Guild Wars 2

Have 2 types of WvW servers.

1.) Balance popu;lation server.
2.) Gank fest.

I’ve suggested before to split servers into groups depending on what game play you’re after. Gold = zerg server, Silver = fight server/all-round, Bronze = Roaming/duels servers. for example, and adjust the map caps accordingly.

That way people could pick a server depending on what type of gameplay they wanted. And then you stop the servers from mixing.

Obviously never going to happen.

I’ve made similar suggestions that may work out better (for ArenaNet, not the players). The idea was to turn the meta on its head by altering rewards by player mode (ultra hardcore to casual) rather than transient strategies used on said servers. Individual players can then pick a server based on their specific level/intensity of play.

For example, Gold would effectively become competition/prestige servers. PPT and WXP are practically the only things players will earn in abundance on these maps – the Edge map can be used for the rest.

The bottom tier servers would become ‘new player/inactive’ focused: New players are now auto-assigned one of these on first login, and have to earn their way up the Leagues via WXP levels. Anyone, in any Tier, who has not set foot on the original five WvW maps in X weeks are kicked down here too – and yes that would include me. These special servers would rotate color every week, regardless of Glicko standing, and transfer costs between them are always the minimum. [This specific idea I’ve been tuning the most, as its something that could be implemented on its own.]

I would prefer a gradual system of reward changes though, so that going from top of Silver to bottom of Gold won’t immediately spark an exodus. That’s a much harder problem. But I’ve always felt the stacking/spreading problem won’t go away unless both carrots and sticks are handed out through the entire tier system.

Skeletor.9360:

Have 2 types of WvW servers.

1.) Balance popu;lation server.
2.) Gank fest.

I actually really like this idea. Give people the option and see what the majority chooses. I for one would definitely go for balanced matches even if it meant sitting in queue to get them. My server got a low roll this week and is steam rolling, I’ve barely logged in because of it.