I’ve been think about how in times of low server population, either overnight or simply because the server has a low WvW population, there is a definite imbalance. I know… stating the obvious, but what if there never was an imbalance. What if players simply replaced placeholder NPC heroes.
It’s 4am and I’m the only player online. I have a server full of “Heroes” (for those that remember GW1) who I can assign tasks to. Tasks like: “Man that cannon”, “Escort the Dolyak”, “Guard this spot”, “Follow me”.
When another human comes online, they select what “Hero” to replace… or are randomly assigned one. When they leave, the “Hero” AI takes over and reverts to either the last task the human was doing… or the last task the Hero was assigned.
So the map always has a full population.