style of Team Death Match with maybe some bonus damage or help somewhere in the map like coliseum but no point holding.
What say you.
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When you try to make a horrible concept for pvp good it doesn’t work. Holding points and sitting on circles does not work. Its sad because it forces at least one player to play a thief just for mobility and if you don’t have one you most likely will lose if they do.
Gawd anet whyyy. You had solid elimination that would have worked like in gw1. But no you force everyone to play one of the stupidest ways and now people are tired and bored. I got bored of Contrash as soon as there was a better option (Strongold). Why not realize this is not working and just finally move on.
If you want a chance at competitive pvp then holding little circles has to end. That is not pvp it’s a joke. When you work so hard just to have one simple minded pug ruin the game it’s not fun. In death match (courtyard) there is strategy and a fair chance for all classes and also stronghold (Minus ele being over powered). In contrash there is no equal play you need a runner and decapper ever single game aka thief.
Please anet move on from circle holding or at least give deathmatch or stronghold as a option. I would like to play pvp again but i’m not wasting my life on trash pvp in contrash.
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Sindrenerr (and every other legendary player) has already left this game. They might come back to check whats going on once in a while but they all moved to more rewarding games.
Bingo Anet has just made things worse and worse and worse in PvP its a non stop bleed they can’t fix. I was a avid ok PvPer till i got hooked on Stronghold and dominated the ranked SH. Then Anet poked me and my buddies in the eye and said we must play contrash. Hahahahaha i left that crap to play stronghold I’m not going back to deal with crud players i have no way of carrying. If I’m forced to play a teef just to win in contrash then I’m out. I pop on now n then but without a reason to pvp i don’t stay on long.
Btw Mutaatti Battlefield One is quite fun.
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Anet just needs to add more maps to Stronghold, or make new game-modes in general. Problem solved. Also, different rank scales for different game-modes would be amazing.
Bingo why dump it? Make a map with a cannon instead of a treb or what not. Or a new map system 5v5 not SH or Conq. I enjoyed having the freedom to choose and found my favorite like others did. Tho to just plain rip it out and toss players who enjoyed it to the side just sucks. If season 7 is no stronghold i may just have to quit till the next expansion to make it interesting. I’m not one to enjoy the pain of yelling at simple minded pugs to do something productive. I’ll do something else to kill time.
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Agreed it needs some branch out changes and it could be great. It already beats contrash hands down with strategy and just overall fun. The potential is there but anet instead decides to kill stronghold and focus on the least fun way of pvp there is. Sit on a point then move and sit on another point… yay
Unless you have a speed teef on your team its over in contrash and that’s not fun. That’s boring zZzZz ZzZzZ
I wish stronghold was available for rank for season 5 and 6 since now it goes off of w/l my season 2 102-12 mostly stronghold game wins would have been fun to see up lol. Now im forced to not play PvP at all.
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They lost my voice and 4 full seasons plus a couple weeks of season 5 because they removed stronghold as a rank play. I dont like contrash and just sitting on circles… Stronghold was at least fun.
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Yes Stronghold has pve elements but then you could say the same thing with alot of conquest maps. A giant laser cannon? Npcs for a point advantage and so forth.
Stronghold at least makes it balanced because you have to use pvp tactics otherwise you go back to restart. There is the strategy of push or hold. Defend or attack. In Contrash all you have is everyone saying “GO TO THE MIDDL”E. If maps had tred marks from all the use then the mid point on all contrash maps would be worn out.
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Welp i stopped week 2 of season 5 after 4 complete seasons because Anet took ranked Stronghold away. F that I’m not wasting time on crapquest maps where one simple minded dumb dumb can ruin the hard work i put in. Least i can carry baddies in stronghold.
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Bring stonghold back but make it solo que only for ranked. That makes it interesting. Don’t just dump it season 7. I want to play pvp ranked but I’m not about to waste hours on crapquest. I’ll do something else in game or play another game rather then play ranked crapquest.
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We want FA and JQ 2.0 This hold points and wait for a teef to take it as soon as you leave has got to stop. Contrash is not competitive it’s a joke. Maybe its time to try another pvp idea since you tossed away a good one with stronghold.
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Been playing battlefield and going on wvw now n then. I don’t mind stronghold having it’s own ranked system compared to conquest. Hell in season 2 i went 102-12 (7 losses were from conquest games i joined) win loss ratio in ranked Stronghold. At least there is a strategy to Stronghold compared to sitting on dots and having points tick. In Stronghold one stupid random team member doesn’t bring your whole game down.
I could carry 2 maybe 3 bad players because it was strategy and the other team couldn’t handle it. Contrash needs a revamp bad because playing ranked in it is not worth anything when you want to gouge your eyes out from playing it with your heart and one stupid player ruins it for you.
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Well I’ve participated in all the ranked seasons but not so much last season 5 I could only stand so much with crap players. It looks like season 6 will be the one I don’t even attempt because we are now forced to play a crap pvp map style. I’m sorry not everyone is into contrash and we want ranked stronghold back.
It sucks you just straight took stronghold out as a option and forced those players to play a game mode that just sucks with all the maps. It takes one stupid team member and it’s over you lose. In stronghold you can at least carry bad players
So it will either be pve for me while ranked season is on or ill go play Battlefield 1 lol. Ugh anet why do you have to suck so much at times?
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I agree I mean I love the change in the system to get to divisions but if stronghold is taken out the f this I’m buying and playing a new game till it’s back.
I’m not wasting hours carrying trash pugs in trash maps holding on point locations. Least I could carry bad pugs in stronghold and win.
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Seriously Elementalist needs a debuff. The heal the world of all sickness situation were in right now is crazy especially in stronghold. Is there any way to make Diamond Skin go away after like 90%like before because 75% is crazy. Also if not that then -33% on all heal skills for ele.
Either will do the job because right now its over blown and broken class play type.
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