Guild Wars 2

I took a bit of time to pretty this up. The idea is to spice up who we play each week, while keeping it competitive and adding a bi-yearly tourny, which rewards every server, but specifically the top server, top guilds, and top players.

I put a lot of thought into it and am happy with the final proposal, it can be expanded or changed, but I think it’s a good start

Summary: Replace the current 8 tiers with 4 visions (6 servers per division). Each week you battle 2 servers from your division on a rotating schedule. After 24 weeks, have a 2 week tourny. Tourny rewards servers, top guilds, top players.

Your division is based off of your WvW rank (using current formula) and you may move up or down in division when rank is calculated at the end of each week (as they currently do).

And then you end up having Server 1 fighting S6, and the gap between the two is so large that it will be a roflstomp for a whole 2 weeks.

Everyone likes and enjoys a change in matchup. But some of the differences between tiers is so astounding that this would essentially break WvW entirely.

Yerffejy.6538:

And then you end up having Server 1 fighting S6

I’m in T2 and the servers are so equal that a S1 v S6 match has the same gap as S1 v S4…not as large as you say.

Yerffejy.6538:

roflstomp for a whole 2 weeks.

WvW battles are only 1 week long. The actual tourny/playoffs happen only twice a year, last 2 weeks and thy resume the eight tier ranking to match up equal servers.

Well well well, looks like part of this idea is actually happening.

Not the part that matters, Anet is implementing the brackets but not the “tourney” aspect.

You can’t do one without the other.

Right now putting a T1 server against anything in T2 or T3 is injustice to the lower rank servers, I don’t think Anet realizes that literal close to 24/7 coverage a T1 server has to have to be in T1 with little to no down time.

Kryyg.8576:

Not the part that matters, Anet is implementing the brackets but not the “tourney” aspect.

You can’t do one without the other.

Right now putting a T1 server against anything in T2 or T3 is injustice to the lower rank servers, I don’t think Anet realizes that literal close to 24/7 coverage a T1 server has to have to be in T1 with little to no down time.

Maybe, time will tell. I’m still looking forward to the change.

I’m guessing that if they wanted to also add tourneys, they wouldn’t do it now anyway, they like to make changes slowly….so this could be the first step TOWARDS tourneys.