I asked "Gaile, I would like to know why you continue to neglect all faction PVP."
She responded " I think you will be pleased that we are not neglecting PVP and Factions. You'll see
Now, ignoring the fact that she could have been saying Factions pve, and other types of non-factions PVP, lets assume she is talking about Alliance Battles (AB) and Fort Aspenwood (hereon referred to as aspen).
Now, let's do a rundown of all the different PVP's and their rewards, and my personal views on what is appropriate:
All PVP gives experience points at the standard rate, and Balthazar faction at various rates
Random Arenas (RA): 1 Gladiator point per 10 win streak.
Random matches of 4v4
Appropriate: I think this is right on. RA is basically a place you go to screw around, or test builds, considering the majority of if you win or not is luck, based on your other 3 teammates.
Team Arenas (TA):1 Gladiator point per 10 win streak.
Organized matches of 4v4.
Appropriate: I personally don't care too much about TA, but I do think that they deserve a bit more of a reward, since this does take a fair amount of skill and organization to be good at. Maybe increased Balthazar reward, or double Gladiator points for a 10 win streak would be better.
Heros Ascent. (HA) Fame, super rare items for doing well in the Hall of Heros.
Organized matches of 8v8
Appropriate: In my humble opinion, HA people are severely over rewarded. In addition to the Balthazar faction all pvp enjoys, this is also the only way to earn fame, which grants you a special, super shiny Emote. Add in the rare items that can only be found there (some can be found in Fissure of Woe) and you have a super high end Pvp, to the point where if your not a rank 3 fame wise, its super hard to find a decent group.)
I think that the chest needs to be removed, that would balance it out. Or, upgrade the rewards for other types of PVP.
Hero Battles (HB). Commander points, qualifier points in tournament mode
1v1 + 3 heros per team, shrine capture+kills for points
Appropriate: The stated rewards are just fine, I think. However, with the new tournament system(http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Automated_tournament ), this is now one of only 2 ways to unlock rare skins for PVP use (15k armor, etc.) The idea of limiting this to only 2 certain PVP, is, in my opinion, absolutely absurd.
Guild vs Guild (GvG): Guild ranking, qualifier points in tournament mode.
Organized 8v8
Appropriate: Similar to hero battles in that it is the 2nd of 2 ways to gain qualifier points. I think the guild ranking is fine, but again, limiting these points and unlocks two 2 types of PVP is unfair.
Jade Quarry: Kurzick or Luxon Faction
Random 8v8 (http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Jade_Quarry )
Appropriate: Not even worth arguing for, as it is rare to find even 3 people in any district of Jade Quarry, on either side.
Fort Aspenwood: Kurzick or Luxon Faction
Random 8v8 (http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Fort_Aspenwood )
Appropriate: Of all the game modes, Fort Aspenwood is the most plagued by leechers, on both sides. Its not uncommon for 2 or 3 people to be away from keyboard during the duration of the match. Some are so famous that their screen name is known by fighters on both sides (I wont mention them here for fear of getting banned.), and it is clearly obvious that many of these leechers are bots. Fort Aspenwood is also sometimes plagued with long wait times, again on both sides, due to the small number of matches Anet lets occur at once. The reward here is small, and you earn faction much slower than, say, AB, but it is not that big of a deal, should other PVP be toned down.
Alliance Battles (AB): Kurzick or Luxon Faction
3 teams of 4 vs 3 teams of 4.
Appropriate: Again, the rewards are ok, but when you look at HA, its actually really under rewarded. As any ABer will tell you, AB takes just as much skill to be good at as HA. Although there is a bit of luck factor in the 2 other teams, a strong team can often make up the difference. My primary "beef" with factions is that you can only gain the title if you donate your faction to the guild, instead of using it to get amber/jade or scrolls. Faction is faction, so why should I have to do a certain thing with it to get a title? donating it to your guild gives you faction AND title advancement, but getting amber/jade is just amber/jade. And trust me, no one is getting rich selling that stuff, unless they have tons of free time. If you get the faction, you deserve the title, thats what i say. AB also suffers from long wait times, for the same reason as aspen.
What do I want? Not much. Just the ability to unlock rare skins using balth faction, so i can stop unlocking skills ill never use, and not having to wait so damn long for matches. Also, Id love to be able to have a title for AB. 800,000 faction and im only r1 cause i like to use amber to fund my salvage kits.
Hopefully Gaile will give Faction people a little something, something, instead of ignoring us. Can't remember the last time WE got a double weekend.
Wow, this is my longest build ever. Ill end it with asking you to ignore my builds on the screenshots. I was trying to make prot bond work again (no, it didnt work)
To the whole 3 people who will read this, thanks!
EDIT: cleared up ambiguity about GvG and HB
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