“Quoth the raven nevermore”
Platinum Scout: 300% MF
In HoT the devs have really done a good job in fixing alot of the issues I had at the start of this expac. They introduce skrimishes, it has reduced the effect off-hours time zones had on a server winning a match. No server can dominate for a 4-6hr period and win the match because of it anymore. They greatly improved the reward system, we have 2 new layers of rewards (dungeon tracks, the pip rewards and legendaries). They have added a new wvw map. What are some of the main issues left in wvw?
The biggest one would be lag. Large fight mostly in EB still create unplayable lag. Its rare to have those kind of 3way SM fights but wvw have had that issue since I can remember.
Another issue would be a reason to target the winning server or an opportunity to target it. The some match-ups are decide before the end of the weekend. Their no reason to target the winning server because of the difficult of sieging t3 structures. Creating some kind of disadvantage/opportunity that would encourage the other server to target the winning server would help with this.
The larger server has enough players multi-task better than the other servers. The winning server can at times can choose who comes in 3rd. A comeback mechanic would make the match-ups more competitive. Something that would force the winning server into defend mode instead of K-train mode. What other issues can players think of?
I just want to point out that none of the changes in WvW have anything to do with HoT. What HoT brought to WvW, and still does, was huge grind in PvE to get new elite specs, gear and guild hall up for WvW. They later provided some way to get those same things from WvW. Yet, overall development of WvW is completely independent from HoT. You can even say the overall effect of HoT on WvW was so negative, developers finally HAD TO start working on the gamemode.
Same way, I do not think PoF will itself bring huge changes to the WvW beside new elite specs and new gear.
Its more of a timeframe of the changes that happened during the HoT era and the changes that I hope will come during PoF. I had to change the title for being to long. I guess the title did not describe what I meant for it to .
Yeah, sorry if my comment felt weird, it is more about my issues with HoT
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