Guild Wars 2

The bottom line is this, regardless of whether you’re dominating 100% of WvW or getting your teeth kicked in in WvW, if there’s not a back and forth, it ain’t a whole lot of fun. We all pretty much know this. So, here’s a three part solution that some may like, others may rip to shreds…

1. Communication
Anet needs to develop a better way for players across a server to communicate. Likewise, it would be nice to receive an in-mail (email in the game, yeah, I stole that from LinkedIn…) about what’s going on in WvW. Maybe this would rally more people. Maybe it would provide more actionable information. And show the dang map before entering. It’s like you have to guess which map you’re need most in. Why not show it, communicate it, etc. Develop a way for commanders or party leaders to post what’s going on. I don’t know, but the communication sucks!

2. Alliance formation
Allow the two weaker servers to form an alliance when the dominant server acquires 70% of the resources. Form the alliance on a per player basis, i.e. when a user goes into WvW, there’s a prompt that an alliance has formed. You can accept the alliance or go rogue (ahem), meaning that you will continue to oppose both servers. The alliance would automatically disband when it gained 70% of the resources.

3. Reset the servers
Instead of doing an Anet-wide reset, simply reset the 3 servers once the dominant server controls a specified percent of the resources for a specified time. The same 3 servers re-enter WvW, albeit with everything reset. In this scenario, it’s likely that the same server will control again, however at least there are a few more days of struggle. As is now, servers reset and in about 2 to 3 days, one is dominating for the next week. That sucks. Ruins WvW.

BTW, nice work with balance in sPVP. Not perfect, of course, but it’s a great start and seems to be working very well (I’m being serious here). Praise!

I like your #1. More communication options is always a good thing. I kind of miss having the bugged team chat that you could see on the PvE maps from the BWEs. I also think WvW heralds in Lions Arch should be giving map updates or announcing outmanned buffs. Hopefully some of this better once they get the extended experience app out there. I want to see the WvW map before I queue up or when I am in PvE.

I don’t think #2 is necessary once they get worlds better balanced but that means something needs to be done to address that issue sooner rather than later (and no a blog post telling people you want to them spread out more is not enough).

I think #3 might take too many resources for ANET at this time. Not sure what all goes into their re-match up and patch protocols but I am sure it greatly simplifies things to treat all worlds the same. I’ve seen lots of other possible ways to address this issue that would be less labor intensive on the Devs. Remember, we are not paying a sub for this game tho I expect a lot of us would like to if only for full WvW maintenance staffing.

Personally, I just think a reset every day or two would be fine. Keeping the scores and the servers the same, but giving people a chance to have a fight again after the third day would be nice. Especially on the lower end servers like Devonas, Kaineng, Borlis, etc.