Omg Omg Omg Omg Omg Omg W00t

The whiners got what they wanted.

In your face PvErs >:

On a serious note, I enjoy this greatly. It should make a lot of people happy while not nullifying anything else. So I'm happy, the PvEers should be happy (if not, they should be shot, cause this concept owns) and the PvPers should be happy (also should be shot if they aren't. I mean.. yeah...)

let's see how it's implemented first.

I expect "Noooo, where's UAS - anet sucks" type of posts next week.

As a sidenote - doesn't this make strong guilds even stronger? I mean, if you barely manage to win a match, you will not unlock many things. But if there's guild that just wins match after match - they will get *even more* things to make them unbeatable

I do hope that the PvE update is a multi level dungeon, which to some extent randomizes, with new loot / or better loot drops. with it getting harder the further you go. I hope it isn't another Fussure / Underworld type of area, where it is basically extreme difficulty and you have to have a group of experiance players or die.
A Large randomized dungeon, that gets harder the deeper you go, and has better Loot drops the further you get. Better still, have it randomize with a quest giver outside, and have the quest giver give randomised quests to go with randomised dungeons.
May be getting carried away, but been playing AO agiain and the mission terminals are genius, something like that in GW would be awesome. They uses the system exclusively with instance gaming, so it should / maybe possible to implement. The missions would give a random reward which you are told at when you take the mission, the reward could be a unidentified rune, a weapon, upgrades, gold, xp etc etc that you get for completing the mission. AO also use a mission token system, where if you kill all before completing mission you gain a token, collect tokens for bonus's. You could be told to go to x cave for x mission and have the start locations of these randomised dungeons spreadout through the world. Oh well would be nice.
Will settle for a really good dungeon crawl, just don't make it death on a stick pls. Hard does not always equal fun.

"Rewards skill over time spent..."

Worth noting here that the matchmaking system for the guild-vs-guild ladder is designed so that a guild is only matched against other guilds within a certain ranking range. Given a little time, the majority of guilds will reach a ranking that accurately reflects their skill levels. When that happens that guild should then be winning approximately 50% of the matches they play.

I hope that everyone here will appreciate the new system. And maybe even forgive the team for taking the time both to let you all know the basics of the plan, and in developing and implementing that plan.

edit: Damn A.net employee's. Beat me to the post.

whoa... a randomizing dungeon instance???? That would be bloody cool!!!

I want to be able to take my ranger...go up to a big chunky warrior, shining in his armour and challenge him to a duel in a gladiators arena.

As for the update, it sounds fun. I may yet end up taking my first steps nto PvP.

*has an idea* ...yes, random monsters and random starting points on missions (with different goals) should be one of the best ideas for Hell's Precipice Completists!

Anyway, you guys over at Arena.Net and NCSoft have made a brilliant game, and I'd like to pass on thanks!

I'll get back with you in a week and tell you if I A.Net just got my hopes up. I'm far too pessimistic to believe that this solution doesn't have it's flaws. I wonder if we get to choose what we unlock. And also, is it going to be something impossible to get like Sigils (you try getting a Sigil with incompetant PUG's). Will it lead to a downward spiral with the good guilds always winning and the bad guilds continuing to be horrible?

Well, this will make a nice change from grinding my little heart out to get my superiors unlocked (I hope)

If this is implemented well, then it should be a workable solution to a number of problems.

I hope they find a similar elegant solution to the out of control inflation of the game economy.

Makes me feel as if those gargantuan threads accomplished something tangible and good ^^

Good but it depends on how this is implamented. It will make playing PvP better than just doing the great northern wall with guildes. O those char make you feel powerful when you slaughter their whole army...

Mostly because they are just as greedy and selfish as the multi-million dollar corporations they are striking.

*looks at topic title, and shakes his head for a moment*
then, in a sick moment, Makk. starts singing:

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"There is a new l33t in town..."
"I don't wanna know!"
~

You call this a update? NOTHING was done. This is how things will be from now on. They will promise us something. Then give us bs how its coming next week. Then when next week comes they will be like NEXT WEEK WE PROMISE.


Wow so we get runes in pvp. woopy. You still gotta win and that's impossible unless you have a elite team.

I really hope they add more pve content.

Winning in PvP, with the exception of actually winning HoH, is pretty easy. With PUGS I win between 1/3 and 2/5 of my matches. As for HoH I have won it 5 times so far 3 with guildes and 2 with friends.

you sir, lack probably not only skills to unlock, but also reading skills.
1) the announced it for next week. so expect it out for next week. this isn't just some fix, this is a new system. give ANet some time they are on the job. They had previously announced pvp would get its turn the 'next couple of weeks'. 2 weeks falls in that category imho.

2) you will be able to unlock skills, not just runes.
3) impossible without elite team:
now the next time you whine, moan, and go crying to your mommy, i suggest you read first before attempting to make a valid point.

cheers,

Makk.

Maybe this statement will ease your qualms.

You do realize what your saying is near-identical to that of the warcraft 3/frozen throne ladder system, if so, you better do it before the 1.14+ style, because currently, a level 1's first game has 50% chance to fight a level 30.