First off i want to talk a little bit about my server Whiteside Ridge and how we are doing. Since friday we are playing Drakkar Lake [DE] and Vabbi. The match started out great. I think the fights in the first night where oke but Drakkar Lake beat our kitten and took most of the map. Saturday in the day was really close and fun to play. Saterday night we took most of the map and kept it due too some very good people. Sunday was also fun to play with some really good fights. Now sunday evening came around and im looking at this (attachment).
I think its pretty clear, if nothing big happens, what the standings will be on friday and that makes me kinda sad. Most people get demotivated and most matches are decided thuesday/wednesday. A lot has been said about this and fingers have been pointed in different direction on this. Now i want to aproach this from another angle.
Something that bothers me a little bit is that my server will never be able to play the top server in Europe. At least not in the near future. Maybe we will get our kitten kicked maybe not. But as now we are stuck with the same 5-6 servers hopping above and under us. To be able to play differents teams is something i would really like to see. So this idear spun out of that.
WvW cup:
- Reduce the current week matchups to a Monday-Friday Competition. (this wil be the same as the matchups are now)
- Introduce a Saterday-Sunday cup weekend. (This wil be against random enemies with a winner/loser bracket)
Pro’s:
- In the weekends more people are online and able to game into the late hours. (maybe even willing to do so)
- People have something to look forward to in the weekend if the week match doesn’t go really well.
- People will be able to test their skills and tactics against maybe much higher opponents.
- People will have a more mixed week schedule with different opponents.
- Arenanet will get more data so they can balance out the week more quickly.
- People will be motived to join in in the weekend to participate even do they may not play WvW normaly. (especially for lower servers this may be a good thing).
Something to think about. I would love to hear your opinion about this. But i do think this will have potential in the future.
