Guild Wars 2

One of the primary things which is disappointing about the existing system is the matchups have been very uneven for SF and we tend to get rolled over. I don’t think that is necessarily fun for anyone. We all basically enter the WvW realm because we want a more interesting competition with actual humans rather than AIs that can be fooled by standing on a rock in the landscape and watching them ram it incessantly. I won’t pretend to know how to balance the human element. Trying to think that someone is going to be motivated more by fair play than loot bags would seem to be unlikely. However, there may be some elements form PvE that can be used to offset the mismatches.

1) What if the NPC defenders scaled comparative to the blobs that were attacking? The outmanned buff should apply to the NPCs as well. A Keep boss scaling to Legendary might help offset serious imbalances such as a 60 man zerg vs. 5 defenders. There might also be additional siege elements freely available for the lower players.
2) Give rewards for defending a location as well. One frustration I have always found in manning siege equipment is there isn’t many bags, XP or glory involved even though a well placed Cow can stop a siege dead in its tracks. That would also incentivize to keep manning the defenses even when it’s night and there are only 2 of you on your map.
3) My biggest complaint is the Mist Wars seems to have lacked a theme from the very beginning except “everyone is fighting everyone from different worlds.” This game is called GUILD WARS. In no other area is there a potential for that to actually happen except in WvW. There should be a way of guilds challenging one another to matches. I don’t see why a map instance could not be dedicated to this. Overflow guildies could be set to engage static defenses in some areas to offset the damage. Or alternatively we have a region set on one of the lower tier maps and just honor battle it out in some open arena. It would be more like a WWE match that way with another guild possibly betraying the neutrality charging in an helping the other guild out.
4) If income has been an issue with WvW then put something in the game we can buy for WvW. An Uber siege engine or some ridiculous thing that can only be deployed when you are outmanned. Might make it interesting for the low ball guys. I personally would enjoy running a mega siege Golem.
Just brainstorming.