[Why do so many people choose wvw as a 1v1 dueling lobby?]

16 minutes ago, Guybrush.4762 said:

It is a contentious topic. Essentially it is a matter of a different balance between sPvP and WvW, and a more relaxed and friendly atmosphere. I duel very occasionally and I made some good friend there. Duels are happening at the specific spot (south of Alpine borderland) instead of the Edge of the mist because of the short time needed to go there, the concentration of people passing by and nearby objectives to keep your participation rolling... and quite frankly because of habit at that point.

Personally, am not too sure about the participation argument. If a "duelist" is going to attack a Dolyak, a player that is just passing by or the camp I just caped then they are breaking the "duelist neutrality" and it is fair game to not treat them as duelist anymore ; I am ok with duelist caping the ruin and kinda ok with the sentry though. For the rest, I wish duelists had a defined server wide purpose (like ruin does) but duels are happening whether we like it or not so it is better to give them the neutrality treatment as long as they also abide by it.

I definitely don't think there's a ''pro'' duelist perspective to be had.
If theres really such a high demand for 1v1 in the wvw balancing, let them have a duel arena. 
But to camp and brigade an area to claim it as dueling grounds is quite frankly stupid.

There's only 2 viable solutions for those kind of players, either anet gives them their circlejerk arena, or playing a different game.

[Why do so many people choose wvw as a 1v1 dueling lobby?]

I guess a lot of people in this thread in need of a 1v1 lobby with both pvp and wvw scaling.
The wvw maps were never inteded for ''no outside intereference' 1v1 fights. 

Do y'all get mad at pve players for doing open world events too?
Do y'all get mad at pvp players for capping the point?
Why do y'all get mad if people play the game as intended?

[Why do so many people choose wvw as a 1v1 dueling lobby?]

3 minutes ago, Damash.2754 said:

Gear and Skills working often different than in PvP and PvE Areas.

Incl. more Stat-Variants.

 

Did you feeling disturbed by people duelling or small scaling?

I don't see any problems with them. They don't hurt my feelings. 😛

 

Wvw is a bit more than blobfights - since day 1.

That you end up in smaller scale fights? Understandable, but when you turns a 1v1 into a 2v1 just because one of those guys is on your team and they get offended over it. Screw it give them their own little circlejerk box where they can just beat eachother up. 

If the stat variation is really such a make or break for them, why not give them an area where they can duel, without getting disturbed. Don't think it'd be good for the game if you have an evironment where you get people salty for helping your allies.

[Why do so many people choose wvw as a 1v1 dueling lobby?]

I just don't get it, you see your ally fighting another guy, so you jump in to help only for him to back off and and tell you not to interfere.
Pretty sure the pvp lobby was made for 1v1 combat and still you got people like that circle jerking eachother in wvw.
Is there really an incentive to ''1v1 me bruh'' in wvw?

[Legendary Trinket Effects Update]

i'm kind of wondering if legendary effects of weapons will maybe have more animations for engineers.

I would love to see some of the legendary weapon animations affect for instance say the flamethrower, using the QUIP with a flamethrower kit? 

CONFETTI THROWER!

Using a bolt as a holo? sure let's make fancy effects for the photon forge, with the usage of so many kits, i think the engineer could really use a little leg up in regards to legendary effects.