Guild Wars 2

Considering that all pvp servers are shared for all players in that region, why must the HOTM remain server specific? If anything it fractures the community and makes it appear 1/24th of the actual population size in NA and 1/27th the size in the EU.

Not only would merging these make the community feel stronger but also offer a place to discuss pvp specifics outside of a match and form teams which each player present.

I would really like to see all NA HOTM’s merged and all EU HOTM’s merged, still region separate at this stage.

The only negatives would be the influx of people using the HOTM as a means to go through the lions arch gate. This could easily be solved by removing that gate and have those people waypoint straight there like most regular players as the gate itself serves very little function to the pvp community.
The other issue would be the testing area and the possibility of having too many players with a limited amount of npcs. Rather just make those areas instanced such as they were in gw1. If multiple players want to enter together they can party up. This would also allow more elaborate use of npcs that could focus on team play and have 5 person teams use this instanced area as a practice ground.

Yes please…. I’ve been sayin this since launch.. a Merged HOTM would have like 30 people in it.

It would be cool if there was actually something you do do there as well. Aside from having all the PvP vendors and the PvP tutorial there is no reason to spend time in the mists.

So give us a place to duel and you might actually contribute to building a community.

HOTM should have been merged from the start – it’s nice to see people actually standing around waiting for Qs, rather than standing alone in heart of a ghost town.

I like the idea of a merged HOTM.

Oh how I eager I wait til the day I see an overflow in HOTM.

I’m going to thread hijack this a bit and ask if sPvP servers are on their own separate servers? If they aren’t, they should be, and a merged HotM is a great idea as well. Just that a) you need more dummies lying around, and b) a WAYPOINT TO THE R50+VENDORS!

In the merged HotM, there should also be a multi-room dueling arena where two players can enter each room and start a duel while everyone else hanging around the HotM can sit up top and watch. I’m pretty sure there would be A LOT more people hanging out, form teams, etc. It would be a great community builder.

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In the merged HotM, there should also be a multi-room dueling arena where two players can enter each room and start a duel while everyone else hanging around the HotM can sit up top and watch. I’m pretty sure there would be A LOT more people hanging out, form teams, etc. It would be a great community builder.

Agreed, I tried promoting it earlier. I think a big QOL patch would give HOTM some life. Heck, tie the living story with heart of the mists.