Just wanted to ask this question because I honestly don’t know—Not sure if it’s because I’m on SBI and most Anet devs are on AR or whatnot, but how often do the devs play?
Do people see them in LB ranked matches?
How well do they perform/what classes do they use?
We play PvP quite often, actually. Some of us are more “casual,” while others are more hardcore. Some of the devs have even competed at the high level in various games before joining the team. We experiment with new builds and countering the meta as well.
We won’t compete in the game because that is not fair to the players. We do however play rated matches occasionally (usually during our Friday play sessions). If you want to for-sure catch us in game, come play from 5-6pm PST on Fridays. Many of us play outside that time as well, though at random times and days.
Most of us are hooked up to the Shoutcast Notifier and will keep an eye on high rated matches to see how the meta is up top as well.
We do also have systems to tell us what things are run the most/least, etc.
So yeah, all those things and more.
I play Mesmer (Flux) and Engineer (Latch). 
I’m usually up for solo arena if anyone cares to join me.
Edit: Join me in team arena, of course. :P
I’m usually up for solo arena if anyone cares to join me.
Sure. Are we “Queue Syncing” into solo arena?
;)
