Should Arena Net Release new WvW Maps?

#1 - July 1, 2013, 9:05 a.m.
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Hi, my question has to do with the future of WvW. I’ve played wvw since the release of the game and Its been awesome so far. One issue I’d like to address though is the use of the same maps over and over. Will wvw be like other games that always keep the same maps? (dota, lol) or will we see some variation.

I especially liked wvw in the beginning because the maps seem to be designed with siege placement in mind, so it was really fun using new tactics that other servers may not have thought of yet. It really showed who the innovative and creative commanders were on each server. I feel like at this point there are only so many possibilities when it comes to sieging a keep or tower, and everyone either knows those positions and counters so you rarely see anything new. I’m not complaining but it would be a lot of fun to keep the matches tactically dependant, and if we had at least a variation of maps this would only stress the need to be creative. Now it’s come down to commanders just copy catting positions and you rarely see anything new.

So my question is Anet, will we see some new WvW maps in the near future??

#2 - July 1, 2013, 12:22 p.m.
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New maps are definitely in the plans, however I can’t say with any degree of certainty when that might be. It takes a good deal of time to get a map to the level of polish that the current maps are in and while we want to get new maps out to mix up the gameplay, we aren’t going to release them until they are totally ready. When there is more to tell, we will tell it, but for now all I can say is we definitely want to do new maps and will when time allows.