Guild Wars 2

How about getting an immediate +1 pip bonus for flipping a keep? We can consider making SMC and Garrison even more special by rewarding another extra 1 or 2 pips when flipped at high tiers. This will encourage players, regardless of their ranks, to engage in with their servers more often.

Rather, it would encourage players to do nothing but flip keeps. Probably by running in circles with the other servers capping keeps while refusing to defend their own.

Sviel.7493:

Rather, it would encourage players to do nothing but flip keeps. Probably by running in circles with the other servers capping keeps while refusing to defend their own.

Otherwise known as a Ktrain, which belongs in eotm.

Anet intentionally made it so you don’t get pips like you do with wvw exp. A player that only wants to flip camps can (with a few variables) earn an equal amount to a zergling.

Sviel.7493:

Rather, it would encourage players to do nothing but flip keeps. Probably by running in circles with the other servers capping keeps while refusing to defend their own.

I originally thought that too until I noticed the “at high tiers” requirement. If a T3 keep/castle is required, I don’t see it likely to cause a karma train. That said, I still believe that the current system is just fine as it doesn’t steer players towards anything specific other that contributing to WvW.

The ‘at high tiers’ requirement sounded like it was just for SMC/Garrison. That would stop the karma train for sure, but only if it was required for everything. There would still be an issue of turning pip farmers into keep hunting zerglings, but at least they’d ignore the paper keeps…?

Personally, I think there should be more reasons to have the zerg defend a keep or tower, rather than to just come back and cap it 5 minutes later. Clearing empty towers is kinda boring!

EDIT: Maybe a serverwide pip buff for maintaining a teir 3 stonemist?