I think the devs have made good strides with the rank chests toward making WvW more lucrative for players. That said, WvW is still one of the lowest-income activities in the game. In 5 hours of WvW I usually make around 1-1.5 gold after repairs. Sometimes we have a good night and I make around 2g. Pretty much any activity in PvE at level 80 for five hours will net you quite a bit more than 1.5g.
I propose three things to help with this:
1) WXP was doubled for all events, and WXP rewards were added to Veterans, Lords, Supers, etc. This was good. I would suggest either adding another 50% to these rewards, or at least doubling player kill WXP as well. You can still only rank at the “intended” once-per-hour if you’re part of a megazerg flipping things endlessly.
2) Find a better way to distribute loot. The bag system was a good idea, but far too many bags are lost on the field. If you get that kill, you should be guaranteed to get the monetary reward for it. Three ideas: A) Allow players to loot the bags collecting around them once they’re dead. B ) Have loot automatically deposit into bags. C) Barring “B,” have a “compensation” NPC at spawn which we can visit to collect all our loot.
3) Given that dying is just a part of WvW, it truly doesn’t make sense that we have to pay for armor repairs. I think armor repairs are one of the first things that need to go. I’m a little surprised they’ve made it this far.
Anyone have other ideas for making WvW more rewarding financially?
