sPvP is Ruining my Marriage :(

#1 - Oct. 3, 2012, 4:09 p.m.

I am put on a different team than my wife almost every time we join sPvP. Our encounters in sPvP actually leads to real life arguments. Whenever I target her she accuses me of “singling her out.” Now I admit, I do single her out sometimes, but that’s mainly because she always accuses me of singling her out and killing her (in game) gives me a sense of joy. I get a sense of dominance and control that I do not have in my actual marriage. There’s no way around not pvping her because when she sees me playing she wants to join me, even though I would rather not fight her. I can’t say no or else she’ll accuse me of having more fun when she’s not around or having more fun when playing with women other than her.

It would be nice if I could join with at least one other person, my wife. If that can’t be done, please make it so that I’m on teams with her at least 90% of the time. I notice when were on teams, were often communicating. Which actually helps out the communication in our marriage.

Thanks in advance

JonathanSharp

#4 - Oct. 3, 2012, 4:16 p.m.

Ya, I would really recommend playing free tournaments together. That’s why they’re there – so people who want to play together can play together on the same team.

If it’s just you 2, that’s fine, you will be matched up with 3 others.

JonathanSharp

#7 - Oct. 3, 2012, 4:25 p.m.

PeteyPen.7136:
@ JonathanSharp

But we sync well together when we play in tPvP. The problem is we do not sync well with the other 3. In sPvP if us two were paired it’s not enough to decide the outcome of the battle. Also, the othe.r team is just as out of sync as my team since it’s random.

You can always just swap teams once you join a map together. Granted, there may be autobalance sometimes, but you can still play on the same team a lot of the time (that’s been the case for me when I PUG w/ a friend).

JonathanSharp

#16 - Oct. 3, 2012, 6:31 p.m.

@PeteyPen: Ya…was gonna say. Just wanted to be sure you know you can MANUALLY swap teams in a random sPvP game. Mouse explained how this is done so I won’t repeat it.

@Pinder: This will already naturally happen once we have both free and paid tournaments online. The problem right now is that everyone is in the same “pool”, so the randoms are getting matched up against the really good organized teams. Eventually, the really good teams will gravitate towards the paid tournaments, which will create a more casual feel (which is more PUG friendly) in the free tournaments.