Maps to spread out?

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Posted by: Sarahphim.1308

Sarahphim.1308

I want to like WvW PvP, I really do, but each time I give it another try I run into the same issue. There’s rarely a lot going on and I tend to get bored.

Sometimes you get lucky and happen to drop onto a map that is fairly evenly contested, but even those maps have a lot of “wait and see where the action pops up, then run for 10 min over to the spot to battle…”

Taking and losing the same supply camp over and over is boring. Patrolling the 2-3 towers that are least protected is boring. The players are just too spread out over too many maps that are too large for WvW to be adventurous.

I’ve never been able to stand idle for an hour without seeing action in any other PvP setting.

Is it possible to cap the map size to make it proportional to the WvW population? Let’s keep the stakes high and up the battle frequency.

POW! Right to the cranium!

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Posted by: Xandax.1753

Xandax.1753

Actually, I think the maps are too small even for the population which is struggling.

It’s simply too fast for the larger populated servers to run over to the underpopulated servers groups and just run them over. It removes the ability for the smaller servers to do hit n’ run tactics.

Smaller maps would just mean the smaller servers would get run over faster and more often, and if wanting to enforce smaller queues for the smaller maps as well – then it’ll simply mean even more people left out of the game.

Instead, this game needs incentive for people to not clumb up on a few mega servers leaving the remainder to struggle.

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Posted by: Thrashbarg.9820

Thrashbarg.9820

Perhaps this game mode is just not for you.

Not trying to be mean or anything. It’s just not meant to be “all action, all the time, everywhere!” mode, it’s an open world medieval/fantasy castle siege simulation. It’s as much RTS as PvP. There are small map, fast paced, PvP games available as well, through sPvP or tPvP (and I would have a similar response to anyone posting in those forums asking for bigger maps and more objective based play with longer lasting fights).

If all that’s happening on any map is one camp flipping back and forth, try defending it, that will give pretty regular PvP action. There are also other maps, are they all in the same state? If so, consider moving to a lower ranked server and go slap yaks and take camps yourself (bored, cause your server facerolls everyone and we own everything, is a situation you chose) or wait for free transfers to end and real matches to start happening in more tiers.

Hats off to all the ones who stood before me, and taught a fool to ride.

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Posted by: Xandax.1753

Xandax.1753

<snip>or wait for free transfers to end and real matches to start happening in more tiers.

Well, at that time, the other tiers won’t have enough population for ‘real matches’.

The transfers have done their harm. But that doesn’t mean you can’t find WvW on smaller servers, but it does mean that ‘real matches’ is a saga now.

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Posted by: Zoula.5139

Zoula.5139

Perhaps you just need to become more familiar with the maps, because if it takes you 10 minutes to get to the other side of a map, well, you may be doing it wrong.

Zoula Frostmane
<Bloodgale Vanguard>
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