My solution to downed in WvW

#1 - April 24, 2013, 11:01 p.m.
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We all know downed state has been an issue in WvW and can make being outmanned an almost insurmountable obstacle. I, like many others think it should be removed, but offer up this solution to at least make it bearable when significantly outmanned.

Take away the ability to help other people up via interacting with their downed corpse in WvW, that simple, let them rally, let them bandage themselves, and leave other mechanics such as illusion of life in place. I feel that this would allow downed players to be effectively finished when caught horribly out of position.

I don’t even know how many times I’ve watched a zerg of low skill players, get downed to arrow carts or players, then get insta-rezzed back to full and repeat, with nothing that can really be done about it in a 20v50+. I know this isn’t a fix-all solution, but I feel that it would make being outmanned a little more enjoyable.

#46 - April 26, 2013, 8:27 a.m.
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We believe there is some room for improvement in the way that downed works in WvW. That being said we haven’t settled on a version that we think doesn’t create more problems than it solves. Rest assured we are looking at the way it works and as soon as we can, we will improve it.