This is a nostalgic post, and is probably not constructive, but the sentiment is true.
Losing easy-to-build Guild Catas has hit lower population servers and small groups the hardest, at a time when they actually need more encouragement to continue playing.
Now for the long narrative bit you don’t really need to read to understand the above point, but I’ve included it anyway for those people who like to read these things
It’s taken me a while to realise the full impact of changing the supply needed to build a guild cata.
Previously I could +5 the nearest camp, go to a tower, drop a guild cata and tag up. With a brief supply run to finish it, I either had built the cata myself or I had player support, or both. Job done. Next. Occasionally, in a moment of enthusiasm, I’d set a cata going against a keep. It even worked once: it was sooo nice to whisper the Commander in EB and invite the team over to finish capping Bay. To be honest though, keeps were rarely undefended because opponents wanted to retain their way-points and hard earned upgrades.
Now, my catapults sit silent. Three or four non-simple runs is too much. No cata means no tower cap, no fighting the defenders who appeared, no fun, no points, and ultimately fewer players.
Now I know you’re going to say there should be more people, or that when you play there’s always enough people on to build all the siege you need. I’m sure you’re right, especially for top servers at peak population times – neither of which describes the majority of the WvW space-time continuum…
Guess I’ll just have to go back to feeling old and grumpy.
Now listen up you young ’uns – when I was your age things were so much better! We had real WvW with real catapults, and real fights and none of these new fangled tactics things you keep going on about. Why, I remember the time when we…. …. …. (fades into long and exciting but probably inaccurate narrative).
