Unmerge RA

Since merging the servers in Random Arena's did not fix the problem of syncers I would like to suggest that maybe Anet can revert things to the way they were before.

Right now pretty much every single game I play is on European servers(206), this bugs me to no end because I have to struggle through games with 400 ping at BEST. I know I'm not the only one with this problem as quite a few people have complained about it also.

I realize that syncing is a big issue but IT STILL HAPPENS, yes it is not as easy to sync as it was before, but people still sync. Besides that I, myself would rather face a sync team that stomps mine into the ground and be able to play at 200 ping rather than be forced to play Monk or Warrior because guessing with interrupts due to having 500 ping is not fun at all.

Of course I understand that this is just my viewpoint but I've talked and heard from others having similar problems and I'd like to suggest this as someone who wants to hop on and have lag-free fun without worrying about a meaningless title track. I'm not demanding that Anet revert their 'fix', I would just like to maybe see Anet realize that their 'fix' didn't really solve the problem and sort things out properly.

Thanks for reading

tl;dr: I'm lagging alot on euro servers, please unmerge, syncers still sync anyway just more laggy.

I experience the same problems. However, making syncing easier is more of an issue for me than the ping. Although, mind you, if they did make it easier I would sync more often.

So /signed for server 'fix'
But /notsigned if it makes syncing easier (depends though).

Well I hate syncers and have synced about twice ever so I could play with friends IRL so I understand where you're coming from. However I would rather be able to play the game with a good ping then run around rubberbanding into stuff and using interrupts to have them hit the spell they cast after the one i wanted to interrupt if I'm lucky.

My ping when entered on america servers is 130ms and 34 fps
My ping when entered on european servers is 16 ms and up to 60fps

Almost never change or I'll have to open a lot more programs but my ping is always low when entering from euro servers

Only reason I can think of the revert it is because someone has problems with there sync and makes up an excuse to get it back when it was easy

The game has been so laggy that It has started effecting my disire to play anymore... I enjoy running people and when die everyone gets free runs so... What do I have to look forward to when I lag so much I cannot help people with what they want...

I kinda hope its just a problem with the server so that this laggage can be fixed

Except entering on American/Euro servers doesn't matter since everyone is counted as being in the same server and the game is played on the server with the most players (usually Europe) so switching to America doesn't make a difference unless you're the only player loading in.

As for syncing, well it's almost impossible to prove to you that I'm not a syncer so I'm not going to try. Any way to get rid of syncers would be great but as it is now syncers just have to try a couple times more than before to get in SYNCING STILL WORKS.

GvG players have had to deal with European/American servers and that was unavoidable because guilds are from different regions but in RA you can choose the district you play in so that shouldn't be a problem.

I have tried to play with the ping and just deal with it since I'm not hardcore about guild wars but it's frustrating to not be able to play certain professions (especially mesmer and ranger) because spells go off before you even see them and it's impossible to reflex things because that warrior with a hammer running towards you is already using devastating hammer, just the server hasn't told you yet.

Congratulations, you're one of the lucky ones. Most americans go from ~200 ping on 216 to 400+ on 206.

Bring TA back and make win cap 10 again in ra...syncers might go to TA because most syncers in RA are title grinding. I mean, if you face a sync team, more than likely they are g5 or higher. So logically they would just go play TA so they have a chance of getting more consecutive wins and more points faster than just a 10 win streak and 3 points.
I know i am going to see someone say people synced in RA before TA was removed. To this i can only say not as much as what it is now and they were not g5+ players.

Unfortunately, Anet have stated will never bring back TA.

Coming from Oceania I could care less about which servers I play on, as I get ~300 to either American or Euro ones. However, international and Korean districts did have a whole lot less baddies playing in them and made for a much higher average standard of play. Don't know about most, but I much preferred playing with and against decent players running bars that were for the most part good, rather than most of the trash that arises from American districts. Even if it did mean getting stomped by the occasional sync.

Are there people that play in the Korean districts? Also, the merged servers mean that you play with and against anybody in any district so bad players aren't limited to American districts.

Just remove the Gladiator title. Fixd.

But then there would be no incentive to do RA really, when you're not GvG'ing or HA'ing. Who wants to do CMs?

There are lot of easy fixes that could have been done everywhere for months/years , but we keep getting the most illogical updates , so ...
In RA for example : changing the number of points required for the title , but making points earned per win would completly change ppl mentality there .


However , the problem of syncing can't be totally fixed , since there are some hours there aren't much people playing , thus you can easily get with your friends in.
The same can apply for GvG: from euro GMT 3 am to 6pm , there's just noone playing , thus you can still sync easily ..

CMs are boring and imbalanced. AB is a better example and guess what, people enjoy that.

I agree about CMs but AB is just as boring in my opinion, long and can take a long time to get a game. Whereas RA is quick and you have the chance of adding to, for some, a more meaningful title.