Guild Wars 2

As the first season is already 2 weeks in, the first results of this new match setup are starting to show.
There are mixed feelings when it comes to scheduling of matches.
While people appreciate the fact that they are not matched up with servers with much higher or lower rank leading to ridiculous blowouts, there is also the issue with how predictable the leagues are due to the way wvw is. Small differences in wvw population can have major influence on the servers ppt.

There is very little to do about this atm because changing this would require a major overhaul of the wvw point system, which is not what i am going to talk about.

But what can be changed is how the seasons work and promote a more ‘sportslike’ league.

-First of all, seasons need to be 8 weeks long.
This way each server can fight each opponent exactly 2 times per season.
-Server should switch colours more, ideal 3 times ‘colour 1’, 3 times ‘colour 2’ and 2 times ‘colour 3’.
-There should be an interseason period for transfers and redestribution of servers according to new ranks.
Ideally this interseason should be 5 weeks.
-To promote transfers to weaker wvw servers and promote competition: The first 3 weeks of interseason all servers from Bronze should get 50% transfer discount, and Silver should get 25% discount.
Also the server who comes last in silver gets -50%, and the server last in gold gets -25%.
-To discourage last minute transfers and to give the servers a chance to get a real new rating, the last 2 weeks of interseason should have an increased cost to transfers, +25% for all servers.
-During the season, all transfer costs are normal.

Now why 5 weeks of interseason?
First of all it seems a reasonable number compared to the season length and gives people time to decide about transfers.
And second of all, it would make that each year has 4 seasons ( it’s called a season for a reason )
The seasons could easily be named like ‘Spring 2014 Gold’.

In my opinion, these few changes could make the leagues more professional looking and make each new season really a new beginning and less predictable.
I’m not saying it solves all problems or that this is perfect, it’s just an improvement as i see it.
Feel free to pick apart anything i wrote and give your opinion and ideas

*I also added an example of how a balanced schedule can look like.