Guild Wars 2

Dear devs, I have some suggestions for wvw as a wvw fan.

Please make wvw ranks somehow visible to friendly units(i suggest rank icons next to our names), so our ranks and character development can be seen by other players. So we can brag about our wvw ranks, playtime etc. :P
With current system no one knows that your character is in a good or bad wvw condition.
Well, this is an mmo so we need a little competition, there’s no point to grind for high ranks to compete other players. (except new wvw skills specs etc.)
It would be good if we had wvw rank icons next to our nicknames just like battlefield 2. (online fps game)
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Implementation of private or guild wvw commander system is needed. Most of wvw players play in wvw oriented guilds, and they do private raids in wvw. We use ctrl+t to target/mark our clan leader/commander in order to have a private commander. It would be good if we had a seperate private commander tag in map which is only visible to guild members.
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wvw server leaderboards aren’t enough, we should earn honor points for our guild and upgrade our guild with these wvw honor points for new wvw features. also guilds will compete to get a good position in guild wvw leaderboards with these honor points. you can also add capes like in gw1 which we will be able to unlock better ones with guild honor points.
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and please let us convert badges to gems/gold or other currencies. For ex. 250 badges -> 80-100 gems
There’s no use for them at endgame as most of veteran wvw fans don’t need basic exotic gear/ascended trinket etc.

Umut.5471:

Dear devs, I have some suggestions for wvw as a wvw fan.

Please make wvw ranks somehow visible to friendly units(i suggest rank icons next to our names), so our ranks and character development can be seen by other players. So we can brag about our wvw ranks, playtime etc. :P
With current system no one knows that your character is in a good or bad wvw condition.
Well, this is an mmo so we need a little competition, there’s no point to grind for high ranks to compete other players. (except new wvw skills specs etc.)
It would be good if we had wvw rank icons next to our nicknames just like battlefield 2. (online fps game)
——-
Implementation of private or guild wvw commander system is needed. Most of wvw players play in wvw oriented guilds, and they do private raids in wvw. We use ctrl+t to target/mark our clan leader/commander in order to have a private commander. It would be good if we had a seperate private commander tag in map which is only visible to guild members.
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wvw server leaderboards aren’t enough, we should earn honor points for our guild and upgrade our guild with these wvw honor points for new wvw features. also guilds will compete to get a good position in guild wvw leaderboards with these honor points. you can also add capes like in gw1 which we will be able to unlock better ones with guild honor points.
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and please let us convert badges to gems/gold or other currencies. For ex. 250 badges -> 80-100 gems
There’s no use for them at endgame as most of veteran wvw fans don’t need basic exotic gear/ascended trinket etc.

Badges still have a use (albeit a little limited) superior siege, or you could always just buy the original gear (zerker unless they have fixed the other sets) to salvage/mf. And they will never do the badges → gems conversion (they would have to do the same for PvE badges too). I do agree that badges have a semi useless role after a while, let’s just be grateful that they no longer take up room in our banks :P

I don’t agree 100% with 1 and 3. If they made 1 optional I’m all for that, and 3 I don’t fully understand what you are suggestion. 2 is very valid, and has been brought up many times (anet had gone so far as to say they aren’t satisfied at all with the commander system, so it’s just a matter of time…but how long no one knows). Here’s hoping that some of them get some attention soon

Topher.1684:

Badges still have a use (albeit a little limited) superior siege, or you could always just buy the original gear (zerker unless they have fixed the other sets) to salvage/mf. And they will never do the badges -> gems conversion (they would have to do the same for PvE badges too). I do agree that badges have a semi useless role after a while, let’s just be grateful that they no longer take up room in our banks :P

I don’t agree 100% with 1 and 3. If they made 1 optional I’m all for that, and 3 I don’t fully understand what you are suggestion. 2 is very valid, and has been brought up many times (anet had gone so far as to say they aren’t satisfied at all with the commander system, so it’s just a matter of time…but how long no one knows). Here’s hoping that some of them get some attention soon

I was buying sieges and selling them from tp to make some gold but their price gone so low, so it’s not so convenient way to buy sieges anymore. Badges are just waiting for their use in my wallet

and there’s no pve badges as I know, and pve has many high-return farm options for new players. But many endgame users(which have all items including legendaries) don’t care about pve, they just want competitive pk features(for wvw and other new zones) in order to continue playing this game. a wvw player must earn same gold as pve players, they shouldn’t force you to play pve to earn high amount of gold like current state of the game.

my 3rd suggestion was about guild activities in wvw. as long as you kill opponents in wvw, you make your guild gain honor points. your guild unlocks new wvw features with these honor points, and gets in guild wvw leaderboard rankings. i suggested customizable capes as an optional feature, which you unlock them with guild honor points, best looking ones require extreme amount of honor points etc.

Umut.5471:

Topher.1684:

Badges still have a use (albeit a little limited) superior siege, or you could always just buy the original gear (zerker unless they have fixed the other sets) to salvage/mf. And they will never do the badges -> gems conversion (they would have to do the same for PvE badges too). I do agree that badges have a semi useless role after a while, let’s just be grateful that they no longer take up room in our banks :P

I don’t agree 100% with 1 and 3. If they made 1 optional I’m all for that, and 3 I don’t fully understand what you are suggestion. 2 is very valid, and has been brought up many times (anet had gone so far as to say they aren’t satisfied at all with the commander system, so it’s just a matter of time…but how long no one knows). Here’s hoping that some of them get some attention soon

I was buying sieges and selling them from tp to make some gold but their price gone so low, so it’s not so convenient way to buy sieges anymore. Badges are just waiting for their use in my wallet

and there’s no pve badges as I know, and pve has many high-return farm options for new players. But many endgame users(which have all items including legendaries) don’t care about pve, they just want competitive pk features(for wvw and other new zones) in order to continue playing this game. a wvw player must earn same gold as pve players, they shouldn’t force you to play pve to earn high amount of gold like current state of the game.

my 3rd suggestion was about guild activities in wvw. as long as you kill opponents in wvw, you make your guild gain honor points. your guild unlocks new wvw features with these honor points, and gets in guild wvw leaderboard rankings. i suggested customizable capes as an optional feature, which you unlock them with guild honor points, best looking ones require extreme amount of honor points etc.

In that case suggestion 3 sounds good. But WvW should never earn the same amount as a PvE farm. WvW offers many rewards at the same time, which is the problem. Badges, karma, drops and gold…all this while doing something fun! In PvE you can normally only farm 2-3 of those at the same time (exceptions always exist). It doesn’t matter that karma or badges might be useless to you, you still get them which will dilute the things you may want.

Someone else suggested a while ago changing the rewards to scale with difficulty (ie taking a t3 tower/keep would reward you with much better rewards, while paper towers/keeps reward you with roughly the same as drops now). Defense should also be improved, but I acknowledge that this may be difficult, as what constitutes a defense. Killing players while outside normally doesn’t reward you with gold, while staying indoor firing ac will normally guarantee gold, even if you only hit a few people. Maybe they could also offer better rewards or some kind of boss chest for taking keeps/sm.

Oh, btw, the PvE badges I was talking about were the dungeon tokens.

I like all of your ideas. Anet get to work!

what i want is a little more money or unique weapons dropped by enemy players. i think ~70% of the pve farm is enough. i dont want too much pve nabz in wvw :p
other think what i miss is the body block system from gw1. no more blobbing, no more mindless runing, but more tactic.

McWolfy.5924:

what i want is a little more money or unique weapons dropped by enemy players. i think ~70% of the pve farm is enough. i dont want too much pve nabz in wvw :p
other think what i miss is the body block system from gw1. no more blobbing, no more mindless runing, but more tactic.

The main issue with increased loot (and why I think they don’t do it) is it promotes zerging, something I think they want to try to limit/remove. I agree better drops would be nice (not what some people are saying…I have no clue why people keep bringing up precursors….outside MF I’ve seen just as many drop from WvW then PvE), and would say between 50-60% of the average PvE farm would be fine. I say 50-60% because I could WvW all day long, while I can only farm for 1-2 hours at most. I don’t WvW for the loot, but the enjoyment of it.

Body block is seriously lacking in this game, but then again, I’m a huge fan of the holy trinity more then every man for himself.

trinity was the sicknes of gw1 it was a big improvement when they removed.
and budy block will solve the zerging problem. nearly impossible to move within a 20+ blob. and here come the tactic part. front line with tanks, mid line formed by ranged classes and backline with snipers. if the team is good they can move 60 people