Guild Wars 2

The DBL is a terrible place to play, but the folks who like it should have the opportunity to go there just as much as I do the alpine maps. Keep them both active so people don’t have to wait months to get the map they want.

polling is useless with the questions they have and after they have already KILLED wvw.

Asking us if we want pairing vs no pairing? no good at all.

The REAL question is WHY do we have far far far far far far far too many servers to begin with.

It’s right there the problem and solution. If anet deleted 6-9 servers = higher population on the other servers perma.

this linking is NEVER going to fix the problem. Linking worlds means there in ZERO server loyalty, lack knowing each other guilds/tags/scouts most wont have TS set up for pairings. and that’s when pairing works, so far I’ve seen big servers get paired with other big servers while smaller get none or smaller server linking. Make bigger servers ever bigger and the balancing is counter productive. OR reduce the servers completely allow free xfers fill all servers up and soon people will have server loyalty again and we will have coverage on all maps again.

Anet refused to admit there is far to many servers and this is the REAL issue here. Anet don’t like to admit when they get it wrong and also more servers as far as they are concerned = higher chance people xfer = more profit from xfers.

Sorry to tell you anet this is a failed tactic with regard to wvw players. More servers = less balance = less people play = less profit for you.

Fix wvw pop issues = delete 6-9 servers from EU and 6-9 from NA, allow free xfers for those players on a server that’s got deleted.

Increase the map sizes in wvw by 20-30 more players. We will then see people getting used to their new servers and most of the issues in wvw are solved. World linking vs reducing the servers is not the solution, we all know it so please admit it yourself anet.

JUST DO IT!

Same with Desert BL like I was telling my ex the other day, Bigger is not always better. Desert map is far too big (like 60% bigger than it needs to be). Because of its size it takes far too long to get around so puts off roamers AND zergs/ktrainers. Too big+too many PVE rubbish = disliked by most of the real W3ers.

All that time wasted on the desert map (years) and you could have simply deleted servers to fix the problem with population. Desert map will never be full nor get more people intrested into wvw gamemode.

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These polls are just meant to slow down the release of the overhaul. Mark my word: when the overhaul is ready they’ll hold on it and launch it with the next expansion.

Sadly this could very well come to pass… it is not like we are getting another map with the expansion so soon after the whole DBL debacle. If not new maps then what will they add to incentive WvW players to buy the expansion exactly? (elite specs don’t count they fall in the general column although for many that might be enough, because power creep).