Guild Wars 2

Hey guys,

So a recent debate came up about spies, trolls, and newer players that needlessly waste supply on upgrades. Whether accidental or purposeful, losing an entire stock of supply can make holding off a zerg on your garrison or keep absolutely impossible to stop. As it has been stated though, reporting players for playing the game incorrectly isn’t a viable solution to the issue as they can consistently plead innocence. My solution? Badges of Honor.

As it stands, the only way to order an upgrade is to utilize supply but in some cases this seems counter intuitive to me. This is why I suggest using Badges of Honor as the dedicated upgrade currency. Currently, Badges of Honor do little but use up your inventory space unless you are saving for your legendary or plan on mindlessly wasting them on an ugly set of Invaders gear. I know that ANet has stated that in a coming update Badges of Honor will have more uses, such as possibly purchasing ascended gear, but that means very little to dedicated WvW players.

I’m sure you are wondering what benefit spending your Badges of Honor would have over spending supply to upgrade structures. First and foremost, this would make upgrading structures a legitimate investment; a labor of love. Instead of mindlessly flipping a keep and spending the supply the previous owners failed to use, you would be left with a serious decision. Do I spend MY Badges of Honor to upgrade this keep or do I save them for reinforcing Garrison? Ultimately, upgrading a structure is an actual investment of your time.

More importantly, it is highly unlikely that newer players will be able to accidentally order an upgrade and rob an entire keep of its supply. The chances of a newer player having, say, 50 Badges of Honor to spend haphazardly on upgrading a tower is second to none and even if he does do so, I think he’ll remember to NOT do that again after having just lost a sizable chunk of hard earned badges. Spies and trolls will also be at a distinct disadvantage because they will have to invest their own time into killing enemy players or doing jumping puzzles in order to gain badges and let’s face it, spies and trolls only order upgrades because it takes no effort from them to do so.

The only feasible disadvantage of using Badges of Honor as the upgrade currency is that their drop rate is low (something that could be marginally altered in future updates) and that servers with supreme map control will find it harder to obtain them. That being said, I don’t think a server with supreme map control really needs to upgrade their structures, especially if they are spawn camping or own everything on a particular map. This would, however, provide a server with no map control ample opportunity to gain Badges of Honor much easier and thus, possibly regain a keep and fortify it, allowing them to obtain some measure of control on the map.

Anyways, thanks for reading (I hope it was more interesting than long!) and please post comments, suggestions, and critiques!

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