Guild Wars 2

Based on the feedback given, Mike O’brien identified 5 top priorities for WvW changes. I think this is absolutely amazing and one of the greatest developer responses we’ve had in a long, long time. So let’s make the most of it!

The current thread is highly cluttered and might be a bit of a pain to sift through for feedback, thus I believe it’s a good idea to start a new, more focused thread that’s addressing each of the issues and how to fix them.

The identified priorities are:

1. Stability & skill balance
2. Fix or revert DBL
3. Rewards
4. Population balance
5. Scoring

Based on this, if we can provide feedback targeted feedback on each of these points I believe we may be able to offer more to the devs than walls of text in the other thread that’s around 8 pages long with more than a few unhelpful responses. We’ve identified the priorities, now let’s discuss how they should be fixed.

My suggested format for this is simply just to pick 1 – 5 of the priorities (I say these ones and not other issues because it’s what Mike identified and is most likely going to be what gets changed in April). Simply just bold your title and provide a concise solution below. I’ll pop my thoughts on each below the OP to get started.

Stability

Revert or give each stack a small (.25 – 1s) ICD either for WvW only or game wide

Fix or Revert DBL
Temporarily retire DBL while it gets worked on. Introduce regular live tests for feedback. Keep most of the new systems like semi-auto-upgrades.

Rewards

Introduce reward tracks to assist with gearing and siege. Tracks like Ascended equipment, Siege, Ore, Cloth, Leather, unique skins, hero skins, etc are important.

Population Balance

Start with server mergers and transfer fee reductions. The end-goal should really be an entirely new server system.

Scoring

Just keep PPK. I don’t really have any answers to things like “nightcapping” or anything, if I’m entirely honest.

They already said they are going through that thread – I don’t think spamming more threads of the same kind is helpful. And I actually have got more than 1 priority, guess most people have as wvw is complex.

This thread should be merged.

[We appreciate the thought, but it’s best if this feedback remains in the one central thread. This makes it easier to follow and collect the feedback. Please share your feedback in the main thread. Thanks!]