I must admit I really like World vs. world. Really just a great system at its core of ingenuity and idea’s for something a bit fresh. You don’t get anything out of it in terms of rewards (more on that later) however It can be fun. With that said I feel there are a few tweaks that could really put it over the top.
Upgrades, Blueprints:
How about some WvW currency only? What I mean is, when you kill a player, complete an objective. This gives you WvW currency that may only be spent in WvW. You can use this currency to purchase upgrades and/or blueprints.
At this time the only method is using coin. Money is real tight for many of us. Heck I’ve been farming for days at 80 and I’m still broke. It’s quite hard to come by and I can understand why 30 players are attacking Keep doors with no rams or any other support because obtaining wealth isn’t easy, at least this early in the game before more efficient methods are discovered and shared.
However this game was designed with fun in mind with no end game, it’s the journey. How’s a level 12 player going to net that kind of coin? It really takes away from what WvW could be with the use of those support items.
While my WvW currency may not exactly be a fix, or liked. Something other than coin could potential make the experience more rich, no pun intended.
Badges of Honor and its uses:
Items can be purchased with Badges. Hey that’s great, kill players have fun and get rewards too, now that’s what I’m talking about you rock! Somehow I think what’s occurring with the system at the present wasn’t intended. What I mean is I’ve played WvW for a good 7 hours, that’s a decent investment. I earned 30 badges in that time. What can I purchase with the time invested, nothing. That’s why I feel it may not have worked out as it was supposed to be. I mean if I farmed monsters for 7 hours which I have! I could get at least 2-3 Comparable exotic gear.
Personally I would enjoy myself much more in WvW if my time had value, outside server bonuses.
Badges of Honor Drops, how do I get them?
From experience the only way I’ve obtained them is by finishing a player off. Which in the chaotic state of zerg warfare is not exactly easy. I’d say 1 out of 4 to 5 players might drop 1 or 2 if you happen to get there in time.
What’s frustrating is if you run off by yourself and get a nice 1v1 their at 10% someone from your team comes over and helps, kills them then takes your badge. To expand a bit further, some classes by design are range and are required to kite. These classes are more at a disadvantage. I typically duo with a friend, I always walk away at the end of the night with more tokens because I’m melee and in close range to the corpse.
Badges of Honor Change Suggestions:
Kill a player, get a badge. I’ve killed 362 players I think last I checked, never mind all the objectives completed, end result 30 badges.
Complete an objective get X amount of tokens, naturally things like Keeps or harder objectives should scale with reward naturally.