Guild Wars 2

Some ideas…

Problem 1: Off peak hours imbalance WvW outcomes should not be determined by WvW player population. Scoring should be balanced based on players actively pursuing goals for victory. It should be reliant on players at any any given time regardless of peak/off hours.

Solution: Scale the points according to players on that map.Say there is 50 players on Team A but only 10 players on Team B. Kills for the Team with 10 players would be worth 5 points but the Team with 50 players would only get 1 point per kill. This scaling point system can be implemented further if needed for objectives and balance.

Pros: This would even out off hour battles, give teams with less players a fighting chance, encourage players to have the strategic option to spread out in maps, and provide 24/7 balance.

Cons: Some players might afk their alt accounts into opposing server to hinder scoring system handicap.

Resolution: Impose 1 minute afk timer kick from wvw maps similar to pvp with repetitive abusers getting a debuff.

Problem 2: Seasonal Scoring System previous years had implemented a server scoring of 5 points for winning server, 3 points for 2nd place, and 1 point for 3rd place. While it seemed to be ok in rewarding the correct servers, it did not really encourage a fight for 2nd or 3rd place in a matchup as dropping down a tier seemed more beneficial for more points and screwed the 2nd place team more.

Solution: Use a 5 point for 1st, 4 points for 2nd, and 2 points for 3rd system Example of 4 Weeks cycle with teams placing the same every week.
Week 1 old system Week 1 new system
Team A-5 points Team A-5 points
Team B-3 points Team B-4 points
Team C-1 points Team C-2 point

Week 2 old system Week 2 new system
Team A-10 points Team A-10 points
Team B-6 points Team-B-8 points
Team C-6 points Team-C-7 points

Week 3 old system Week 3 new system
Team A-15 points Team A-15 points
Team B-9 points Team B-12 Points
Team C-7 points Team C-9 Points

Week 4 old system Week 4 new system
Team A-20 Points Team A-20 point
Team B-12 points Team B-16 points
Team C-12 points Team C-14 points

Resolution: The battle for each placement matters moreso with 5-4-2, as the 3rd place team can’t just rely on dropping a tier to catch up in placement and the 1st place teams have more pressure on sustaining their lead from consistent 2nd place finishers.

Problem 3: More people wanna participate and contribute but can’t compete with the bigger servers

Its a long season and even the most seasoned Wvwers get burnt out. Keep up the fun and participation for all servers by adding limited key events. While the main forces are WvWers, sometimes it can be hard for players to participate with ques or players to want to help and just need an alternative way to contribute to the war. For servers severely behind a Call to Arms type event can be activated.

Solution: Provide alternative contribution/scoring methods Add a server resource or war bundle meter for Last Stand. Players from all servers not just inside WvW can now help their server win by providing war supplies that help WvWers with objectives. Say a player on a server mines 10 iron nodes in Kessex Hills, this act of mining produces a proc of lets say “thorium ore”. this ore can be used to turn into a WVW resource collector outside WvW like in Lions Arch and it will help that server with a resource bundle or maybe something cooler like a multiple airship bombardment or summon a war hero to even the odds.

Further Resolutions: This can be maybe a server message like scarletds invasion that a servers WvW needs help, so people see it and are more aware rush out and help their Wvwers by mining up some ore at key times. This new system should not be pay to win, where players can just buy stuff with gold to donate to the war. System can be expanded to other objectives, like killing certain mobs in open world or hunting down hidden key material or npcs anywhere in the wold to initiate a last minute devastating offensive or defensive maneuver, rock paper scissors?

Problem 4: Can we PLEASE stop using the word night capping? lol It is a 24/7 game and night is irrelevant.

Glad to see im not the only one stuck in a holding patter, I been holding at 362 since news came out.

The biggest problem I see with scribe costs is the fact that it is difficult to recover the gold spent mainly because materials and crafts are account bound. For that reason I can think of a few solutions:

1) Add supplementary lower level to mid tier alternatives to crafting meaning more decors that are cheaper to craft and gain crafting points.

2) Condense the scribing kit into a universal kit. This means the simple scribing kit thru the grandmasters scribing kit would be condensed into a singular kit requiring possibly a fraction of the mats from each tier. This would make the kit cheaper in comparison as you progress to 400.

3) Please, remove account bound on crafting. Why is this restriction there in the first place? Scribing has enough restrictions, we have it bad enough with cost, on top of it all, there is very minimal return on investment. We should be able to sell excess materials and decorations on the trading post to recover at least some of this gold being sunk.

Many of those who have attempted to scribe have quit or quit the game altogether. Please implement solutions that will help not only first time scribers, but the ones that have also put in the time and gold thus far into this mess, ty.

Anyone wanna take it a step further and throw 4 reapers into the forge? :p

that looks close to my version i posted last week here

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/community/fangen/Cosplay-Fashion-Contest-Winners-Announced/page/3

Hi John,
Taken from the feature pack article: Any minis currently in your bank or bank collection tab will still be in your bank when you log in. You’ll need to take them out individually and choose whether to unlock them for your account or dispose of them some other way

What will happen to the pet if you have a pet on the trading post? Will mini still be tradeable to the TP post September feature pack? What does dispose in some other way mean?

Thanks for your time

Nice entries all, keep it up! Few more from me.

First, Benjen Stark from The Game of Thrones. He is actually one of my favorite characters despite not having a major role. My cosplay comes equipped with Benjen sporting his brother’s sword.

Next up Blanka from Street Fighter II. Even though I did not need a chest piece for this one it was fun to do. Doing SB so many times next to the dock, had me thinking I needed to make him.

Gl all have fun!

Time for my super hero entries!

First up I have my own version of Spiderman. Someone spotted me in old Lions Arch almost a year ago and I stumbled onto the screenie of it posted on reddit and mmo champion. http://i.imgur.com/NdCH5Ue.jpg Since then I’ve buffed Spidey a bit and wanted to give his head a bit of a makeover since theres nothing I can do about the skirt for now, I switched the headpiece for some dry top gear to give Spideys eyes more impact, wish we could play with the actual parts of the item more as it needs to be a bit more slanted and an option to color it in white. Anyways hope you like my improved Spiderman swinging around below

Next I have my own Incredible Hulk. I created my first original Hulk and posted it on Dulfy well over a year ago, wielding the Warhammer of the Sunless here http://dulfy.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/gw2-warhammer-of-the-sunless-51.jpg Thankfully with the new Wardrobe system and new styles in kits I redid the Hulk from scratch and created a new, refined, and less chunky look posted below. I picked the bottom piece to create the closest thing for tattered pants effects while keeping the upper portion mostly intact for the excellent curvatures for his muscles. In game name is Bruce Warbanner as you may have seen him around! Hope you enjoy the results!

Hello for my next round of entries is for you Mass Effect Fans! I do have Javik, Garrus, Grunt and of course Shepard as a work in progress as well.

First up Liara T’soni my Sylvari Asari mesmer. Screenshots include a biotic squad duo with Miranda Lawson. I have tried to match Asari type weapons such as the Acolyte as well as using Priory skins to simulate Prothean artifacts and weapons.

Next I have Tali’Zorah, she was a bit harder to pull off because of the Quarrian body shape. Sylvari and Engineer, Tali unmasked and at the bar bonus shot included, enjoy

Hey all just wanna thank Lilith for organizing this contest and just say the entries so far have been amazing! Have several to post but will start with a few at a time, please enjoy!

The first cosplay is the Queen of Blades from Starcraft. The character is a necromancer and dual wielding daggers. Spent a bit of time mixing and matching an ideal set of armor and hoped the pros outweighed the obvious con ; )

Next I have Naruto as an Asura thief. In game name is Nasurato Uzamaki! It is pre Shippuden or Naruto in his younger years. Yes I know what some of you fans may be thinking why not mesmer for shadow clones? I felt that would been ideal but as you see I felt the medium armor set gave me more versatility to pull off Naruto’s look. Hope you agree that the tradeoff was right

The items aren’t gone either, you can stlll buy them