[Suggestion]: Increase Edge of the Mists WvWxp to give it life, if just for a week out of the year

[Spew.3018]

Hey Anet,

Edge of the Mists was a fun game mode when it released. Although it was meant to be the waiting room for normal wvw maps, it provided something unique to the wvw experience - fast paced, tower flipping, zerg vs. zerg action on a narrow map that changed starter position multiple times throughout the day. There was always a full map available, and people played. That is what made it different than the normal WvW maps. And unfortunately, it became more popular than the regular WvW gameplay - the waiting room became the scene of the party instead.

If anet could change the incentives to give it life, maybe for a week that would give it life and let newer players experience it. Whether they temporarily increased wvwxp one gained from it, or the reward track. EOTM boost could be a one week event where people can just have fun and let loose. Currently, WvW is a hit or miss week depending on line up. If a week is very challenging, players avoid and the game is becomes a grind. I don't know of many people that enjoys dying repeatedly to moderate sized group, on every map. At the very least, EOTM week could provide a break from the typical wvw grind. 

Another suggestion would be to integrate it to part of the whole wvw experience instead of an alternative. If you're wondering how, maybe by chance the mists opened up and this inaccessible land mass became available to provide more resources to win the weekly match. But, that would ruin the multiple maps running concurrently experience. 

Anyhow, thank you for doing a decent job on this game.

 

Sincerely,

Spew

[Junkpile.7439]

EotM could be pro WvW mode. Like one serious 4 hours match/day. Real player and guild statistics. Good rewards for defenders, attackers and trolls.

[Mistwraithe.3106]

I think it would be worth them playing with.

I vote Anet give us more WvW related skins (eg on siege etc, to help fund WvW dev) and then they put some effort into trying different things out.

[XenesisII.1540]

🙄

 

[babana.7521]

Why should anyone be given reward for not helping the cause? 

[Spew.3018]

31 minutes ago, XenesisII.1540 said:

🙄

 

Thank you on this - in my rush I missed this. I'm really glad that a lot of people are interested in this game mode. Hopefully your effort will lead to its revival.

[Spew.3018]

9 minutes ago, babana.7521 said:

Why should anyone be given reward for not helping the cause? 

Good question - integrating the map with the rest of wvw could be helping with the cause, thus leading to some reward. I'm just trying to shoot for ideas here. One could spend a lot of time just tearing down ideas and get nothing. It is a shame that the EOTM map goes mostly unused.