Alliances
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Alliances are the second phase of World Restructuring, where World vs World uses Player guilds for matchmaking instead of servers.
No Beta Events of the Alliance functionality have been scheduled, though ArenaNet have released mock-ups and design diagrams for how Alliances might function[1]
Planned functionality[edit]
Alliances will allow one Guild to invite another into an Alliance of Guilds, subject to a cap which will initially be set to 500, the same cap as an individual Guild.[2]. Guilds would need to accept the invite.
Once a guild is in an alliance, all allied Guilds would be considered as a single unit for the purposes of matchmaking, and all players with one of the allied guilds set as their WvW Guild would be placed on the same team.
Development[edit]
There was a beta for Alliances planned for early to mid-Summer 2023[3] however it did not happen as part of the June 6, 2023 World Restructuring beta test [4].
In September 2023, ArenaNet announced that Alliances were deprioritised, wanting to release the main World Restructuring changes first[5] In December 2023, an interview with ArenaNet's Game Director revealed that they're looking at solutions for allowing "super guilds" that don't require the investment that Alliances would.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ World vs. World Update: June 2022
- ^ Studio Update: World Restructuring and the Future of World vs. World
- ^ Studio Update: Spring 2023
- ^ Dev Notes: June 6 WvW Updates and World Restructuring Beta Test
- ^ Studio Update: September 2023
- ^ Guild Wars 2 Q&A – ArenaNet on Switch to Yearly Expansions, Secrets of the Obscure Learnings, and 2024 Updates
