Guild Wars 2

Anet,

I’m all for the aesthetic and structural changes you are proposing in PvP – they are good steps in the right direction. However none of this will matter if your game is not balanced. Don’t let these changes pull your team away from the core of what they should be doing – balancing the game.

Your first game had very good balance (it got rocky at the end of its life, but regardless). This underlying tone of balance bled into the community and formed a lot of respect for those who could achieve high ranks in the game.

The ranking system will be meaningless if you do not have a balanced game.

yes, balance is important, but player population is important too.
new, improved rewards will attract more players.

but if the bucket has a big hole (balance issues) in it, no matter how much water (new players) we pour into the bucket, water will keep flowing out also.

even if they patch up the big hole (balance issues) in the bucket, but there is no one pouring water (rewards) into the bucket, the bucket will still be empty.

fix the balance.
improve the rewards.
convert those PvE / WvW players!