How to Tell the Victor...

#1 - Nov. 19, 2013, 12:49 a.m.

…of a Solo Queue match.

Guardians = +5
Rangers = +3
Necromancer = +3
Warriors = +2
Engineers = +2
Mesmer = -1
Elementalist = -2
Thief = -4
AFK Person = -5

The team with the highest # wins. It’s not 100%, but it’s pretty accurate, and if there’s a large disparity between the teams’ #s it will not even be close. Not even by a little bit.

Try it out. Tell me if I can tweak some numbers. This is what I’ve been doing before matches, and usually I’m right. It only goes wrong when you have a really terrible guardian/warrior/necro/engie or a really good thief/mes/ele…but since skill is rare it usually holds up.

Justin ODell

#2 - Nov. 19, 2013, 12:56 a.m.

You apparently have never seen me Mesmer…

Justin ODell

#4 - Nov. 19, 2013, 1:01 a.m.

Simplicity.7208:
True, I haven’t. But they’re pretty weak to conditions and can’t usually bunker a point plus they have a high skill-cap so most people who play them play them poorly. Combine that with a condition/bunker meta and you have a recipe for a net team loss.

I think you misunderstood. I love Mesmer, but I suck at Mesmer. -1 may be insufficient when I’m playing.

Justin ODell

#8 - Nov. 19, 2013, 1:22 a.m.

GeoX.5046:
Justin ODell.9517:
Simplicity.7208:
True, I haven’t. But they’re pretty weak to conditions and can’t usually bunker a point plus they have a high skill-cap so most people who play them play them poorly. Combine that with a condition/bunker meta and you have a recipe for a net team loss.

I think you misunderstood. I love Mesmer, but I suck at Mesmer. -1 may be insufficient when I’m playing.

I know this is a joke…but at the same time i find this disturbing coming from a Dev.

:P Don’t worry, we’ve got several very good players in PvP, and I think everyone on the skills and balance team cheats (not really) because they are all really good.

I keep meaning to practice, honest.