Guild Wars 2

Is there any chance that the alpine maps will ever come back for at least a limited time?

I think they will. I want to say i remember someone saying the plan was always to take alpine out and redo it some then bring it back. Using the two maps and rotating them.

I suppose the down side to that is what do they plan on changing? Alpine laser event anyone? Maybe i dreamed the whole thing anyway, so it wont matter.

Yes they mentioned that Alpine map would be revised and then it would come back… considering Desert map I also get worried of what is to come of Alpine map.

Maybe they will bring back the middle lake and Quaggans… I can just imagine what kind of weird events they plan with Quaggans.

albotelho.2931:

Maybe they will bring back the middle lake and Quaggans… I can just imagine what kind of weird events they plan with Quaggans.

Capture all 5 ruins and a cannon fires quaggans at the gates.

I feel that the community doesn’t embrace the new maps at all. The alpines felt a bit old towards the end, having played them for 3 years. But in comparison with the new ones I would gladly have them back.

I would also like the wvw devs to tell us something about this. Alot of people just want some response what they are planning and what to expect in the future. They must be aware of the largely negative opinion among wvw players since the launch of the new maps.

^^ That’s what happens, when you have 3 identical maps in rotation for 3 years, the only thing they did is, remove the lake. It would be nice if they brought it back, removed those skritt/centaur camps, use up the space a little better and make it so it’s actually your Home Border.

EB hasn’t gotten old besides the lag, it’s just a bit frustrating, when you fight near each other’s keep, anyone you wipe can re-spawn and run back fast, you get plenty of loot, but they’ll eventually overrun you.

albotelho.2931:

Yes they mentioned that Alpine map would be revised and then it would come back… considering Desert map I also get worried of what is to come of Alpine map.

Maybe they will bring back the middle lake and Quaggans… I can just imagine what kind of weird events they plan with Quaggans.

Do you remember the slipery parts of the iced mountains in the 2nd part of the super adventure box? or the reactorfractal where the plates break under your feet? That would both fit perfectly into the cold theme of the alpine BL’s. I expect them to give us stuff like this…
And before some Dev reads this and thinks “Hm… nice idea…” please NO!! ^^;

Zioba.6182:

albotelho.2931:

Yes they mentioned that Alpine map would be revised and then it would come back… considering Desert map I also get worried of what is to come of Alpine map.

Maybe they will bring back the middle lake and Quaggans… I can just imagine what kind of weird events they plan with Quaggans.

Do you remember the slipery parts of the iced mountains in the 2nd part of the super adventure box? or the reactorfractal where the plates break under your feet? That would both fit perfectly into the cold theme of the alpine BL’s. I expect them to give us stuff like this…
And before some Dev reads this and thinks “Hm… nice idea…” please NO!! ^^;

All bridges replaced with this, and snow now gives chilled when you walk through it. Thanks Zioba. >.<

No. They said something about a “rotation” but that was just lip service: like SAB coming back.

They’re too stubborn/proud to admit their new BL is a total failure.

Don’t remember the exact wording, but they said something along the lines of:

"We want to bring back the Alpine map later, perhaps for a tournament/season, or for a set rotation. We haven’t quite decided yet on how to solve it."

That was more or less the gist of it, someone else can search up the actual quote (I’m to lazy and need to head for bed).

joneirikb.7506:

“We want to bring back the Alpine map later, perhaps for a tournament/season, or for a set rotation. We haven’t quite decided yet on how to solve it.”

The solution seems pretty easy to me. Currently we have 3 borderlands with identical maps. Why do the maps have to be identical ?

What’s wrong with giving red the desert map, blue the alpine map with the quaggan lake, green the other alpine map ?

At least until they produce a third borderlands map. Then they can ditch one of the alpine maps and have each borderland on a different map.

@Snoring Sleepwalker:

I’m hoping they do something along those lines, but we will just have to see.

Personally I’m tired of the entire "home borderland" system, and forcing us to use 3 maps for that. And would rather see the maps being slightly re-adjusted for working more similar to EBG, so you could throw in variable numbers of them. Say EBG+AlpineBL+DesertBL. Only 3 maps, but at least down here in bronze we can’t even fill EBG, so why do we need more maps ?

Snoring Sleepwalker.9073:

joneirikb.7506:

“We want to bring back the Alpine map later, perhaps for a tournament/season, or for a set rotation. We haven’t quite decided yet on how to solve it.”

The solution seems pretty easy to me. Currently we have 3 borderlands with identical maps. Why do the maps have to be identical ?

What’s wrong with giving red the desert map, blue the alpine map with the quaggan lake, green the other alpine map ?

At least until they produce a third borderlands map. Then they can ditch one of the alpine maps and have each borderland on a different map.

Same reason why most esports maps are complete mirrors – its supposed to be fair no matter which side you play.

That said, it would be perfectly fair to give alpine to the highest ranking server in a matchup IMO. If the other 2 servers prefer to be there as well, its bound to give lots of fights.