Guild Wars 2

I could tell you how the other low tier servers are not worth your while, I could also tell you how AR does not hide behind walls and does not PvD. That would be the same thing every other low tier server is telling you, the fact of the matter is we go balls deep, that’s right balls deep. [TBT] started off as a relatively small guild, within a couple weeks we had many of the militia who were sick of being over run by numbers join our ranks and those that didn’t join us commonly work together with us. Numbers are trivial when you have people willing to work together for a common goal. See for your selves what we do on AR on a daily basis.

Is AR still considered THE sPvP server?

As someone who was apart of Anvil Rock since mid September 2012, I can attest that TBT does infact run a solid group during NA Prime (1800PST – 2200PST).

However, please be aware that with myself and a few others experience, TBT only would run with their leader during that time, and did not have other leaders that would take over.Though from what I was recently told, a new raid leader has taken over r in the absence of said leader (information as of last week).

I personally did not have good luck with this guild do to “bloated” recruiting in terms of the WvW team and focus. This happens with many guilds however, especially in smaller worlds due to lack of coverage and incentive to WvW for PvX players.

The leader(s) were very kind and informational at first, and I stated my concerns around two weeks in. I was politely told that this may not be the right guild for me and I agreed, but wanted to give more time to affirm my final decision on whether or not I would be apart of TBT.

Eventually I made my decision to depart from the guild and soon received harsh critisicm and attempts of trolling in my departure. I respectfully commended the guilds raids during the hours listed above, however I was personally looking for a more niche’ group to run with. This was deemed unworthy and laughable.

The fact is, AR has seen many hardships in terms of large WvW guilds coming and going, intermittent coverage, and bumping heads in terms of leading.

I would highly recommend this server to players looking to indentify themselves as superior roamers or light prime time raider/zergers.

This is not a server for players looking to maximize coverage or always find guild groups running.

Also take note in the strong personalities on this server.

I will say, if you run oceanic/early morning EST, The coverage can be very good due to Commander Ashley Frostnight running at this time. (If He still is running consistently).

Good luck in your decision if coming to AR, and hopefully the vets of AR soon find prosperity (kudos to KAOS and Sharri Kerr for sticking through the lowest of times)

Jyeoi.6027:

Is AR still considered THE sPvP server?

Yes, but to a much lesser extent. Many of the sPvP-ers who also liked to roam WvW transferred to other servers in the upper and mid-range (Caed is on Blackgate, OstrichEggs is on IOJ) or have stopped playing. Also, the mists are pretty dead on any server (if you guest and go to HotM, you will be in that server’s mists), atm, so being “the sPvP server” is kind of meaningless unless they can revive that game-mode.

That being said, AR is still a very fun world for your WvW action.

While [TBT] does have some strict build/class policies, this is not a [TBT] recruitment thread. This is an Anvil Rock Recruitment thread, not everyone is going to want to be part of a certain guilds and there is nothing wrong with that. I use TBT as an example at how a server militia can come together to create a force to be reckoned with. There is a lot of heart on AR, the server has faced larger servers from day one and refused to quit. Currently we have several WvW and PvX oriented guilds recruiting daily, this tells me we are growing and when we’re finished there will be a wake of bags behind us.

Antara, I’m sorry to hear your time with us in TBT did not go well. I don’t know what happened exactly or what your concerns were, but personally I’ve had the most fun on GW2 since joining TBT and have learned a great deal. Yes, our recruiting/ wvw requirements may seem a bit strict at first but we do advertise as a “semi- hardcore wvw guild” so some regulations are to be expected. I hope you understand the necessity of keeping high standards and requirements in order to have successful guild runs.

MadBomber.3719:

Antara, I’m sorry to hear your experience with us in TBT did not go well. I don’t know what happened exactly with your experience or what your concerns were, personally I’ve had the most fun on GW2 since joining TBT and have learned a great deal. Yes, our recruiting/ wvw requirements may seem a bit harsh at first but we do advertise as a “semi- hardcore wvw guild” so harsher regulations are to be expected. I hope you understand the necessity of keeping high standards and requirements in order to have successful guild runs.

I won’t take away from this threads message for recruitment (whether TBT or AR in general.), but I did want to put my thoughts and experience for others to note when making their decision.

But please be aware my issue was the opposite of being too “critical” or “harsh” but was rather “bloated” in terms of the requirements, only to find players who were not particularly interested in WvW or had even reached level 80. When I was asked to join, it was stated that TBT was a WvW centric guild, which was not the case.

I won’t dispute that there are infact trained, WvW centric players associated with TBT, because there most definitely is, but there are also many non-wvw players as well.

Good luck.

All very true, TBT does a bit of everything. Lets not derail this thread anymore then necessary. Let the people who want to come to AR decide which guild they want to be a part of, theres plenty to choose from.

We’re getting quite a few transfers from near and far and I’m hoping we can really turn AR into a great server with the great guilds who are joining us.

We came here with 3 players and now we’re over 60-100 logging in daily with an amazing core. We run our main raids during Na prime for about four hours a night. This server is a hotbed for recruitment and fantastic for havoc. I hope other guilds can see that and realize how much they can grow on AR.