Ra Draws?

Toxage

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

What is the deal with RA draws?

Every match I have gone into in the past hour has been a draw. The opposing teams are sometimes even three or four monks, which results in a draw.

Has anyone else been getting massive draw streaks?

Celestial_Kitsune

Celestial_Kitsune

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

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The easiest way to get points in RA is to play a monk. Since this is a farming weekend, many players might be playing monks. The more monks, the higher the probability of a draw.

RyXXed

RyXXed

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2007

W/

Play TA.

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makosi

makosi

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

"Pre-nerf" is incorrect. It's pre-buff.

Requirement Begins With R [notQ]

Me/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Celestial_Kitsune
The easiest way to get points in RA is to play a monk. Since this is a farming weekend, many players might be playing monks. The more monks, the higher the probability of a draw.
Yeah, Heal Wars really sucks. I keep getting no monks in my team, and the opposition has at least one every time. I then decided to go as monk and i get put on teams with one or more monks and they refuse to resign so it's 8 minutes of healing spam until an inevitible draw.

It's a waste of everyone's time but they still won't resign even when I explain what the outcome will be.

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

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Hehe. Here is the thing. Even when there are a ton of monks on the other team, often times in RA those monks aren't that good. If you have two guys on your team that do good spike damage, you can get at least one kill.

Its annoying and frustrating, but beating a monk heavy team in RA is not impossible if you either a) spike or b) out pressure the heals.

Nevin

Nevin

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2005

Surplus of monks in RA.

RyXXed

RyXXed

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2007

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Quote:
Originally Posted by HawkofStorms
Hehe. Here is the thing. Even when there are a ton of monks on the other team, often times in RA those monks aren't that good. If you have two guys on your team that do good spike damage, you can get at least one kill.

Its annoying and frustrating, but beating a monk heavy team in RA is not impossible if you either a) spike or b) out pressure the heals.
It's not really RA based, it happens in TA also. Though you can easily pressure them out if you can time your attacks, spread your conditions right and rend enchants that are very important.

Darkobra

Darkobra

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Scotland

Type like an idiot, I'll treat you like an idiot

E/Me

If luck favours you and you miraculously end up with a team of people that know how to play the game, you can easily take down a monk.

Toxage

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by makosi
Yeah, Heal Wars really sucks. I keep getting no monks in my team, and the opposition has at least one every time. I then decided to go as monk and i get put on teams with one or more monks and they refuse to resign so it's 8 minutes of healing spam until an inevitible draw.

It's a waste of everyone's time but they still won't resign even when I explain what the outcome will be.
This.

I don't know why people don't resign. I think that players don't know that there is a resign option in the game. No one could be so thick headed to waste 8 minutes playing a game they know they will lose.... Right?

Rasaek

Rasaek

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2008

It would also be nice if the match-up part of the software weighted players based on (to make it most simple) profession, averaged the total number of "healers" (Presumably giving a hybrid healing class like rit or para, or secondary class like /Mo a value a little less than a monk, 0.5 or something) and then divided them up so we don't have these 3 monk teams. I'd even be fine with waiting one additional 30-second round to get this together, if it makes teams just a little more evened out.

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It's not really RA based, it happens in TA also.
Yeah. And on a related note, I'd much like it if balance were changed in terms of game mechanics or skills so that this sort of turtling becomes much more difficult. I want pvp to be bloodbaths, not epic-length pillowfights.

draugr

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2005

A moderately skilled player with a good bar monking in RA is imba, that's the given reality, always has been, no change necessary. Funny that when these bonus weekends roll around and suddenly all these monks come out of the woodwork, most bad players, but good enough with another monk in the party to slow things down. No gripe with folks who regularly monk in arenas btw, but if you are running a monk just because it's a bonus weekend, I think you are kinda lame IRL... and if you consciously choose to play a spirit spamming rit during a weekend like this, there is a special circle in hell for people like you... and it is very cold and painful (the foregoing not addressed to anyone in the thread, just wanted to vent some)

Covah

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Ontario, Canada

Catching Jellyfish With [소N트T ]

Me/Rt

The team with less wins /resign.

slowerpoke

slowerpoke

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2007

Cuba

past an hour?
dont they have a sudden death/vod mechanic

makosi

makosi

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

"Pre-nerf" is incorrect. It's pre-buff.

Requirement Begins With R [notQ]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by slowerpoke
past an hour?
dont they have a sudden death/vod mechanic
Since the dishonorable patch, most maps have an 8 minute timer. The Crag is an exception because it goes to sudden death after 3 mins whereby it lasts forever until someone dies. Thankfully, I can run away from the monks in to a pool of lava and burn to death to end the yawnfest.

I MP I

I MP I

Hustler

Join Date: Nov 2006

in between GW2 servers

Mo/

RA is a waste of time. Go do TA. More fun when you actually win.

Solas

Solas

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2006

Ireland

Currently LF Active HA Guild, Glad 2, Comm.3, R2

E/

played 4 matches in RA in a row that had 2 monks on each side. ( i was one)
then i left for HB

MoriaOrc

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2007

At least the couple of times I've gotten 3 or 4 monk teams (my team and against), they've all been decent enough to resign or at least not heal anyone.

I play RA somewhat regularly, and monk is one of the classes I usually play, but this weekend I haven't been playing it as much because there's too many other people out there right now (even though most suck). It's hard to find a team with good damage dealing this weekend.

Seems like it's gotten a little better since Friday afternoon at least.

Yuhe Ji

Yuhe Ji

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2008

Los Angeles

E/

Yeah, lately I've always had at least two monks on my team (one being myself). Many other teams have also had around that many monks. I guess people think they will be able to get points easiest monking.

wu is me

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2007

If monks against ye be, mesmer FTW