Any one else think the WvW map looks unbalanced?

[Fluffball]

I was picturing a triangle when I heard about WvWvW, but after having watched the beta footage, it seems the middle server is significantly closer to the other two than the left and right are to each other. I can't see how that ends with anything but the middle server getting double-teamed...?

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I don't see how it's possible for the left to get to the right without fighting (unless you sneak past the grass just south of the middle), where as the middle can be attacked by either directly.

[shawn]

Uh. Not sure I follow.

They're all connected to each other with portals.. So all four maps have exactly the same 'distance' between them - none.

[Simply Kedde]

Don't get it either. Either you're talking about the 4 individual maps, in which case Shawn pointed out why it makes no sense. Or you're talking about some inequal distance that I can't make out on one of the maps.

[Fluffball]

Don't get it either. Either you're talking about the 4 individual maps, in which case Shawn pointed out why it makes no sense. Or you're talking about some inequal distance that I can't make out on one of the maps.

I was talking about both, but maybe portals solve both problems. I didn't realize you could tele straight in to an enemy map, so depending on the location of said portals, maybe the central map is even as well.

Are there more than one portal in to an enemy map? That seems like a horrible choke point.

[shawn]

Yes, there are several. And the zones you teleport from/to have an invulnerability effect so that people aren't just sitting there waiting to gank you.

[Alaris]

I have to admit, I was confused about the maps too until I heard about portals. That makes sense.

[Vana]

Yes, there are several. And the zones you teleport from/to have an invulnerability effect so that people aren't just sitting there waiting to gank you.

Are there direct portals between borderlands or do you always have to go through the battlegrounds?

[shawn]

The three 'bases' can teleport directly to one another, if that's what you mean.

[Fluffball]

The three 'bases' can teleport directly to one another, if that's what you mean.

That's weird. I kind of liked the idea of battle lines drawn roughly by the middle section. But it seems the middle section is only useful for picking up points, rather than a front?

[shawn]

The keep-thing in the middle gives uber-points, if I remember correctly.