Guild Wars 2

Suggestion: Postpone the pop-up for switching maps during combat, so that people aren’t punished for moving.

Background: Recently, the game was updated to prevent people from avoiding being “finished” by defenders in WvW: if you change maps or logout, you will respawn in the new map as “defeated” and with broken armor.

Issue: Unfortunately, this also applies to two other situations:

1. During combat with NPCs only.
2. When the queue for another WvW map allows you to change maps, e.g. from a Borderland to Eternal Battlegrounds.

I don’t think we should be penalized for the second situation (and probably not for the first either). You shouldn’t have to choose between traveling (and being forced to repair your armor) or getting out of the current combat and risking having to queue again.

I do believe when you’re prompted by the queue, it gives you the choice to re-enter the queue. Is that so hard…?

And repairs are pretty cheap to fix. Unless you mean that ALL your armor is broken for doing so, I don’t see the big deal.

It’s not a significant penalty. You denied someone a kill, you pay a small fee for dying – And you WERE downed and felt it wasn’t worth staying to fight for your life, so you were clearly going to die. So, suck it up and pay your dues.

I don’t see the problem.

It’s not “hard” to choose “wait,” but why should people have to choose? Also, there’s no warning that if you choose to travel, you will respawn as defeated and incur a penalty. This doesn’t seem to be intended behavior.

The question isn’t whether this is a “significant” penalty — it’s whether there should be any penalty at all for traveling when prompted by the game. It doesn’t happen in PvE, it doesn’t happen when there is no queue (because you can’t travel while in combat) — it only happens after waiting for the queue.