Guild Wars 2

Currently, starting positions in WvW seem to be tied to relative rankings. Green is the highest ranked server, followed by Blue, then Red. This raises several problems, the most obvious problem is for the highest (and lowest) ranked servers. If you play on the top (or worst) servers, you’re constantly being matched up against the same servers. Matches at these levels are often pretty competitive and close. Servers will often surge ahead (due to stuff like night capping), but for the most part the fight is generally pretty even.

For me at SBI, this basically means we will always be matched against HoD. This coupled with the fact that matches are relatively equal, along HoD’s history of dominance in WvW, essentially means that it’s next to impossible for me to ever get 100% world completion since some of the Points of Interest and Vistas are deep in HoD territory. Keeps and Towers, right outside a server’s starting position, especially those in Eternal Battlegrounds, almost never change hands. If they do, it’s only ever for a very short while.

Now, I understand that I could just swap servers to get 100% completion. The problem is that if I leave SBI, I’m unlikely to get back in since the server is currently full. I have played on SBI since release and have made many friends in the month I’ve played GW2 from doing dungeons, WvW, etc… Asking me to switch servers simply to get an achievement and to be able to craft legendary weapons is just unfair. This problem can be very easily fixed. Just randomize starting position for servers! Or rotate for the match-ups that constantly face one another. This also helps to address any potential map imbalances (I’m not saying there are any) due to asymmetrical design of the maps.

TL;DR: Starting positions determined by ranking. Makes getting 100% map completion in WvW near impossible for certain servers, notably the top servers due to same match-ups week after week. Solution: randomize starting positions.

Did not know this because I have not played that much WvW. Only in the beginning when it changed every day for the monthly achievement and the map completion. I always thought in changes you every new match that you started at all the 3 locations after playing 3 matches.

Maybe they should make it really changes like this. And keep track on how often you started at one position and when you started there the last time.

If in the next match 2 or more servers already played the last 2 matches at let’s say A and B they both would have to start at C now and it needs to be randomly decided between them. Or something like that. And maybe taking into account the total amount thes started at one location.

I agree. If nothing else, random starting locations would give us some variety when we’re stuck in the same position week after week. However, it would also give people the opportunity to get 100% map completion if they’re just patient enough. Right now, people are just switching servers to roll in HoD or ET borderlands for map completion (even a few in my own guild are on different servers temporarily).