Guild Wars 2

Several of my most fond memories in WvW were orb running. There was just so much fun running around the map being chased by the enemy, hiding in towers, watching clueless noobs holding the orb running the wrong way, lol.

Here are my suggestions Anet:
1. Successfully running the orb from N camp to one of the controlled keeps gives a small amount of points.

2. Successfully returning the orb to N camp gives a small amount of points.

3. Orbs don’t give the buffs they used to, instead they give full WvW guild type buffs to the location it is at. Ie. N camp for the defenders, bay, hills or garrison.

4. Orb will reset to the N camp after X amount of time. There will be no way to return the orb to N camp ahead of time, only until the timer runs out. This is to prevent fly hackers any incentive to get to the orb.

5. If a location containing the orb flips, the buffs simply benefit the owners of that location.

Bring back the orbs.

The orb buff could be diffferent for defenders and attackers, and only be in effect in a specific BL. IE apply speed buff to dolys/upgrades for defending team + MF boost,+dmg to – dmg from guards for attacking team + MF boost. as an example.

The altar should be in open world rather than in a keep. OR someone could need to carry the orb like a bundle for the buff to be in effect.

The benefit of this would be to add an extra element to WvW. I really thought the idea of orbs was great and added an extra strategic element to wvw gameplay.

Switch the buffs from orbs & outmanned around.

Make orbs locked in place until your server takes that particular keep/kills that orb’s guardian.

Simples.

Orbs were and would again be a scourge upon this game. The top servers in blowout match-ups (the majority of them) shouldn’t be rewarded even further for absolutely destroying their competition all week.

That’s right, I said it. Come at me. COME AT ME!

That is why the newly proposed orbs do not give that much of an advantage to the stronger server. Pls read the points carefully.

Small amt of points.
WvW guild buffs at the location where the orb is.
Orb resets strictly on timer.

It will just be an added fun thing thrown in. Do I want to take a keep with the orb there where the defenders have buffs at the location? After I take it do I want to commit forces there to hold it? What time does the orb timer have left before it resets?

Orbs will not be the same mechanic, for obvious reasons. It will be something like the Temple of Lightening, where you cap something, get the buff and will wear off over time or until enemy captures it from you.

This will make it more dynamic and not “bigger server get the buff all the time”.

“Orb teams” will become very important and smaller guilds/groups will be very important on a map, expanding their impact from supply camps/lines to overall bonuses for server.