Rollerbeetle...More than just a race.

I have been reading all the latest Rollerbeetle threads and I failed to see anyone mention two glaring things about rollerbeetle racing. To enter a the rollerbeetle arena you have to click a button that states ENTER BATTLE. The splash screen also shows another item of interest PVP BATTLE. This is a Player VERSUS Player BATTLE and a RACE all in one! Those words carry with them the meaning that you must shot the guy that is either; in any place ahead of you, or maybe even behind you(to keep him from ramming or getting ahead of you). The purpose is to come in ahead of him so you can get a better award, even if it is only the difference between getting 1 lunar tokens or two tokens. While this may be beneath some of you alot of people stick with a race for that reason.

Now we all understand that this is a type of race and ONE of the things to aspire to is having a top 100 score for the best time so you can get the mini. This is a great achievement and kudos to those players that have gotten that record and the mini that goes with it. And of course you get the most rewards for coming in first. However that is not the only thing this mini-game is about. Specifically Gamer Points and Lunar Tokens and Faction Points(first place only) people play this minigame for this reason also. If you get record score/mini in the process even better. But keep in mind that there are rewards for finishing at any level.

Having been in races/battles with all of the top record holders a few of them tend to have a hissy fit when shot and then they leave the game in a huff, without finishing the race. This is the epitome of poor sportsmanship. The high score is not the only thing to get here. Assuming that everyone plays the game for the same reason you do is a wrong assumption. To make matters worse this is often accompanied by some kind of name calling prior to their early departure from the race/battle.

To those of top record holders who do not go off the deep end when knocked down or distracted and finish your race and flash a GG across the screen to the winner, Thank you for being good sports! This makes the game alot more fun. Another point missed often in the quest for a mini/high score. This is supposed to be fun!!! Wow come to think of it that reason should be first!

I have been in some awesome battles where no one even came close to getting a base 2:30 score and it was the most fun I had! Four or five lead changes between 3-4 different people was a blast, Someone would get rammed only to be spit at and some one else would bolt them. Everyone ended up finishing within seconds of each other. Or crawling at a snails pace to the final checkpoint with a guy right next to you hoping you hit it first. This is what makes the game fun and exciting for the majority of us. People are too serious about getting a high score sometimes. Enjoy all the game. I bet that every one of us has a similar story of a hellacious battle/race they were in.

Perhaps if another incentive were provided by Anet to earn rewards it would really open up this often overlooked aspect of Rollerbeetle racing. Top 100 Knockdowns for a day or something like that would really flesh out the battle part of the game and give people something else to achieve.

Well I am off to enjoy all the things I got from winning BATTLES!!!

well said, but you are going to get blasted.

Yeah im a big mario kart pvper.

I love mario kart. This is exactly why I enjoyed the weekend. Who cares whether I got a top 100 score, it's just an additional plus to the fun I had this weekend.

I loved seeing this:

player x: no kds ok!!!
player y: yeah top 100 is worth more than tokens

start race they get kd in the gate, and resign.....

I loved the races that were close, even if I was fighting to get 2 tokens vs. 1 token.

I loved the rollerbeetle arena, it was great fun, I even completely gypped some guy out of second place, making him place third, and he didnt get too mad at me. Kinda mad at how high the high scores were, seems like an absolute perfect run to get those kinds of scores.

I agree with you, the best races are the ones that get insanely close, where everyone is switching up the leads, even though I seemed to get hit with knockdowns for no reason, but dont worry, I marked who did it and got em back.

I found it fun to have normal battles if a high score wasn't possible, but I was irked when somebody who was way behind that happened to get a super or something would Lunge you or KD you on the beach from the top of the bridge out of spite to ruin your chance at a high score when they had no chance of beating you.

I think that is why that "corkscrew" is there, to give the guys behind one last chance to get a one last shot on the leaders before they get out of reach.

Its MarioKart. Too bad they don't spin upside down when KDed, or it'll be funnier.

Nice and fun. Wish beetle racing and dragon arena were permanent fixtures like boxing, norn arena and polymocks. (maybe not, it'll not be special then...)

If the player is on the beach before they come into view on your radar, you CANT possibly win if the player is good. Even if you get 3 KD spells and a super, that's why it was a little upsetting.

It's great to see people that enjoy Guild Wars as a game and not as a job for titles.

Yea, rollerbeetle racing is fun.

Agree, some of the of the funnest race I've had were not even close to the records, but it was so tight, any one could take it, was so fun.

Althought the most memorable Race was when I got one of those "Don't KD"
And he said if any one KD him down, he would hunt him down.
Needless to say, I could't resist, and use spit rock on him with th first box I got.

To put a long story short, got first place with 455,000 something. I dance, and when the guy can,I was doing a happy dance, he said "WHY ARE YOU HAPPY, YOUR NOT A RECORD HOLDER" man I wish would have a webcam to his room <.< to see him spaz.

I was just hap

I love Rollerbeetle Racing, it's one of the games I wish was a permanent challenge event all throughout the year.

Rollerbeetle's fun, but having it only around for a day or two makes me want to play it more and cram it all into one tiny session. Then it just gets dull, but I have to get my fix!

Yeah, rollerbeetle racing is Mario Kart, but where's the time trial for top times?

Was pretty fun apart from the frustrations of getting a 475k time

Mario Kart is great, but somehow Rollerbeetles just come off as annoying to me.

Just my 2c.

mm I Enjoy Gw for titles not titles as Job i have fun while i get titles Not doing it like it was my job

Would it be because of the lag and RB'ing rollerbeetling has to offer? That takes all the fun out of it for me.

Well, I don't know about you then, but I feel pretty damn good when I'm averaging out to 460k on my runs and I'm usually far enough ahead of the pack to avoid fire.

I play for the Gamer points, so I play to win. I play for the record if I feel I can get it, and it's when people ruin my chance at it that I get a little pissy. All in all though, a win's a win, and I think coming away from the event with 3k Gamer points makes it a good turnout for me, considering that before the box camp nerf, I was only making 2k.

I loves me some rollerbeetle, but the lag makes it near impossible to play. :/ My connection is dodgy enough playing GW normally! Even at my friend's place (his connection is way better than mine) I got lag that spoiled the game for me. An awesome connection is pretty much compulsory to do well. T_T

Congrats should go out to one of the top 10 racers that sold his mini roller beetle for 1750 ectos yesterday in Kamadan. No wonder there is such anger when someone shoots that player.

Yea, and believe it or not he actually bought one back for 1650e + 100k.... he missed his beetle already so he got one back.

I love how people ask others to suit their playstyle, regardless of that playstyle someone else may use, and get mad when they do not accomodate.

What happened to all the other minis that he won?

I love beetle race more than anything in GW.

But i rarely get good scores over 465, and thats propably only because i always play it wrong time of the day.
Those who play at morning usually get better scores because then there is more players who are just after high scores, so they dont use bad skills against other players.

Highscores should be fixed, i mean there should be only 1 place in highscores for
each player which would update if they get better score.

I hated it this year when i thought that i could finally get to the highscores,
last year i didnt have time to try. But i never was able to because some ppl
figured out that way to cheat with the ram and "erased" my high scores from the list with theirs.