Guild Wars 2

(this was posted in WvW with very little responses. I am copying/pasting to hopefully get something).

I have posted this before and didn’t get a response or any intelligent feedback from other players on this idea.

Quick rant to keep the topic fresh. There are two major issues in WvW.

1- Mesmers dying at gate and getting a rez THROUGH the gate to portal everyone in.

2- Corpse spying.

I shouldn’t even have to explain these issues. nor should I have to give examples.

Please take a second to think about this idea.

In World vs World. There needs to be a death timer added to players that do not rally. Downed state has a soft timer that will eventually kill you. Fully dead means a revive is needed. However, having unlimited time to lay down dead is the key aspect of why these two issues are here.

If you add a 1-2 minute timer to a DEAD state, it will fix our problems without changing the dynamics of the game. 2 minutes lying there as a dead body is plenty of time to finish a battle in WVW with the amount of zergs that are going on. Teams will run away giving you revive time.

Another key aspect to this is stopping that timer while being revived.

At the end of 2 minutes, You become unrevivable and your map pops up forcing a waypoint or a GTFO button.

Either that or your 2 minute timer ends and you pop up as a zombie. You lose all control of your character. Your character then roams around the zone feeding on anyone dumb enough to get into melee range. Those players then begin losing life per second until they die and become zombies themselves. Thus begins the “outbreak” on WVW and players are forced to sit inside towers and keeps to defend themselves against an endless wave of zombies with limited rations/ammunition. Rytlok Brimstone will make an occasional appearance and wreak havoc on thousands of Tyrian zombies but never making any progress on preventling the ultimate demise to that which is known as Lions Arch.

Go ahead and skip that last section but take everything else seriously.

Khronus.8370

Can I get some players to agree to this so it stays up there in the forums? I mean, if you have something against this idea, you are yourselves taking advantage of these “exploits” as some would call them.

If you don’t have an issue with this change, support it. Build up as a community.

Hyperhypo.1249

I sent a feedback ticket about the current state of WvW and asked them to talk to the player base and they said please use the forums yet when I come here I have seen very similar posts and no response from Anet

I do like your Zombie Apocalypse content.

Khronus.8370

Yeah I was told to use the forums as well. I understand that they are busy but these two issues are BREAKING WVW. Corpse spying is as old as the first competitive game. It’s just a bogus tactic to use. Dead bodies don’t talk, so how can they see? lol.

Mesmer portals is clearly an exploit when used in this manner. Reviving through a wall is a broken mechanic and can easily be fixed with my idea.

If we get enough players to voice their concern in the same topic and support this idea, we can make something happen!

Yeah, the zombie thing is amazing lol. I am bored at work and my mind went off in the wrong direction.

It’s the weekend

Even if you do get a response, it won’t be until at least monday, I know I was just dealing with support yesterday.

Personally, I just want to see the downed state removed from WvW, it causes a lot more problems than just this one exploit, and really adds nothing to the gameplay in such a large-scale setting.

Downed state is one of the best aspects of this game. BY FAR. It adds an insane element of gameplay. Downed state is the 10 seconds to a KO. It’s the last chance or Call of Duty. The best idea to FORCE teamwork and map awareness. if you do not like the downed state, you are not playing the game correctly.

Anyway, Bump to get a response. this idea rocks.

Come on Arena net. This is a simple fix and a great in game mechanic to make a lot of players happy. I would like some feedback if possible. Halloween is cool and all, working on things that need to be fixed is more important in my opinion.

I like the zombie apocolypse Idea and feel it should be implemented asap.
Come on, who would not give thier left arm to be a part of that?
I would be turned into a zombie jsut to giggle insanle as I watch my character spread the disease.

I might help if you use a subject/title for your posts that matches the content

If this title doesn’t catch the attention of Arena Net, then another (how to fix WVW) title will definitely not.

Well, to be fair, attempting to catch ANet’s attention with titles/posts that read “ANET HEY OVER HERE” is actually against the forums’ Code of Conduct and risks having the thread closed.

I’d change the title, just for the sake of thread longevity. If the thread is closed and/or deleted, you’ll never have a chance of ANet seeing it.