Guild Wars 2

1. Server/Tier Balance NA Servers: We obviously know that the population of WvW has decreased dramatically. We know there has not been anything done about it, and people are getting tired of it.We want to see a reduction in tiers, but we know that Arenanet does not want to delete a server. I think the solution to this problem is creating a system that makes everyone chose a new “alliance” which basically is a new set of servers that holds 4 tiers, and 3 servers per tier just like we have now. This new “alliance” would make WvW coverage more balanced, and make it so there is not only fights in 1 time zone, but rather fights in every time zone. Isn’t going to be blobs everywhere though? No, tier 1-2 would obviously be a lot more filled than tier 3 and 4. I would compare tier 3 being similar to what tier 2 is like now, and tier 4 would be compared to tier 5 or 4 now. Won’t there be ques for hours? I would say tier 1 might be a little bit like that, but not nearly like it used to be when the game first came out. Tier 2 would be similar to tier 1 now, but those ques are maybe an hour for 1 map and you are in. Tier 3 would be similar ques to what tier 2 is now, but once again maybe an hour tops wait time. Tier 4 would probably only que on reset night and weekends.

1. New Maps: We have obviously had the same home borderlands maps since day 1. Edge of the Mists was an awesome looking map, so why cant we get something new like that for each home borderland? Please do not copy and paste the same map 3 times over for every home borderland either.

1. Siege Disablers: People absolutely hate them and despise disablers with a passion. I personally think they need to be removed, but if there was a way to make it so character #1 could not repeatedly throw down disablers until they ran out of supply, and had some kind of long cooldown, I think that would be acceptable.

1. Arrow Carts: We know arrow carts hit extremely hard, but the siege cap limit for them is not enough. People laugh and call it siege wars 2, because we all know the amount of arrow carts that can be used on 1 gate is ridiculous.

If anyone has more WvW things that should be addressed, or you feel should be addressed at PAX, list them. This is not a thread for you to talk about profession balance in WvW, so remember that. This is also for the WvW side of things, I dont want to see PvE content in this thread.

BATMAN.6794:

Server/Tier Balance NA Servers:

Huge, huge YES to this. This is a major problem. I don’t necessarily agree with all the points you made on the topic but in general, this needs to be fixed.

BATMAN.6794:

New Maps: We have obviously had the same home borderlands maps since day 1. Edge of the Mists was an awesome looking map, so why cant we get something new like that for each home borderland? Please do not copy and paste the same map 3 times over for every home borderland either.

I think if an expansion is released as is being widely rumored, new WvW maps is a foregone conclusion. New scenery & “microstrategy” will definitely be refreshing.

I disagree on not copy-and-pasting. It might be nice for flavor in WvW, but different maps will be a huge point of contention because invariably one server’s home location on a particular map will be considered better or worse than the others. This happened in a WoW PVP map called Alterac Valley. The Alliance side was, in the opinion of a lot of people, more easily defensible than the Horde’s leading to a lot of dissatisfaction. Whether AV was or wasn’t imbalanced isn’t really the point, and neither is the fact that all the servers would rotate through these new starting points. The point is that three brand new maps would be absolute hell to balance. It would absolutely lead to huge amounts of dissatisfaction.

BATMAN.6794:

Siege Disablers: People absolutely hate them and despise disablers with a passion. I personally think they need to be removed, but if there was a way to make it so character #1 could not repeatedly throw down disablers until they ran out of supply, and had some kind of long cooldown, I think that would be acceptable.

There’s already a 45-second cooldown. (Ctrl-F “disabler”). IMO that’s sufficient. Siege disablers are ok in my book now.

BATMAN.6794:

Arrow Carts: We know arrow carts hit extremely hard, but the siege cap limit for them is not enough. People laugh and call it siege wars 2, because we all know the amount of arrow carts that can be used on 1 gate is ridiculous.

I can’t tell if you’re asking for more ACs or less.

Overall I think you touched on the big ones, since we’re not talking about class balance.

Coverages is more the problem and its not dependent on world pop. number but more of time zone verily. Simply put if i play at 7:00 am est and you play as 7:00 am est too that dose not mean we are going to cover a full 24hr but we will have very good coverages at 7:00 am est and the time after. What you need is one at 7:00 am est and another at 7:00 pm est.

The only thing Anet could do is make EU ppl play on NA worlds and make NA player play on EU worlds in a relatively even amount. Simply put there is NOTHING that Anet can do to balance out world populations.

A new map would make things even worst when it comes to coverages and world populations.

Siege Disables are a hard counter to siege and your AC problem if any thing you should be asking for more ways the attker to use siege disables on AC.