Guild Wars 2

It would be great to hear from ANET, what is the next big thing (or type of thing) they are working on for WvW?

Is there even a “next big thing”?

For example, a response could look as simple as:

“We are working on a new map”
“We are working on tweaks to the current map to make it feel fresh”
“We are working on a new reward system”
“We are working on improvements to PPT or a replacement to PPT”
“We are looking to add some new siege and tactics”
“We are focusing on player skills as the primary way to improve the WvW experience”

Much like we heard about runes and the filling in of the “water zones” well ahead of time, it would be great to hear even the broadest of themes the team is working on for the improvement of wvw.

I’m kind of a big deal, not sure if that counts.

With Season 2 of the Living Story starting in a couple weeks, I very much highly doubt that WvW will see anything for quite a while

Unless you count the LS invading WvW like it did last season.

Pinkamena Diane Pie.8054:

With Season 2 of the Living Story starting in a couple weeks, I very much highly doubt that WvW will see anything for quite a while

Unless you count the LS invading WvW like it did last season.

You never know, last season they introduced EotM (yeah i know it’s just a karma train now) and the ruins, they may tie in some sort of WvW update with Season 2…it’ll probably be small though if they do.

There have been virtually no significant changes since mid-April with Season 2 and Account Bound WxP which was due months earlier. Pretty much everything else significant in that patch was also PvE/PvP driven. If we skip back to the last change big change we are in early February and EotM. So about five months since a significant WvW change.

With the China release of GW2 my guess is we are a ways out from seeing anything major in WvW. Honestly at this point players who are here are likely going to stay regardless of what ANet does since we have become used to playing in a relatively static environment.

All that said, I still have some hope for a surprise WvW patch that will shake some things up.

I’m sure they are working on a few things for future release, whether or not they want to tell us now is iffy. Since we were all over them about the account rank points for 6 months from when they announced it coming to final release, and to be honest that was because they didn’t say anything in between. Then again you get something like Wow which reveals what’s coming in the next expansion a year away and doesn’t manage to get the backlash anet gets.

We know more wvw abilities are coming, it’s been data mined already, plus if you can earn over 9000 ranks need to fill that up somehow or it’s pointless.

Updated rewards much like eotm is probably in the works since they asked us a little while ago what should be updated from eotm to the old maps.

Commander tags are also on the shelf for change, but seeing as it’s been over a year since players have requested changes to it and 6 months since the cdi, who knows when anything will be done with it since it’s apparently a complicated system.

A new map for wvw would be nice, a new borderland or eternal battleground map which swaps with the old maps every week would be cool. Hell if it’s so much work creating a map, take one of the existing pve maps and turn that into an eternal battleground type map, that would be cool to play on.

Balance for server population, or balance to scoring according to populations would be nice as well but probably won’t happen.

The WuvWuv ‘team’ of unknown quantity is separate as we saw with the EoTM stuff, so it’s possible even if many of them are slacking watching all these summer sports events and sunshine unless they’re vampires.

Camelot Unchained.

What was the last big thing game change stuff?

Account bound WXP in April or the EoTM release in February.

They’re just going to alienate their WvW fanbase by introducing these “seasons” which are only there to adhere to casual pugs that don’t WvW and take up queue times while complaining that they can’t karma train and destroying WvW.

CrimsonNeonite.1048:

Account bound WXP in April or the EoTM release in February.

None of it are game changing. One of them isn’t even wvw related.

yanniell.1236:

CrimsonNeonite.1048:

Account bound WXP in April or the EoTM release in February.

None of it are game changing. One of them isn’t even wvw related.

I think that is the problem. Big WvW changes that I can recall are the culling fix, WvW levels/masteries, Season system, EotM and Ruin changes on the BL.

Hmmm…. no feature that really effects WvW game play.

A sneak peek:

After 6 months of development efforts, the WvW team is proud to bring you:

1. A new mastery skill.
2. Better drops from the grub in EB
3. NPCs that are harder to kill
4. A new emote that causes your character to shake his finger and say “You are violating my game mode”

style.6173:

4. A new emote that causes your character to shake his finger and say “You are violating my game mode”

This, so much this please with the sound of Dennis saying “Ah ah ah, you didnt say the magic word!”

Better yet make it a finisher!

Fluffball.8307:

I’m kind of a big deal, not sure if that counts.

I have many leatherbound books