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Shoutouts to /u/anet_raymond
Shoutouts to /u/anet_raymond
Hey that's me!
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We've looked into cashing out and it's not the solution to reward AFKers. We detail some of that in the FAQ. Some people who AFK might use a system that gets them out of the game for slightly less rewards but we'd still have AFK people trying to maximize rewards. We'd need to do something else to solve that problem. The pie in the sky idea is to find something that works for all of the parties involved. Maybe there isn't one but we have ideas that hit a larger portion of the issue and we're looking into those more since they solve more of the problem. One thing I'm looking into again is the idea of keeping participation from decaying outside of a WvW map. I've looked into this in the past and it's not a straightforward change.
One black mark against Raymond is that he was excited for those obsidian weapon skins, looking at them I can't fathom why.
I dunno options differ I guess I really like the torch and the dagger.
How about a UI change to OS and a very slight bump in the rewards for cashing out there? Leave the pips that of a normal map, but give marginally more reward track progress with some sort of clear UI indicator that you're doing it. Carrot people out of the queued maps, basically, without actually providing that much stronger of an incentive. Could apply a slight nerf to the rewards when ticking down on a non-OS map to balance out the economic impact if necessary.
I'd like to get the UI displaying correctly in OS so at least its clearer that you get rewards there.