Guild Wars 2

AHAHAHAHAHAHA
T1 – 1st 5th 6th – BG FA SOS
T2 – 4th 2nd 10th – JQ TC HoD
T3 – 11th 3rd 9th – Mag YB DB
T4 – 8th 7th 12th – NSP SBI CD

Nice glicko changes.

xikira.3264:

McKenna Berdrow.2759:

Yak’s Bend is among the highest worlds in terms of play hours and ranks gained, which is the primary metric we use to determine which worlds we lock each week.

Hopefully this does not sound dumb but its based on ranks gained? Like when we lvl up in wvw? If so that is a bad system to go by a lot of people use thw wxp booster as well as celebration and other boosters to lvl up their wvw rank. lets not forget that sometimes you can get kegs to rank you up even further. Or is this another time of rank your speaking of?

Did you not read her followup reply in this thread?

McKenna Berdrow.2759:

We use play hours to determine the size. Rank gains is tracked for comparison purposes since they usually follow a similar curve, but isn’t actually used to determine the world size.

Exciton.8942:

NA WvW guilds always like to stack.

Mag is a typical example. Veteran guilds stack on the server, saying they like to fight. But in reality, they stack to farm K/D for their ego. If they truly like to fight, they should spread out and fight each other.

Sure.. spread out and fight each other.. just what they did and what other servers did…. but what about the 900lb gorilla still in the room?

They probably should have wait another week before doing an adjustment.
But in any case the glicko adjustments will look something like this.
Jade Quarry 1882
Fort Aspenwood 1846 + 20 = 1866
Sea of Sorrows 1840 + 20 = 1860
Tarnished Coast 1959 – 100 = 1859
Maguuma 1931 – 100 = 1831

Should have applied 20 to all t2 servers and let JQ into t1 (they’ve been winning t2 lately so why not?), and let the 3rd be a tossup between the 4 other servers.

Will be interesting to see if JQ and a random third can hang against BG blobs these days, or are we in for more glicko adjustment yoyoing.

This sounds like an excellent 20 year future plan for wvw.

Beast Gate Legendary backpack.
Ingredients:

1 Blackgate tear.
1 Tarnished Coast tear.
1 Jade Quarry tear.
250 Packet of salt.
To create Gift of Ocean.

250 Gift of Battle.
1 Ascalon Ghost Potion.
1 Collectible Spoon Box.
1 Mistforged Hero’s weapon
To create Gift of WvWvW.

1 Gift of War.
1 Gift of Fortune.
1 Gift of Misery.
1 Gift of Maguuma Mastery.
To create Gift of Gold.

1 Zephyr Rucksack. – Precursor.

I know you got excited seeing the name maguuma in there, but you need the mastery not the tear.

Atros.9607:

Honestly there is a lot missing here in terms of info. What time did you take this, what day, what is the coverage for your server on that time?

However, Anet made the decision to listen to you and made this:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/wuv/Glicko-Temporary-Manual-Adjustments/first#post6529467

But there will be salt on both sides about the changes. I for one am really not having the T1 crap. Anet needs to come onto these forums and read suggestions and start thinking about ways to fix the imbalance and linking crap that has caused so much volatility in WvW to allow for “Manual Glicko Adjustments” when they did not need to do that for the first 3 years of GW2’s life.

I am not looking forward to FA being in T1 or close T1. All the blobs can stay in T1 and I will enjoy my small group fights in T2. Because it’s not a blob-fest against SoS and JQ.

Wtf why is Fa and sos who have been losing to jq in t2 for weeks, get a boost and JQ doesn’t? lol jfc.

The only balance that needs to be done is BG needs to stop kittening hibernating and destack, like every single other server already has.

DeceiverX.8361:

Xenesis.6389:

Reward for overstacking and blobbing to stay on top? Now the call for balance when tier one has been sucking players upwards for more than 4 years.

lol enjoy the pvdooring.

Historically, most of the lower tiers have been upheld by people transferring down and out of T1, because blob-fests aren’t fun for a very large number of players.

Which is happening again right now, players are moving back to the mid tiers again. Ever since the glicko walls had went down for tier one it’s been harder to maintain three equal servers to remain in tier one. Tier one also requires the most players for the most coverage for the most ppting of any of the tiers to stay up there. Players are just less willing to do that these days, they just want to log on, get some fights, log off and hope they’ve had some fun.

Servers had to pay guilds to transfer and rebuild to counter blackgate, and these days those have become short term fixes and they lose those players all over again. Of course it didn’t help players moving to yb tc jq db mag like a kitten merrigoround. Now the merrigoround has moved back down to fa sos sbi.

Blackgate seems to be the last on realizing the game has changed though, and think being number means something today, all number one is that server has the most players playing to provide the most coverage, that’s it. It’s unbelievable when the biggest server in the game goes off on hibernation, I can understand if a t4 servers is getting whopped by a t2 server, ok sure can’t compete there, but the biggest server in the game? shame. Blackgate players also came in here asking for the 543 scoring, so enjoy it.

Reward for overstacking and blobbing to stay on top? Now the call for balance when tier one has been sucking players upwards for more than 4 years.

lol enjoy the pvdooring.

Justine.6351:

Xenesis.6389:

Does YB really want to get to t2 with jq still in there?

If yb doesn’t figure something out they will become stuck in t4.

Stuck in t4 where they can still win easily.

They’re in the middle of the pack for t3 and 4 which is only 81 glicko apart, the top of t3 sbi just rolled t4, any of those bottom 6 have a chance to roll t3/4. I don’t think they need to worry about their rank so much for now.

Them being locked and not getting ppt performance out of their population is a little baffling, could be any number of reasons for that. Not enough tags on to motivate players, not enough people backcapping, one sided time zone coverage, too much defense and roaming and not alot of aggressive play, who knows.

The state of tier one… is in very good state.

We are bombarding them with pin snipe, we are chasing them, they retreat to the back, we stop pounding them with conditions, they send some of their units back, so it’s just like that. But still, the ppk we are deciding, and under our control.

We will defeat them, we will fight them, till we clean our keeps from their deaths. They tried to drop some of their mercenaries near maguuma keep and near tarnished coast keep, and, they were surrounded and they flew. They were chased, and they flew. Units, military units from the republican guard are still, thrusting the enemy, and, chasing it.

Does YB really want to get to t2 with jq still in there?

Kamara.4187:

The day they make it easier to get ascended is the day they introduce a new armor tier. I would say legendary but being able to flip stats in it would hurt their bottom line if ppl stopped buying gems to convert to gold to buy mats.

It originally started with fractals having a vendor, then raids, then spvp, so I suppose at none of those points it is easier? (practically free set last spvp season) When it finally arrives to wvw, the last end game area, then it’ll be easy?

The game is suppose to be about not having to constantly upgrade gear, just upgrading your looks, but seems like some people would have preferred ascended were kept to the legendary tier of collecting.

P.S Legendary will be the “next tier”, same stats but you will have a unique look and will be able to flip stats for free. It will be much harder to acquire because you have to raid and the cost for each piece is being rumored to cost as much as a legendary weapon.

Could just ask them to get rid of mega server and be alone in the zone.

Dragonhunter or burn guard, heals and cleanses from zombie condition bites, traps to hold and kill them with, access to fire to kill them with, and my bow to pluck away at them from a rooftop.

TehHobNob.4687:

It is frustrating getting hit by a party of ghost thieves as an acro staff thief.

The encounter usually goes something like this:
Get hit with 6+ condis, I then shadow return and signet to remove 6. Its not enough to remove the posion which is ticking for 2k+. Its the only thing left on me. Escapist’s absolution does nothing because why would they attack after applying condis?

Running more condi clear could be done. I could run dash instead or instead of instant reflexes run pain response. <— That is probably what I will do. Instant reflexes is so good for getting stomps and defense but more condi clear every 16 seconds hilariously might be worth it.

There’s a very simple solution to this.

Run a pocket guardian with you, they can clear conditions, heal you, give you stab, have access to light fields for more condi clears, and can stand in your place as a target dummy while you port away!

Personally I’m not arguing over the cost, I expect it to be on par with the cost of the other game modes, I certainly don’t expect it to cost badges which some people have stuck on their minds, I fully expect they would implement a new currency for this.

I’m arguing for equal access to purchasing the gear by playing the end game mode I prefer, using the currency dropping from that game mode, that is the same with the other 3 game modes is having to get currency as part of the cost. Well cept raiders but they’re time gated, and missing their legendary armors and need a decent reward in it’s place.

Having a vendor will
1. Give us a way to purchase gear using currency earned in wvw, just like the other modes.
2. Will give us a way to purchase the individual pieces we need to finish a set. There’s 3 different levels of armor to get, light medium heavy, imagine having to wait on random drops to complete one, it would take a years if you solely want to go it that way, while fractals is faster in that regard(that is also fine by me). Ascended does not drop like candy in wvw, 99.9% of the players will tell you that.
3. It would even give those hybrid players a chance to pick up a piece in wvw as the others, the time they spend in any of the 4 end game modes will help make progress on getting the top gear in the game, and they would never have to feel like having to play one over the other because of lack of progress for their time spent.

ThunderPanda.1872:

Packit.8576:

Once another RvR game aka CU is released that’ll be the nail on the coffin for gw2. wvw has been neglected for way to long and even in pvp the top teams already moved onto other games that have a competitive scene. Not sure why supporting wvw community is such an issue but it’ll backfire when the only players left are pve’ers.

Where have I heard this before… mhhhh

“WvW will die when ESO releases”

“WvW will die when Archeage releases”

“WvW will die when BDO releases”

mhhhhhh

It “has been dying” bit by bit with those releases, it sure as hell hasn’t been “growing” thanks in part to anet not even wanting to promote it either, wvw reclaimed some players after those releases but certainly not all of them.

CU will be another hit on wvw, maybe the biggest since the HoT expansion(huehue) or not since it’s sub based, but it’s solely about rvr, there’s no pve leveling kitten to do before jumping into rvr, that is as direct competition to wvw as you’re gonna get.

Of course it will only keep players if the combat is good, something which gw2 is also failing on now.

Read the rest of the OP.
Want to run a season now when BG is running over two dead servers?

Weekly scoring tournaments/seasons are too much to ask for a server. In spvp it’s all about individual rankings so you can do it at your own pace, the rewards are also for individual. In wvw it’s about the server, the rewards are from server performance, tickets depending on 1st 2nd 3rd place. The entire team needs to show up and perform, especially commanders and hardcore wvw guilds, one commander can even make a difference in there and unfortunately that did lead to burnouts.

Been saying it for a while, they can run a two month season, and base the weekly win off the first 24 hours after reset when every time zone is out to play. It’s the only day of the weekly matchup that is close in scoring. Overall coverage will still give you the best chance obviously, but it’s the start of the weekend and that can be covered by players who do play overtime on that day.

Lastly…. they’re not going to tell us what updates they have planned if any, lol. Even class balance lol, they come together at the last minute to even make those every 3-4 months. There is no hope to be found here, come on man we’ve been in here for four years, anet is not going to change.

tldr Anet hates wvw, we already knew this.

Dunno why people complaining, BG obviously enjoying themselves.
Lesson to learn, transfer to BG when they open next time, and you too will have fun turning a map one color.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/wuv/QoL-Request-Mega-Server-Obsidian-Sanctum/first#post6528595

Justine.6351:

Xenesis.6389:

Justine.6351:

Soooo…
Why do we need vendors that require crafting when we can already just craft the gear?

Soooo…
Why do we need vendors in fractals, raids, spvp when we can already just craft the gear?

I don’t know, I’m not the one who begged anet to add in these stupid vendors for top tier gear that was originally added in because exotic gear was stupid easy to get. After spvp season 5 screw up now everyone is all in a frenzy to have ascended gear become the new exotic gear in their game mode because of it. Two wrongs doesn’t make a right.

NO MORE!
WE DRAW THE LAST LINE HERE!
YOU SHALL NOT HAVE A VENDOR!

And there we have it. 3 out of 4 end game modes have access to ascended drops and vendors but now you’re concerned for ease of access, so you want to screw over wvw because of that. Even though the cost for them are still pretty high, with the exception of one spvp season which they fixed.

People are not in a “frenzy” over it, wvw is the only game mode left that doesn’t have it and one thread in here about it isn’t a frenzy, frenzied talk right now is ghost thieves. I’m not one who begged for them either, I don’t think they should have it, but I don’t think it’s too much asking for equal consideration for wvw now.

Your personal opinion of how easy it is to get, is no reason why wvw shouldn’t get ascended vendors, sorry it isn’t, especially when one other game mode that has absolutely no use for it, gets it, and is being used as a prize to draw pve players in there, which btw wvw could also use.

You may think it’s wrong to have those vendors, but it doesn’t matter, Anet has put them in, they think it’s fine and went in that direction for access. They have the power to change the cost and time needed to get them, which they’ve already shown to do. Thinking that the cost is going to be a problem because “badges” is not a legitimate concern unless it does actually happen, but we see how they operate, how much they love to add another currency to earn something, crafting will now also been included I’m sure.

People put in the time to play their favorite game mode from fractal, raids, spvp, they get the chance to earn the top gear in the game, one mode has a higher drop rate, one other has no use for them but gets a vendor, so why should wvw not get one?

I’m asking for all game modes to be treated fairly, wvw is always last in consideration for everything. You’re going to into elitist territory in wanting to hold it back from wvw now.

Justine.6351:

Soooo…
Why do we need vendors that require crafting when we can already just craft the gear?

Soooo…
Why do we need vendors in fractals, raids, spvp when we can already just craft the gear?

Wvw has exotic vendors like dungeons.

We are not talking about trinkets, that’s available to everyone from the laurel vendors and guild vendors, and the rings are the most common drops of ascended.

Just because you don’t think it would be an amazing addition to wvw does not mean it should not exist, yet that same argument can be applied to spvp but they now have drops and a vendor.

Obviously badges should not be used as pricing, I don’t think anet is that stupid, they would come up with a new currency for it I’m sure. They just overhauled the pricing for fractals and spvp to add crafting, so they have an idea where they want the pricing for those items. Did you complain about the low prices of ascended gear from spvp last season? because they sure as hell were even more unreasonable low compared to even wanting to charge just badges.

Pretty sure there’s a chance to get ascended drops from anywhere in the game, at a low percentage, with fractals seemingly having a higher drop rate than everywhere else, which is fine considering you do you need the infusion slots for later levels of fractals. I have like 20 garbage rings sitting on my alt that I got as drops from fractals and wvw, most of it from wvw as that is where I spend most of my time.

Ascended doesn’t rain from rank up boxes as only you seem to think, and even then a good percentage of those drops are rings, someone would have to shove those rings up their hoohoo to get lucky enough for a full set of gear in a decent amount of time.

I have about 5500 hrs of playtime, 1870 ranks on my main, near 500 more on other accounts, and never gotten enough ascended to make a full set, even mix match pieces because there’s also 3 types of armor levels. I have also gotten more weapon drops than gear pieces, including teq’s cache. The one gear set I do have I had to craft it, because after 4 years of wvw I sure as hell wasn’t going to be able to collect all 6 light pieces from drops.

They’ve raised and lowered the caps a couple times over the years. I believe alpines also had higher caps than ebg? Going by reset night can usually see a blob of 40-50, plus smaller groups or roamers, or usually 2 big sized guilds 20-30 plus a couple small ones and roamers.

We’ve been asking that question since the beginning of the game, you won’t get an answer for it. Best guestimates could put it around 75-100 per side.

Justine.6351:

Xenesis.6389:

Justine.6351:

Xenesis.6389:

Don’t know why you have such a hard on trying to prevent wvw from getting better access to ascended.

Fractals drop free ascended too, so long as you play the game mode they will drop. It’s only required as you go higher in fractal levels to build your infusions slots for agony resist. Rings can get 3 infusion slots alone, it’s not hard to start up fractals. You can now buy ascended gear in three areas, fractals, raids, spvp (the area you don’t even need it). So why shouldn’t wvw get a vendor too? Have yet to hear a good reason why.

Ok so add an ascended vendor and remove the random drops. Congrats you are now paying more for ascended gear. smh…

why? fractals has both.

Because wvw /= fractals
Smh…

You can keep smh doesn’t seem to be helping you.

spvp =/= pve and yet it has a vendor.

Wvw is under pve gearing, doesn’t have a vendor and has the worse drop rate. You’re the only I’ve seen claiming wvw has the best drop rates when for years, YEARS, players have been saying fractals drop rate is much higher.

You still haven’t given a legitimate reason why wvw shouldn’t have a vendor compared to the other end game modes. What’s your reason for this crusader to prevent better access to ascended for wvw?

Justine.6351:

Xenesis.6389:

Don’t know why you have such a hard on trying to prevent wvw from getting better access to ascended.

Fractals drop free ascended too, so long as you play the game mode they will drop. It’s only required as you go higher in fractal levels to build your infusions slots for agony resist. Rings can get 3 infusion slots alone, it’s not hard to start up fractals. You can now buy ascended gear in three areas, fractals, raids, spvp (the area you don’t even need it). So why shouldn’t wvw get a vendor too? Have yet to hear a good reason why.

Ok so add an ascended vendor and remove the random drops. Congrats you are now paying more for ascended gear. smh…

why? fractals has both.

Don’t know why you have such a hard on trying to prevent wvw from getting better access to ascended.

Fractals drop free ascended too, so long as you play the game mode they will drop. It’s only required as you go higher in fractal levels to build your infusions slots for agony resist. Rings can get 3 infusion slots alone, it’s not hard to start up fractals. You can now buy ascended gear in three areas, fractals, raids, spvp (the area you don’t even need it). So why shouldn’t wvw get a vendor too? Have yet to hear a good reason why.

Yes those were regular accounts for $10 for a limited time after the HoT announcement which I’m sure a lot players picked up, including myself. If people wanted to blow $10 to spy that’s their business.

I highly doubt a ton of those accounts from two years ago are on yb to afk troll them these days.

You have to level one character on the free account to 60 to unlock wvw for the account. You cannot get around it.

Healix.5819:

From the perspective of a guild from other MMOs however, it’s obvious why raids were added, as the lack of an endgame is why most people quit. When they returned to try HoT however, there was simply no point in raiding without vertical progression. Assuming ArenaNet was trying to target those players, but substituting vertical progression with legendary armor, I wonder if they’ll try again using actual progression.

Well I wouldn’t say there was no end game for gw2, there is spvp for arena pvp players, there’s wvw for bigger group open world pvp, there’s dungeons, fractals, world bosses and even living story for pve end game.

Problem was the first couple years anet spent most of their time on living story, revamps, and little else, they abandoned dungeons at release, they pretty much abandoned wvw for long periods of time, they released fractals and update it every once in a while, spvp finally got it’s turn in the sun and has seasons setup now but still isn’t where players want it to be.

They released raids because they wanted to attract those players into the game, it’s the last market they hadn’t tapped into, and at this point anet is known for going after new customers over maintaining their core.

You’re right any raider that came from other games like wow would shake their and wonder what’s the point of raiding if there’s no progression. Just for cosmetic skins? legendary skins which a year and half after expansion release haven’t even made it into the game as yet?

Kinda hard to ask players to keep playing the same ole content for 4 years. I’m sure dungeon and fractal runners would love a few new maps every year, make sure their rewards are updated. Wvw players would like some population fixes and new maps that are more like the two core ones at release, not the gimmick filled pve ones. Spvp would like tournaments, better and more frequent balance. Raids should probably get their legendary armors before this decade is up.

The other top notch mmo’s are releasing 2-3x more content for all parts of their games every 2 years or so. Anet needs to get back to updating the released features for the core game, and stop abandoning content to chase after new shinies.

Didn’t read everything but I like the idea of battlegrounds, especially if it could be tied to wvw, like eotm and it’s supply drop is, it would offer a smaller area and balance for group play. Also better for low population times, just hop in there to face smaller groups.

I just have absolutely no confidence that anet would implement this feature, even if they did I doubt it would go beyond one map. They implemented the stronghold map for spvp (my favorite spvp map tbh because it’s like mini wvw), and now it’s been dropped to the side.

Man there was a game that came out with multiple difficulty in raids, even a lower difficulty so that casuals could run it and get to see and experience all the end game raids, even the lfg for it was easy. Man, what game was that again, I can’t quite remember. Was about seven years ago they did it, even before gw2 came out. /snaps fingers, man what game was it, it’s at the tip of my tongue.

Yes please do, it would be funny.

Bish.8627:

If someone ran, I couldn’t keep my stealth up as well and after a steal or shadowstep I was really quite ineffective!

Sounds like to me that infiltrator’s arrow needs a buff to 1200 range and maybe reduction in initiative.

Four tiers lost in the last year, another tier currently going to the dump.

Everything is fine guys, leave if you don’t like it!

You guys sure you weren’t dropping supply traps instead. XD

Also should have blast light fields, it can save a life.

Justine.6351:

People want wvw ascended vendors for some reason beyond me.

People want spvp ascended vendors for some reason beyond me.

OriOri.8724:

Xenesis.6389:

AikijinX.6258:

Once Legendary Armor comes out, I’ll see what kind of numbers I get.

?
Legendary armor will have the same stats as ascended.

Leg armor makes it free to change your gear to explore the best combinations for highest damage.

I know, but there’s really only a couple sets of stats to explore for highest potential damage. Could just do that now and not wait another year, it’ll probably be much cheaper than getting legendary set anyways.

cpchow.7416:

Anet should link mag with bg

LOL I’m sure mag would love that to happen as they’ll get to troll BG from the inside, BG not so much lol.

You guys need to stop fishing with these threads.

Anrkides.4083:

akhilesh.9147:

If I remember correctly, they stated that they “never intended non-crafting ways” as a method of acquiring ascended. .

So why we can buy it from raids?

You can buy it from fractals, raids, spvp. Fractals and spvp will now require level 500 crafting tokens, raids apparently have a cap on their currency to keep it time gated long enough to acquire the full set.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Why-Raid-Asc-vendor-not-requite-crafting/

Ovalkvadratcylinder.9365:

theyve said they didnt want vendors such as the pvp one to be the most effiecient ways to aquire ascended gear. thats also why they made it harder to get it in pvp

After they already ran a season that practically gave away an entire set for free.

P.S I expect an ascended vendor will make it’s way into wvw at some point, and most likely at the highest cost of any other method, because they apparently think wvw flows gold out of the keester.

AikijinX.6258:

Once Legendary Armor comes out, I’ll see what kind of numbers I get.

?
Legendary armor will have the same stats as ascended.

Spurnshadow.3678:

543 is not the issue. The issue is Mag is purposfully tanking. Why? You’d have to ask them. Maybe because they lost their link and couldn’t handle T1 anymore? Maybe they don’t like the scoring system, maybe a bunch of guilds just transferred. I haven’t heard. They barely showed up all last week. So, their Glicko dropped them hard. If they continue to tank, then it will continue to drop.

Except they lost their link 2 months ago and were still beating t1.

Mag players already said why the server is tanking, guilds continue to move and players don’t want to try hard getting fights from BG anymore plus a dead server. TC lost a lot of guilds and now stuck in kitten a bad roll when it should have been jq.

Maybe don’t like scoring system, lol, pretty clueless remark about maguuma.

joneirikb.7506:

Just do like the rest of T1 does atm, and go play in EotM instead

But t1 is like eotm at the moment. XD
Hope BG is enjoying it. XD
They asked for 543, instead of 211. XD

Lots of players have already moved from mag and tc, they’re not in eotm, they’re in better matchups.

Sit at spawn till one shows up. Very relaxing.
/double checks server to do this on… jq.. ok on the right server.
Sometimes you might want to visit your holdings to pick some vegetables and clothes and leathers and maybe mine some ore.

Or pretty much do what everyone else has suggested.

Server, time zone, population, your default role – commander roamer defender scout havoc zerg gvg blobber, all affect how much fun you have in wvw. Up to you to find out what that is and where to find it.

If everything seems boring to you, even the fights which is basically the last thing that holds players in wvw, then maybe wvw isn’t for you?

/waves hand
These are not the sub forums you are looking for.

Considering the preceding statement was about throwing insults around in threads, I would still suggest to get rid of that sentence since “bash” can be taken either way, or reword it like “if you want to get even with someone then do it in pvp”.

Since the thread isn’t open for discussion, had to make a new thread, it was recently updated by Gaile with some examples of what not to talk about.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/wuv/Reopen-and-Glicko-Adjustment-Requests-Updated/first#post6523980

Gaile

Some months ago, we asked forum members to not create or engage in threads requesting the reopening of a server or the adjustment of Glicko ratings for a specific server. We explained why at the time, but a little more information and an expansion of our request seems in order at this time.

Server Reopening Requests: Worlds reopen most often due to the natural ebb and flow of players, which impacts the number of play hours on a given world. If a world reopens, it is usually because players or guilds changed worlds, players have stopped playing on that world, or, rarely, because we made an overall adjustment to world capacity. We do not reopen servers upon request and ask that you not post such appeals.

Thread about Worlds: While we appreciate “world pride,” quite a few threads about game worlds become unnecessarily contentious and negative, and we need to close those. Sometimes the mods use the term “matchup thread” when taking action. Yet you should know it’s not the matchup that’s the problem, it’s the unpleasant comments or tone. I’ll work with the moderators to help them make closures, warnings, and infractions clearer.

• An example of such a thread is here. As you can see, the thread included several insults. If you want to bash a world or a player, do it in the game!

Glicko Resets: The devs don’t reset a Glicko rating upon request, and resets are not based on perceptions or opinions but on factual data derived from the game info itself. We’ve seen understandable confusion when a reset takes place shortly after someone posts a request thread, or when a reset did not happen even though someone requested it. In order to avoid that kind of confusion, we ask that players not submit Glicko reset requests.

• Here’s an example of such a thread. Again, the thread became unpleasant and the initial request wasn’t in line for action, anyway.

Arguing World Links: The devs make world linking decisions after on a neutral review of data, using algorithms, and based on their best judgment. If you want to discuss your opinions about specific world linkings, you’re welcome to do so. If you have questions, my best advice is to pose your questions in a conversational (not combative) way, because sometimes a dev will be able to provide some information, such as here. However, as a general rule, ArenaNet employees simply do not have the time that would be required to answer individual questions or debate a world linking topic. They do read the forums, however, and will review your constructive feedback on the subject.

I hope these additional details and explanations will help everyone understand our desire for communication coupled with our need to set realistic standards for discussions and forum topics.

Might want to edit the underlined part, as you basically just gave players permission to insult both servers and players in game. It happens already, but I’m sure anet doesn’t want to openly promote that kind of behavior.