Guild Wars 2

Sharing this idea by Carighan on the GW2 subreddit:

What if every zone slowly shifted from ‘dark phase’ to ‘light phase’ and back over the course of, say, a month? A few zones would be at the peak of the phase at any one time. Zones in a dark phase would be more dangerous, but with more champions and better chances for loot, it’d be the place to be to run trains. Zones in a light phase would be fairly gentle, with few champions spawning, but maybe it’d be a great place to gather crafting materials. For zones like Kessex Hills, where there’s a constant war between humans and centaurs, during dark phases the centaur attacks are stronger and more frequent, and during the light phase they’re much less frequent and there are more rebuilding and gathering events.

This’d be a great way to make the world feel more like a living world, with an ebb and flow to it.

The suggestion of cycles can feel quite mundane if not done properly, but it can seriously work. I like the idea.

This is such a simple idea bit I can see something like this moving players around the map. I for one would log on look for the zone’s in the dark phase and go there. Hopefully other like minded players would do the same so we could all play together.

Toss in some dynamic weather and you’re golden. There’s a QoL addition I’d love to see.