The Edge of the Mists introduced things to WvW that honestly should have been implemented into the Borderlands and EB a long time ago.
The first and foremost is actually getting rewarded in game for your time and effort. The loot rewards of the edge dont need to be nerfed, the rewards of the other maps need to be buffed.
Difficult terrain like the bridges and pathways open up chances to utilize tactics. Having choke points and obstacles like the cannons help to break up the “blob” mentality.
More capable NPC defenders and the buffs that certain control points offer. These things more than anything can make defending a location an actual viable option.
Me and the guildmates i run with dont have a problem with the idea of “karma trains”, loot is the carrot that all mmorpg players will chase and without players there can be no PvP. We also dont have a problem with “bag farming”, killing the enemy in pvp is exciting and satisifying. Rokuro is correct, “Winning” is the best mindset for Edge of the Mists, the best of both worlds, everyone has fun and gets to feel like their time was spent well.
This entire thread is proof of a failure in customer service. In this “age of the internet” word of mouth is an even greater form of advertisement than ever.
One complaint is a normal day, two complaints a problem, but three is a failure that will cost money. Should have never got this far and could have been avoided with a simple “Smile and a ’We are working to resolve this problem.” In the end people don’t generally care about results, what they care about is feeling like someone is listening to them, communication costs very little compared to the alternative. I hope that the issue of “perceived strange drops behavior” does get fixed, but this thread shows that for some atleast it is already too little too late.
Having a “Commander” option for guilds to purchase with influence sounds like a good idea. It would probably need to be costly in influence to balance it with the current Commander Compendium’s gold cost. Either way it represents time spent playing the game, except people can buy gold with real money, making it cost influence would be a more reasonable representation of experience playing and using teamwork.
To request player feedback is perfectly acceptable, and i encourage all players to give their feedback concerning their experience with the game. But it is my experience that I do not play a game for the purpose of “testing” or “quality control”, I do not work all day long just to come home and take notes and create flow charts of “Data” as my form of entertainment. The request for player feedback is logical, but perhaps the way the request was phrased was ill informed in the spirit of customer service.
I dont know whether something is “broken” or not with Anet’s RNG or their DR system, all i know is i have put a considerable amount of time into this game and in all that time playing i have recieved exactly 1 exotic as a loot drop and at most 5 or 6 rares as a loot drop. If this is “working as intended” then i think your system and philosophy is flawed.
This is just my opinion, and i still intend to continue playing this game as i havent given up on it just yet, but i do hope that the rewards and satifaction of my time spent playing it can outpace my frustrations at feeling left behind.
Well, I’m off to go watch lets plays. We’ll kitten you in the kitten hole some more tomorrow.
I think you might be confused…. Maybe you should be playing FPS instead of an MMO*RPG*? This level of maturity is in fact why we can’t have nice things…
It was fun while it lasted, just for the attempt. And yeah PvP happens in a PvP zone, no problem with that whatsoever. All in all the Dolyak Parade was a nice break for a moment in a weeklong grind for me to level my alt and get some badges, and the battles that broke out afterword were fun aswell. What gets me is people saying that “its just a game” or “Red = Dead” seem to be the ones taking it too seriously, and if you dont “Care” why are you reading the forums and remarking about how much you dont “care”. Just seems a bit disengenuous to me.
It’s been my experience that with enough arrow carts the largest of zergs can be magically transformed into soil enriching corpses. A good defense, especially when outnumbered IS the best offense.
So….. what time is this Dolyak parade? Im intrigued.
I have to say i was shocked when i logged on and saw half our BL in the hands of the enemy, the Golem Gods would not be pleased.
But it ended up being alot fun trying to take back what is ours, constant push and defend, having to run all over the map to keep up with so many attacks was alot fun.
Wish i could’ve played alot longer tonight.
I have completely missed both the halloween event and lost shores events due to my work schedule. Its very dissapointing that because i am an adult with a rotating work schedule that i will miss out on these one time events. I dont begrudge the people who did get to play them their rewards, however i would simply like to see these events extended in some fashion, or repeated at off hours so that people like me dont miss out on all the fun.
I just wanna say that i love the fights this last week. I die alot, but i learn something everytime. Im looking forward to more brawls, battles and skirmishes with our FA and YB brethren. Lets keep it up and make it fun!
All thanks to Appledainty and and all the others who made it happen.