Hey all,
In case you haven’t seen some of the posts I’ve already made, I’m back! I’ll be covering PvP/WvW/Balance teams for community coordination.
That’s pretty much the short version. If you have any questions, feel free to post them here!
- Allie
Qaelyn.7612, I’m still catching up on what I missed, but I will be looking into that feedback when I get a chance.
Josh isn’t gone, but his focus will be shifted. I’m not taking his job, he was actually filling in for me while I was gone. He’ll be around, and with us on Ready Up still, just won’t be as active on the forums or behind the scenes.
As for skyhammer in solo arena, we’re kicking around some ideas (definitely not ignoring you guys, just fyi). As of right now, we have no plans to remove it. We’re not quite convinced yet that the majority of our pvp population want it gone, so we’re trying to get metrics on that before we make any changes.
I said won’t be as active. Not that he’s disappearing completely. 
what does this line mean: “[Grouch] just won’t be as active on the forums or behind the scenes.”
Hmm, that did sound a bit ominous! Don’t worry – I’m still here, I’m just switching to a different team. It’s true that I won’t be as active on these forums, but I should still be active “behind the scenes” unless someone forgot to deliver the terrible news to me. -.-
Guild Wars 2 PvP is the main reason why I came to ArenaNet. I’ll always have my finger on the pulse, whether that’s from reading the forums in my spare time, or logging in to play after work.
Something something, touching moment, something something, this is not goodbye.
what does this line mean: “[Grouch] just won’t be as active on the forums or behind the scenes.”
Hmm, that did sound a bit ominous! Don’t worry – I’m still here, I’m just switching to a different team. It’s true that I won’t be as active on these forums, but I should still be active “behind the scenes” unless someone forgot to deliver the terrible news to me. -.-
Guild Wars 2 PvP is the main reason why I came to ArenaNet. I’ll always have my finger on the pulse, whether that’s from reading the forums in my spare time, or logging in to play after work.
Something something, touching moment, something something, this is not goodbye.
Your new title says, “Anet Alpha Team”. What exactly does an Alpha Team member do? Your new title is intriguing. I’m thinking you’re now the member of an elite squad with black suits, sunglasses and earpieces. Maybe your work is classified.
Wait…don’t tell me..because then you’ll have to kill me.
Obviously, The A Team
Was so temped to create a meme with Grouchs face on Mr T, would of been epic
Why can’t I like this post more than once!!!!!!
Just because we don’t have any plans to remove skyhammer from solo arena right now, doesn’t mean we aren’t kicking around ideas. I can’t get into much detail about it, but we’re trying to figure out how to measure it’s effect on solo arena.
Unfortunately, one straw poll of 300ish people is a very, very small amount of our active player base. It may not seem like we have many people playing because we are all spread over different servers, but our active numbers are much, much bigger than that.
What I meant by behind the scenes, is that I am coordinating the PvP/WvW/Balance community effort, and Josh will be focusing on other things. I didn’t want to say he’s leaving, because he’s not (refer to his post in here). He’s all about the PvP. We’re not “losing him to PvE”. Sorry if that sounded ominous. 
Nope, it’s much, much higher than that. We have real metrics to observe these things.
edit: I’ve talked to a lot of people personally, and the feelings are mixed. I’d say it’s actually close to 50/50. Regardless, talking to random people is not a real metric for the consensus of the playerbase.
Look, we know how passionate some of you feel about this, which is why I’m talking to you about it and why we’re looking into options for what we can do.
Thanks for the suggestion, Pyriall.5027. Like I said, we’re considering our options.
It’s not an acceptable measure of anything, because it’s not accurate data or a consensus of what the majority of the playerbase wants. I was using it as an example to prove that it is not a majority request to have the map removed from Solo Arena.
Everyone, I appreciate you taking the time to catch me up, but since this thread has turned into a conversation about skyhammer, I’m going to go ahead and lock it.
I’m glad to be back, and look forward to helping you guys make a difference in our game.
A
