Guild Wars 2

One thing that is quite noticeable lately is that many players tend to only participate in WvW for the outnumbered buff. Why? Easy pips of course. This results in players going afk, stop participating almost completely (until they get to Tier 3), and keep their outnumbered buff a secret from other players.

My suggestion would be the complete removal of the outnumbered buff and make it to where they can get pips based on their server placement in the current match. Loyalty pips and rank pips would also be included.

For example: If a server is in 3rd place, everyone would earn 3 pips. Depending on their rank and loyalty, they would most likely get more. If a server is in 2nd place, they would get 5 pips. And 1st place server would get 7 pips.

These numbers (3, 5, and 7) could be altered in any way. (Please don’t make it 1 pip)

This would, in my opinion, bring more people together to earn more pips. It would give them something to work towards depending on how strong of a desire they have for getting the legendary back piece. If a server wants to get it sooner, they would have to work together and try to push for keeps and towers. This might even bring more commanders out and possibly more WvW guilds.

Now, people will probably still go afk once they reach tier 3 in the participation track, but it won’t help them get the back piece any faster and it won’t help the server. Lets say if the server got 1st place and people start going afk, their placement will most likely go down. They would have to help maintain their placement. Also, for time zone purposes, their server would most likely drop down to 3rd place depending on the time of day, but they can help out and get them back up to 2nd or even 1st again.

For those who cannot afford to spend 40+ hours a week playing WvW (lets face it, we all have a job and a life), they can simply log on, see a commander, and join them for a bit to earn pips. If their server does well, then they can get more.

Overall idea is to make players work together to earn pips instead of waiting around for the outnumbered buff.

I’m sure Anet can add more to this suggestion if they would like.

Tl;dr : Remove outnumbered buff. Add pips depending on server placement in current match. Loyalty and Rank pips included. Work together. Win.

Edit: The participation bar will still remain the same.