In AvAvA a good PvP player is one that is supporting thier faction and helping . In battle grounds and dueling is about min maxing and gear more then anything .

Velidreth

someone whom has been able to adapt their build and playstyle to what it is they enjoy from pvp...

burst builds and tactics for those solo assassin types, good team/support build and communication for those whom enjoy working as a team, immortal builds for those whom like daring groups of opposing players to kill them (by far - the most amusing sight in the game)...

much like life - it's the happy folks whom are the most successful...

all that aside - i wish we could see our kill/death ratio (kind of like COD)...personally - that's how I would judge it...

Alucardo wrote: »

I came across two nightblades yesterday at a resource while I was on my disgusting malubeth blazing shield templar. After killing them both, one messages me, and I'm like "oh great, here we go...". He says "Good fight ", then we talked about builds for the next 15 minutes.

That is my definition of a good player.

Exactly this. People who are not salty, and instead agry whisping to you they say good fight, maybe ask for some more fights to figure out how to beat you etc. I have lot of people of other aliances in my fried list, that i met by killing them or dying to them, and indstead of insults we engaged conversation.
If good player dies to someone, he dont blame "cancer build that enemy player has" or "cheesy tactic he used" - good player learn from that loss and ask himself: "What i did wrong i lost and how can i avoid dying next time".

Bad player thinks he never do mistakes and when he dies(even if he outnumber opponent) and enemy player always used some dirty tricks to beat him/his group. Like this:

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1, pushing buttons fast (i'm good at this)
2, pushing the right buttons (i'm somewhat good at this)
3, not putting yourself in a situation that will get you killed no matter how fast you can push the buttons (i'm terrible at this )

A good player is someone who masters their role or multiple roles.

Tank: get hit hard and survive, is the decoy and usually the last one to survive in a fight.

Dps: want to kill enemies and must switch between defense and offense in a fight.

Healer: Heals teammates and won't let them die, supports them and gives them multiple buffs.

Ganker: kills enemies instantly and remains unseen, if caught, uses various skills to escape.

• The one who can spam their abilities faster than others.
• Make use of lags. i.e. lag others by joining a groups and spamming the abilities to destroy the server.
• Be a stamina player and do a money roll and snipe bananas on players while hidden.
• Be baised and always think that you are the BEST.
• Always hate EP/ red players and have a sexual relationship with AD/DC.

Good: You and people you admire.
Bad: Everyone else.


No seriously though, good players have developed considerable knowledge and skills within the game to allow them to creatively adapt and evolve their builds and game play to address the ever changing PVP environment. A lot of what is considered player skill is really just a very detailed understanding of how the game engine functions and how certain skills and abilities function within that system, and then having practiced and developed the muscle memory through repetition in order to take advantage of that knowledge.

Good players are usually good because they have considerable experience across many different games, and have fully developed many different strategies or techniques which they then adapt and apply to new gaming environments. Sometimes they may have only really invested into one game but have invested enough time and at the same time made cognitive leaps that often elude other players.

Sometimes the popular steamers that set the "meta" are not significantly better than the other top players, they are just a personality with a microphone and recording equipment. Sometimes they are running basically the same build you are but are simply executing it better, or have some slight tweak's that give them that extra 1% needed to excel.

For PVP the easiest way to improve your game play is to improve your understanding of the game and game play there in by investing time into the game as well as exploring styles of play that are new to you. It is ultimately a game of strategy and chance, the better you understand what is available to your opponent and identify what they are actually using, the better you will be able to develop a counter and adapt your own strategy. Read about what people are doing, watch video's on what people are doing and adapt.

Sometimes you may find that your design will not work with your current setup or gear, but that given more CP, different gear, different skills unlocked/morphed that it may work. Sometimes you may find there is an inherent flaw in your setup and it will always fail. Sometimes you may find that your design will totally work you just need to tweak some stats or change a skill.

The thing to remember is PVP is not PVE, the environment is not static. Things are going to change, different play styles will rise and fall, what you randomly encounter will change.(Edit: by change I mean quickly, everything changes with patches, PVP can change overnight with the release of a new "meta" video) Good players get to a point where they have tried and developed many different setups and strategies, this plus the previously mentioned depth of game knowledge and understanding, allows them to adapt quicker to the ever changing environment of PVP.

Someone with a good CPU.

Forget all that. To you, OP the answer is simple.

Do you have max cp?
Do you try to target players without cp cap?
Are you rich in game for full legendaries?
Are you lucky in game for BIS drops?
and lastly, do you have slightly above average pvp experience in mmos.

Meet those criteria and you are good to go.

I try to follow the forum postings when I get the chance. As someone who doesn't pvp often, it's my understanding that you have to avoid the following to be a good player.

- do not use Malubeth, Black Rose, Veledrith, Viper gear sets
- do not use Radiant Destruction... ever
- do not use Breath of Life... ever
- probably best to just not play a Templar... ever
- do not dodge roll more than once per combat situation
- do not streak away, dark cloak or use terrain to avoid a bad situation
- do not bring any friends with you to combat, even if you don't initiate that combat
- do not gank. you will be called a bad player. do not get ganked. you will be called a bad player
- do not interrupt a duel, even if those duelers are in the most inappropriate location
- do not get involved in any fight between the other 2 alliances. you will be ganging up even if it's to your benefit to engage in that combat

Probably a whole lot more that I'm missing. I'm in the process of building a spreadsheet I can use while in pvp to see if I'm doing it the right way. I just need a way to signal my opponents to not destroy me while I consult this spreadsheet before every encounter.

A good player has fun. Period.