Curse

Solange · Feb 02, 2008, 08:07 PM // 20:07

Want to get a team together in random arena???

its only 3 gladiator points after 10 wins but i can see people farming it as they'll face teams that are unprepared and unorganized as they are (Which means advantage for the prepared team obviously)

Its extremely easy to do as i've tested with my friend

3 out of 3 times my friend and I have been able to synch in the Asian district of random arena and get on the same team (We chose Asian becasue it has less people usually and we stand beside each other ...i don't know the outcome of who's selected )

Now i'm wondering how many other people out there are doing it...well we saw 2 to 3 other people in LOCAL CHAT spamming their countdown and enter mission synching which was like wow what a coincidence same time we're testing it out

Thoughts?

And picture: http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/3589/gw101mb5.jpg

yesitsrob · Feb 02, 2008, 08:15 PM // 20:15

I'm pretty sure some koreans have got r9/10 gladiator doing it in their districts during really dead hours.

But to be honest does it matter? Unless you're playing RA to title farm it shouldn't affect you, and Gladiator thing is a pretty bad title anyway.

Synching is just something to do if you and another friend are bored I guess. I do it occasionally.

Solange · Feb 02, 2008, 08:18 PM // 20:18

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Originally Posted by yesitsrob

I'm pretty sure some koreans have got r9/10 gladiator doing it in their districts during really dead hours.

But to be honest does it matter? Unless you're playing RA to title farm it shouldn't affect you, and Gladiator thing is a pretty bad title anyway.

Synching is just something to do if you and another friend are bored I guess. I do it occasionally.

I don't agree, it effects others not just thinking about me

KEep in mind that NEW players or people with new guild wars account have to get by Random Arena with 5 wins in a row before moving to Team Arena

does this add to the frustration?

Aera Lure · Feb 02, 2008, 08:18 PM // 20:18

Synching is cheating the system, since its supposed to be RA, and therefore should be bannable, imho.

Isileth · Feb 02, 2008, 08:20 PM // 20:20

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Originally Posted by yesitsrob

I'm pretty sure some koreans have got r9/10 gladiator doing it in their districts during really dead hours.

Yeah the guy with the most did it through synching.

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Originally Posted by yesitsrob

But to be honest does it matter? Unless you're playing RA to title farm it shouldn't affect you, and Gladiator thing is a pretty bad title anyway.

Yeah it does, because it means your random team can come up against a synch team who obviousely have a huge advantage.

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Originally Posted by yesitrsrob

Synching is just something to do if you and another friend are bored I guess. I do it occasionally.

Well TA is there when you want to play with someone.
RA is supposed to be random.

So yeah I would love to see it stopped somehow, even just a limit on people in the same guild/alliance would have a big impact on it. Yeah you can work round it but I really cant see a better way to do it.

Shakti · Feb 02, 2008, 08:20 PM // 20:20

Syncing has been going on for a very long time, and yes I feel syncing in RANDOM arenas is cheating. Will it get fixed? Hasn't yet.

Coloneh · Feb 02, 2008, 08:22 PM // 20:22

it should reportable, but Anet shouldt really waste time on it. its dosnt matter, its just RA.

yesitsrob · Feb 02, 2008, 08:23 PM // 20:23

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Well TA is there when you want to play with someone.
RA is supposed to be random.

I'm pretty sure TA requires 3 other people as opposed to 1 other person. People who are new to the game are going to be pretty bad if they face synched teams or not, loss is a loss.

And it would be hard to report because it can actually happen by coinsidence.

moko · Feb 02, 2008, 08:24 PM // 20:24

LF people to Sync in RA with, IGN over there!
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WHOPS SORRY WRONG TOPIC

Solange · Feb 02, 2008, 08:36 PM // 20:36

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Originally Posted by yesitsrob

I'm pretty sure TA requires 3 other people as opposed to 1 other person. People who are new to the game are going to be pretty bad if they face synched teams or not, loss is a loss.

And it would be hard to report because it can actually happen by coinsidence.

it doesn't justify it as "right" even if the new player sucks...it only makes it more frustrating and if i try to place myself in that new persons shoes i'd wonder what exactly just happened to me that made me die so fast....

the learning curve increases significantly for that new player which might not even bother trying and leave?

Isileth · Feb 02, 2008, 08:49 PM // 20:49

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Originally Posted by yesitsrob

I'm pretty sure TA requires 3 other people as opposed to 1 other person.

Yes, and you can either pick up 2 there or get another 2 from elsewhere.
Just because TA requires 4 players doesnt mean if you only have 2 or 3 its ok to synch into RA.

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Originally Posted by yesitsrob

People who are new to the game are going to be pretty bad if they face synched teams or not, loss is a loss.

1) Its not only new players.
2) In RA its random teams. So a new player could be in with 3 other new players or 3 good players.

Even a team of 4 great random players is at a disadvantage to a synched team. You can take builds that complement each other or ensure that vital roles are filled with decent players etc.

slowerpoke · Feb 02, 2008, 08:56 PM // 20:56

not much can be done when anet refuse to acknowledge there is a problem

their response has been "its random, deal"

Zahr Dalsk · Feb 02, 2008, 09:08 PM // 21:08

Who cares if there's unfairness in RA; it's RA, it doesn't matter for anything beyond build testing.

makosi · Feb 02, 2008, 09:13 PM // 21:13

I made a thread about this a while back and Andrew Patrick posted saying that he'd relay it to the community board (or a similar establishment - I forgot). He said that it would be dealt with if it was considered a great enough problem and it hasn't been dealt with yet so I'll assume it's not being taken seriously.

Regardless of people's opinion of RA (which is often a very low opinion) synchronized joining is cheating and it's extremely disheartening to reach 4 or 9 consecutive wins to be rolled by an organized team.

Is it, therefore, acceptable to exploit this mechanism and cheat your way to max titles and easy faction?

Tab · Feb 02, 2008, 09:14 PM // 21:14

Syncing RA isn't that great a way to get glads. You're much better off just TAing with your organised team if you don't suck.

Shogunshen · Feb 02, 2008, 09:34 PM // 21:34

Or you could learn to TA.

Ctb · Feb 02, 2008, 09:42 PM // 21:42

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Syncing RA isn't that great a way to get glads.

I think it's more griefing, typically, than glad farming. We came up against a Ranger spike team in RA once who took gret joy in taunting our Random group for losing. It was pretty stupid.

It's cheating, it should be bannable, but how you're going to catch and prove syncing, I don't know. I also, personally, haven't really seen it more than once, so I can't say as I've noticed that it's very pervasive.

It's just another one of those exploits where pathetic little people with pitiable lives can annoy the rest of us to make themselves feel less powerless for a litte bit, I suppose.

Solas · Feb 02, 2008, 09:43 PM // 21:43

man some people here are just selfish as hell,

Some people Actually enjoy RA. and then some of ye say its not real pvp.... or its only RA....get over yourselves, can you say at one time you were never into Ra even fow a few days?

Onarik Amrak · Feb 02, 2008, 09:45 PM // 21:45

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Originally Posted by Coloneh

its just RA.

It's just Guild Wars.

makosi · Feb 02, 2008, 09:50 PM // 21:50

Even if synch-joining isn't that great at glad point farming, it's still a grievance for the random team who have their successful, consecutive run spoiled by a well-synergized rit-spike team using Vent.

It cannot be justified nor excused.