Guild Wars 2

Keeps and towers should have a FINAL upgrade which is “Double points from this keep/tower”.

This would make people more likely to visit “dead” maps which are dominated by 1 server (often their homelands) and would mean more EPIC incentives for guilds and commanders to lead EPIC long sieges on keeps which everyone loves.

It would mean less trading un-upgraded stuff for hours on end in 2 minutes sieges and would make everything epic.

It would also add a new layer of stategy. Commanders and guild will have to decide “Do we go for this keep which is easy but only giving them +25” or “do we go for this one giving them +50 but we have to prepare for hours to do it”

Thoughts?

Sorry … I don’t see it. Why would I do the final upgrade if it meant making it more likely to be attacked by the enemy? Doesn’t make any sense to me. Besides, the easy counter would be simply to do that final upgrade to every keep/tower on my own BL map, with the result that the game simply slows down even more for everyone.

Perhaps a scaling of value, the more upgraded the bigger the reward. That could be added to according to time held. A fully upgraded keep that hasn’t been taken for some time should be worth more to the invading force than one that has just changed hands.

The addition could be in WvW points rather than silver to avoid inflating the economy.

Of course an upgraded place should also be worth more in points to the defender too to help compensate for the expenditure of time and effort.