Guild Wars 2

By way of credentials: I’m a leader of a WvW-centric guild, I’ve got 8k+ WvW kills, and I’ve played pretty much every PvP MMO out there.

Three primary things keep people playing PvP in MMOs and GW2 lacks two of them.

1. Notoriety/Infamy: this is a huge driver for many PvP players. Lack of showing character name and total lack of leaderboards relegate this to “server pride” in GW2. And considering anyone can swap servers, this means nothing. At the very least we need better and more obvious WvW titles and guild/player leaderboards.

2. Progression: The pooch has been screwed on this one. WvW exotic gear is only available in one flavor, which is completely useless to most classes. Ascendant gear is nowhere to be seen. No viable option to grind a legendary weapon through WvW.

3. Gameplay/killin fools: This is the only area of WvW GW2 is doing relatively well. Luckily, the other two areas are the easy ones to fix. But without them, WvW has only one leg to stand on! And that leg is getting tired… real tired.

I love the game and want it to continue to thrive. I’m sure Anet can look at their WvW population metrics and see that numbers are way down. I fear February’s “big update” may be too late for many, unless they move quickly to address lack of progression and notoriety.