Yeah, not gonna lie, seeing the GWEN meta persist every single day in WvW for the past year and half has gotten really boring. Very rarely do I step in WvW now and leave thinking, “Wow! [Insert enemy guild/server here] really did something new and creative there to make this game mode more interesting!” It’s just a bunch of warriors and guardians smashing things with hammers while some eles and necros AoE bomb all over the place.
Also, when you can look at the WvW details tab at every reset, see what enemy servers you’re facing, and say, “This server will place 1st, this one 2nd, and this one 3rd” every single week, it pretty much portrays an issue with the competitive aspect of WvW… being that there currently isn’t one. The only competition that really exists in WvW is the GvG scene that exists in some of the higher tiers, which isn’t even Anet driven, but player driven. Other than that, the only interesting competition, in my opinion, is finding open field fights with guilds similar to your own and sort of becoming rivals to some degree. Neither of those things are a result of Anet creating a great game mode. The only thing Anet has lended to the game mode are the things the OP listed, which haven’t accomplished anything positive for WvW.
Also, where is that new CDI we were promised? Did I miss that? Or are they still busy ignoring all the feedback from the first one?
Maguuma