Guild Wars 2

Wralen Bonecall – necro on HoD

Look, banners are FUN. It’s a lot of fun to have 10 stacks of stability at any given time. I love it.
But, I bet it’s not so fun for a new group of players. Or people that are not running 50+. Or not really fun for anyone past the first three hours of having banners.
WvWvW is an amazing segment of game design, and it’s what really kept me in this game. With things that will over a while take up lots of gold to use, and subsequently win with, it absolutely pushes the idea that WvW is about to become totally pay to win. It simply will not be fun for those who like to learn new strategies and tactics. We play WvW because of the feeling of fairly winning over another group is the best reward. Curb Stomping and steamrolling groups of players without access to these banners will take 100% of the reward>satisfaction element out of this game.
We need a dedicated team working on WvW and interacting with the community, right now, it feels as though WvW is nothing but a fun minigame that is often unconsidered by the anet team.
I stand with Grimaldi and say that these banners change the nature of the game, and not for the better.