Guild Wars 2

Aerinndis.2730:

I really like this idea. It could be better than what is occurring now. You expect interest to fall off towards the end of an event as people get their achieves but it started happening with the patches and continuing issues. It has also been a combination of how this event was done by ANet as well as player issues/satisfaction with how things were going.

Thanks! And yeah an EotM overflow system won’t solve things like “reflecting conditions makes all my characters/builds useless!” nor solve crippling bugs. The bugs are going to happen day one no matter what since they’re pretty much unforeseeable, so I don’t really see how Arenanet can handle them better than they already have with all the patches. As for class/build crippling boss mechanics, that can only be reduced in future content with careful thought and consideration, which hopefully can be allowed for once addressable problems are solved and set aside.

Since yesterday the issue seems to have changed from it being population based, to it now being because of scaling. To which I still feel an EotM overflow system would go a long way in solving. With infinite overflow and maps shared between servers, population gaps are all filled so scale effectively becomes one size fits all for all servers aside from the last overflow map, whose members have a high chance of getting into a well populated overflow anyway as long as they keep trying.

I think it could also solve the problem of late-comers to the event who log-on to find most everyone else has already done everything. They just get pooled among all the other late-comers from every server to create a sizeable force.

I’m not well-versed in the digital voodoo that happens behind the curtain, but from what I’ve seen in EotM, this seems like a solution well within reach for future LS content.

Just a thought, but with population issues so prevalent why can’t these events be more like Edge of the Mists? A universal, multi-server, ‘infinite overflow’ space where low-pop servers can participate alongside the numbers from high-pop servers? Might solve a lot of these kinds of problems.

ParaldaWind.4523:

Sovereign.1093:

^.^ tc is a small server

I give up.

TC

Mag

Wow… Just wow… I thought we fought our way into gold for the “good fights”, but I sign on today and we spawn camp JQ’s queued zerg… And they even had full buttlust!

Guys I think we made a mistake, maybe the better fights actually are in silver! :P

Oh well. Thanks JQ for the loot and stacks! Please accept Maguuma’s humble offering of PPT for your trouble!

Holding WK in KN bl tonight as they stormed through our inner wall I couldn’t help but think of this scene.

Arrows… Sooo many arrows…

Uncannily similar 0_o

eithinan.9841:

LOL. I dont mind the shrapnel if it livens up this thread :P

I would put up videos of us wiping PYRO but we dont waste the hard drive space to show off us actually wiping you guys in game.(you are not that impressive so why bother)

Yeah, as is generally the case, mindless zombie armies do eventually take out even the best survivors during their vulnerable sleeping hours. I guess you find that impressive… But that’s fine, you can keep your PPT, your server donated so many loot bags to mine I can only be thankful.

eithinan.9841:

I was never at any point hiding that I was not in this match up. Check my earlier posts.

And I never accused you of that. Your lack of server name was an observation and I, as a gracious host welcoming you as a guest, was sharing a friendly video detailing what it was like against your unending masses. Check my (only) posts.

Also now you don’t seem to have a sig at all? Not even showing your guild? Too bad, so sad

eithinan.9841:

lol they are trolling themselves. Pick up your PvF game…

Meh, not really. From the matches I’ve played, such shenanigans usually occur after we are pretty lax about the situation. It’s an after party victory celebration not a display of incompetence.

btw, you’re from Dragonbrand right? Apologies if you’re not, I’ve just started posting here and you don’t display your server name… :/

Just so you don’t feel left out, this video sums up my experience of the DB zombie horde in our past matchups…

Dragonbrand coming? Get out your lawnmowers!

If you are Dragonbrand, no wonder you don’t display your server…

Halo.8976:

Bunch of PYRO jumped from a bridge to their death…

WvW going back to normal, good match-up.

I’m relatively new to PYRO, but my summation of the experience so far…

Following the leader