Guild Wars 2

Huh, blackgate is red right now…

BG/TC/JQ do change colors fairly often.

If waiting for months, maybe you haven’t logged into wvw much, because during the past few months, BG/TC/JQ have been all colors, as well as during different times each has had every location on the maps at some point.

I don’t really understand how the color system works anymore.

the color system hasn’t actually changed.

the reason servers get different colors is due to the matchup randomization, which applies a random plus or minus amount to each server’s rating. the primary reason for the randomization is to allow matchups outside your normal tier to happen (this helps prevent matchup stagnation and improves rating accuracy), but as a side effect it can also cause color assignments to change.

due to the way the math works out, it’s still possible to end up with matchup stagnation (see NA tier 1), but the ratings in tier 1 are still close enough that color randomizatoin can still occur. I think the #1 server would need a rating 200 points above the #2 server to make it impossible to get any color besides green.

-ken