Guild Wars 2

Hi,
Since this arena is made for some pvp stuff, it would be cool if retaliation damage were reduced as in sPvP and WvW.

Retaliation, as far as I know, is the only mechanic split between the 3 game modes. It is based on the Power attribute. In PvP, all stats are reduced by, I think, 80ish percent. In WvW, the huge amount of stats you can build up there, it was absolutely ridiculous and OP with huge clashes/multi-target skills. In PvE, balanced has hardly ever mattered, from the PC perspective, minus a few skills, and was definitely never considered.

I understand completely and, perhaps, making Guild Halls, or the GvG area, should have a ‘PvP zone’ label slapped on top of it. The gray is strong here.

People have been asking for a way to duel others in PvE. I think that’s why ANet made the arena like they did. If you want to duel someone and they accept, you go to your guild hall arena and use PvE rules there.

Of course, that doesn’t make the rules good for it. It’s just what a lot of people were asking for, just like harder content and more guild focus.

perhaps the guild hall arena could have a new sPvP upgrade, which grants access to a separate sPvP instanced guild hall arena server using sPvP rules instead of PvE / WvW rules.

I’m pretty sure they want people to keep paying for custom arenas for that.