Guild Wars 2 Getting In-game Leaderboards

Written by: Tori McGrath (@ToriMcGrath) | February 25, 2013 12:34 pm

Guild Wars 2 Getting In-game Leaderboards

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Leaderboards finally coming to Guild Wars 2

Just like a loving parent ArenaNet can only take so much begging before they cave.

Coming soon, alongside the February patch Guild Wars 2 will finally be getting global in-game leaderboards in the upcoming update. February’s Flame & Frost content patch which will hit later this week, adds more competitive Player versus Player (PvP) options to the game. Leaderboards however will not arrive with the February content patch, but will be rolled out in stages as part of their own update.

“From the PvP side of the game, one of the things we’re really trying to do right now is provide all the core support to build the base that you need for a really compelling PvP experience,” said Guild Wars 2 director Colin Johanson. “This month we’ve got our two team-rated games going in, so teams can play against each other in competitive play and they earn a rating for it.”

Johanson says in-game leaderboards are a “big thing that our PvP community has been asking for, and this will basically allow people to see who are the best PvP players in the world and have that updated on a constant basis.”

Not all players will be able to get recorded on the leaderboards to start out. “We’re going to be rolling out in stages, so we’ll roll them out with a small number of people first–maybe the top 100 players will be on the leaderboard when we first roll it out–and we’re going to make sure that it’s really stable and functional, and then we’re going to keep adding to that and expanding on them going forward,” adds Johanson. Though Johanson does say that getting PvP into the new leaderboards is the first goal for ArenaNet.

In the future, ArenaNet plans to have its in-game leaderboards cover multiple game modes, such as World versus World. “The current World versus World rankings happen on our forums, and we’d like to move that into the leaderboards,” says Johanson, adding that “we’ll be looking at PvE stuff for the leaderboards as well.”

ArenaNet isn’t prepared to announce an official date for the inclusion of the leaderboards into the game, but says players should be able to expect it “soon.”

Leaderboards are a step in the right direction for any game looking to entertain serious competitive gaming and eventually e-sports.

If you don’t already have Guild Wars 2 today is the last day you can nab it for 30% off!

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http://twitter.com/Oledurty Oledurty

Nice. Glad Anet is making the effort to provide a more meaningful pvp experience. Stat Boards… We wants em!
http://twitter.com/xCheeZe1 xCheeZe

Do not buy GW2 if you’re interested in Structured PvP (eSports, 5v5 Tournaments etc.).

You’ll be gravely disappointed. Considering vast swaths of the community have already left, and its on its last legs.
Prepare yourself.
- Pete Cuellar
  
  Yea yea GW 2 is dying blah blah blah
  - http://twitter.com/xCheeZe1 xCheeZe
    
    Have you NOT seen or played sPvP lately? There are 0 North America competitive teams left for god sakes. Half the players are completely displeased with the direction it’s going.
    - Pete Cuellar
      
      Damn I just read your twitter you have real hard on when it comes to hating GW 2 really asking IGN and Kotaku to make an article about some teams leaving yea totally means the community is going down the game is on its last legs yea ok dude troll harder.
      - http://twitter.com/xCheeZe1 xCheeZe
        
        Someones gotta speak up. Sitting in HOTM Anvil Rock is depressing
      - Nick Cattane
        
        So I’m confused – you want to speak up to make a difference (i.e. improve population) or absolutely discourage new players from joining? Really baffled by your circular logic here.
    - http://twitter.com/Hagg3r Michael
      
      There are plenty of people playing sPvP. The thing is about a game that has no sub is that you can always go back. The game is doing great and continues to do great. You won’t be able to change that just because you do not like it.
    - CannibalShinobi
      
      Who are these teams and why should I care about them?
- http://www.facebook.com/jonathan.hornsby.7 Jonathan Hornsby
  
  Except of course that they haven’t and it isn’t. I know you really want GW2 to fail, but I am afraid that you can’t make it happen by trolling videos and articles about it.
- Raizn
  
  The SPvP community is actually not shrinking at the moment. According to an interview with Jon Peters and Jon Sharp, following the changes in the recent patches the number of SPvP players has actually been going up.
  
  If you want to hear it directly from Sharp’s mouth, search youtube for “GW2Guru State of the Game – Feb 7th” and go to 1:02:30.
- CannibalShinobi
  
  So where are you getting this anecdotal evidence from?
- http://www.facebook.com/TheJoukai Michael Riley Harrison
  
  It’s not like it’s impossible to come back. People tend to forget that unless you’ve uninstalled the game coming back is as easy as logging in. No sub fee means no barrier to keep people from returning for features. It’s never too late, but the sooner the better.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1074039741 Janne Sanis Prokkola

too bad they should have done stuff like this after launch/or in beta….
Roy

FYI, the 30% off sale is over already.
- http://twitter.com/ToriMcGrath Tori McGrath
  
  Ah yes, today was the last day. It just ended
- http://twitter.com/QSatu QSatu
  
  amazon will have big sale soon.
- Pete Cuellar
  
  btw with the amazon sale you can use a coupon code “CAGROCKS” to bring the price down some more
- http://www.facebook.com/dchun14 Dan Chun
  
  Pete is right, Amazon is having a sale Feb 27-28th and the coupon code CAGROCKS should discount it even further.
http://twitter.com/dularr Dularr

Good to hear. So, leaderboards is not in the February patch? The Gamebreaker TV articles are so confusing the way they mix patch content with future promises.

Has Arenanet changed the sPvP leaderboard ranking system? Last time I checked, you got points for winning matches, but didn’t lose points for losses. So, to earn a ranking, you simply play alot of matches. Has that changed?
http://twitter.com/dularr Dularr

Good to hear. But the article is a little confusing. So leaderboards is not in the February patch, it’s just a future promise.

Also, has Arenanet changed the ranking system? Last time I check, they were rewarding wins with a point, but not penalizing losses. So, to get a high ranking in sPvP, you simply played alot of matches. Has this changed?
Jado Cast

I want Guild vs Guild. I could care less about SPVP anymore. It has turned into a bunker fest. The meta game is one dimensional. Until there is spectator mode, I will not even consider it to be a serious esport or have potential. That ship may have sailed. However, WvW can be the saving grace, as many RvR guilds will return once they fix the serious issues, unless another game comes along and does it right first.
- http://twitter.com/dularr Dularr
  
  Was Guild vs. Guild, when guilds could go to war with each other? That would be cool world pvp.
- Krzysztof Kotarba
  
  YES GvG and AvA in open world would be amazing and probably the best thing to get hardcore pvp community.
http://twitter.com/Zedris Zedris

too late for it to make a diff. everyone i know including my self were deeply dissapointd with the lack of features in this game… great solo game but not a mmo that makes me want to log in ever after i lvl one char past 60….
- automat64
  
  ahm level cap is 80?
  - http://twitter.com/dularr Dularr
    
    Same thing happened to me, got my Charr Elementalist to level 65 and really haven’t found the motivation to finish leveling the character. (Same in WoW, I’ll get a character to level 60 and have to decide if I want to spend the time finish leveling the toon.)
    - http://profile.yahoo.com/D5MC4H2DZT5DTQWY3RLHF56LIA Nareek
      
      Get to level 65 then just:
      * Roll with the ZERG in WvW
      * Craft your way to level 80 (Cake walk)
      * Finish off story mode.
      
      Yeah the same thing happened to me I got 8 characters to 80 and then I just worked out that crafting was easy mode but then I’d have to be really stupid, not to realize that crafting discoveries give a ton of Character XP.

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