Guild Wars 2

It appears that we’re essentially getting GvG as a new PvP mode in GW2:HoT. GvG was supposed to be a CDI topic but was never opened up for discussion. For those that have forgotten, there was an overall Guild CDI list of topics, including Guild Logitstics/QoL, Raids, Halls, GvG, and a few other things. We finished Logitistics/QoL, Halls, and the Raids discussion wrapped up a bit early, with claims that CDIs would begin after the forum structure was overhauled. The forums have been overhauled for months and the CDI discussion hasn’t continued.

In short, a planned CDI topic is being added to the game without having been openly discussed by the playerbase. Does anyone else find it a little disconcerting? It is the developers prerogative to do as they please, but why was GvG listed as a CDI topic and then not discussed before being added to the game? Are CDIs no longer being pursued by ANet? If so, why didn’t ANet simply tell us that the Guild CDI would not be continued, at least for the topic of GvG?

While it is possible ANet might resume the CDI for Guilds, including GvG, proving my suspicious wrong, it’s looking less and less likely as time goes on.

Pretty sure a lot of people who want GvG just want the old GvG from GW1 back. If stronghold allows for 2-4 teams of 5 on each side, it sounds like it will meet that need.

Were not getting gvg as a gamemode. Were getting stronghold as a gamemode and a feature that supports guild representation and a leaderboard. The only thing making any gamemode a gvg or not is its support for guilds. Stronghold is about as much a GvG mode as conquest is.

The gvg that the community asked for was simply a deathmatch style gvg with an arena to fight in. Just give us an instance we can fight other guilds in, in our guild hall. It could even be the OS but an instanced version in the guild halls.

Substance E.4852:

Pretty sure a lot of people who want GvG just want the old GvG from GW1 back. If stronghold allows for 2-4 teams of 5 on each side, it sounds like it will meet that need.

Where did you hear it allows for 2-4 teams?

SkylightMoon.1980:

Substance E.4852:

Pretty sure a lot of people who want GvG just want the old GvG from GW1 back. If stronghold allows for 2-4 teams of 5 on each side, it sounds like it will meet that need.

Where did you hear it allows for 2-4 teams?

Nowhere, but allowing for 10-20 people per side is the appropriate amount for a decent GvG. 5v5 is hardly a GvG and more than 20-25 per side becomes an unwieldy clusterkitten that will be only fun for a few to play and fun for nearly no one to watch.

If the map’s meant as a way for guilds to combat other guilds, that’s the most sensible way to do it.