Guild Wars 2

This patch pretty much put together a lot of things that at least I had yearned for since release.

This is a better WvW patch than the WvW patch. World ranks? Ok, whatever. That’s cool I guess. No culling? Eh, that’s cool too— now if you could give us a way to cut down the graphical pollution.

However, nothing in the prior WvW patches holds a candle to the improvements and love WvW got in this patch. New PvE skins with an easy path to obtain in WvW, tradeable blueprints, and consequently new ways to make money in WvW.

Add to that the fact that the achievement rewards are a significant boon now that there are so many WvW dailies. This is no joke, the best patch since release for WvW.

I feel like the way WvW interfaced with the temporary content in this patch was the best iteration of that so far. Is anyone else with me on that?

If you are trying to state that WvW players got a little bit jousted with this patch, I’m right with you. Achievement chests yield stacks of 100 badges, which makes it that much easier for those seeking Legendaries to receive their Gift of Battle.

Another thing to take into account here is the WvW achievements and how they play into the new content. The achievements associated with WvW are the grindiest of them all, yet they are the least rewarding in terms of achievement points. Just to give those out there an idea, I have personally played 1500+ hours of WvW. In that time frame, I have accumulated a measly 75 AP. I think it easy to say that the number of AP you get from WvW should be much greater. I especially feel so given we have the Living Story content that will be released every two weeks.

The badge of honor from the chest is just a joke. Whoever wanted to go for a legendary but didnt want to do the wvw grind (and we’ve seen our fair share of complaints about it) almost certainly will have enough achievementpoints already to get the 500 badges for free from a chest.

Thats just weak imo. The currency we’ve had to work for getting handed out for free to everyone. Maybe sprinkle in some fractals tokens and such aswell?