PROS
- You get better server buffs.
- You get to win almost every fight.
- You get bragging rights.
Cons.
- Extremely long queues
- Accusations of cheating
- Bots love better server buffs for farming
- Low number of badges
- Low number of rares
- Too many quarrels among too many “Indian Chiefs”
- Skill level decreases due to many wins due to numbers
- Can’t play with friends due to long queues
Hello all, Just giving my view of things for GW2 WvW. This is not to beat down any server/guild/person in particular but just stating the obvious facts.
I have listed the PROS and CONS as above. Most of them are self-explained except for a few points. But like I said its from personal experience.
When I went on GW2 on the week when my server was losing, it seems that even in just 1 hour of play, I get at least a rare everyday. Maybe its just me but the outmanned buff seems to affect PVE as well. When my server was winning, I get like 2 rares that week. This is based on personal experience so it might not be true for everyone.
Also when I look at the WvW map. When I see either one side dominating the whole map, I just go PVE, no matter its my server that is the winner or loser. When We are winning, I get very few badges as we couldn’t find anyone to fight. Camping at spawn point is just lame. Not that I never done it before but I get bored after an hour or so. And since no objectives were done, doing events in PVE bags me more loot and income. When we are losing there are too few people to form a proper force with people camping at your spawn points. However, if we managed to find a decently size force, the badges we get is astounding.
You might also want to know my playing pattern. Usually I will go PVE from Monday to Friday as I am married, holding a job and probably have 3 hrs or less of playtime every evening. On weekends, I will play for long hours on Saturday and probably half a day on Sunday. Reason being the WvW just reset and there is always a queue on reset. The best time to play is then because everyone stands a fair chance to win. It just get staganated by Wednesday when one server caps the whole map.(For a fact, my server tends to have no or little queue by Sunday night, because most in my country have to work on Monday.)
What my suggestions for WvW is simple.
Reset every Wednesday and Saturday.
If we look at the stats, Normally by Wednesday the stronger server will cap most of the map. Unless the servers are really fairly match, at the most up to Thursdays. Unless the servers really well matched in terms of coverage and strength, then they can drag the reset. This means that those servers who get capped get the reset 2 times, while the evenly matched ones get a full week before reset.
Everyone loves a good fight. Its the process of progress. Winning is a bonus. The frustrating thing is not about losing. Its about not getting in WvW to play or can’t play with your friends or the odds are just too overwhelming to even try.
Like I said, this is just my humble view of the facts. This is a good game, despite the faults it have. I will see you good people on the battlefield.