The first month the game had higher hit count aoes both offensive and defensive. Then they scaled back the offensive ones and later the defensive ones. The game originally was designed for massive nukes by small groups.
Would love for them to implement a skill like ESOs proximity detonation. Where the more enemies in the small aoe location the more damage there is for the skill.
Yeah the last few weeks the game is lagging more than normal in WvW. It's always been pretty terrible but the past 2 weeks even on alpine we get the SMC lag.
All those players talking abour FPS and stuttering I would hate to have in my squad. They are the ones that just spam their skills and have no clue what any skill does. So when the skill doesn't go off they don't even realize it.
Join a guild and enjoy. If you are upset because you are losing server identity, create a guild with the server's name and stack your pugs in it. This is a really good step forward for anet.