Guild Wars 2

So, people get WvW bonuses based on all the stuff that goes on in that other part of the game, but most people probably dont realize they’re getting them. When you’re in WvW, you can see little grey icons above the left side of your skill bar (where your other boons are).

Why not show these in PvE as well? it would likely get more people to play WvW when they realize that their efforts can get them more mats, better magic find, more money, life, endurance etc……

I would like that actually, I rarely check to see what kind of benefits my world is getting. But showing it somewhere on the screen (maybe the right or top side) would be nice.

Great suggestion. This could help make both wvw and pve more engaging.

I like the idea that someone on reddit suggested, of making a pie chart icon for this with greater detail upon mouse-over. For those who are concerned about UI clutter, simply make the option to turn this display off.

Good idea in principle, but in practice there are way too many WvW buffs to add them to the combat buff bar.

Take a look at the WvW screen next time you’re logged in, and then imagine all of those crammed into the buff bar along with your signets/food/pots/temporary combat buffs/etc. That would result in combat information overload.

But there may be another place on the screen to put them, maybe a row across the top or down the right edge or somewhere else visible but not combat-crucial.

Here is a quick way to make wvw more fun, add rewards that people actually want and that matter, wvw should not be THAT separated from pve, we need better rewards “but you play wvw for fun!”… since when is getting loot not fun?! I love getting rewarded who doesn’t…?

This would be a great way to rall a server if things aren’t going well.

kurtosis.9526:

Good idea in principle, but in practice there are way too many WvW buffs to add them to the combat buff bar.

Take a look at the WvW screen next time you’re logged in, and then imagine all of those crammed into the buff bar along with your signets/food/pots/temporary combat buffs/etc. That would result in combat information overload.

But there may be another place on the screen to put them, maybe a row across the top or down the right edge or somewhere else visible but not combat-crucial.

Single icon when hovered over gives details about all eight boons.

This seriously needs to happen

I love the suggestion, and think it’d go a ways to making people realise that PvP and WvW are connected. That is, doing some WvW is not an unreasonable part of the monthly quest, as it directly affects your PvP experience. And that those who wish to play WvW are helping out those who prefer to do events and farm and such.

The possible downside is that Anet would have to deal with so much complaining every time somebody didn’t get 2 items from a gather, or if they thought drop rates had been nerfed as the increased MF didn’t give them guaranteed rare and exotic drops.

Also, on the single icon idea, it wouldn’t even need to give details, it would just say what was affected, and to see the WvW (B) window for details.

As someone who was bugged to not get these bonuses until the Dec 3rd patch finally fixed it, I still don’t think it’s a necessary idea to move to an icon on your boon/buff bar, and DEFINITELY wouldn’t want more than one icon due to clutter.

You can already see these by hovering over at the top, why would it need to be at the bottom too? And it’s a rather lengthy/wordy list when you do hover over it. At least while it’s at the top, it’s a lot harder to inadvertently/accidentally trigger and blocks less of your view. If you put a popup that size on your buff bar or more towards your health bar, it’s going to a) block a lot of combat space and b) be a lot easier to accidentally pop up through normal play (not talking about clickers here either… that area in general is a very common area to have the mouse while turning, gathering, etc).

I also feel the bottom of the screen is already visually crowded – skills, boons, conditions, health, endurance, mini map, chat, experience bar.

I agree with the idea of bringing more attention to the buffs, but I think where you’re suggesting is actually going to be more of a detriment once the person gets past the “Oh, I get these buffs!” initial realization.

Perhaps maybe, some small icons across the top of the screen, similar to what is already there, but for the individual buffs. Or even something to alert you when the buffs change substantially – Anet added a little exclamation point to the BLTP icon when you have money/items to pick up, maybe they could do something similar for WvW bonuses, so that it calls attention, but doesn’t intrude.

Did you know this is how it worked during betas?
[img]http://i.imgur.com/3ZGWM.jpg[/img]
Hovering over this purple tower icon showed your world’s current bonuses from WvW. It was later moved from there to the top to reduce the effect monitor clutter. Personally I didn’t like seeing it down there all the time so I think it was a good decision to move it.

While this would be a very small and easy to do change I think it’s not really worth it.
I’d much rather like Anet to create better additional incentives for WvW participation, for example opening some special PvE content (mini dungeon?) for the winning world for a week (of course make players who switch worlds not eligible to this reward).

I also think a player should need to contribute to WvW in order to obtain the bonus. Either spend an amount of time playing in wvw or after so many wvw kills. This should be required every week. Create a big message across the screen, “WvW bonuses obtained!”