Looking at the upcoming Spring Tournament rewards, and seeing the line “receive a set number of tournament tickets based on world placement”, is a complete disappointment. Anet should have learned from Season One, that pre-tournament bandwagoning will determine the winners. And now we have the possibility of mid-tournament bandwagoning with the new system for determining server association.
What we need are rewards completely separate from server placement, based on our personal participation in the Tournament’s matchups. Currently, there is no incentive to stay on a server that is poised to place low in their league. Yet there are exclusive rewards incentives that give us every reason to move to a server that will place high in its league. If the rewards are based on each player’s accomplishments, there is no reason to bandwagon to a ‘winning’ server.
I don’t blame players for leaving a server where they will certainly get less rewards. Why would I want to stay somewhere that will ensure smaller rewards, when moving to get more rewards is so easy? The Tournament will be no different that Season One, a competition for population and coverage. The only determining factor for who wins will be where the bandwagon goes.
The only thing I can attribute to this horrible decision is a malicious level of greed. Season One should have been a lesson against server-based rewards, but I think the only lesson learned was that there is money to be made from all the bandwagoning. Before Season One started, we saw a discount on server transfers, and I’m guessing the same will happen before the Spring Tournament. To me, that shows that destroying servers and communities isn’t an issue, as long as it sells gems. I understand that like any company, Anet exists to make money, but there is a line they must tread between greed and consideration for the consumer.
Please show some respect for the players, and help us build servers/communities, not give players incentive to forsake their server and its community for the sake of rewards.
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