====== WvW Motivation ======
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Thinking a bit more about motivation vs leading server (while out training). and came to the conclusion that it's quite limited what you really can do without causing more problems. Example, adding a "Leader" effect, that applies to the team that is leading at any given time.

Leader Effect:
* Gain extra PPK from killing against leader team
* Gain extra PPC (capture) from capturing against leader team
* Improve chances to drop heavy loot bags from leader team
* Gain +1 PIP from killing against leader team

And I think that's the most that really can be done with that type of mechanic.

I was thinking about adding 3 tiers, to discourage fighting the lowest ranking, and make leader go for second, but the more I thought about it, the more I honestly disliked the implications. For similar reasons I started disliking any other changes I could come up with to link to those "ranks".

The main problem is that while a team might be leading, that doesn't mean they're the dominant team at all times of the match. So adding more stuff to that, or more ranks, would just end up making the play time more miserable for the players of the leading team outside of their prime time. And the goal should be to give Team 2+3 a reason/motivation to attack Team 1, not to make Team 1's game experience feel worse than it has to.

So nothing else really made sense, unless we added a bunch of clauses, exceptions, and dependencies on Outnumbered effect and what not. And at that point it would probably be smarter to just solve things in different ways instead.


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gw2 player motivation chart

types
	roam/gank
	scout/defend
	havoc
	zerg-low
	zerg-med
	zerg-high
	troll/afk


Roam/Gank
	motivates
		action
		fight
		opponents
		capturing
	demotivates
		enemy-fleeing
		zergs
		boredom
		no-action

Scout/Defend
	motivates
		repelling enemy
		predicting movement
		people responding to calls
		strategy/control of situation
	demotivates
		big zergs
		no response to call outs
		no backup

Havoc
	motivates
		teamwork
		capture
		organisation
		fights
	demotivates
		zergs
		no-activity
		enemy-fleeing

Zerg-low (pugs, casuals, low-investment in mode)
	motivates
		activity/action
		winning
		loot
		commander
	demotivates
		losing
		ganked
		alone/isolated

Zerg-med (veterans, medium-investment in mode)
	motivates
		
	demotivates
		

Zerg-high (organized guilds, GvG, high-investment in mode)
	motivates
		
	demotivates
		

Troll/AFK
	motivates
		
	demotivates
		

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