Guild Wars 2

As the topic says, what would you guys actually think, ‘if it could be done’ for Anet to turn the commander icons off in WvW for say 1-2 weeks to see how differently WvW runs compared to zerging.

Its just an idea as an EVENT not permenent, no need for any flaming post thanks.

xGokuVegetax: “hey where is the zerg at?”
Silly Pancake: “do we have a zerg on this map?”
Ilikebutts: “any karma train going on?”

Xirin.8593:

xGokuVegetax: “hey where is the zerg at?”
Silly Pancake: “do we have a zerg on this map?”
Ilikebutts: “any karma train going on?”

It made me laugh.

Yeah all it will do is fill the map chat with ‘where is the zerg’ coming form every single person logging on. You can’t fix is this way because zerging is the best way to do anything in WvW right now, and grants maximum rewards. To discourage zerging a lot of other mechanics have to be introduced.

Beliskner.5039:

As the topic says, what would you guys actually think, ‘if it could be done’ for Anet to turn the commander icons off in WvW for say 1-2 weeks to see how differently WvW runs compared to zerging.

Its just an idea as an EVENT not permenent, no need for any flaming post thanks.

All of this operates under the premise that:

A. EVERYONE hates zerging and it is a real problem (It’s not on NA T6-8 hardly ever do we get skill lag).
B. ANET agrees 100% that zerging should be stopped.

Neither of those are remotely close to being true. ANET promotes zerging in many ways on purpose and on accident. And more than likely their biggest objection to it is based simply on the fact that their server(s) can’t handle the zerg fights.

vapor.5390:

Off topic
Is there any server in EU where is running more than 1 commander at a time?

You bring up a good thought: More tags actually tend to split the zergs down…No tags for a week might work like the OP thinks, or it could make the largest zergs we have ever seen. “Where is the zerg” and whatnot, people just blindly following the blind mass.

I’ve seen a decent sized zerg on auto pilot. They literally just ran wherever and killed literally everything. From NPCs to players to yaks to bunnies. It was a bloodlust and anyone unfortunate enough to get in its way was outright murdered without mercy.