World Restructuring Beta 1 - Update

[Josh Davis.7865]

Hi everyone,

 

Happy release day! Now that the dust has mostly settled from today’s release, we’re here to give a quick update on the WvW World Restructuring rollout and the first matchmaking event on Friday.

 

On August 31, we released the new backend server infrastructure required for World Restructuring and it’s been running silently on Live for the past 3 weeks. The servers are in a state called “echo mode”, where real data is passed through them without impacting the player experience. This allowed us to partially test the system at scale and resolve multiple critical bugs before rolling it out to players. We were also able to start collecting player activity data that we’ll use as one of the inputs for matchmaking on Friday.

 

Speaking of, we’ve been running matchmaking tests using that player activity data. Before we talk about details, I’ll note that because we didn’t have “WvW Guild” selection available to players as of yesterday, these tests sorted individual players and not guilds into the new Team structure. Despite this caveat, things are going pretty well! For context, in the existing World and World Linking system, we could see as much as a 50% difference in player activity between the largest and smallest worlds. In the new system, when sorting individual players we were able to balance each server to within .007% of each other, even when accounting for languages. Adding guilds and eventually alliances will reduce granularity and we expect that disparity will grow a bit, but it’s a promising start and gives us a lot of confidence for Friday.

 

This morning (September 21), we rolled out the frontend interface for the World Restructuring system. We encountered two issues with the release. First, when the build was first released this morning some players weren’t able to open the World Restructuring Beta menu (meaning they also couldn’t select a battle/WvW Guild)). This was a simple configuration issue and we were able to hammer it out fairly quickly. If you’re still having trouble opening the menu, please let us know!

 

Second, there’s currently an issue that’s preventing players from selecting some guilds as their WvW guild. This mostly impacts larger guilds with a lot of active WvW players. The fix wasn’t quite as simple as the previous issue we mentioned, but we’ve identified a solution. It’s pretty late in the day here and we need the team fresh for the rest of this week, so we’re going to hold the fix until tomorrow (September 22). If you’ve been running into this issue, make sure to login between tomorrow afternoon and Thursday, September 23 at 11:59pm PDT (UTC-7) to select your WvW Guild.

 

Now that players are selecting WvW Guilds on Live, we’ll be running additional matchmaking tests using individual players and guilds between now and Friday.

 

The next big step is fully switching over to World Restructuring on Friday at reset. Exciting times!

 

Updates:

Sept 22 @ 9:55AM: The issue that prevented players from selecting certain guilds as their WvW Guild has been resolved. Please remember to choose your preferred WvW Guild by Thursday at 11:59pm PDT (UTC-7).

Edited September 22, 2021 by Josh Davis.7865

[Dreggon.6598]

I hope the mag cloud doesn't get broken up by this new system. I never learned how to PPT!

[xivor.8754]

Thanks Josh!  I love the transparency you guys have been displaying and that gave me the confidence to return to the game for another try. I look forward to this weekend!

[subversiontwo.7501]

Good post, good communication 👍.

[God.2708]

Pinnacle forum usage if I do say so myself. Top quality content.

[Calisanna.8732]

Great communication. Ty 

[Vash.2386]

This should be fun. Here’s hoping to a smooth rollout of the beta. 

[Kovu.7560]

Thank you for the update. Looking forward to more news as you progress with the releases.

~ Kovu

[Phlogistn.7893]

Refreshing to get updates and information, thank you!

[Demeth.5816]

Loving the transparency, incredible job guys

[Sviel.7493]

I love everything about this.

[Shroud.2307]

4 hours ago, Dreggon.6598 said:

I hope the mag cloud doesn't get broken up by this new system. I never learned how to PPT!

Don't worry, apes together strong. The cloud will transcend servers.

Edited September 22, 2021 by Shroud.2307

[Leo Schrodingers Cat.2497]

Cool... so individual player rewards worth something?

[Ovalkvadratcylinder.9365]

I keep trying to select my wvw guild but everytime i tab out form the Wvw panel it unchecks the box. Is it a bug?

edit:
im blind af i guess
"Second, there’s currently an issue that’s preventing players from selecting some guilds as their WvW guild. This mostly impacts larger guilds with a lot of active WvW players. The fix wasn’t quite as simple as the previous issue we mentioned, but we’ve identified a solution. It’s pretty late in the day here and we need the team fresh for the rest of this week, so we’re going to hold the fix until tomorrow (September 22). If you’ve been running into this issue, make sure to login between tomorrow afternoon and Thursday, September 23 at 11:59pm PDT (UTC-7) to select your WvW Guild."

Edited September 22, 2021 by Ovalkvadratcylinder.9365

[RickardJames.8267]

Thanks for the update, I enjoy seeing the statistics!  I'd love to see how the delta spreads based on guild preferences, and look forward live balance beta this coming week.

[GODh.3892]

I am a bit confused about that World Restructuring Beta menu... what do we actual choose there? I see my 5 guilds and 5x the name of my home server.

I am a PvE player who likes WvW. When i play WvW then i usually play as a player of my main guild (maxed).

However sometimes i want to do guild missions with another guild (not maxed) in WvW for the favor.

Is that still possible with this new system?

Edited September 22, 2021 by GODh.3892

[Sarrs.4831]

Just now, GODh.3892 said:

I am a bit confused about that World Restructuring Beta menu... what do we actual choose there? I see my 5 guilds and 5x the name of my home server.

 

I am a PvE player who likes WvW. When i play WvW then i usually play as a player of my main guild (maxed).

 

However sometimes i want to do guild missions with another guild (not maxed) in WvW for the favor.

 

Is that still possible in this new system?

Yep, just pick the guild which is your primary WvW guild.

[GODh.3892]

Ok, thank you 🥰

This video from Rediche (EU WvW player) was very helpful too...

 

Edited September 22, 2021 by GODh.3892

[koben.2654]

question: 
what happens if you have a guild that has members on NA and EU do they get to pick to stay on NA, or EU or do they get merged 

and do guilds get to at least lock in a "home region" (aka NA or EU) 

[Dawdler.8521]

42 minutes ago, koben.2654 said:

question: 
what happens if you have a guild that has members on NA and EU do they get to pick to stay on NA, or EU or do they get merged 

and do guilds get to at least lock in a "home region" (aka NA or EU) 

Uhm that's not possible to have last I checked, you are either on NA or EU?

[zinn.2690]

Any news on  why the player limits for each map got reduced?  At least in the EU it's a fairly severe reduction in player numbers and in a gamemode where players are the content it's quite a noticeable downgrade. Currently it's not possible to get more than 60-65 people into the same map without running into queues.

This makes border hopping almost impossible and makes it very difficult to get larger guild raids going during primetime.

[Blockhead Magee.3092]

6 minutes ago, Dondarrion.9530 said:

Any news on  why the player limits for each map got reduced?  At least in the EU it's a fairly severe reduction in player numbers and in a gamemode where players are the content it's quite a noticeable downgrade. Currently it's not possible to get more than 60-65 people into the same map without running into queues.

This makes border hopping almost impossible and makes it very difficult to get larger guild raids going during primetime.

 

I have no first hand knowledge that this was done, but I can speculate.   Maybe a change was done to help with player crashing since the beta started? 

[Antonio.8019]

There is an issue Guilds cannot see the players who selected WvW as game mode. It would be good you allow guilds to see who is attending or not and this asap , before Beta will be launched.

[Infusion.7149]

Is there any way to have a tally of who has your guild checked off for the alliances purposes?

Even if just for the leadership (i.e. officers/leaders of the guild) it would be helpful. Not asking for much more than that, ideally you would have some sort of activity level estimate if you have half the people show up only for WvW dailies.

[Dayra.7405]

2 hours ago, Dawdler.8521 said:

Uhm that's not possible to have last I checked, you are either on NA or EU?

 

It is possible for a guild to have NA + EU Members. My bank.guild have exactly this. 2 Members, my EU account and my NA account. And I am able to choose it as my WvW-Guild

 

I guess (or hope) for WvW they are counted as 2 separate Guild, but I wouldn't be surprised, if activity wouldn't be separated for now, but mixed together 😉 

Edited September 22, 2021 by Dayra.7405