Easy, because 75% of the whiners are madness sorcs who don't want to be affected by the nerf bat again. Preventive Whine FTW :_

Because there's no Solo Queue for Ranked. I've long said that premades ruin the PVP experience in this game, and 8-man premades make it so much worse than the 4-man premades. The levels of population required to support Ranked are much higher than the current maximum capacity. DROP HARD-WIRED PREMADES IN ALL FORMS AND SHAPES!

Ditto. It's good GW2 are coming up soon, so I won't have to worry about this crap anymore.

I specifically timed one of my Ranked WZs yesterday against a pretty good team, most of which are my ex-guildies from a different server 71% of the total WZ duration I spent CCed or dead. Most of the time I could not get out of the CC before being killed. Yes, I did read the resolve guide and used it properly, I think. I'm a fully augmented WH Carnage Marauder with 19.2k HP and 1370 expertise. One more thing that gives me a twitch is, why is my "uninterruptable" ravage gets interrupted by the CCs? I mean, granted, they know me and I was marked, most likely. Still, is this ratio acceptable? I think not..

Hello, Hardworking adults don't have time for games. Drop premades

Is this an effin joke? Well, I lOL'd

Just hold ALT + HAX + TAB for 2 seconds, then hit the "Windows" key twice real fast.

Wasn't the original post supposed to be a copy of the log file? So, either the attacker was not a Sent, or the log is fake.

The more I think about it, the closer I am to the belief that the whole premades concept is stupid. It screws so many things, including your big ticket items like Ranked WZ and cross-server WZ. IT's time for BW to recognize it and drop the whole premades concept. Ask for preferences, if you want, but don't lock yourself in the rigid grouping structure.

If true, this is disgusting. Would also explain why the premades progression is so much faster, by the way. I'll spend time watching this tonight and make sure to file a ticket if I find this to be correct.

It's needed. Cheers.

Because before 1.2 Senti/Maras were useless punchbags with no survivability, little damage and little utility. Pretty hard to level, too. The people rightfully recognized that fact and intelligently chose an easier way. Come 1.2, the status quo is somewhat restored and their choice doesn't seem as obvious anymore. No one likes to look stupid, right?

Like I said, I don't drop after it started. If I drop right away, the spot will be filled. But if the group has any sense, they would all drop

Dear Bioware, Here's what's going on on my server every day except Euro holidays (the server is U.S. Pacific, by the way): 3 well balanced and organized Pub premades in full WH gear queue up all evening and faceroll Imp PUGs 100% of the time. The Imperial side seems to have a larger PvP base, most of which is not organized or geared. A few premades have very little chance of queuing together against these 3 premades. Randomness at work, fine. Not complaining, it all works as intended and the situation is likely temporary. But please show me who is on the other side! If it's the same 2 out of 3 premades, I want to know and I want to drop out before the match starts. I know that no PUG or 4+4 on my side can beat them based on the previous 100 matches we have lost. I never drop after the match starts to give my team at least some chances and get locked in a match against much greater odds 9 times out of 10 (the 10th being Imp vs. Imp Huttball, which goes 50-50). A month from now, I'd try to challenge them again, but right now, there's just absolutely no point. /signed

20% reduction is nothing when you're wearing medium armor. Punch thru it, you won't even notice most of the time. And "the third", while having a better reduction, lasts 6 seconds. So basically, they get 11 seconds on you at t he cost of 25-50% of their health. Oh, and the HAVE TO burn ALL their defensive CD if they want to stand any chance of survival, being a glass cannon. Oh and BTW the guy who posted that wall of text talks about "good maras", which makes you think that he's "good" himself, but if that's the way he deals with maras, I'll bid him my adieu real fast. Peace...