Guild Wars 2

1)The new BL map must have taken at least 6 months to make, if you believe the Anet spin on developing maps, so that new map is an integral part of the “2016 Big O”. It was developed right alongside whatever the overhaul is, and is very unlikely to change because of that.
2) The map has been out for 4 months now. The statistics are in, Anet knows how popular/unpopular that map is, and various other metrics on the various other PvE events and gimicks. We got a couple very minor tweaks early on, and a few more with the Gianormous Jan 25th update. There are many things that could simply be removed from the map without ANY negative impact on gameplay such as:
a) eliminating the laser event
b) removing the cripple beacons and make the spring up walls permanently up
c) eliminate the stealth dust
d) eliminate the wind traps
e) reinstate usable enemy waypoints
None of these things are even remotely up for discussion with us. It is very unlikely that any of these simple QoL fixes will happen even if they were only temporary fixes to that map, while waiting for bigger changes.
3) The “Big O 2016” is more likely than not, some fix for match up/population issues, the addition of some sort of account bound map currency, and the resumption of some type of tournament. The new BL was probably the easy part of the Overhaul in terms of coding, so it got finished in time for the HoT release.
4) If Anet really cared about tweaking the new BL to make it more playable for us, they would have the devs do the same back and forth that they did with the elite specializations. If you’ll notice there has been zero back and forth, just a lot of screaming on the forums and a very slow concession by Anet to some very minor tweaks.

So save your breath about getting the Alpine map back and concentrate your efforts to force Anet to do the simple fixes like the ones I listed.

The desert border map is ofc one of those changes that probably looked cool on paper but actually works poorly when fully implemented.

Sometimes developers (of any business) can get caught in some type of hype, to do something cool and innovative. The reality though is that to properly care for product isn’t always so glamorous. It’s hard work, and requires small tweaks and a fine balance.

WvW has been poorly managed by ppl that seem to not understand what the customers want. Sure we welcome changes and new things, but several things about WvW pre HoT actually worked, and are now completely broken.

NO
give old maps back or delete half of the new maps and all gimmicks
you can’t tweak the bad taste out of everyone’s mouths. People will cut off their own nose to spite their face to avoid it and i do not blame them. They are simply not conducive to the game style. DB is to wvw what the Diessa plateau is to gliding (just ignore that analogy if there are good gliding places, it just sounded flat to me…me=no pve)