Guild Wars 2

Day/Night does not matter for all the reasons stated ad nauseum elsewhere.

The real problem is that there are times when a server is being outnumbered so significantly that it’s players, no matter how skilled and coordinated, cannot do anything effectively. To my mind, the simplest thing to do would be to move the ‘outmanned’ torch from goodies to toughness/vitality and perhaps even power bonuses. That way, if you are grossly outmanned on a map for whatever reason, at least those who were there could have a hope of defending, etc.

I would certainly second that. The outmanned buff is kind of silly as it is anyway. We aren’t there to find items and such. Give the outmanned players something they can really use.