What's there to by hyped for. It's still going to be the same maps we had for 7 years now (except for Desert, which is just Eotm-like, so meh)Everything will be the same except alliances are just a way to have different team-ups because they lack players overall, let alone WvW. Which is why they pair servers and now even started to pair SP, GER and FR servers with English ones. WvW still has enough players. However, since most people seem to just transfer to winning servers others feel much less inclined to play since they're permanently outnumbered, resulting in even less playtime. Entirely player made issue that will be resolved once that goes live. The change will bring population back, I'd expect many to be angry about it at first, then it settles down and will be more balanced for all. Matchups should feel much fairer, thus returning fun to the mode.