Guild Wars 2

Im an avid WvWvW player and normally play on my realms off hours. With Maguuma practically being a tier 2.5 server, it means we face massive coverage issues when playing tier 1 and 2 servers. I know the tiers are gone, but im just using it as a reference in man power. I am not complaining, i like facing greater numbers, higher skill servers and what not. I find it fun to hold off as long as possible against mounting pressure. Where i do have an issue, is not necessarily the points per tick, but the massive coverage differences between some realms causing all four maps being painted one colour.

So here comes my suggestion, why not tie points per tick into a small debuff, the more you control, the weaker your fortifications become. Like in the real world, you over extend yourself, the weaker your forces are at a given point. Have it optimized for anything above 350 or so PPT, it becomes very difficult to hold your expanded territory. The home BL could be omitted or it can be tweaked other ways. The whole goal is to allow the winning side to keep winning, but reduce their potential for a full map wipe and allow the PPT to be normalized a bit through off hours. I prefer to see it kind of like diminishing returns, a non linear based scaling of PPT vs Weakened fortifications.

No matter which balancing system is chosen, there will be complaints, there will be trolling and there will be people in team chat picking on people for doing other things they seem not fit. So i hope not to see a cop out response about friction created by someone capping 1 too many points like the one that was used in the wvw changes video in relation to outmanned. The goal of this is to be fluid changes in fortification strength, not a single line that once crossed the debuff will be too harsh. Thats why i prefer this change rather than tweaking outmanned. There is still fun you can have when outnumbered.

-neven
[TyE] Maguuma

are they really “overextending” if they have twice as many people as you?

Why not the other way around; have Outmanned grant a reduction in the cost of siege/an increase in siege damage?

Also, does anyone know what exactly the rules for determining Outmanned are?

Sigh, when I read the title I thought maybe this was some suggestion to make forts/towers worth more PTT if they were upgraded. That would add a bit more incentive to maintaining supply lines and defending what you hold. Instead I find a rehashed coverage wars complaint. Not any surprise its from a maguma right after they get matched with SOS agian.