Guild Wars 2

Let me start of by saying that I am excited to experience/enjoy an increased level of competitiveness in WvW that should occur with the start of this new season. Props to anyone and everyone who has been working on this.

What strikes me as odd is that I have found no mention of account bound WvWxp being implemented during the season, and I think ArenaNet is missing a vital opportunity. Why must we continue to be punished (there is hardly another way to describe the “WvWxp farm” alts must endure, intended or not) for playing with more than 1 toon in WvW?

The idea for WvWxp to not be account bound at the the introduction of the system wasn’t a bad one as it was a VERY safe decision for a HUGE change in WvW. However given the positive feedback from the new wallet system (a giant leap in the right direction), why not simply allow WvWxp to be account bound? GW2 players love their alts and hate being at a clear disadvantage for investing time into them. While Liquid WvWxp was also a (small) step in the right direction, unfortunately it really does not help anyone who wishes to say put 115 ranks into the Defense Against Guards Mastery on their roaming alt (just an example). Cute but essentially irrelevant is how I would bluntly describe Liquid WxWxp in its current state. To put it simply, the start up of this WvW season seems to be the ideal time to introduce a hopefully simple fix, to an understandable precaution, that has ultimately had a detrimental impact on every player who wishes to utilize more than 1 of their toons in WvW.

I would love to hear support/opposition to the idea of WvW account bound xp being introduced at the start of the season. Personally I myself cannot think of any reason why WvWxp should continue to remain bound to each individual toon. I’m sure ArenaNet is BUSY working on this new season, but hopefully they can find the time to at least reconsider the concept of WvWxp being changed to account bound:)