Guild Wars 2

They would in fact be GOOD ideas if it was a competitive game. The real issue is that it is not a competitive game.

My suggestion is we re-direct feedback away from “patch is bad” and keep pushing for some sort of progress towards balancing server populations.

It will never be truly fair or balanced but that’s no excuse to completely ignore the issue. We do not ask that it be perfect, we simply ask that it be kept under control, or at the very least the issue recognized and some sort of attempt made, even if it’s half-kittened. At least then we’d all be in the same boat.

Anet has said in the past that it is wholly up to the players to solve that issue. Supposedly everyone would evenly settle into the different servers in the interest of good match-ups.

Look at any T1 response to lowering the pop cap on a borderland to know that’s not gonna happen. Look at the lack of any oceanic servers and the understandable desire for off hours guilds to not be alone on their servers.

Given that population imbalances are never going away, let’s get back to calling the patch bad.

Benjamin.6235:

Anet has said in the past that it is wholly up to the players to solve that issue. Supposedly everyone would evenly settle into the different servers in the interest of good match-ups.

You know what else is “wholly up to the players”??? Whether they play GW2 or not. They may have said it in the past, probably in hopes we would shut up about it. If we don’t they will have to give a better response. If we do shut up then shame on us. My $0.02.

Even if it was a competitive game it still would be a bad idea. Artificially giving the wining side a boost would only reduce the likelyhood of a comeback from the losing side.

Thats like a game of football where everytime you score the other team has to play with 1 less player.

Terrahero.9358:

Even if it was a competitive game it still would be a bad idea. Artificially giving the wining side a boost would only reduce the likelyhood of a comeback from the losing side.

Thats like a game of football where everytime you score the other team has to play with 1 less player.

Oh you mean kinda like a snowball effect?