Guild Wars 2

Hey all, I’m a huge fan of WvW, although I’m sure there is a lot I don’t already know. If I’m way off, please tell me. Also, if this is already somewhere else, please direct me to that discussion. Thanks ahead of time!

So, I love the idea of Guild Claiming, and the idea of defending towers instead of just taking and abandoning them. In that vein, I had a thought: What if a guild earned influence periodically(every fifteen minutes, or something like that) for the location they have claimed? That would make guilds want to build up and defend points that they have taken, and help create a more personal attachment to a location.

What if a guild earned influence periodically

That would be too passive. Even today you see keeps claimed by guilds which hardly take any other part in WvW.

I’d rather have guild members rewarded for taking part in defensive activities near their claimed keep. Like buying upgrades, repairing, killing enemies, attacking enemy siege, escorting dolyaks in, scouting…

It would be nice to see something like this and who knows maybe something like this is coming in HoT (already said there will be changes and buff are permanent now).

The currency is called influence and is earned by members of you guild doing events or in other words INFLUENCING people that the guild they are representing is doing good. In my opinion holding an objective in WvW should earn some reputation (aka influence) for the guild holding it.

Unfortunately I have to agree with Korgov that just passively earning it would just make random guilds try and claim the ‘easier’ to hold objectives. I am aware there is a ‘counter’ to this in how objectives can get claimed.

Maybe a simple solution is just a boost to any influence earned by the claimed objective?

Anyhow most of this doesn’t matter as already mentioned in the news about guilds influence is no longer a currency for guilds and they hinted that upgrades would just be more time based.

Still would be nice to earn something for claiming an objective to make guilds and WvW more ‘excited’ about defending objectives.

Unfortunately I have to agree with Korgov that just passively earning it would just make random guilds try and claim the ‘easier’ to hold objectives.

Maybe a higher reward could be issued for SM,Enemy BL Keeps/Towers, etc. Maybe Influence isn’t the answer then, but it would be awesome to see more incentive for guilds to fortify and defend.