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Which spec did ANet delete from the competitive game modes?

Not going to lie, as a mage-at-heart player, I've been skipping out on the entire MMO genre for the past 2 weeks. I've been playing Singleplayer games like Skyrim SE/AE with AI and behavioral mod packs. It pretty much feels like I'm PvPing in the MMOs while playing the singleplayer games that have AI support. The NPCs actually have personalities thanks to the AI and behavioral mod packs. They are a serious threat, and in some case, actually outsmart and kill my character. Of course, I make sure to dial the difficulty settings to the max and turn on survival mode. Now I can actually be immersed while playing a mage that has power but can still be defeated. THANK YOU, Artificial Intelligence developers. You have pretty much saved me from the sadness of being forced to play a weak mage. I guess the days are pretty numbered for the MMORPG genre. More so, as more and more people figure out that they can get better fights and interactions in moddable singleplayer or co-op RPGs that have AI support. Even more so as we move forward towards commercialized generalized AI. Ok rant is done, carry on! You people can keep being sad that you have to play a bummed out weak version of a magic caster.

That is easy to prove. Just monitor how many people don't have a Skyscales in the game, and ask them why? I still notice that a lot of players don't have a Skyscale yet.

I heard that PvP arenas in genres that monetize exclusively off of competitive PvP matches are amazing. Maybe like I was before, you are simply playing the wrong genre for what you want.

Why even ask this question, almost everyone know what happened. This is some next level gaslighting.

I am of the opposite mindset. I will never play Ranked GW2 PvP until ANet allows for us to queue into Ranked with a full 5 man Pre-Made. Ranking and leaderboards will always be a sham as long as you don't have control over your team. Thus, Ranked GW2 is redundant.

The PvP community will only decline as more and more players get tired of getting sabotaged by bots and match manipulators. My suggestion was simple. Allow people to queue up with up to a full pre-made in Ranked. Those who refuse to be competitive will drop to be match with teammates of bots and match manipulators. Those that take control of their matches have the opportunity to climb without getting sabotage. Which will sort most of this mess out. Queue system stays the same it will try to pair you against matching opponents. And widen it's parameters until it finds you a match. The Bots and match manipulators can continue to farm gold. The solo queues who don't care about being competitive can still earn rewards. And those that want to try to climb without being sabotaged at every corner can try to do so. It's a win win for everybody except the match manipulators. Who go through insane lengths to exploit the match making system with alt accounts. Instead of letting their skill do the work.

There is a super easy solution to this problem that ANet and the PvP community refuses. Allow players the option to queue into Rank with a full on 5-man premade team. If you have control over who is on your team. Then you will once again have agency over your PvP matches. Nothing leaves a sourer taste in my mouth in a PvP match. Then having people on my team match in and match getting away with sabotaging my climb with impunity. For the people who don't want to find other people to queue with. Just ignore them, they have the option to do so and refused it. Therefore they are more than likely not serious about climbing anyways. And will more than likely be stuck in Silver or Bronze until they do so. Again, it's their option to not be competitive. Don't force manipulation loses on us, or we'll find other MMOs or dedicated E-Sports PvP games to PvP in.

What, how can one enjoy the META when 2 people on their team just refuse to do anything at the beginning of the match? People are match manipulating like crazy. The only way to beat such is to fight fire with fire. In which case are you actually being a skillful PvPers or a skillful match manipulator? At that point, what is even the purpose of rank and clout? The only thing I can see that will make the current META enjoyable. Is if ANet allows you to queue up Ranked PvP with a full 5 man premade. Otherwise, nothing else matter but who can cheat the system the best. Just my two cents on the matter.

I mean I hate to say it though. But the whole genre has been going through a Dark Age. The whole genre is in decline, most new Dev teams are not even trying to make something that is entertaining. They are just trying to make MMOs grindy enough to keep you long enough to spend a few more bucks. Basically, the MMO genre is in its money milking phase. I think it might be time for us to hang up our addiction towards MMOs.

Sounds like MMO companies just don't focus on competitive PvP. So they don't care about their PvP scenes. Been seeing this trend for years now across the genre. It seems these days if you want competitive PvP. Then you are GOING to have to play a eSport title that has completely and utterly monetize PvP as their selling point.

How did celestial stats destroy the roaming scene? I thought the overpowered Elite Specs that was good at everything did that.

I haven't played GW2 for a while now. Did ANet allow Elementalists to swap weapon in combat now?

Is there any role that Ele does better, or as decent as another profession?

They was working perfectly yesterday. However today they do not work. They have this white glow to them. I thought it might be my machine. However Elite: Dangerous Odyssey worked perfectly on near max visual settings. I tried Black Desert Online on Remaster visual mode, still working perfect. The visual issue only happens on this game. Please help, I spent over 6000 gems through IRL money. Only to now have inoperative cash shop skins. https://imgur.com/Omhqant

I got caught off guard too. Now I'm on a team with 15% of the population of the other two. Not really fun all and all. A in game message or even mail prior to the deadline would've allowed me to have fun for the week in WvW. But oh well whatever, the world moves on. Just means I'll have to stay out of WvW, or get zerged down with strangers against enemies with 4 times our numbers consistently.

Moral of the story. Don't expect competitive play from the casual MMO genre. Also do not insult other in said genre. Because saying bad words are far less forgiven then cheating and trolling people on the same team in Ranked. I hope you learned your lesson OP. You want a decent PvP experience, you have to go to the genre that make bank specializing in competitive PvP.

You know that new MMO that just released a month or so ago. Has this exact combat model you are asking for here. There is only one META easymode brain dead Melee gods. In which ranged playstyles are not even viable. Maybe you'll feel at home over there. Where Ranged playstyles can't touch you while you can just spam LMB to delete them. I have a different mindset. I believe Range should be able to kill melee and melee should be able kill range. It's called balance. Range is not a defense in itself in this game. Since multiple melee classes have long ranged ports and gap closers on short CD.

Outside of not having randoms on your team. How do you stop sabotage? You simply don't.

Question, do you even care about wait times? Or is that just something you parrot to counter team queue suggestions. Here is how I see it. As long as people get random saboteurs. The less fun they will have in ranked. The less fun they are having in ranked because they have no control over their matches. The more likely they'll just quit trying to play. The more people that quit playing because of being forced to play with saboteurs. The longer the queue gets. Meaning you end up doing the very thing you tried to pervent. With team queues sure the saboteurs and win traders might stop playing. However I know I'd be more enticed to play Rank in that environment. I'm pretty sure there are many many more like myself.

As long as random trolls can troll you for their friends with little to no punishment. They most certainly will. The only thing to solve this issue with randoms throwing the match and killing your ratings. Is for ANet to allow a separate queue for teams. That way people can have the option of not queuing with match throwers.

Want to give people like myself a reason to do WvW. Give me tools like "No Downstate" to fight against PvE zerglings who just server stack to karma train omni-blob the living crap everyone off the matchup. Make it so weak servers are not just getting 2v1 by the 2 biggest servers. Long as WvW is monetized through server stacking. With the server who don't have the population to even stand a chance. Having no tools to even be a threat. I think most intelligent gamers will avoid that pointless mode too. Unless they was paying to server stack to win every relink.

Losing massive ratings because of forced random teammates. Who are trying to throw the match. Is what convinced me that Ranked PvP is not worth my time. At least in Smite if I report someone for throwing the match in Ranked they either get a suspension. Or have to make a new account and spend 40+ hours of unranked to meet the requirements to troll Ranked again.

I just want to say before it was impossible for me to make a difference in WvW, outside of the blob. With this No Downstate event. I am tearing it up on my Ele. Bad players who normally rely on superior numbers and overtuned revive skills. Are now killable if they don't have the skill to fight me. I only wish we could have at least one No Downstate event week every month. This event for sure made me play WvW a lot more.

Or just change MMOs. To one where a Elementalist like class is actually competitive in the effort vs reward department. At the moment Ele just feels like a meme that will never be elevated. I was hoping that ANet did Elementalist Elite Beta for the next Expac. But since they didn't. I guess they did hoping not to announce the next Ele crappy E-Spec. This game had so much potential to be my main MMO. But it took my favorite class to play and make it bottom tier bottom feeder that is a piano. Ok I'm done ranting.