Currently, people wanting to AB have on idea how long theyll have to wait in a district for a game, as they dont know if there are 500 opponenets or 5, and i have personally wasted around 10 minutes many times wiating for games that do not materialize.
A little box in the corner or an NPC you talk to that gives you the numbers of kurzicks and luxons waiting in districts similar to yours (eg american or international) would be a great service ot all ABers out there sick of waiting.
With this we could atleast know whether we are wasting our time or not.
Have opponent counters in Alliance Battles
kurtas
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I'd really love to see how many are playing..
or atleast find out from a dev wether or not american can play european, korean, american and international districts.
swapping between american and international and watiing 45minutes for an alliance battle kinda sucks.
I'd really love to see how many are playing..
or atleast find out from a dev wether or not american can play european, korean, american and international districts.
swapping between american and international and watiing 45minutes for an alliance battle kinda sucks.
aspectacle
Great idea, Kurtas. 
I've found the biggest problem for the Alliance battles to be the wait when you're playing at the wrong time of day. I hope that something like this gets implemented.
/signed
I've found the biggest problem for the Alliance battles to be the wait when you're playing at the wrong time of day. I hope that something like this gets implemented.
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Lytha Ravarelle
I totally agree also. some sort of indication of how many games you must wait for to be played before its your turn would certainly be appreciated.
Also wouldnt it be cool if you could watch a gvg/tombs game while you wait for your game to begin if there are long wait times ??!!
Also wouldnt it be cool if you could watch a gvg/tombs game while you wait for your game to begin if there are long wait times ??!!
Angelica
/signed.
Great idea, Kurtas.
Great idea, Kurtas.
Travisimoo
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Aylenn Silverthorn
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Great idea Kurt, certainly might reduce the frustration of mindlessly waiting.
Great idea Kurt, certainly might reduce the frustration of mindlessly waiting.
Buzzer
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Zynalk
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Voodoo Dude
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Addone_Abaddon
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KoalaMeatPie
...
What they said.
What they said.
Gurilla
/signed
Something needs to be done... Last night we had 46+ times that we had no opponent. Thats crap!
Something needs to be done... Last night we had 46+ times that we had no opponent. Thats crap!
Ultra Mega
/signed
Waiting blindly is not fun, and it is cruel teasing us with a slimmer of hope every 30 seconds.
Waiting blindly is not fun, and it is cruel teasing us with a slimmer of hope every 30 seconds.
hallmar
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The Hand Of Death
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Crazy_Lunatic
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Azn Knight
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I agree this has happened to me many times. oh and! hi fellow ally kurtas
I agree this has happened to me many times. oh and! hi fellow ally kurtas
emptyweevil
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Having some sort of idea about when, or, worse, if you can get in to a game would be very useful.
The same goes for the Jade Quarry and Fort Aspenwood.
A simple message like "There are 5 Luxon (groups) and 2 Kurzick (groups )waiting." would be great.
Having some sort of idea about when, or, worse, if you can get in to a game would be very useful.
The same goes for the Jade Quarry and Fort Aspenwood.
A simple message like "There are 5 Luxon (groups) and 2 Kurzick (groups )waiting." would be great.
kurtas
Short of this suggestion, could someone at Anet atleast let us know how the AB matching up system works so we can know if we're wasting our time?
And some word on the rumours of "the servers can only handle x games at a time." would be nice.
And some word on the rumours of "the servers can only handle x games at a time." would be nice.
Ken Dei
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Soldat
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somehow make it so you can see how close to the front of the line you are, in terms of waiting to get in a battle.
somehow make it so you can see how close to the front of the line you are, in terms of waiting to get in a battle.
KiwiRogue
/signed i hate having to wait so bloody long lol
stuntharley
YEah awesome idea, i dont ab much because of the waiting time, i would start again knowing that we could ab in 2minutes or 5minutes
Esprit
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Some indication where we are standing in line. Like 'There are X groups waiting to get in a battle before you.'
Some indication where we are standing in line. Like 'There are X groups waiting to get in a battle before you.'
Eviance
I don't know if it can be done but I would LOVE for this to be implimented!
/triple signed for all 3 accounts even if only one of them can AB >_>
/triple signed for all 3 accounts even if only one of them can AB >_>
Dominatingmona
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Zinnia
I agree
Carth`
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CyberMesh0
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As was already mentioned, this would be awesome in FA/JQ(not that that one is ever touched <_<) as well.
As was already mentioned, this would be awesome in FA/JQ(not that that one is ever touched <_<) as well.
kurtas
*bump*
Maria The Princess
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but it never happens on Luxon side, never more then 1 clock restart
but it never happens on Luxon side, never more then 1 clock restart
Riddlelos
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kurtas
*bump*
Navaros
Great idea and it is desperately needed.
Stick it onto Aspenwood and Quarry too in addition to AB.
Ditto to the other poster who said Anet should officially confirm that the "5 game limit" is rubbish so people stop being misled by that rumor.
Also they should unstack all the stacked maps. This is a core issue of why AB's often take so long to get players. I darn sure dont play on the maps that are stacked against my side and I'm quite sure most other players don't either, which easily snowballs into not enough players to start a battle.
Stacked maps = participants killer.
As to the original idea of this post, that's a big
/signed
Stick it onto Aspenwood and Quarry too in addition to AB.
Ditto to the other poster who said Anet should officially confirm that the "5 game limit" is rubbish so people stop being misled by that rumor.
Also they should unstack all the stacked maps. This is a core issue of why AB's often take so long to get players. I darn sure dont play on the maps that are stacked against my side and I'm quite sure most other players don't either, which easily snowballs into not enough players to start a battle.
Stacked maps = participants killer.
As to the original idea of this post, that's a big
/signed
Dougal Kronik
/signed for some indication of what is happening on the other side of the area/zone.
kurtas
*bump*
RPGmaniac
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especially useful at FA and JQ
especially useful at FA and JQ
Tozen
Better Idea: Allow the servers to host more AB games.
If this isn't implemented, the OP's idea works
If this isn't implemented, the OP's idea works