Structured Player Vs. Player: The Iceberg

Structured Player vs

Structured Player vs. Player: The Iceberg

Jonathan Sharp on the (Near) Future of Guild Wars 2 PvP

Here at ArenaNet were passionate about our game. Like sickly passionate. We want Guild Wars 2 to be good, and we want our players to enjoy it. Even if true perfection is an unreachable idea, we still want to strive for it, dammit!

Due to that desire to make the best game possible, we iterate. A lot. We take an idea, we build it, we test it, we make changes, we test it again, we add to it, we test some more, we take something away, we test again. you get the idea.

So when we say well show something when its ready, we really mean it. We dont want to talk about it until were ready to show it, because it may change. We may come up with a better idea, we may receive data that shows why a feature needs to be tweaked, or we may find a new solution in the course of testing thats superior to our original idea. Thats how game development works. We dont want to talk to you about things too soon, and then have those things change. We dont want to make empty promises to you. We like to talk about things once theyre ready. Do we get everything perfect? NO WAY. J But its still a goal.

Structured Player vs. Player (sPvP) is a core feature in Guild Wars 2, and its quite massive. The features we want to add to sPvP, to use an analogy, are like an icebergIts more than weve been able to say so far. And like all our other game types, we talk about sPvP features when theyre ready. We shipped the game with some key features, but a lot of features we wanted to show at release simply werent ready. So now wed like to start talking about some coming features that, until now, have been beneath the surface of the ocean on our metaphorical iceberg.

First, lets talk about free automated tournaments, the new paid automated tournaments, and the differences between them. After that well talk about another new feature custom arenas.

Free Automated Tournaments

Free automated tournaments are what you can play right now. Many players (according to our numbers) have tried them out and seem to enjoy them. The free automated tournaments are meant to be friendly to new players, allowing people to randomly form teams and try to win some cool loot. You can even play them solo, and get auto-matched with other players who dont have a full team. The idea is that theyre open to anyone, and should allow new players to meet other new players.

Once players have cut their teeth on the free automated tournaments and feel theyre ready, we expect them to step up to paid automated tournaments, where the competition will become more intense.

Heres the reward breakdown for free automated tournaments:

1st place 1 Gold Free Tournament Reward Chest, 300 glory, 300 rank points

2nd place 1 Silver Free Tournament Reward Chest, 200 glory, 200 rank points

3rd place 1 Copper Free Tournament Reward Chest, 100 glory, 100 rank points

4th place 1 Copper Free Tournament Reward Chest, 100 glory, 100 rank points

5th place No reward

6th place No reward

7th place No reward

8th place No reward

As you can see, the top four teams will get glory (which they can spend in the Heart of the Mists on aesthetic rewards), rank points (which help you become more awesome as you rank up in sPvP) and different types of reward chests.

Paid Automated Tournaments

After players have become used to the game and learned the basics of sPvP, we figure theyll be ready to test their skills by challenging the other experienced players out there in paid tournaments. These tournaments are similar to free automated tournaments, but with a couple key differences.

As the name implies, paid automated tournaments have an entry fee. Youll need tickets to enter a paid tournament, which you can purchase in the gem store, find in reward chests from free tournaments, and receive when you rank up!

These tournaments reward ALL teams that play in them, and offer better rewards on average than free tournaments. Successful teams can earn excellent rewards from paid tournaments, but youve got to be good to finish in the top prize slots. We expect that more experienced PvP players will start to migrate to paid tournaments because the risk/reward is much higher than in the free automated tournaments.

There is also no matchmaking in the paid tournaments. You have to come in with a premade team, which means the teams will ALL be organized teams you wont have premade groups fighting pick-up groups as you would in free paid tournaments.

Heres the reward breakdown for paid automated tournaments:

1st place 1 Gold Tournament Reward Chest, 360 glory, 360 rank points, 180 Gems

2nd place 1 Silver Tournament Reward Chest, 240 glory, 240 rank points, 120 Gems

3rd place 1 Silver Tournament Reward Chest, 120 glory, 120 rank points, 4 Tournament Tickets

4th place 1 Silver Tournament Reward Chest, 120 glory, 120 rank points, 4 Tournament Tickets

5th place 1 Copper Tournament Reward Chest

6th place 1 Copper Tournament Reward Chest

7th place 1 Copper Tournament Reward Chest

8th place 1 Copper Tournament Reward Chest

Yes, you read that correctly: you can win gems in paid tournaments. If you are REALLY good at GW2 sPvP, you can actually make gems while playing in paid tournaments. We think thats pretty cool. Those gems can be used on anything in the store, including more tournament tickets!

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