Guild Wars 2

butch.8136:

They probably lowered the criteria for this beta weekend.

Had 2 fast q pops for stronghold in unranked (<1 minute pops). Two times full team against full soloq.

I noticed that too, but I assumed it was a Sunday morning thing. I bet you’re right.

If we can get back to a pre-specializations level of matchmaking, I think I’ll be happy. I’m just not sure if we’re making any progress at all.

I wonder if it’s like the WvW system: the longer you sit at a specific level, the longer it takes to rise (or drop) to a new one. A few matches, or a few weeks of matches, just don’t move the needle. If that’s the case, the matchmaking could be out of balance for months.

I don’t see a big correlation between personal points and team success either. That may be because we both play bunkers, and holding a point doesn’t earn a lot of personal points. But when I see someone with less than 25 points (or, when things go really badly, less than 10 points), I usually assume that they were struggling. At least that’s what it means when my score is that low.

I forgot to ask this in my original post:

Are there times when you find really good, or really bad matchups?

I used to think that Friday and Saturday nights were great. Lots of people online gave us a nice-big pool for the matchup system. Sunday mornings on the other hand, felt totally random. It doesn’t feel like that any more. Now it’s always Sunday morning.

It seems like the matchmaking system has been especially bad since the patch. That’s not terribly surprising, since we have a whole new set of game mechanics, but I thought it would have settled down (at least a little bit) by now. Instead, I’m still seeing a LOT of blowouts (wins or losses by more than 250 points). And there are frequently 1-2 people who are scoring less than 25 personal points.

Is anyone out there seeing the same things? Does it look like it’s getting better? Where are the good matchups hiding?

He solo-queued, using a rank 11 account (my second account, actually, which I mostly use for banking. It seemed like the safest way for a new player to try things out). I was watching over his shoulder and talking him through it. So I wasn’t actually logged on to the game.

He chose one of the characters, we picked a spec from BattleWiki and he watched me play a couple matches. They went pretty well, and aside from one or two wolves or tigers hiding amongst the hares, everyone seemed compatible. Then he gave it a shot and got absolutely crushed. I was surprised he (or his team) was able to score any points at all.

We’re gonna give it another shot tomorrow, but this was not the intro I was hoping for.

Introduced a friend to PvP today. The scoreboard is posted below. As a new player, he was “matched” against players who were at least 30 ranks above him. Needless to say, he was stomped quickly, thoroughly and often.

This is not a good introduction to PvP. What are you doing to fix it?