WvW... a suggestion to help alleviate issues people are having
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Posted by: Kracin.6078
concerning a lot of threads about “night capping”.
apparently on the EU side, they have a server or two that basically win a ton due to “night capping”. this capping during the night leads to issues where a server clearly dominates because they end up having more people on all the time than the other two servers, so no matter how hard fought the battle is, from monday-friday, the battle belongs to the one who has the “night” crew..
for EU, this is american guilds and players that roll EU servers.
for US, this is european guilds and player that roll US servers.
i think we all know the names of the 2 servers that ended up getting the brunt of these players for obvious reasons.
now, there are a ton of “fix WvW this way” threads, all talking about adjusting points, adjusting this and that.
but in reality the only real problem with WvW is the player distribution… and Anet already has them split up into 2 sections that are what the other one wants.
US servers want more EU players to play during their “night” and EU, want more US to play in their “night”… it is a 24 hour persistent world after all.
but why…. with all of the servers out there currently, can’t arena net get rid of 1/4 of all the servers, and then merge the EU with the US based on their ranking and active player base through an extensive search into which ones are most compatable to provide the best experience to all?
it may put some strain on the servers in ways that basically would be dealt with in the future through server upgrades, which i imagine would come soon as they have definately made a lot of money through in game sales… i know a few guildies who have dropped well over 500 already. people love the game, thats all there is to it, it will flourish.
back to the topic.
by combining EU with US, you give everyone what they want for WvW in terms of balance…. you get a place to play that essentially has an even playing field (or as even as it gets honestly).
the servers that previously didnt have any oceanic presence and get left in the dust, would recieve enough people to make it interesting, the same can be said for the EU servers that previously had no US players to speak of.
it may not be a perfect merger, and some servers may experience increased wait times of up to an hour or two for WvW during times that normally would have no queues… but queues are the nature of this game right now.. having a Queue is a double edged sword in all respects….. if you have a queue, it means GOOD!!!!! we have lots of people playing and no shortage of people on the field of battle!!!… and it means BAD!!!! i have to wait an hour or so to get in!!!!…… but finding the happy place where people will always have someone fighting on their side, and won’t have to wait a ridiculously long time unless they decide to roll on an already overpopulated server… will eventually balance out, but only if we have the US and EU playing together…
obviously there are problems when you are talking about german and french servers (and the others). but apparently there are places that the french and german are already playing… and even on my server there are multiple korean guilds that don’t have much problem as they play together.
so any thoughts about this would be good, and hopefully it becomes a topic that arena net themselves can look at, and think about, and realize that this is one of the few things that could help WvW get pushed in the right direction.