I want to share idea; imagine being in lion arch where you can watch live stream of wvw and pvp match? Player in lion arch can see what is happening in wvw and pvp and decide where to join? why idea is good? Live stream can help motivate more player to join wvw and pvp by joining in. Lion Arch player do not have to join if not want to.
Example; i am in lion arch and i feel bored, i can go to a area in lion arch; movie theater or stream room area and watch live wvw and pvp match to see where help is need and to see where the action is; fun. I will join the action and i will no longer be bored.
Will idea help bring more life to wvw and pvp? Will idea increase more player enjoyment to play wvw and pvp? Also, will add entertainment for all player.
Again, just idea.. what do you player think? critic is ok
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Ankur
How would that work in the huge WvW world? Or even PvP? Do you just tag along with a random toon?
Or are you shown the entire map and can zoom into any area you like?
Neither seems like a good idea. People will use it to capitalize on their opponents. Aka, spying.
Idea live stream will restrict map and restrict zoom. Idea stream will only allow to see score and live stream. Yes you are right; wvw is huge world, so the way live stream will work is to take quick live video shot of different area/location in pvp and wvw.
You mention spy? yes, very important. Idea live stream will not show color of servers, not show name of server, or name of player.
Any other restriction idea welcome.
" Solutions To A Problem Can Only Be Found, When You Want To Get Rid Of It "
Ankur
There’s still the issue of people knowing the WvW maps, though. If they can watch the stream in LA, recognize the area the fight is taking place, and have their buddy /w them while said buddy is in WvW currently, they can shout who owns the keep. It’s also pretty obvious most of the time who’s defending and who’s attacking an objective anyway.
For sPvP, however, I don’t see an issue with the suggestion. It’d be kind of fun to peek over to watch a nice match while I’m throwing junk in the Toilet or crafting. Though, we can already do this by alt+tabbing out…
Maybe for the WvW streamy-thing, you’re only able to ‘tag’ a player from your realm to prevent spying? Might help.
(And yeah, I know this has little chance of being put in, but it’s fun to add anyway!)
I don’t think something like that will garner interest from PvE players to PvP. A couple of times when Anet has posted messages about tournaments I watched a few rounds. It was a yawn fest. Personally, I don’t like watching other people play video games. But that is just me.
Anet has already done a fair amount to try to lead people into PvP/WvW with changes in dailies, WvW map completion requirements and such. If people don’t like it or don’t care about it they are not going to do it no matter how it is presented.
If you are interested in bringing more people into the PvP/WvW community, befriend people, offer to show them around and offer to help them learn the ropes. That is the best way to encourage more participation in those communities.
