Alliances & World Restructuring Q&A With ArenaNet Developers Grouch & Raymond!
512A huge rework is coming for World Vs World in Guild Wars 2 - Alliances! Here myself and Roy had the incredible opportunity to pick the brains of the Head of Live Operations at ArenaNet - Josh 'Grouch' Davis and Lead Gameplay Programmer Raymond about what's in store for the future!
We covered a lot here and it was a really insightful talk, thank you very much to ArenaNet for facilitating this awesome show!
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:25 - What is World Restructuring?
00:03:19 - How often will restructuring occur?
00:05:45 - Anything to commemorate the days of servers?
00:07:40 - How much agency do players have over alliances?
00:09:50 - Are there limits on team sizes?
00:11:56 - Will players be able to transfer between teams freely?
00:17:38 - Will EU and NA have the same team names and quantities?
00:21:34 - What is a "season"? Are there any other plans around them?
00:24:04 - WIll any changes come to the WvW reward structure?
00:26:04 - Will alliances have tags, or will players still represent their guilds?
00:28:18 - Will there be a list of alliances anywhere?
00:35:52 - Are there any plans to prevent population imbalance?
00:39:50 - How long will the beta phases be?
00:44:10 - Will there be control over the alliances within teams?
00:49:50 - Could beta phase 1 be made permanent if successful?
00:52:38 - Will it be possible to transfer between teams?
00:55:50 - Can you set another team as a rival?
01:00:35 - Will alliances have a chat? Will anything be done about night cappers?
01:04:58 - After alliances is finished, what's the next priority in WvW?
01:10:02 - What's "the vision" for WvW, and what don't you want to see?
01:13:52 - Questions from Chat
01:27:31 - Conclusion
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