CONTEST - Create an official premade build

i got the same problem

i'm afraid permasiel and jr bring up very valid points. there are some very questionable builds with high ratings and some decent ones with hardly any votes.

it's a great thing that ew is getting the community involved, but i wonder how they will reconcile the possible abuse of the voting system. even if the final decision is made by them out of the top 5 builds, what if the top 5 builds are utter crap with high ratings due to a system abuse?

anyway, here's my contribution to add another crappy build to the list:
http://www.curse-gaming.com/en/guildwars/build-941.html

Someone should submit this solo-spike build in. I don't want to be the one to take credit for it because it really is ingenious. I've been using it for a while and find that adding waestrels and air attunement make it very effective.

Just submit it and say in the description that it's not your build but you use it with success.

This contest shouldn't be about who wins, but more about what does. Whoever created the build (it could have been figured out by multiple people) will know it's his and be proud it won.

Personally, I am still thinking this contest (though initially sounding really cool) was not the best idea. EW should just look through the builds and pick whichever one they want, regardless of what we think. I trust their judgement more than the rest of the popular majority

No really, they shouldn't.

To quote Wheel:

I just hate it that people are submitting gimmick crap to be used as template. As template!!

As JR said, there is lot of crap there atm, and filterng thru it s somewhat difficult. Touchrangers FTW?? Ow, cmon!!

Just to wonder what this voting thingie will accomplish (and just how much voters themselves are proficient)...There should be some "board" for judging builds and these ppl should be experts, not some random PvE farmers.

The missing link in this game: smite power.
http://www.curse-gaming.com/en/guildwars/build-990.html

Touchrangers FTW?? Ow, cmon!!
i like touchrangers alot in 4vs4 makes me do 50flawless in a row. (beating them)

@JR-, maybe weird question, but where's your monk?

Anyway I feel that a lot of people there just don't know what a template should be...

Things I always will think about before voting:
-Is the class combinating and elite usefull? (this eliminates a lot of builds)
-Is it almost the same as another existing template? (no crip shot runners or hammer wars)
-Does this build have some potential in the 4 pvp areas? (no tanks, warders or gimmick builds)
-What if this build gets used a lot in PvP by new players? (no boon-prot, shock axe or flashbot for me: if they would be added nobody would ever want to invite such a dude who hasn't got any rank or glad title)

Builds I like:
-Blessed Light monk (without divine intervention pls)
-Dragon Slash Warrior (without frenzy)
-Dominating mesmer, somewhat like rehab clinic (it has some potential)

I really would like to see EW picking something out of at least the top 20, better top 50 builds...the voting system just doesn't make sense now and can be abused too easily.

I deleted it; due to comments that my rants about the competition were purely to boost the rating of my submission.

Some kind person seems to have re-submitted it skill for skill though, and strangely enough with the same build title aswell.

http://www.curse-gaming.com/en/guildwars/build-954.html

They can abuse it all they like, they're just wasting their own time. If people mess around all the time we'll just pick whatever build we see fit.

This is really nice. I created build too. I rated a lot of builds that were posted here too, very nice work people, keep it up!

My build:

http://www.curse-gaming.com/en/guild...uild-1060.html

Presumably the build submission was offered to the top guild for a reason - doesnt opening it up to anyone off the street kinda defeat the purpose?

I hope EW merely takes ideas from the submissions, and dont feel constrained to choose from the most voted in any way. Maybe they should discuss the issue with the other guilds from the finals?

Different people seem to want different things from the templates...
I'd prefer builds that are commonly used in GvG and PvP... so that if someone asks you to "bring a boonprot" you can just choose it from a template and have something pretty close, just swapping out a skill or two to fit the team build.

I'd prefer not to have any wierd gimmick builds in the template list... didnt we learn our lesson from the first set of templates?!

Well, keeping in mind they have other templates they're working on too, most voted might be an advantage if it was genuinely voted that way, but in the interest of variety they'll probably at least LOOK at everything that was submitted--not everyone promotes their build, not everyone is willing to try the weird builds, etc...

I figure, if they had enough judgement to become #1 in the first place, they've got the judgement to oversee their own contest.