Guild Wars 2

look the mini-map

Evan Lesh.3295:

Currently the ladder is a ‘beta’ season. We are testing numbers, but this is not the feature complete design. This means things are missing that will be included later.

after 3 year….

the old leaderboard/mm/soloq-teamq was not perfect but at least when you were in leaderboard the matches were good , not always balanced , but good , now if you are in leaderboard or not there is no difference , the matches are always yolo , because the ppl in leaderboard are not in leaderboard because they are good players , but because they played a lot…
soo such yolo such swag….

after 3 years…..

SAB or SAB or SAb or riot

soo… tomorrow SAB or riot?

Phineas Poe.3018:

I decided to take the day off from ranked PvP to do some unranked with some guildies this afternoon. No big deal. Had a good time. Got on a roll, we had some fun, people took off, and I decided to try my hand at ranked again for a bit before I logged for the day.

I started today at 40 points with a 54-52 record. I’ve kind of accepted that as a solo-queuer getting points (and wins) will be an uphill climb, but what I experienced today just sent me over the edge.

My first match was set up against a 4-man (or 2+2) premade where the rest of my team were solos. We ended up losing, but the final score was close: we ended up getting close to or over 450 points, so I figured that, given we fought a near-full premade team, that I’d still walk out of that game with a point.

My second match was set up against another 4-man (or 2+2) premade where—yet again—the rest of my team were solos. We ended up losing that game as well, but again within 100 points. I was pretty irritated that my night started with two premade teams one after another, but I accepted that given the current system I should walk away with points regardless.

My third match was a bit more even, though there was a duo-queue on the opposing team. That in some sense might have resulted in their win, but in any case it was a relatively close match and I lost my third game 500 to 400+.

I decided to call it a night after that, as I usually do when I get into a losing streak. I logged out of the game, turned on the leaderboard to make sure I got my points, and lo and behold: I didn’t gain points for those games.

In fact, I ended up losing two points on the leaderboard.

I don’t know under what conditions I am expected to be successful on this leaderboard as a solo-queuer. I am regularly pitted up against premades and when I (expectedly) lose I actually end up losing standing on the leaderboards for it.

I would accept that under certain situations it might make sense that I lose points for the third match, that losing in somewhat even conditions should result in a loss of points. But to push against two premades, getting over 400 points? That doesn’t generate anything for your leaderboard? Please explain this to me.

I don’t know if this some machiavellian way of you pushing people into creating their own premades and only doing ranked with them, but the sheer number of games one must play on a daily basis to remain competitive only pushes us to solo-queue to keep up.

I just don’t see how this system promotes skill or fair play, and for that reason I’m not participating in ranked matches any longer until this system is fixed. I want that mini llama and all, but it simply isn’t worth the frustration when it feels like I’m fighting against your matchmaking system that repeatedly throws me into the meat grinder.

do you know about we are still in beta? yes , after 3 year we are still in a horrible spvp beta… now go to buy gem with real money plz.

ty anet
http://i.imgur.com/jLFiIUQ.jpg
soo much fun

1) Spvp balance patch
2) make a new leaderboard with the old data
3) separate solo and team queue
4)remove daily profession win

Dojo.1867:

What was wrong about the old leader boards?

the old leaderboard was too good , so they make a new leaderboard for respect theyr standart… and because the new leaderboard reward better the casual yolo spvp player

Mrbig.8019:

silvermember.8941:

Mrbig.8019:

And no don’t say fun.

Proc Wars 2 is definitely not fun

If you are not having fun, then quit. With the amount of QQ that comes from you, I would say quitting is the best thing you can do for yourself, but that would be me assuming I know what goes through your mind.

There is no reason to do anything other than to eat, sleep, drink water and poop.

Rofl i’ve already quit.

I’m just asking why do people continue to play this game ( PvP) since

no skill progression ( no tiers, terrible matches vs randoms instead of players of your skill level)

joke leaderboard

no competition

terrible meta

cheese gameplay based on unavoidable things such instant skills and procs/weap swap

ridicolous power creep

I’m seriously just asking.

And, anyway, it’s been like 2 weeks from my last post so i dunno where is this “qq” you’re talking about coming from.

oh well , atm spvp is a new place to farming pve stuff and daily achievement…

style.6173:

It needs to be gone. The issue is with matchmaking. For example, someone typically plays their main and does fairly well. For the daily they play a class they are not good at. They are then matched with people who are way better than them.

It is just a horrible example of the matchmaking system.

it’s not only daily profession problem , there are other things plus daily win that make spvp no fun , boring and without reason: class stacking no work and it’s since september… matchmaking is soo bad… solo+team ranked queue (kitten logic)… they don’t want to do a simply thing like “the match will start only when all the players press ready , and after 2 minutes if someone don’t click it he is replace” and in the end the worst ladder ever….

but arenanet don’t give a kitten about this things (and the player base asked it for years/months) , they treat us like a monkeys betatesters after 2+ years… and then they want to know why esl tournaments have soo few viewers…. in 2+ years they can’t even insert the possibility to view in game the tournament ( in gw1 we can watch gvg… but in gw2 we can’t see important spvp match….)

spvp at the moment it’s only a different place for farming pve stuff and achievement…

ty anet

http://strawpoll.me/3959801

Josh Davis.6015:

Thanks for writing up your concerns so succinctly.

This test season is intended to test an algorithm that’s tailored towards ranking players higher for better W/L ratios, in addition to using points gained from playing (meaning games played does not become valueless). The algorithm we’re using this time around is completely different than what was previously tested, and they both have different purposes. We’re already having internal discussions on how we can adjust this season’s algorithm to better suit the goals we stated on Thursday – rewarding players who play well, not just play. These discussions will continue into the next week, and now we have an entire weekend’s worth of data that we can look at and extrapolate on.

An important thing to keep in mind is that these events are tests, and the only thing we’re testing right now is the formula behind ranking. We’re gathering a lot of useful data that we can use to help us make better decisions. These “test seasons” not a final product by stretch of the imagination.

is gw2 still in beta? after 3 year we are still stuck into test… and still the matchmaking not working like class stacking , kitten meta and a leaderboard where korean>skill
gz like always

MMR is a lie

class stacking working very well…..

CrashTestAuto.9108:

lordkrall.7241:

Because when they were here last people raged like mad about them and thus it is likely that they would wait to release it again until they have done changes based on that feedback. Making changes takes manpower, manpower that is currently being spent better elsewhere, such as working on the expansion.

People objected to the length and difficulty of world 2, which was largely though not entirely fixed. Even if that’s the reason, they could still turn on world 1 (though I don’t think even the most extreme “ragers” actually suggested that W2 was literally worse than nothing).

extreme ragers have to continue to farm dungeons and dailyes , W2 was perfect and fun

Gaile Gray.6029:

There’s no new information on SAB at this time as far as a return date. You know it will come back at some point in the future, but there is no date to announce right now.

bla bla bla bla bla bla bla , we want details.
http://i.imgur.com/7HRT9l4.jpg

why not insert a rule like: you can’t do daily pvp in ranked?
ranked it’s a competitive mode , not a casual farming mode…

robertul.3679:

Dear ANET.
Did you break MMR?

I get horrible matchups these past few days. Super bad players on both teams in ranked.
The team with less bads wins! But even if I win it doesn’t feel like a real win because it’s so RNG. I either have to win outnumbered fights constantly or just hope my team won’t die by the time I arrive. No fun!

I don’t say I’m top player. I don’t say I’m even higher tier. But the people I get matched with are certainly way under me.

This is making me toxic. I’m glad there is no dishonor. I don’t want to be toxic.

Help.

it’s not only matchmaking even the class stacking it’s broken

but hey buy gems and continue to play the spvp beta leaderboard

daily xclass winner FTWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Sarevok.2638:

Once again I had a match start in ranked queue with less than 10 players present, our side had 4 and yet…still went ahead, adjustments done and such post match.

Why is this still a thing?

because they don’t care , they can’t fix the class stacking , balancing is ridiculus , the matchmaking is still a kitten before the pvp patch was a lot better… , and they can’t do something like that if someome don’t put ready the match don’t start and who don’t put ready after 1 another minute will be kick from the match and another join to take his place…. but they don’t care , the important thing is GEM GEM GEM GEM when it’s ready later this year swing the swurd again stupid daily X class win….

inb4 post deleted

bracket?

Gaile Gray.6029:

We are definitely looking forward to the CDIs in the new year. It was a natural break, with the holidays, but I feel sure we’ll be picking them up in the coming weeks.

soo… we will see the new guild feature in 2019-2020….

coglin.1867:

pelle ossa.9705:

in any work , if you do something wrong , and you create some damage you will be fire ,

You have proof that he did something wrong? I would like to see your proof. Your making a great deal of assumptions, without any evidence. Do you even know who designed the new system? Do you design and create every system and piece of equipment you work with in your job? I doubt it.

Secondly, you full of it if you are claiming everyone who has problems with things in their specific aspects at work, are fired.

http://i.imgur.com/HyCUY1M.jpg ( i was in duoq with the necro…. and the mm put us with 2 55hp , vs pug…)
i know it’s a pre season screen , but atm the situation it’s the same or i have to screen all the matches with my team vs pug or the match with 2 mesmer against 2 engi ecc… ecc…

coglin.1867:

Because common sense suggest that anyone should understand that a new system requires time to collect its data, as well, adjustments being needed to the system based on the player pool size itself. As well as the pools size variance variations throughout different times of the day.

Honestly, Unless you have the knowledge to have a clue about the subject matter, you probably shouldn’t demand someone lose the ability to support and feed their family 3 days before Christmas.

they can use old data untill they don’t have enough new data , but it’s obvius there is a lot of things who didn’t work: premade vs pug , class stacking ecc…

in any work , if you do something wrong , and you create some damage you will be fire , and spvp had always problems and they can’t still do something to fix it , we are in a sort of beta/alpha season after 2 year and 3 month….
how many player gw2 lost because the spvp is not good?

mm is a kitten , i want to know why the devs who did it still work for arenanet….

this yolo season is a crap , it’s not even a beta it’s a pre-alpha , ty anet like always you do an amazing job with spvp….

Class stacking is not working and they add daily point like win 1 match with X class…
GENIUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

this new matchmaking is soo bad… when i start solo ranked i have against always or a premade with ppl top 200 in old leaderboard or i am in a team with ppl who start recently to play pvp….i don’t want always to win , i want only semi-balance matches. Ty anet for always ruin my game experience

Congratulations to Abjured!
now pls nerf ele/engi celestial ty

the new game mode is conquest 4vs5 soo esportz

Gaile Gray.6029:

• Living World and holidays are important, yes. They are not the only thing on which the team is working, quite clearly, when you see substantial updates coming out on a regular basis. (Case in point: feature packs, the coming PvP update, etc.)

yes , they are important , but where are the CONTENT patch: new city , new maps with vistas , hearts , secret jumping puzzle , new dungeon or new challenge istance where we can obtainn new decent armor or weapon skins , new races , new weapon and utility skills , new legendaries (i want a different legendary staff for my female norn guardian , the actual legendary staff it’s ugly) ecc… ecc…

this game is not only story ( i really like gw lore unfortunately the LS is toooOOOooooOOO slow , over 2 year for only a new dragon and only 3 new maps , i want to see Crystal Desert , Northern Shiverpeaks ecc..).

Josh Davis.6015:

Looks like Helseth won’t be able to join us.

The show must go on!

Edit: Added Ostrich to the list as well.

#nohelsethnoparty

For TCG members: do you love quaggans?

eyesrutherford.1357:

So much QQ on turret engi. I never usually have problems against turret Engis myself. And as far as phent was saying about the turrets ceasing to exist if cele ammy and might stacking was gone, that is a dumb statement because I see a lot of turret engineers who run Valkyrie amulet and clerics. It’s just an AI build just like MM necro. Yes it is a little unfair to strictly melee classes because they have to be in range but most builds have certain classes they are strong against and weak against. Me myself can smoke a turret engi fairly easily on all of my characters, engi -non turret by the way, mesmer, ele, theif, and ranger. Maybe it’s a L2P moment? Or maybe it’s just that I know how to fight turrets better than most. But I did run turrets before it turned all big and got lots of buffs. But I only ran it cause players said it was the worst engi build and I had to prove them wrong. Anyways I’m done ranting. Take care peoples ~Midna~

if an engi turret is smart , he puts the turrets in strategically place and it’s hard to take turrets down and then kill the engi , but the part who i find op it’s the fact that a mm has his minions around him , the same for spirit ranger , otherwise an engi can leave turrets on close and then go mid/far and be active on 2 different point at the same time…

Gaile Gray.6029:

Ok, that was a quick run across the room and here’s the answer:

Yep.

With the Maize Balm recipe making ToT bags a year-around item for those who craft it, or with the use of Vial of Maize Balm drops, pups will continue to be available for the foreseeable future. Obviously there’s Halloween 2015 to be designed, but it would be nearly a year before that would roll out, so the short answer is…

Yes.
Si.
Oui.
Ya.

what kind of answer is this….
this is HOW not to talk with playerbase , do you think we are brainless? we opened a lot of ToT and we know there is something wrong in this case with RNG , so make this minipet not account bound or change the % of drop.

Azure The Heartless.3261:

pelle ossa.9705:

Azure The Heartless.3261:

pelle ossa.9705:

Gaile Gray.6029:

Ok, guys. Some of you are unhappy about this change, I can see that. BUT… quite honestly, most of you are sort of (I hate to use the word) ranting (sorry!) instead of offering suggestions.

if you pay me i give you a lot of suggestions…. there is a reason for this huge ranting…..

Gaile arenanet have to find the right way for this , not the player , but seems you don’t want to do the right things for the player (veterans or news) but only for your profit…..

That reply is the last thing we need right now.

“We kind of need suggestions on what you want”

“Lol pay me, otherwise figure it out”.

This isnt digital minesweeper. Do something.

Suggestion: Add a 100 Gem option for people who like trading in small increments

Ideal suggestion: Put it back to how it was.

sarcasm detector off
I think arenanet is enough intelligent to know that the player want back the old system.

Obviously not, seeing as how they changed it in the first place and are asking “how can we fix it?”

so you think arenanet is stupid?

Azure The Heartless.3261:

pelle ossa.9705:

Gaile Gray.6029:

Ok, guys. Some of you are unhappy about this change, I can see that. BUT… quite honestly, most of you are sort of (I hate to use the word) ranting (sorry!) instead of offering suggestions.

if you pay me i give you a lot of suggestions…. there is a reason for this huge ranting…..

Gaile arenanet have to find the right way for this , not the player , but seems you don’t want to do the right things for the player (veterans or news) but only for your profit…..

That reply is the last thing we need right now.

“We kind of need suggestions on what you want”

“Lol pay me, otherwise figure it out”.

This isnt digital minesweeper. Do something.

Suggestion: Add a 100 Gem option for people who like trading in small increments

Ideal suggestion: Put it back to how it was.

sarcasm detector off
I think arenanet is enough intelligent to know that the player want back the old system.

Gaile Gray.6029:

Ok, guys. Some of you are unhappy about this change, I can see that. BUT… quite honestly, most of you are sort of (I hate to use the word) ranting (sorry!) instead of offering suggestions.

if you pay me i give you a lot of suggestions…. there is a reason for this huge ranting…..

Gaile arenanet have to find the right way for this , not the player , but seems you don’t want to do the right things for the player (veterans or news) but only for your profit…..

they don’t care about spvp… we can’t even report people for afking…..

Josh Davis.6015:

I need a bit more information to help track this down.

a) Do you live in NA or EU?
b) Are you playing on NA or EU servers?
c) Was your account ORIGINALLY created on NA or EU?
d) Then of course get me the /ip while you’re lagging

josh plz , it’s a general problem not na or eu , both , i live in italy and in some team arena i have lag spyke at the same time of english/german/spanish ppl….

206.127.159.235:0
in the end 3vs4 huge lag….
ty anet for this amazing matches , it’s so entertaining play this matches, i hope you continue to don’t care about pvp , the important things are gemstore and new player.

Lopez.7369:

This is ridiculous. Any other MMO or MOBA company would literally fix this within days, if not hours.

Then again, there are a lot of things companies like Blizzard, Valve, and Riot do differently than ArenaNet. It really explains a lot of problems with the game.

later this year… maybe if you buy 100k-200k of gems with real money they will fix it in a couple of days

swing the lag , swing the lag again ehi i swing the lag again….

feature pack
pvp
1)lag
2)lag
3)lag
4)lag
5)lag
6)Standard Enemy Models
7)lag
8)lag

lag wars 2 ty anet for hard (lag) mode in pvp
ELAGSPORTSSSSSSSSSSSSSZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111111111——

veteran player who?

master of peace will return in gemstore for 1200 gems..
when it’s ready later this year next content invisibruu patch

Stephane Lo Presti.7258:

Puddles.6385:

Follow up question: What use is it to make a blog post that only really affects people who don’t yet play the game?

Hi Puddles,

First of all, we at ArenaNet very much appreciate the support that all players that have played the game for so long have given us. Without you guys, your love of the game and how you spread the word around you, things would clearly not be the same.

Today’s blogpost about the New Player Experience will not have as many visible effects to you specifically as it would have for a brand new player, that knows very little about the game. The new direction system should help you get a clearer and more useful top-tight UI, but also give your new characters better rewards.

As you noted, it is mainly targeted at new players, those that need it the most. We want their learning experience to be better so that they, too, can become veteran players of Guild Wars 2 one day! Learning to play a brand new game, and MMOs tend to be more on the more complex side of videogames, can be a daunting and hard task.

We want more people to be able to walk this path you walked and this is why we implemented the New Player Experience system, to create a route that new players can walk and feel rewarded along the way.

Again, thanks for your support!

you didn’t learn anything from gw1 , GJ really

really….

…..

Chris Whiteside.6102:

Hi All,

We will starting a CDI soon on…….Guilds.

It will be broken down into time boxed discussion sections such as Guild vs. Guild, Guild Activities, Managing Guilds, Guild Content etc.

I will update when I have more details on when we start. I am very much looking forward to it.

Chris

finally….

Vayne.8563:

Kronos.3695:

Vayne.8563:

I love how people think I don’t get what people are saying. It blows my mind.

I get it. What’s not to get. Guy A wants some stuff and Guy B wants some stuff, but those two guys…they may not want the same stuff.

The point is you’re right. A lot of stuff other MMOs have provided Anet hasn’t yet provided. That’s 100% true. What you’re missing is that some of us came here to get away from other MMOs. I don’t LIKE other MMOs or I’d be playing them.

Anet is focusing on the stuff that makes it different from other MMOs not the same. And those who like the features those MMOs have are feeling they’re missing out…and they are.

Doesn’t change a single thing I’ve said up until now. Not one, single thing.

Man, i’ve played 8 year on GW while played almost every MMO came out in the last 10 years (and seen them failing or copy-pasting something else). What i’m asking is what the most of the community of MMOs want to see after TWO YEARS and to EXPAND what the game ALREADY HAVE or simply HAVE ANNOUNCED before.

It’s not difficoult, obviously if your QI > 1.

I guess I can stop to talk vs. a wall.

I’ve played probably as many MMOs as you have and I’ve played Guild Wars 1 as well. You don’t know what most of the community wants to see. You only think you know because of what’s posted on the forums.

And you know, I wouldn’t mind new professions or races. I wouldn’t mind new zones either. I have nothing against any of these things.

But that still doesn’t change anything I’ve written.

why you know what the community want and other people not…
who do you think you are?

Vayne.8563:

pelle ossa.9705:

Vayne.8563:

hannah mee.7925:

dcho.8204:

Even though I just started playing less than 2 months ago

That’s why you’re content, it has nothing to do with unsatisfying lives. I enjoyed this game for nearly 16 months before I started to feel the burn of repetition and dissatisfaction. I got my money’s worth out of the game, but I’d gladly pay for a whole new campaign like they did with GW1.

But some of us are playing 2 years and we’re content as well. It works both ways.

you are so selfish…

I’m selfish because I’m content? Who knew? I’m not asking Anet not to make new dungeons. I’m not asking Anet not to make new PvP types? I’m not asking Anet not to improve WvW? I’m simply pointing out a fact.

On what world is that selfish?

it doesn’t matter what i want or what you want , only because you are content , the rest of us are free to criticize anet and the development of this mmo can be base only for you and for ppl who atm are content , because i bet a very few pvpers atm are content.

Vayne.8563:

hannah mee.7925:

dcho.8204:

Even though I just started playing less than 2 months ago

That’s why you’re content, it has nothing to do with unsatisfying lives. I enjoyed this game for nearly 16 months before I started to feel the burn of repetition and dissatisfaction. I got my money’s worth out of the game, but I’d gladly pay for a whole new campaign like they did with GW1.

But some of us are playing 2 years and we’re content as well. It works both ways.

you are so selfish…