Blockhead Magee.3092

Being a commander means they were able to buck up for the tag (Its been a decade, I don't know what the price is today). Other than that, they are the same as anyone else who isn't tagged up. Report if needed. Block and move on. Just keep in mind, the commander has no obligation to do anything for you either. If they don't want you in their squad for any reason, they can kick at will. Neither side gets to tell the other what they can or cannot do (with any authority).

I have a few accounts but only play one in wvw. I roam 90+% of the time in the truest sense, no party member unless my wife decides to play. I've been in some organized groups here and there. That was ultra boring. No variation in the fights until anet rebalances, then its a new, no-variation fight. Some boon blobs have better timing spamming the same things as the other boon blob and viola, a winner.

I'm thinking the number is just a few dozen buddies, but otherwise, I'm convinced this is the truth.

Anet made so many changes that favor the blob that they were one step from just removing the wall entirely. Pretty soon, the only people left will be the blobs that run around taking structures wondering where their bags ran off to.

Yes, the drop rates are obscene. 24K hours. One precursor. From a Dragonbrand player in wvw six years ago. I should have used those ten thousand hours since then to track down that player and thank them.

Population balance at any given time of the day is even worse than it was before. Changes that benefit the blob making the playstyle I like less fun. Those reasons have me play less. A lot less.

I miss some of the names in chat but otherwise the issue for me is the population. Even when SBI was a full on T4 server on a link, we could count on a fair showing at reset and most EST evenings to at least have a map or two with action. The current matchup I'm in is dead as a doornail - and we're ahead. Maybe my mornings have lots of sea time players or its OCX, but in any case, it feels like their might be to many servers for the number of players taking part of wvw. My playtime has dwindled every time the alter the game to favor the blobs. I used to lap diamond a few times each week. Now I'm rarely making it to gold.

Meaningful to them. They want to run in the blob and flip things with no resistance. Mission accomplished.

Move to the DB/SBI link. EBG had a queue on reset, the rest of the maps were open. Home BL was outnumbered. Just a weeks before, all maps were queued (though by only single digits). I wonder what changed....... <sarcasm>

Their cornerstone has crumbled. This last set of changes were ill-conceived. They just play in blobs and want to take structures easier. Much like all those they mentioned alliances, they're just play lip service to game balance - both by player class and by game mechanics. My playtime is way down since this change. Maybe that's a good thing, but I think its going down for a lot of other people and that's probably not a good thing for anet.

Anet doesn't listen one bit to any of us. If you're not a blob PPT commander, they have no time for you. This last set of terrible changes was just icing on that confirmation cake.

Confirmed. Anet only wants you to blob around and take objectives. They hate defenders, they're barely even giving lip service to it now. I makes sense. The few Anet devs who play just run with the blob so, of course, they're going to change the game to their own way of playing. Sad that they're so short sighted.

Anet doesn't want you to defend. They want you to join the blob and overwhelm smaller groups.

The do need to hire one more person for the WvW team so the other coder can play cribbage with someone.

All you need to do is looks through the lens of an Anet wvw participant. They blob on structures. All changes are made to make that task easier.