Guild Wars 2

I usually only get time to play in the morning (NA) when few people are on. During seasons I spend a lot of gold to keep structures upgraded, but outside of seasons I quit caring due to the upgrade costs. Last weekend I decided to upgrade a papered borderland and it cost me at least 15 gold.

There already is little incentive to play defense due to lack of rewards. Why should upgrades cost so much? Upgrading structures is part of WvW gameplay and it shouldn’t be treated as a gold sink.

The player base is also shrinking and it is more difficult for fewer players to absorb these costs. I’ve seen many dedicated borderland defenders burn out and I’m sure this is part of the problem.

I would prefer it if upgrades could be initiated for free. Another option is to replace the gold cost with karma and/or badges. Your thoughts?

I sorta had this idea like overa year ago… here’s my old thread

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/archive/suggestions/Upgrading-towers-No-one-should-upgrade-alone/first#post2110809

It’s about splitting up upgrade costs,the point that One player has to put in full costs isnt right,it’s WvW..everything is zerg based but upgrading is solo.Let us split these costs already.

Espec read Terrahero’s comment aswell,it’s a real shame anet doesn’t dive into this.

Been asked over and over again.

Those of us who are dedicated WvW players, dont get our gold from farming PvE events, and the rewards in WvW are awful in comparison. To make it worse when they removed repair costs they reduced the gold you get from events by half!

Bring back repair costs I say, I made more gold when I had to pay for repairs!

Until Anet realise they should add new content to WvW and make it’s rewards fairer, it’s basically stick with it until you burn out and leave the game. Hence why populations, even in T1, have fallen so much! Players have given up on Anet’s continuous false promises, so why stick around in a game mode which is never be updated; there are new, fresh games out there that need to be played.

The silent treatment has also had a detrimental affect. No-one knows the future for WvW, and seeing that we’ve not seen new content for 2 years and devs saying “we cannot talk about it right now”, well they might as well say they are shutting down the servers, there is no future for WvW.

Just give the option to pay with karma or badges instead of gold. Or better yet, let us pay with blood stone dust and empyreal fragments. Lord knows I get enough of that garbage.

Alternate costs or variable options would be nice addition. Agree this doesn’t address he defense issue but it’s a good way to allow people to use alternate funds. Mentioned in another thread would like a way to offset costs with harvested mats or items that people could craft. Image a way for a crafter to build building materials that could be used to pay for upgrades.

Jim Hunter.6821:

Just give the option to pay with karma or badges instead of gold. Or better yet, let us pay with blood stone dust and empyreal fragments. Lord knows I get enough of that garbage.

Can i pay with stars and bricks? I refine that kitten so it don’t load up on my bank… (Altho i already have a stack of stars)

Why do upgrades need to cost anything at all?