Is WvW currently a deadzone?

[Metal.3194]

After a 1 year hiatus of playing WvW i decided to play it again.

 

Even with linked servers (Vabbi + FSP) and prime time, there's no queue and no commander in sight. There's around 10 players in each map.

 

I'm trying to finish my Bolt but i still need a Gift of Battle which seems to be impossible to get right now.

 

Anyone else experiencing it in their servers?

[SloRules.3560]

It is dead yes.

[LightBrave.5638]

It's not ded. take a camp, take a tower, take a keep. Content. There will always be defenders.... Guards.

[Metal.3194]

> @"LightBrave.5638" said:

> It's not ded. take a camp, take a tower, take a keep. Content. There will always be defenders.... Guards.

 

Sounds pretty dead to me.

[Kilo.2539]

It's dead. ANET has completely neglected it, and people have left in large numbers. For example, my entire guild is playing WoW right now.

[Metal.3194]

> @"Kilo.2539" said:

> It's dead. ANET has completely neglected it, and people have left in large numbers. For example, my entire guild is playing WoW right now.

 

I wonder if they'll add another option to acquire Gift of Battle then...

[shiri.4257]

WvW is not dead. just many dead guilds

[steki.1478]

> @"Metal.3194" said:

> > @"Kilo.2539" said:

> > It's dead. ANET has completely neglected it, and people have left in large numbers. For example, my entire guild is playing WoW right now.

>

> I wonder if they'll add another option to acquire Gift of Battle then...

 

You can still do dailies and get participation from killing guards and sentries.

[Inoki.6048]

WvW is slowly dying as the OP mentions. Vabbi is an example, where probably everyone from the active part left for other servers to regroup with other still active guilds, or for other games. Now it's a complete dead zone being carried by a handful of FSP roamers and constantly in the lowest tiers.

[Strider Pj.2193]

> @"Metal.3194" said:

> > @"Kilo.2539" said:

> > It's dead. ANET has completely neglected it, and people have left in large numbers. For example, my entire guild is playing WoW right now.

>

> I wonder if they'll add another option to acquire Gift of Battle then...

 

As was stated in the other thread you created in this topic, there is always something to do to get your GoB. Camps, sentries, towers (if it is as dead as you claim), dolyaks, shrines, etc.

 

[Optimator.3589]

Time to transfer or to reassess how it is that you go about participating in WvW. Find another way of creating content for yourself. GoB can be acquired in less than a day, regardless of how dead your server is.

[hunkamania.7561]

servers not working! get rid of them go eotm style plz. need some action

[Dawdler.8521]

Did you really need 2 threads?

 

Also, we (FSP + vabbi) where fighting no less than 4 enemy guilds + a whole slew of randoms, with orange swords on our HBL this evening.

 

There is plenty of fights to be had if people can just **talk** in map chat instead of crying in a corner about how WvW is dead because they got killed when they never told anyone what was inc to where.

[zinkz.7045]

If by dead you mean there are less guilds, less commanders, less activity in general (especially outside prime) than at any other time in the game's life then yes WvW is dead, at least on EU. (even more so when you take into account matchups now typically consist of 6 servers rather than 3).

[Israel.7056]

Na still fairly active.

[Kilo.2539]

> @"Metal.3194" said:

> > @"Kilo.2539" said:

> > It's dead. ANET has completely neglected it, and people have left in large numbers. For example, my entire guild is playing WoW right now.

>

> I wonder if they'll add another option to acquire Gift of Battle then...

 

I’m sure we will see it in the GEM store before long. Hang in there.

[Skobel.6920]

You can still roam and flip sentry/camp/tower for participation and get that gift. Yes, there are less players but this do not mean you can't do anything in WvW. You do not need commander nor zerg to play wvw.

[Isle of Stars.3049]

I think there should be an event in WvW where in the three servers will fight in a specific time, and then whoever wins the war will gain exclusive benefits, for instance:

 

1. A node containing high end materials located in the center of EB exclusively granted to those who win the war

2. Exclusive bonuses (such as sPvP/WvW pip bonus and PvE experience/Magic Find bonus) to the winners

 

This event happens only once per day, and the duration is good until the next war for the nodes. I think people will go to WvW in a daily basis.

[DemonSeed.3528]

I don't mind a node wars where skirmish winners can get an extra guaranteed t6 mat or two. Maybe magic find 5% increase for winning last skirmish that lasts for next skirmish duration. Something along those lines anyway.

[godofcows.2451]

it's not like before, but wvw is not dead...yet. almost. lol. It's just that everybody is stacking on bandwagon servers. Just like fsp-vabbi link or no link was a bandwagon back then. players abused the transfer system, you get this. but yes, you should try leaning how to play with lower numbers or else you will just be like everybody else....carry my glorious 1111 oh divine blob.

 

if you want some activity without the eu tier 1 99999 queue with guilds trying to log and stack cuz huuur duuuuuuuuurrrr we want fights so we're going to the same server with other fighting guilds so we git gud, i can suggest trying na higher tiers. I just came back from a 2 month eu break there. There's more activity there than lower eu tiers across the clock with less queue or no queue at all. gankers aren't bad too. they do have a bit of a difference in zerg gameplay than what we're used to and it might test your patience a bit, besides that though, it's all good. if what you want 80 full zone 1111 blobs, go eu t1. gl with queue.

[Blocki.4931]

Threads like these cause more people to abandon their servers and make the problem worse.

[ThunderPanda.1872]

> @"Blocki.4931" said:

> Threads like these cause more people to abandon their servers and make the problem worse.

 

And anet's lack of attention to WvW is making posts like this appear.

[Sockertopp.7981]

Maybe everyone is on a one year hiatus from wvw. Just not synced with you with the return.

[Odinens.5920]

3 reasons maybe - lots of people leaving WvW (and in some cases even the game entirely) waiting for Anet's almighty WvW changes that will save the world, recent un-thought-out, and in some cases ridiculous, so called "balance" patches, and.........

 

 

 

Wintersday

[Lahmia.2193]

Haven't played on EU myself but I heard that anything except for prime time was mostly dead.