Guild Wars 2’s Hefty Balance Update And WvW Reward Changes Are Now Live
Guild Wars 2’s big class balancing update is now live with dreaded nerfs, welcome buffs, and skill reworks for elite specializations across the board. The update also introduces another round of World vs. World changes with a particular focus on improving rewards earned from completing tower, keep, and castle objectives.
Rewards will now scale depending on how many times WvW objectives are upgraded and how long they’re defended. Aside from buffing rewards for successfully defending and capturing control points, the developers have also bumped up rewards for failed assaults and defense attempts to encourage players to actively seek out and participate in fights regardless of the outcome.
“Primarily, it’s a way to increase and improve rewards for active play in WvW,” ArenaNet explained. “We think of active play as meaningfully contributing to team success and engaging enemy players for control of map objectives. This player interaction is the lifeblood of WvW, and incentivizing participation is always at the forefront of our decision-making process.”
“Another goal is to incentivize battles. By improving the rewards given to key events—especially defense events—and scaling those rewards based on participation and upgrade status, we anticipate players will engage in more direct conflict as opposed to moving from one undefended objective to another,” the studio added.
For more fashion savvy players, the update also adds a favorite option and randomizer feature for cosmetics. You’ll now be able to tag outfits, mounts, glider skins, miniatures, and mail carriers as your favorites and have them be randomly used when loading into a new map or when summoning a mount or glider.
You can check out the extensive patch notes on the Guild Wars 2 official forums.
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