At this rate Anet might delete PvP......

#1 - March 17, 2014, 5:22 p.m.

I know they won’t but they almost might as well, so let’s take a look at the history of PvP for a little bit….

A year ago:
- Winning Gems from Tournaments were from deleted
- Paid tournaments were deleted
- QP’s were basically deleted(non obtainable anymore)
- 3 round Tournies were deleted

Also………
-Ranks were ALMOST deleted
-Hot joins were in contemplation about being deleted

Coming up:
- Glory is being deleted….
- PvP specific materials are being deleted….
- Match win chests are being deleted…
- PvP only gear is no more….

Those who invested a large amount of time into PvP are losing out in so many ways and getting no compensation back for it besides those who had QP’s.

With this upcoming patch and the deletion of so many things, those who are being rewarded the most are those who didn’t even pvp seriously. How? Lets take a look;

Hotjoin heros, gained as much rank or more and glory for farming hotjoins instead of those who tpvp’d for the LONGEST time. Anet mentioned those with high rank will be rewarded, meaning mostly hotjoin heros…….

PvE players, they will now be able to look better then those veteran PvP players who’ve invested countless hours in PvP without even PvPing, due to PvE and PvP gear crossing. Especially considering rank will not mean anything. At the moment, we STILL do not have any PvP specific gear so we are at a loss. And lets not even talk about gold…

At this rate, this game has been all about PvE considering everything worth playing after this patch, could’ve been obtained if you just PvE’d. And what do PvPr’s get as compensation? Not a kitten thing…..

Anet might as well have deleted pvp.

Justin ODell

#11 - March 17, 2014, 6:39 p.m.

I can’t wait to delete the old PvP servers!

Chaith.8256 is right though, a lot of those changes were in response to what the playerbase wanted at the time.

lilz shorty.1879, I respect your critical approach to the subject, but I have to disagree. As a counter-argument, consider the reverse. Would you prefer we remain more (or completely) static and not respond to changes and player feedback? Yes, being agile can have its downsides, I believe (and hope you will soon™ agree) the benefits greatly outweigh the costs.

Really DoYourBestBear.6810, really? It’s not funny when you do it. :P

Justin ODell

#14 - March 17, 2014, 6:49 p.m.

Chaith.8256:
Typically, there is a somewhat useful Blog Post before a huge change is rolled out, and the playerbase is free to discuss how that will affect the game for them! An example is the mention that ranks are intended to be removed when the new PvP progression system rolls out. This was super useful to mention – and the feedback given made this decision pull a complete 180’.

Currently, with this (hopefully) imminent PvP progression overhaul, things are locked up SO tight behind closed doors. I can only imagine one outcome, really.

We’ll have a lot to talk about, so be sure to catch the Ready Up this Friday.

Evan Lesh

#19 - March 17, 2014, 7:12 p.m.

DoYourBestBear.6810:
Justin, you might be happy to know I’m reinstalling GW2 against my better judgement.

More or less, it’s difficult watching a game I loved die a slow and painful death.

I hope you hear you shout-casting soon then. ^____________________^

Allie Murdock

#23 - March 17, 2014, 7:25 p.m.

Caedmon.6798:
Stop acting like you people do stuff based on player feedback,its BULL.If it is so,we would have proper game modes for pvp by now,balanced pvp and more maps instead of stuff being stripped from pvp.

Yes! Genie, make it so!

In all seriousness… We DO listen to you guys. We can’t snap our fingers and have it all done. That’s just not how game development works, unfortunately.

These things take time. We need to flesh out ideas, brainstorm, iterate, code, script, document, etc. Not all in the order, but you get the idea. There is a process. One that takes time.

We’re not like the sims, where you can just fast forward to the results. We have put a lot of features in this game as a direct result from player feedback.

Allie Murdock

#34 - March 17, 2014, 7:59 p.m.

Countless,

Yes, I did say that. I also said in that post that we are investigating ways that we can get proper metrics to reflect the majority of the playerbase. If you knew the amount of players that actually played PvP in our game, then you would understand why a strawpoll with 300 votes is not sufficient.

That’s not to say that we don’t talk about it internally. We talk about it quite a lot.

If the issue was as simple as me making a strawpoll, I’d do it; but it’s not. A very, very small percentage of our playerbase even visit these forums, let alone vote on a poll.

Justin ODell

#38 - March 17, 2014, 8:21 p.m.

Zuik.7158:
Thedenofsin.7340:
Justin ODell.9517:
Chaith.8256:
Typically, there is a somewhat useful Blog Post before a huge change is rolled out, and the playerbase is free to discuss how that will affect the game for them! An example is the mention that ranks are intended to be removed when the new PvP progression system rolls out. This was super useful to mention – and the feedback given made this decision pull a complete 180’.

Currently, with this (hopefully) imminent PvP progression overhaul, things are locked up SO tight behind closed doors. I can only imagine one outcome, really.

We’ll have a lot to talk about, so be sure to catch the Ready Up this Friday.

Less talk, more action. Justin, when the patch rolls out, you get on your Mesmer and I will get on my lolwarrior and meet me on a 1v1 server. Then we will see how well this game was balanced over the past 5 months.

#gauntletThrown
#dropsTheMic

A good shatter mesmer should beat a good warrior in a 1v1 arena. :/

I’m not a good shatter mesmer!

Alas, the gauntlet has been thrown, honor demands I rise to the challenge.

Mark Katzbach

#118 - March 18, 2014, 7:31 p.m.

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