RickardJames.8267

Do you play on NA or EU? NA What team were you on during January 12-26? First Haven What team were you on during January 26-February 2? First Haven (weird vibe, but I guess getting the same result twice is just as random as getting something different, and we definitely had VERY different groups for the second segment) If there is a day of the week and time of day you usually play, what are they? I play 9PM-12AM Wednesday-Sunday, and 2pm-4pm Saturday-Sunday most weeks including the beta though additionally during the beta I played 3pm-7pm and 1-4am on some days. Did your world restructuring matchups feel more or less balanced than your regular WvW Server matches? I would say on the macro-scale (whole-week) it felt much more balanced, but on the micro-scale (skirmish) it could be very tilted in one team's favor, but not generally unenjoyably so as the fortunes on each map were generally different. Did you select a WvW Guild for the beta? Yes. Was your guild part of a larger alliance guild? Yes. Were there usually commanders around during your normal playtime? During NA and OCX there was usually at least 1-2 public commanders available. There were also an abundance of private groups on map as well. The times I played during EU seemed to be dominated by hidden-tagged guild groups with only roamers and small groups for public options. Which week felt most balanced and enjoyable for you? The first week felt the most enjoyable and balanced. The matchup was close all the way to the next reset. What part of world restructuring felt the most well executed? The overall population balancing was executed well and lead to fights and situations i haven't encountered before, and encouraged me to invest far more time than I normally would. Kind of sad to go back to the same-old servers after experiencing that variety. What part of world restructuring feels like it has the most room for improvement? There needs to be special attention paid to the sorting of players outside of NA playtimes. I understand it can be difficult due to the numbers disparity and the fact that some PPT-minded alliances seem to treat groups in those off-hours as a prized commodities, but the scores show how lopsided it could be in those timeslots. It may not be possible, but would be worth committing resources to improve either before or after release.

Hard agree that this is something that should be something that is togglable if it is implemented at all. While it makes sense cinematically, it contributes negatively to QoL outside of that specific case, particularly for cheevo grinding.

Holding back a silo of salt here, but here goes: Unfortunate that the beta went this way this soon. Thanks for trying, kinda disappointed as I had made arrangements IRL to make this event, but you gotta do what you gotta do. I hope we can give it another shot soon, and I hope it goes much better.

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.

Glad to hear something on alliances, and welcome back to the team Colin and Josh!

Good afternoon, I'm a WvW player looking to get back into PvE after an extended period of inactivity. I'm willing to do coordinated play or event metas, and am willing to "learn the ropes" of any content you wish to do. I currently do WvW with [YOU] guild, but outside of the 2-3 Na raids (8:30-10:30 EST) a week, I am free to help out in any way I can for both PvE and WvW. I use Discord for VoIP but can use another program if needed. Feel free to ask any questions you need to here, in PM, or mail in game. Thank you for your time, Rickardjames