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I would like to add something i’ve been thinking about since the beta test. Anet you should make a new fractal/dungeon out of the keeps. I would actually be happy to see some of this stuff there. The new work isn’t bad its simply been misplaced.
If at all possible though, could you find a way to get the people to come out of the keeps to fight instead of those attacking having to break in to get fights as siege is rained down on them? Adding new and harder to reach places to deploy arrow carts is not really want many people want from wvw.
Hi Anet, just wanted to give you some criticism about your new map.
First off, it is very pretty. There are maybe a few too many cliffs and roundabouts to get anywhere quickly, though that may come with experience so I will give you that one. I do enjoy the themeing of the keeps/towers, however i find them very big. There are just too many places to hide mesmers to get back in later. The maps in general have a lot of space i cannot figure out the use of… everything is really big and really far apart.
Second, there is no way for small man groups to do anything on this map if its defended. I only got to play after the streamers event and there were very few people still playing (maybe that should say more than anything else in this post). 10 of us finally got into the fire keep and died to the lord and a single mesmer. There is way too much cc so all the defender had to do was go around and snipe us when we were feared or dazed. And as the reverse me and 1 other person waited in the lord room of fire keep for 4 omega golems and a couple others and killed them very easily.
Thirdly the fact that everything upgrades itself will hurt smaller servers with less coverage. The server with any kind of superior coverage overnight for NA will cap everything and sit on it til morning. When its all fully upgraded the people who should own it will have to take back all their stuff that’s been fortified. They would have to karma train their own map just to keep it from being fortified.
Fourth, stability is not readily available enough to deal with the amount of cc in these maps. The wind keep has so many air turrets that cannot be turned off by owning the shrines. The lords have a lot of aoe ccs, fire being the most obnoxious. The taunts on every guard is extremely annoying, especially in small groups. There is simply no way to play against it without having a zerg of guardians on you so you can stand up. This will be multiplied when you meet enemy players on all the cliffs and bridges. Whoever has the most stability and knock backs/fears will win… no exceptions.
Fifth, there are too many guards/npc creatures everywhere. You will not manage to find a good place to fight without the interruptions. Every open space has them and it will make for easy rallybots.
Sixth, the map is extremely unhelpful. You cannot tell where to go or where the walls/gates of keeps and towers are. I think in the beginning this will be an issue and also for any new player to enter the map later on.
I honestly think if you added a few events the pve population of guild wars would be happy to consider it a new map. Take out the pvp aspect and let them take keeps and towers… would go over very well.
However this is not what the wvw population asked for and i think you will hear many complaints about it. The old borderland maps are much more appealing to me as it is now… i never thought i’d see the day when i would have to miss them.
Please consider changing things!
Leif.
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