Guild Wars 2

Every WvW player has that moment where their thoughts wander off and they imagine what WvW would look like if you had the skills to design maps and mechanics.

What would your map look like if you had the skill to pay the bills?

Merlin Dyfed Avalon.5046:

What would your map look like if you had the skill to pay the bills?

I’d just use some of the PvE maps.

I’ve had a few map ideas for WvW.

The first one is on a similar scale to EB except that there would be a giant tower (named something like Stonemist Spire) in the middle of the map. Take the middle room in SM and extend it upward with a huge spiralling staircase. When a team owned the Spire and their keep, they could build a light bridge (or something like that) that would go over the map to the top of the spire. When the team lost either thier keep or the spire, the bridge would be destroyed (in an epic way), likely taking a lethal amount of fall damage. The other mechanics would probably be similar to the current maps.

Another idea i had was for a quick 30 min-1 hour capture the flag kind of map. The match would be with the 3 teams used in EOTM as opposed to just the server match up for the week. The map itself would be inside what appears to be a giant keep (think inner SM on a larger scale) with a similar design to the large inquest lab in the Mt Maelstrom map (Infinite Coil Reactor). The objective would be to take the other flags to score points. The initial starting area would be behind the flag with the usual determined buff. There would be various supply depots throughout the map and also various locations to build doors to block other teams from moving through. Siege Robots, a unique siege to this map, would be present. They are basicly a strong NPC/siege that attack doors, follow the initial person that dropped them, or are assigned to guard a location.

Well thats my map ideas.

It would look a lot like we have now. Gimmicks aren’t a good plan for fun WvW.