[pvp and the match system is so broken.]

On 1/13/2022 at 3:08 PM, Zexanima.7851 said:

This is in part due to the small PvP scene but I think you'll find this to be somewhat true for any PvP game. You'll almost always have better luck queuing in off hours to some degree although in a more populated game this will not be as pronounced. The only solution to this though is worse than the problem in that you would have much longer (maybe infinite) queue times in off hours. What you're getting in prime time is how it should be. A roughly 50/50 split on wins loses with a slight favor in wins if you're improving. High ranked or improving players would ideally see about a 60% win rate on the VERY high end during peak hours then this may go up by 5-10% on off hours. Those are generously high estimates. Realistically it maybe more like 52-56% win rate in peak hours with a ~60% during off hours. Also, high ranked players should have little difference in win rate but win how small the pvp scene is in GW2 they would inevitably be high because they are going to be matched against lower ranking players at some point. Not a ton higher, but somewhat higher.

 

Ultimately the bigger issue is in how the PvP system functions, not peak vs off hours. There are players grossly outside the ideal win rate. There will always be outliers but there are consistently many players with 70%+ win rates from season to season. This can be due to people gaming the system (win trading), the system not having enough players which breaks match making(matching high to low ranked), or even botting so a lesser degree. Botting though, if being done consistently, should not affect things over all as far as win/loss percentages. It'll only inflate over all numbers. We can argue until the sun comes up as to why people are getting such high win rates but only Anet has the data to pin down the issues. What we can agree on is things are not working as they should be and something needs to change for the sPvP competitive scene to be actually competitive.

 

The main issue is that ANet doesn't give a kitten about sPvP and never will.

 

I quit this game a couple years ago because PvP was my main thing and always has been. I came back a month ago and I'm seriously considering calling it quits for good. Every issue I had at the time are not only still present, but they're much worse than before.

[Why is PvP in such a sad state?]

I stopped playing GW2 about three years ago due to the PvP being mostly abandoned and the occasional bot here and there.

 

Now I recently came back (About two weeks ago) and the PvP situation is.. worse? Like much, much worse.

 

I recognize the same bots from three years ago (I had a list with their names) and they are still at it. I've had people openly confess to me "Yes, I'm match fixing with the guy on the other team". 

 

Why doesn't Anet do anything about this? I get that the sPvP population is abysmally low but this is negligence on a whole new level. They borderline encourage you to bot on this game and make thousands of gold doing absolutely nothing. Its been just a couple of weeks and I'm already  pondering if I should quit again, this time for good.

 

It's just so frustrating, sad and rage inducing. I love the combat on this game but I can't experience it properly because ArenaNet doesn't give a flying rat to me and the other people like me.