Guild Wars 2

Summary/Thesis: Guild halls would see INCREASED useage if the following changes were applied.

1) Change PvE retal to WvW Retal
PvE retal is excessive and puts ranged classes at a huge disadvantage vs classes that can use retaliation. When a class that can hit multiple targets hits 5 targets with PvE retal, it leads to much shorter fights and unrealistic conditions that would otherwise be experienced in WvW.

2) Bigger Arena
There should be an option to make the arena the size of OS and the original size. Larger arena can better accommodate larger squads and will add better variety to the fights.

3) Option to allow XX players to bypass new GH instance
Its really annoying to have to wait for 20-30 players to move 3x-4x into new GH instances. Sometimes a server split occurs and some of your guildies / guests have to completely exit the guild hall and come back to the correct instance. A complete ferry sometimes can take 10 minutes just to get all players in. An option to just set the current instance to allow XX players to skip the unnecessary loading screens would allow guilds to QUICKLY do what they need to do in their GHs.

Conclusion: GHs allow different tier guilds and same server guilds to have fun scrims with little outside interference. The current settings in GHs are good for small scale fights but become more challenging when the numbers increase. GHs could see increased usage by the WvW community if these changes were made.

Thanks for reading and for doing what you do ANet!

One thing they can do is to implement a setting that allows you to change from Regular to WvW mode. Meaning that certain skills, effects, traits etc would be changed, like the damage reduction for confusion and retaliation that takes effect in the WvW setting but not for Regular mode.

Another thing they can do is to implement a set of options and commands similar to custom arenas in PvP, where you would be able to change the size, times, restrictions etc for matches. So groups could actually host GvG’s and set it to their own preferences.

I agree, all guild halls needed to be was an instanced OS with WvW gear / features. Why they decided to make guild halls have PvE retal features and be so small, I’ll never understand. Why it’s still gone unaddressed is just classic ANET.