Guild Wars 2, the online role-playing game by Arenanet and NCSoft, has been blessed with a major PvP update. Now there are cool 2vs2 deathmatch battles and automated tournaments where you can score particularly good loot.
June 2017 is all about PvP for Guild Wars 2. After the world versus world battles were significantly improved and excited masses of players at the beginning of the month, the structured PvP battles in the Heart of the Mists were next in line on June 20.
With the update, automated tournaments, an improved lobby, and a new 2vs2 map await you.
Guild Wars 2: PvP Update – Automated Tournaments for Everyone
For the new PvP updates in Guild Wars 2, we not only studied the usual press releases, but also managed to secure an interview with the two developers Benjamin Phongluangtham (PvP Game Designer) and Grant Gertz (Producer PvP and WvW). According to them, the automated tournaments are the new highlights of structured PvP in Guild Wars 2.
Three such tournaments take place every day, and 15 minutes before the tournament starts, you can register with your 5-player team. After that, the knockout process continues until one has won. Winners receive not only gold but also qualification tokens for the big monthly tournament. There, big prizes like mystical coins, mini llamas, or even the new “Glorious Hero Armor Set” await. The armor can only be obtained by positions 1 to 4 at the end of the monthly tournament.
Guild Wars 2: Statues and VIP Troll Lounge for the Pros!
The winners of the tournament will even be set up as statues in front of the entrance to the PvP lobby. There they will wait for the challengers of the next month. In addition, the top 25 players are allowed to enter the new VIP area in the lobby. There, they have access to crafting, the Mystic Forge, the bank slot, and the trading post.
Especially cool: The lounge is located directly above the arena where you can duel in the lobby. Using three consoles, you can play all sorts of trollish tricks on the fighters from the lounge:
- Summon a beast from the Niflhel forest
- Create a lava field in the arena
- Knock all players back with a knockback wave
However, to ensure that the trolling does not get out of hand, the consoles each have cooldowns.
Guild Wars 2: New Lobby and 2vs2 Deathmatch Map
The normal lobby in PvP mode has also been redesigned. You still have access to all the services that existed before, but additionally there are shattered islands, mysterious ruins, and hidden surprises.
Also new: The patch brings a 2vs2 map into the game, where wild deathmatches are held on a small scale. With this, ArenaNet aims to cater especially to players who enjoy organizing the popular private 2vs2 tournaments.
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