Guild Wars 2

Dear Arenanet,

Suggestion:
I would like to suggest that you update your ‘rally’ mechanic and ‘bloodlust’ mechanic in WvW for the following things:
a) allow players to rally only from killing those within (say) 10 levels below their own level
b) allow players to only gain points (bloodlust) from stomping those above (say) level 50

Reason for suggestion:
The recent patch has seen an influx of new players to WvW, which is creating an unworkable ‘rally bot’ issue. A ‘rally bot’ is a term used to describe a player who is unskilled in WvW and does nothing but die, repeatedly rallying the enemy during medium to large scale fights.

Whilst it’s difficult to correct the issue completely, as unskilled players exist at all levels, my suggestion is directed toward those players who can be identified by their level. Since it is possible to enter WvW at any level, I believe this small change would go at least some way toward correcting the problem.

Lastly, there appears to be some exploitative player behavior following the introduction of the bloodlust points system, where players have been reported to ‘farm’ stomping points from low levels on spare accounts, in ‘secret locations’ in order to boost their server score. For this reason I suggest a level limit is applied.

Some servers are harder hit than others by the above issues, but there is a high risk of WvW player fatigue if no steps are taken to balance the effects of these two issues.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Bunny

i m down with it.

I support this sugestion.

It sounds like a very reasonable suggestion, indeed.

My harshest suggestion is to remove XP from WvW, no one will go there to level, this will fix queues, and in turn reduce upscaled players

but other than that… I agreed with you Bunny

I agree with this in principle, except I’d say go further and have rallying and bloodlust only apply to level 80s.

+1

(and 15 char)

i agree. also, people rallying from gaining a level is extremely annoying. except when its you, then its awesome.

Yaaay, then they will start to asking people to take their low level because if you die it won’t change anything while if a 80 die, you know what happens.
It’s the lesser evil logic, be good at 80 but if you fail you have consequences, or have a underpowered character but having no backfire on defeat. It’s slightly like the Nash equilibrium. While both side can win the most from taking all 80, they choose the least risky solution even if it means not having the best solution.
They will just have to get 1 l80 down to rally, they do not give bloodlust bonus point, they don’t rally ennemy when they die. They might get rolled over, but it’s better this way since they might roll on you. My 47 mesmer killed two roaming thieves who wanted to kill me while I was trying to cap by myself a camp. Though I got lucky on some spell miss, I’m sure that a 50- bus can compete with a 80 bus even with the stat and trait difference, the no rally and the fact that it’s easier to bring a full BiS 50 than a BiS 80 making them more likely to outnumber you.
Since there are leveling in both side, I think it’s not that annoying.

Thus, I’m against it.