Guild Wars 2

Anet originally said they did not want 4 tiers in NA because 6 teams might not be enough variety in matchups over 7 weeks.

Yet then they go and make Gold tier in NA just 6 teams…

So if we are going to have a tier with 6 teams, why not every tier? Obviously you would get far far better matchups competition wise by breaking it up more.

Whoever loses out on 6th for Gold tier between SoS, Maguuma, or DB, is going to walk all over the remaining silver tier. You can look right now at SBI ticking over 600 in Tier 4 as an example of the disparity that exists between 9th and 15th.

Well a 6 team league would be more of the same match-up. For 7 week you will fight the same servers 3-4times. With a 9 league system you will fight the same servers 1-2 times. Yea the winner of the silver or bronze league would get stomp if they move up.

Ulion.5476:

Well a 6 team league would be more of the same match-up. For 7 week you will fight the same servers 3-4times.

That sounds great actually, if those same few teams are actually going to produce fairly even coverage fights and scores close enough to mean something. You might see some real rivalries develop that make people more invested.

There is no positive gain or fun that comes from seeing a few more different servers, if they are either enormously stronger, or enormously weaker, then they just aren’t worth fighting in the same matchup up all.