Guild Wars 2

SPvP is the least popular and least expansive aspect of guild wars 2. It seems like the design philosophy was that all aspects of guild wars 2, exploration, dungeons, wvwvw and spvp would stand on equal footing and players can play the game the way they want and get an equally good experience. I see this in the recent change, allowing you to get laurels with the pvp daily.

That vision is very far from realized as SPvP is by far the least compelling mode in this game. I think the game balance is excellent relative to other MMO’s, but that is not enough.

Gem Store: There needs to be PvP oriented items in the gem store. ANET should be able to make money off of SPvP players, and SPvP players should be able to purchase modifications. Armors, unique glory boosters (kill streak, etc).

Server variety: There are over 100 servers, there needs to be more variety in the server types. Do what FPS games tend to do: map rotation servers, 24/7 map servers. I liked the addition of 10 player max servers. Several reasons: load times are annoying, and some people just want to play 1 map for hot join.

Hot join is boring: The same map and gameplay that makes tournaments exciting does not always apply to hot join. Point capture is not what we want to do when we play hot join! There should be arena modes, hunt modes, destroy base modes. Many of this has been implemented in the mad king event. So far everything is point occupation with opportunities for bonuses, and that’s just not as fun sometimes as hunting and killing.

Not every map needs the utmost care put into it. Plenty of ridiculous custom maps are popular in FPS’s for example. It’s just hot join, it’s supposed to be less competitive, more relaxed.

Make hotjoin flashier. You already have vocalizations for certain maps. Add comical or cool audio for all of the kill-streaks.

It’s not very social: There should be an LFG tool for tournaments, maybe even a separate, guild-like thing for SPvP teams. SPvP team wins equate to team points, that are influence like. This team should be capped at a lower number, 15 maybe?

Here are just some suggestions. SPvP is probably the least realized piece of guild wars at this time. Small changes could make a world of difference. There is definitely an opportunity here for ANET making SPvP better and including more PvP specific things in the gem store.