New Frontlines

[Februs]

Not sure how I feel about this... New maps are always welcome, but I'm really really really sick of them effectively replacing PvP content...

Kinda an odd move to put this in 3.3, too... Feast Season 1 will still be going on, wouldn't it make more sense to release this in 3.35 so it at least sees maximum activity during Feasts downtime between seasons?

I agree. At face value, this seems to be a bad call.

Firstly, by doing this during the active season, they're shooting Feast queue times in the foot. That's poor planning. Secondly, they're still ignoring the vast majority of us who have requested an increase in the level cap for old content (Secure, especially). This seems strange, because you'd think that bumping up and old game mode to 60 would be faster and easier than designing new stuff from the ground up (though, this is likely a disclaimer act, to save face for players who don't have Heavensward).

As for their abandonment of Feast. I wish I could say that I wasn't expecting it, but I was. The vast majority of western players are far too salty and immature to have kept it alive. Since it's release, players have done nothing but blame various aspects of the game mode for their losses instead of taking responsibility for their own poor performances. It's sad and pathetic, and this childish stupidity is what will guarantee the failure of all future PvP game modes in this game, regardless of how well they're designed.