Guild Wars 2

Before GW2 came out, what were your thoughts of what WvW would be like?

Can you paint us a mental picture of what you envisioned WvW to be, before you got to play the game for your self?

For me, I thought it would be a larger scale version of that world PvP zone in World of Warcraft WoTLK expansion. But with three teams for extra chaos.

But with the more individual wanderer roles like that of Old AV with its many resource escorts and missions and PvE elements that provide major boost to your faction in the war.

Also expected the faction NPC to be a bit more fearsome like the bosses in Old AV were which could one shot people with massive cleaves, and required defensive and offensive coordination, because you had to fend off enemy defenders while also dealing with powerful NPCs who guard a power boss that can all do serious damage to players.

Also expected NPCs to have more attachment with players, by being unique to each faction server they fighting against.

Expected more mobile sieges as well, especially after how fun it was at first in WoTLK pvp zone did it with siege tanks etc.

Also expected Dynamic events from both the factions as well as the NPC factions. But all there are is kill quest as we know.

What were your original thoughts on what WvW would be, BEFORE you actually got your hands on the game to play for yourself?

To be honest, I would thought raids would be much more hardcore. There’s much to improve in raids, though it’s not needed cause the level cap is pretty low.
Also I was thinking of much better siege weapons, many more underwater gates with underwater siege, a lot tunnels under keeps and towers and more WvW maps.

I was looking forward to an awesome expansion every once in a while. To have a great world that slowly expands. Instead of got Living Shallowness

Something along the lines of DAoC RvR, of course not the same but close to.

My vision was gleefully throwing grenades at poor slobs on the ground when I was defending an objective.
Sadly, AoE spam on the wall makes it near impossible to get near the ledge, and even if you can get there half the time you can’t get the shots over the lip.