Guild Wars 2

Just want to give some recognition to the guys, pugs or not, who silently do all the unglamorous and unrewarding stuff like

a) escorting yaks on end
b) staying back to repair/rebuild after the zerg runs off
c) sentry/scout/or with the latest patch, just going ard making sure siege doesnt despawn. seriously ive seen zergs run past siege without even stopping to check timers all in the name of bloodlust

All of the above (n im sure some ive left out) give almost no rewards at all vs banging down doors or combat yet are still integral. Next time, u run with the zerg into a tower/keep and happily assume the AC/Cata for more bags, be thankful for the ppl who maintain and built them up

I agree with this fully, especially with the recent changes. Having to tick siege, run supply/repair, sentry and other things has become a full-time job with very little recognition in terms of in-game rewards. This really shouldn’t be the case but I realize it’s ripe for potential abuse otherwise. Personally, I think it’s good that they have started to reward repairing things (though it causes other issues such as taking supply) but what happens during the longer down periods during sentry duty and the like? The game should be actively encouraging people to play and not make some people feel the need to stand around in an empty base just in case 30 minutes later, one of the opposing worlds actually decides to engage.

It’s a game. While I’m sure there are people who enjoy some or all of these aspects, I imagine the majority of the people who do take up these duties would rather be doing something else especially during the slow periods. At least, that’s how I feel most of the time when I do a supply camp run to repair things especially when you have to do it alone and you need quite a bit of repair. Tedious, not so fun, may or may not be challenging but necessary. (Better) Systems should be put in place to help alleviate some the monotonous stuff so no one ever feels obligated to do so without ever replacing the player entirely. Maybe others will disagree and think the current state of things are just fine – that’s great and I’m not trying to shove my opinion as the correct one as long as they are the ones doing the drone work and not me. I’ll just say thank you here and continue on my way.

A bit of an aside – I remember a post on gw2guru about teleporting to the commander. It got some negative replies and I didn’t pay much attention outside of instantly remember the Battlefield series (back when they had a commander still.) Despite the genre differences, I honestly think there’s a lot that can be applied at least in theory (i.e. not the respawn beacon since GW2 doesn’t use a ticket system.) In any case, large changes now may be unfeasible due to the work involved.