Poll: Does Structured PVP Need Additional Game Modes?

[MatyrGustav.6210]

Guild Wars 2 has great team oriented combat, but most of the Structured PvP game types promote splitting up to capture points. I think it would be awesome if we got a few game modes that promote Team Play.  That being Said, I also think we need a 1 vs 1 game mode to please Duelists as well.

I added some popular game modes that are staples of multiple games. 

Please comment.

Edited February 21 by MatyrGustav.6210

[Grimjack.8130]

someones never played the murderball version of courtyard...and by someone i mean literally everyone 

 

nah but some versions of a couple of these already exist on it https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Courtyard

[MatyrGustav.6210]

55 minutes ago, Grimjack.8130 said:

someones never played the murderball version of courtyard...and by someone i mean literally everyone 

 

nah but some versions of a couple of these already exist on it https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Courtyard

oh, was it removed? i dont ever see it in the rotation.

[arazoth.7290]

2 hours ago, MatyrGustav.6210 said:

Guild Wars 2 has great team oriented combat, but most of the Structured PvP game types promote splitting up to capture points. I think it would be awesome if we got a few game modes that promote Team Play.  That being Said, I also think we need a 1 vs 1 game mode to please Duelists as well.

I added some popular game modes that are staples of multiple games. 

Please comment.

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[Yerlock.4678]

I'd prefer conquer with a 10v10 setup and larger maps. Kind of like a smaller scale version of Rush in the Battlefield games.

[arazoth.7290]

1 hour ago, gmmg.9210 said:

I'd prefer conquer with a 10v10 setup and larger maps. Kind of like a smaller scale version of Rush in the Battlefield games.

yesss!

[Sahne.6950]

What spvp needs is additional players.

Edited February 21 by Sahne.6950

[Cuks.8241]

A 10v10 maybe 15v15 mode. Just copy wow battlegrounds. Plenty variety there. Popular mode (well it was when I still played, more than arena for sure).

I think it would attract more players than 5v5 because there is less personal responsibility and some players are afraid of it. It would be a nice entry mode that might feed 5v5 later (or kill it completely :)).

[Frequency.6407]

1 hour ago, Sahne.6950 said:

What spvp needs is additional players.

Additional modes might attract additional players but additional modes need additional players.

[Paradoxoglanis.1904]

Only problem with some gamemodes is they would just turn into 5 support/bunker comps and nothing would ever die. There would have to be systems that discourage that.

[MatyrGustav.6210]

3 hours ago, Paradoxoglanis.1904 said:

Only problem with some gamemodes is they would just turn into 5 support/bunker comps and nothing would ever die. There would have to be systems that discourage that.

I agree. I was thinking about that. In other games like Overwatch or Paladins your enemies that are within your mission area halts any progress for your team. Defeating them would continue mission progress, you would also gain additional points for kills.

So you would definitely need some damage in there. 

Edited February 21 by MatyrGustav.6210

[Azure The Heartless.3261]

I am a simple creature

All I want is 1v1s and balancing that makes that easier.

There may not always be 20 people that want to play a game, but 2 people that want to play a game is almost a guaranteed target to hit. 

Edited February 21 by Azure The Heartless.3261

[Eddbopkins.2630]

I vote for all of them.

[ShneakySquirrel.7491]

Just give us 8v8 GvG. The ruleset from GW1 was perfect. Import it over. Simply use components from WvW (Towers/Keeps as the base on a 3 or 4 section map). Even 10v10 would be great. 

WvW is a zergfest and doesn't highlight great individual players. And 5-man sPvP was a bad attempt to mimic the competitive 5-man games of the age (LoL, Dota, CS, etc). 8v8 in GW1 and even 10v10 BG's in WoW have just the right amount of players for it to feel like an ACTUAL battle. It's intense, but not too much to keep track of. But it's also the right amount of players to have a greater variety of builds. 

In GW1 the Devs made HA 6v6 for a short period of time, and I remember the quote to justify it "We believe that by lowering the amount of players, we will see more diverse builds. In the 8v8 model it's too advantageous to take more of the same damage. With 6v6 we expect to see more variety." Absolutely none of that happened, and instead the game descended into even fewer builds capable of holding halls, and the most effective builds were run with Heroes.... so it was always 2 players + 4 heroes vs 2 players + 4 heroes, and no variety.. The 6v6 mode lasted for a year or so I believe, before they reverted back to 8v8.

The 8v8 model was phenomenal, and the adaptation to GW2 would be super easy.

[MatyrGustav.6210]

On 2/21/2024 at 8:59 AM, Cuks.8241 said:

A 10v10 maybe 15v15 mode. Just copy wow battlegrounds. Plenty variety there. Popular mode (well it was when I still played, more than arena for sure).

I think it would attract more players than 5v5 because there is less personal responsibility and some players are afraid of it. It would be a nice entry mode that might feed 5v5 later (or kill it completely :)).

This would amazing.  Structured pvp could get a taste of a small scale version of WvWvW battles without the Zerg and trampling by the team with the highest numbers. 

Anet should definitely expand Structured PVP.

 

[DoomNexus.5324]

They just need to bring back the pvp modes in GW1 ngl.

And finally introduce GvG as an actual game mode with a reward track and stuff.

[MatyrGustav.6210]

On 2/24/2024 at 7:53 AM, DoomNexus.5324 said:

They just need to bring back the pvp modes in GW1 ngl.

And finally introduce GvG as an actual game mode with a reward track and stuff.

That would be amazing. GW1 had the best PVP.