Guild Wars 2

coglin.1867:

I totally agree with you that the rewards are poor in WvW. I do not agree with Devon either. I do not feel he gave a very good explanation either.

To me, it seems a little odd that so many posters are complaining that they do not go to the maps because no one else is there Isn’t that a bit of “self fulfilling prophecy” syndrome going on there?

It’s not odd. But there is literally nothing to draw people to the map when the rewards are so poor. So in a way, a feedback loop occurs. People log in at their usual time, check the maps for some action (or even some life) and in their limited leisure time have to decide whether that is something they want to do for fun and entertainment. If nothing is happening, they go do something else. The talk on larger guilds in TS will tell them whether it’s worth trying to get something going.

Could they do more? Sure, they could try and rally up a guild and pester people in a mega server map to join up for some wvw ‘fun’. Running a large guild can feel a bit like having a second job (been there, done that, never again, thanks).

Maybe the solution is some sort of scaling of the map together with shrinking the number of maps from 3 bl to 1 and EB, so that as more enter from each side the map expands and the rewards improve until a map is full at 100vs100vs100. The rest can q to get in, move servers to distribute players a bit more, or go play EoTM.

Might be a little controversial on the moving servers bit but if one guild can field 100 players then it could make for some pretty awesome tactical play if the rewards and reward tracks are well designed, with splits.

I think people were expecting more from the new BL, such as being able to glide. Or movable siege, so you can no longer build right at the gate, but have to bring your siege along with you (oh, and portals don’t portal siege), which would be much more fun than the current ‘zerg to a door, build 6 sup rams’.

Sadly this is all just hot air as here we are waiting for something utterly basic as daily log ins to be fixed. That they aren’t fixed yet (and were missed in testing) shows the sort of priority that wvw gets, and hence why many are so jaded.

seanshine.8791:

Ragnar the Rock.3174:

They want you to transfer so they can make more $$$.

That or they have no idea WTF they are doing in terms of how to balance WvWvW for smaller realms.

How can people transfer when BG/JQ/YB/TC are locked. And FA and SOS are getting filled up.

for a tier 1 person (in BG) i can assure you, you would never guess its tier 1 let alone a full one based on how little the population is i feel terrible for those lower tier servers…

emendez.3705:

seanshine.8791:

Ragnar the Rock.3174:

They want you to transfer so they can make more $$$.

That or they have no idea WTF they are doing in terms of how to balance WvWvW for smaller realms.

How can people transfer when BG/JQ/YB/TC are locked. And FA and SOS are getting filled up.

for a tier 1 person (in BG) i can assure you, you would never guess its tier 1 let alone a full one based on how little the population is i feel terrible for those lower tier servers…

Yep this just raises the question about the server caps and them clearly being set too low not to mention the calculation still able to be gamed.