I would like to see a variable buddy system in wvw. What i mean by this is pairing servers based on rank for one week at a time to fight together against other paired servers. For the NA competition it could be broken into 2 tiers. Tier 1 being servers ranked 1-12, tier 2 servers ranked 13-24. Server 1 would be paired up with server 12 for one week and depending on how the matchup goes assuming they win server 12 may rank up to be server 10 and then for the next matchup be paired with server 3 etc. When 2 servers are paired up they can go and help each others borderlands as the combined score is what wins a matchup.
The advantages of this system:
This system would let servers keep there own identity while improving the population imbalance to a point while working with new guilds from other servers and learning diffferent tactics. High population caps could also be brought in if deemed necessary while still providing small ques as a player/guild would have 8 maps to choose from. It may also improve the gvg scene as there would be more guilds to go up against per matchup. It also provides morale to servers who may be stuck loosing week in week out because they have low population as that they may occasionally get a win. I think a system like this would also fit well in the current seasons format aswell so most people will get reasonable rewards without having to bandwagon to 1 server.
The potential problems with this idea:
Cross server troll sieging.
In EU 3 servers would have to be culled.
Other general thought on the system:
Open the potential to pair NA and EU servers so that population imbalance in different timezones is lesser
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