Curse

Shayne Hawke · Oct 22, 2010, 12:01 AM // 00:01

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Originally Posted by I Angra I

I play online games to play with other people. You should probably go play Oblivion or something if you're that against playing with friends, that you try to mock people who just want to have fun with friends in an online game.

I'm not against playing with friends. I don't know where you ever got that idea. However, I do believe that I'm in the same boat with ANet when I say that players being able to form groups in what is meant to be a random-style format is a problem.

If you want to play with your friends, I suggest you try TA AB, Codex, HA, or GvG. If you're still looking for a festival experience, look forward to the Snowball tournaments in a couple months. If you're stubborn and want to be able to make teams for Costume Brawl, you're shit outta luck. Too bad.

Also, I didn't realize that the four other teammates in your CB team don't qualify as "other people."

Sankt Hallvard · Oct 22, 2010, 12:01 AM // 00:01

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Originally Posted by I Angra I

The only reason I've ever played costume brawls was to be able to play with a couple friends and have fun during the event. I don't even care about g4mer pointz or halloween party pack gift bags or whatever rewards they are that they give you.

My sentiments exactly.

CB was the best format for me and I've been looking forward to it since they closed down last year's event. I just want to play with 2-3 of my friends in a format where both tactics and individual skill matters. CB was perfect for this. Easily accessible and lots of tactical depth. I would gladly PAY my lame gamer pts or gold to enjoy the format as I did last year.

Now the tactical aspect is sucked right out of it, an outright slugfest. I thought we had RA for that.

Karate Jesus · Oct 22, 2010, 12:05 AM // 00:05

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Originally Posted by cosyfiep

hey I won a match

so now my gamer points are......388!

Yes I suck at pvp, yes I am probably the reason your team lost (though I would think that 4 good players and one not so good wouldnt do as badly as 20-2)......so I guess I give up on the costume brawl yet again---too many people yelling NOOB! and other insults, I just want to have a good time, its not all about the winning for me, but guess I am the minority on that----

but it was fun, for a bit.

Pfft, just play anyway. If someone's calling you noob, they might be a PvE'er too, you know.

Some guy called me a noob last match because I suggested that we split when we started to get out-capped. Some people are just idiots. Don't worry about it.

If you enjoy it, enjoy it. I've already gotten a stack of ToT bags from the CB, and I'm still doing it (even though the shuffle thing is annoying).

Acumen · Oct 22, 2010, 12:06 AM // 00:06

Love the random teams. I don't have to worry about getting a hot streak when I don't have much time to play, and no cheating syncers.

I don't understand the complaints about the builds all being bad. It smells like fear of builds that aren't familiar, and everyone is on equal footing, so why give everyone the builds that have been arbitrarily chosen to be the "best" RA builds?

Thevil King · Oct 22, 2010, 12:13 AM // 00:13

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Originally Posted by Shayne Hawke

If you want to play with your friends, I suggest you try TA AB, Codex, HA, or GvG. If you're still looking for a festival experience, look forward to the Snowball tournaments in a couple months. If you're stubborn and want to be able to make teams for Costume Brawl, you're shit outta luck. Too bad.

well, maybe because ta is deleted, AB can be played any time, same with ha and gvg except those are pretty horrible formats now, and codex is in the coffin?

and why exactly does ppl wanting to play the old cb have any relevance to snowball tournies???

because ppl complain about the new change, you tell them to f off? if thats how anet ran their business then lol....

I Angra I · Oct 22, 2010, 12:15 AM // 00:15

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Originally Posted by Shayne Hawke

I'm not against playing with friends. I don't know where you ever got that idea. However, I do believe that I'm in the same boat with ANet when I say that players being able to form groups in what is meant to be a random-style format is a problem.

If you want to play with your friends, I suggest you try TA AB, Codex, HA, or GvG. If you're still looking for a festival experience, look forward to the Snowball tournaments in a couple months. If you're stubborn and want to be able to make teams for Costume Brawl, you're shit outta luck. Too bad.

Also, I didn't realize that the four other teammates in your CB team don't qualify as "other people."

I don't even want a full team though to sync. I just want to be able to play with like 1 or 2 friends. I could care less who or what skill level the rest of them are. I mean I suppose there are other people who are ruining it by syncing full teams to farm their gamer points or whatever, but.. I dunno.

ExoTremo · Oct 22, 2010, 12:16 AM // 00:16

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Originally Posted by My New Name

new team every round sweet! cry syncers cry

*cry*

Just a quite similar rendition of my Wartower-Post to this Topic, because i wanted to share it w/ the whole community. And ofc i also rly hope you'll read it Regina and take it to heart:

First Reaction: Euphoric, overjoyed, delighted - finally no syncers anymore, finally a fair Costume Brawl....fine so far.

BUT this is only one aspect of this terrible Update, the obvious part and the only good thing coming w/ it.

Because if you are thinkin twice about it, what farther consequences, fallout will come along w/ this Update?
- Guild Wars always was a wonderful game, cauze of the social, tactical PvP.
Over rounds and rounds together in game you were becoming firm friends, having gorgeous conversations etc. etc. . Thus far to the social aspect. Now to the tactical: Before the Update, Teams rly were Teams. Not a motley crew of "mayflies". As time goes by players in teams could synchronise with each other, find always new, better elaborated tactics. They just could play in a dynamic, vitalised way, like it wasnt possible in any other Game.

But w/ the Update all this is gone. Just blown away as dust.
So i am asking you all why are you cB'in anymore? Every game is only like "hi"-"ggoogo"-"2-1-2"-"bb"-"Next Morons". Srsly, there is NOTHING of the inner-soul, the heart, the Spirit of PvP left, but the name. It's like playing alone, solo, w/ characterless henchmen/bots or identically a pure Offline-Single-Player-game.

And believe me as a single Player game Gw isnt nearly as gorgeous than as a multiplayer one. So after this fallout i only can quit the Event w/ a very, very sad head-shaking and change to a wonderful single Player Game, the good kind of Fallout: New Vegas.

At least i wanna apologize for the pretty bad english ( its really late here, and i nearly fallen asleep several times) and for the bad pun in the end.

PS: Results of 2 Hours CB'in after the Update:
~ 1-3 Rage-quits every 3rd round, ~ 1 Leecher every 5th round, bad and cruel insults, flames, etc. nearly every round. Thanks for spoiling the Halloween-Event (i nearly couldnt await till months) and my Faith in your great sense for phenomenally PvP, you've shown so far.

Lots of love
Exo

Star_Jewel · Oct 22, 2010, 12:17 AM // 00:17

I'm not much of a PvPer (never done GvG, HA, TA, and usually avoid RA and AB -- I stick to JQ and FA, you know, the PvE ones) and have never done Costume Brawl before. I wanted to try last year but none of my friends were interested, and I thought I might be at a disadvantage going it alone.

This year's update for purely randomized teams lured me in, so I took a quick look at the wiki page, hopped on my elementalist, and jumped in.
I'm a noob. I didn't know what I was doing (the different shrines give advantages? Cool, I'll have to look that up). I won 5 consecutive games. No one called me names. I had fun. Ironically, the one I lost was the one where we had an "expert" drawing all over the radar. *shrug*

However, just because the teams are random, I'm not sure why an individual can't get a bonus for consecutive wins. Seems to me you deserve it more if you can get consecs with new people every time.

Shayne Hawke · Oct 22, 2010, 12:19 AM // 00:19

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Originally Posted by Thevil King

well, maybe because ta is deleted, AB can be played any time, same with ha and gvg except those are pretty horrible formats now, and codex is in the coffin?

and why exactly does ppl wanting to play the old cb have any relevance to snowball tournies???

because ppl complain about the new change, you tell them to f off? if thats how anet ran their business then lol....

When you are done QQing, I would encourage you to come up with some kind of idea of addressing your concern that isn't "revert it" and has more reasoning than "because now it sucks" and put it here.

Mashiyu · Oct 22, 2010, 12:28 AM // 00:28

I like the idea of random teams every round, although it would be better that teams would not be able to sync in first place. I think the random teams are a workarount until the syncing is fixed (say... never?)

Btw: Which one is the new map?

Thevil King · Oct 22, 2010, 12:29 AM // 00:29

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Originally Posted by Shayne Hawke

When you are done QQing, I would encourage you to come up with some kind of idea of addressing your concern that isn't "revert it" and has more reasoning than "because now it sucks" and put it here.

thx for your offer, but ill have to kindly decline because gw is pretty much dumbed down to the point of being worthless, that it is pointless to make any sugesstions at all.

in addition, are you telling me that suggestions in sardelac will matter or be taken srsly by anet? thats some interesting news!

i myself am pretty much done with this game anyways, now that hb ta cb is all gone. pz

keli · Oct 22, 2010, 12:32 AM // 00:32

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Originally Posted by Star_Jewel

I'm not much of a PvPer (never done GvG, HA, TA, and usually avoid RA and AB -- I stick to JQ and FA, you know, the PvE ones) and have never done Costume Brawl before. I wanted to try last year but none of my friends were interested, and I thought I might be at a disadvantage going it alone.

This year's update for purely randomized teams lured me in, so I took a quick look at the wiki page, hopped on my elementalist, and jumped in.
I'm a noob. I didn't know what I was doing (the different shrines give advantages? Cool, I'll have to look that up). I won 5 consecutive games. No one called me names. I had fun. Ironically, the one I lost was the one where we had an "expert" drawing all over the radar. *shrug*

However, just because the teams are random, I'm not sure why an individual can't get a bonus for consecutive wins. Seems to me you deserve it more if you can get consecs with new people every time.

on ther contrary I had 8 consecutives and the last one where I lost was when the team didn't follow my drawings... sad...

and yes I like to call people idiots when they go 1v4 for the third time

there is a huge difference between losing 20-2, and losing 20-19 ya know? while losing to 20-2 is because the idiocity of the other players(teammates), losing to 20-19 is a very intensive play and the other team turned out to be better, I hope you can feel the difference

Sankt Hallvard · Oct 22, 2010, 12:33 AM // 00:33

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Originally Posted by Shayne Hawke

When you are done QQing, I would encourage you to come up with some kind of idea of addressing your concern that isn't "revert it" and has more reasoning than "because now it sucks" and put it here.

So that his post ends up in your domain and you get to exercise "mod authoritay" and feel all righteous and powerful? Pretty much ensuring that Anet won't ever take a glimpse at his concerns? Unlike sardelac those gurumembers with their names in red actually read this part of the forum.

Besides this thread mainly serves a purpose of letting people vent some steam, for surely no one believes Anet will actually make any big changes to GW1 at this point.

HawkofStorms · Oct 22, 2010, 01:30 AM // 01:30

Why is the ranger bar always so good? I try to play something else, but every year I fall back to my ranger, as A.net keeps giving us natural stride, troll, pindown, and savage shot.

Those skills plus a preparation + any damage dealing elite just makes this too easy

Aji Moto · Oct 22, 2010, 01:48 AM // 01:48

I'm disappointed with the new random format. Certainly the old way had its problems, but I don't feel that this is really an improvement.

The old version:

Benefits:
-don't have to retrain team each time you enter
-feels more like a team effort

Drawbacks:
-syncing-actually not that bad because there are so many people playing
-raging and griefing

The new version:

Benefits:
-no syncing

Drawbacks:
-each map is more about luck than anything else
-actually get more bad teams, since if you didn't get one on your first match, you have a chance to get one on the next
-raging and griefing

So from my analysis, we sacrifice two benefits for one benefit and more drawbacks. Feel free to add more to support or diminish the case against the new format.

FoxBat · Oct 22, 2010, 02:13 AM // 02:13

benefit: your opponents are also bad?

Shayne Hawke · Oct 22, 2010, 02:17 AM // 02:17

The only reason you would lose more games than you win now is if you can't lead your team to a victory.

Please note my usage of the word "lead" and not the word "carry".

Aji Moto · Oct 22, 2010, 02:23 AM // 02:23

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Originally Posted by Shayne Hawke

The only reason you would lose more games than you win now is if you can't lead your team to a victory.

Please note my usage of the word "lead" and not the word "carry".

That's not a strong argument; it doesn't address the problems between the two formats. There are still no-shows, greifers, or those who simply don't want to follow orders in both formats. The problem is that you'll actually come across more of it in the new format.

Aji Moto · Oct 22, 2010, 02:25 AM // 02:25

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Originally Posted by FoxBat

benefit: your opponents are also bad?

But is this something that you want? A bunch of bad players stumbling around. I believe that the costume brawl attracts enough players that their is enough variety of teams for all players of all levels to enjoy.

Lanier · Oct 22, 2010, 02:31 AM // 02:31

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Originally Posted by Thevil King

thx for your offer, but ill have to kindly decline because gw is pretty much dumbed down to the point of being worthless, that it is pointless to make any sugesstions at all.

in addition, are you telling me that suggestions in sardelac will matter or be taken srsly by anet? thats some interesting news!

i myself am pretty much done with this game anyways, now that hb ta cb is all gone. pz

good, leave please. Im sure many of us don't want people like you doing cb anyway. Its supposed to be a festival format for fun. Your previous posts make you look like an elitist ass so I think many of us couldn't care less if you leave.

In my opinion, costume brawl is perfect just like it is. The builds arn't supposed to kill super fast anyway. Why would they in a format with little reliable healing? The overall offensive power of the builds is just like they should be.