Barquiel.5610

Well I'm very thankful that the responses to this thread haven't been toxic. As for my PvP level I'm level 37 but again I took 4 years off from the game.

I have taken the advice of just flipping my chat to just combat text. It has def been more enjoyable since I can at least focus on my gameplay and not have worry about getting tilted by the /lol, DM's, or the Venom.

I'm still facing 3 stacked teams or more over and over again. So I don't how much you can learn from just not engaging in fights and decapping.

Also, kind of wish the match maker would match these stacked team to other stacked teams.

I honestly don't know which manager at the top of Anet that wants ques to be under 3 min's but again I'm pretty most if not all players would rather wait longer to have a decent match.

Yea, I guess the only option is to just turn off chat. Which is sad cause I mean it should be used to call out numbers heading to "x" node. Instead it seems to only be used to insult a players.

And I totally agree I'd rather wait 10 to 15 minutes for a match that is even so I could learn. Than get matched up in 2 minutes only to be farmed over and over again. I mean its honestly not fun to be on either team that just 500 to 100. And I'd happily wait the 10 to 15 minutes cause I could just farm materials or do map completion at the same time.

Yea, sadly I think the only option for newer players is to disable chat to avoid the All Cap screaming fest. The worst part is when they whisper you after the match. Like seriously what is with this PvP community.

So I just came back from a 4 year break. Decided to jump into PvP and I have to say it has been very unenjoyable.

From what I can tell the pvp community wants more people to play this mode. However, anyone new to the mode gets slammed with insults during every single game from both sides of the match. I don't know about you but insulting people isn't exactly how you get people to play the mode you desperately say you want more people to play. In the last week I feel like I've been insulted less in LoL than in a GW2 PVP match.

Then there's the match making. If you go into unranked you are met with fully stacked teams that just 1 shot you over and over again. If you go into ranked it seems better in terms of matching players (I'm silver btw). But even there you are met with such venom it's honestly not enjoyable.

Don't get me wrong. I've watched build video's and practice combos on golems. I've seen video's on how to rotate and what each role does and how do it. However, just cause you watch a video doesn't make you awesome at the task. That takes time and practice. But then every time you try to practice you are met with just insults and BM.

So I'm curious how exactly are newer players suppose to get into pvp, when again the only thing waiting for the newer players is pure venom?