Guild Wars 2

I honestly didn’t care for WvW AT ALL until they made the change for the gift of battle which forced me to actually participate. It’s a good experience because now I’ve joined a WvW guild and participate in their scheduled wvw raids. Originally I only joined to farm up points for the gift, but now I legitimately enjoy wvw because of this change, which I would have never even bothered with before.

Honestly I hope they make a change and add a required gift in for PvP too. It would help PvP population and introduce people into pvp who would otherwise be reluctant to even try PvP. I don’t PvP at all and that’s because there’s nothing that requires me to do it. I have no real incentive for it.

If people complain about more grind for the legendary weapons, then I understand there feelings and they have a legitimate reason too argue this, but I think it would be best for the PvP scene and players overall by introducing them to another aspect of the game which they don’t try or practice enough on. Legendary weapons have always been a test of endurance in their creations. I think Anet should also add a test of mastery to that aswell.

Adding the gift would be simple. Take out the required obsidian shards needed for the gift of “MASTERY” (which obsidian shard certainly don’t portray), and add the gift for pvp. Then it would certainly be a true test of both Endurance (Map completion) and Mastery (Battle and PvP).

I touched on this very briefly in the merged Gift of Battle thread. Since the how the gift is obtained has been changed this is still a sore subject for a few people, but I am all for it and to include PvP into creating Legendaries.

My idea would be to have the WvW track reward 2 gifts in the final chest, and to add a similar reward track for pvp giving two more gifts in the final chest. Combine them in the Mystic Forge for the Gift of Battle.

I’m not sure how anyone else feels, maybe it’s just me, but I feel like legendaries should include all parts of the game (WvW, PvP, and PvE). For example, I feel like the legendaries shouldve required either 3 gifts (1 for each game mode) and the precursor. Alternatively, the gift of mastery could involve something from PvP, since it already requires gift of battle from WvW and the gift of exploration from PvE.

While this sounds like a good idea on paper; it would most likely result in another form of hot join farm like the daily server. Which wouldn’t really be a test of skill. Just an ability to grind.