So I’ve been away from the game for a good while, and was wondering if there’s anything of importance new in world versus world. I don’t want to stumble back in and do something really embarrassing that I can avoid (my guild doesn’t really do wvw) so all advice is welcome
I play Guild Wars for WvWvW – Piken Square !
Marush Ifri, Noreena Gorun, Arsaname, Desra Ele…
Reward tracks like spvp.
Server links.
Red borderland is desert, blue and green are alpine.
Skirmish mode, 2 hour scoring race for 1st 2nd 3rd for overall match warscore.
Crafters removed from citadel, bankers added.
Changes to down state, one rally per death, no ressing double down in combat.
Light field blasting removes conditions.
Epidemic no longer usable on siege.
Power of the mists removed.
New commander tag colors.
Simple nameplates.
New mouse over info for structures on map.
EBG red keep, one of the village residents will now flee if their home is destroyed.
New skirmish rewards of ascended gear, new wvw ascended skins mistforged weapons returned, legendary backpack, earned with tickets through participation for pips like the spvp system.
Can’t think of anything else right now.
Edit:
Team chat is now across all wvw maps.
Another derailing post. ^^ North Keep: One of the village residents will now flee if their home is destroyed.
“I knew it, I’m surrounded by…” – Dark Helmet
Proofs of heroics can be used to buy all the HoT PvE stuff
One-up-one-down replacing glicko for matchmaking (glicko might still affect which color you end up as?)
Various balance patches of mixed results
Split of balance between pve, spvp, and wvw, skills and traits can now be targeted at wvw.
LW3 happened and the final chest from the rewards tracks can be used to purchase selectable-stat ascended trinkets
Desert borderland reworked to be more free-flowing
Various scoring changes
Yak deliveries control upgrades on objectives instead of a timer or money
Queues are now visible from the map you’re on
Marginally improved though underutilized LFG upgrade (it’s now more obvious it exists, to pick up pugs)
Squad participation can be shared with scouts
WvW Laurel vendor gained certain goods that were missing
5 minute PPT down from 15
Open field cannons trialed and unceremoniously removed
Repair hammers trialed and downvoted by the community
When you lay it all out, a lot has been added to wvw in the past year, despite constant complaints that it hasn’t. Whether individual changes are good are bad are another subject.
