Guild Wars 2

A lot of threads have been flaming the idea of overflows because it does not allow them to play with their home world. This is a valid complaint, and one that I support.

However, there are also servers that are simply incapable of completing Tequatl, due to player population, server focus, or otherwise. Guesting is a great way to find yourself in a position to have a decent chance at victory, but more often than not, Overflows are just lobbies that players occupy while waiting for the main server.

There are various guilds that have formed, dedicated to defeating Teq, and that is awesome. The only thing these guilds lack is consistent organization. The guild has to occupy various servers instead of playing with one another.

Instancing these new, epic boss fights is the way to ensure players are cooperating effectively. Not much has to change from the current overflow method. Players in a guild or organized group should have the opportunity to “reserve” an overflow for their members. This doesn’t have to be an actual new zone or anything; rather, it’s a reallocation of players from one overflow that is not being used for more than a lobby, to a different overflow with their members/parties.

A party leader could have an option to “Create Overflow” or “Reserve Overflow” and the capacity of players who are participating will have a check box to indicate tat they are with that particular leader. When the maximum amount of people that an overflow can hold has filled, those players will then get a box to enter the overflow (similar to that of entering a dungeon when another party member enters).

This method will still run off of world spawn timers and all other factors affecting Tequatl and world bosses that will be improved in the future.

Any thoughts?