Guild Wars 2

What if the WvW tiers were by timeslot? Divide the day into 2 or 3 timeslots-

2 timeslots: 12am-12pm=slot1, 12pm-12am slot 2
3 timeslots: 12pm-8am=slot 1, 8am-4pm=slot2, 4pm-12am=slot 3

Each server would have a rank per timeslot. So you might be #1 in timeslot1, but number 8 in timeslot 2.

If you were in a 2 timeslot server, at the end of timeslot 1’s time period, people get booted back to Lion’s Arch much as they do on server reset, and the borderlands and EB remain frozen in that configuration until the slot opens again. Reset would reset all time slots.

If you wanted to play more, you would log into the different matchup in the server’s other timeslot. Thus if you are really frustrated with one pairing, you might find another pairing more to your taste.

This would eliminate coverage issues on off hours, and give those servers who have good night teams a chance to square off against other servers with strong night teams.

Hard fought progress established during your day would not be lost to pvdoor at night from ninja crews while you sleep.

You could actually “stand down” and PvE or craft, or spend time with your family when the timeslot you prefer stood down.

Your server would not have to go out of their way to recruit night teams just to remain competitive.

What do you guys think? Would such an arrangement improve WvW?

when you need to use lines like “you could actually stand down and…… spend time with your family” you need to take a break from the game for a week

manbearpig.8095:

when you need to use lines like “you could actually stand down and…… spend time with your family” you need to take a break from the game for a week

I wished he had put that at the top.

You need not fear for my family life. I do put them first. I do worry about others who pull 24hr or more shifts. I think if the game had timeslots, those hard breaks would help.

Some people on your server you may never see, as they are aligned with you, but play in the opposite time from you. I think better contests are to be had by pitting those who play together in the same time verses others in that time slot.

It wouldn’t eliminate coverage issues, just segregate them.

That would become Tears by Timeslot instead.

Agreed it would not eliminate coverage issue. But it would greatly reduce the window of the hole.

Disagree with segregation. All the PvE stuff is unchanged, so all of your friends on the server for that stay the same, and you participate with them as normal. Also in WvW, you would still be on with the same people you play with normally. The only difference is you would have your score more closely aligned with your hours of play. If you have a powerhouse day crew, and a non existent night crew, under the present system you will lose to anyone who can exploit that coverage gap. In a timeslot system, your powerhouse day crew would compete against other powerhouse day crews, while your non existent night crew would have a more fair match against other servers with weak night crews. The assumption here is people want to face similarly skilled opponents and not just lose on the basis of numbers.

In t7 now we have 3 very balanced servers. Two hours ago the score was
DR 136.3K, NSP 136.3K, GOM 134.4K. All 3 servers are having a blast and the people are energized. DR came from t6 and had a huge night coverage issue, and was outnumbered by DH in prime, and the games were not so even. NSP was here when SF was in last week, and SF was crushing the bracket with numbers. SF moved up, DR moved down and magic happens.

The thought was that sometimes the stars align in the present system and 3 servers truely get a good matchup. I think that would be much more frequent under a tiered timeslot system.