Guild Wars 2

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Some people call us a friendly foe. Some people call us a scrappy underdog. Some people call us the gangster of love… or at least that’s what unconfirmed reports suggest. Sea of Sorrows is a world that puts fun into WvW and not just through illiteracy. We’ve done a lot of swinging between the polar opposites of matches we’ll definitely win, and matches we’ll definitely lose. While neither are awesome options in themselves, we still go out there, play the game and aim to enjoy ourselves. Oh, and pick up an awful lot of loot if we’re lucky.

As part of this, we have a strong focus on our community. No one guild can do everything and with the range of interests and styles a world will have, we believe it’s vital to have our guilds be as close as possible. We haven’t quite gotten onto community margarita nights yet, but it’s only a matter of time. Nonetheless, for a world whose regular WvW crews are heavily made up by PvX guilds, we recognize the importance of collaboration and teamwork if we intend to do well and have fun out there.

Where are we going with this, you might ask? Well, since the new, randomized match-ups, we’ve been regularly facing traditional T2 opposition (and the occasional T1 opponent), which, as you can likely appreciate, is rather lopsided. We’re not so fussed about winning or losing, but we would enjoy matches more if they weren’t decided by almost 100k points every week. Whilst we’re advised to inform you that they’d beat you in an arm-wrestle any day of the week, our NA presence is easily the weakest of any of the top 10 worlds. Accordingly, we are looking to recruit more guilds and players particularly for the NA timezones and, to a lesser extent, the SEA timezones. We would especially be interested in hearing from those with a wide range of interests within the game, who share our views of having a strong community focus.

We are also in no particular rush. We would prefer that interested players and guilds take the time to get to know our community and be sure that we’re the right world for them to call home.

Purpose:
Recruit small-midsize guilds that can fit with SoS Culture of ‘hands off’ WvW.

Who we want:
We are currently looking for small ops or havoc squads during SEA timezone and 1-2 more NA guilds. We are looking for guilds that want to make SoS their permanent home and grow with us. We need help in NA as it is weaker then most T2-4 servers. 1 or 2 SEA guilds will make us well rounded for T2.

What we offer:
Open Guild missions-
[Fang] NA
[CCTV] SEA GMT + 8

These guilds offer open guild missions, allowing your members to temporarily join in order to get commendations as you re-level your guild. We will update this list as I get confirmation from our Oceanics.

Influence ‘Rep’
Some of the guilds on the server will ask their members to rep your guild when you transfer and do some events to help your guild gain influence faster.

Business Casual WvW
Most of guilds on SoS are PvX so we have a relaxed ‘hands off’ approach to WvW. We don’t want to go back to T1 ever. We just play WvW for fun, when we can, and enjoy the fights. OPs or havoc squads are encouraged to tag up and coordinate with main group. You won’t be harassed for taking days off or GvGing etc. Also, should you transfer, we would never expect you to put in “x” amount of hours/“x” amount of days a week. Just come to play, have fun & collect dem bags!

No-perma lag/Queues
Unless we facing a T1/2T2 servers and all 3 zergs are in the same area there is hardly any skill lag. Queue can be seen on EB/SoS border once a while but with only 5-10 mins max. After Friday reset we hardly have any queues on any borderland except once a while a queue on EB for 5 mins can be found.

Weekly WvW/Server meeting
Our server/wvw meeting is open to everyone. We are a open server without egos, that encourages everyone on the server to have a voice. SoS guilds provide organization and structure for those interested in working together for WvW. The meeting is usually 30 mins or less as we don’t want GW2 to be a second job.

New to WvW? Welcome
SoS offer a fun environment for new players to learn in without megazergs like in T1. SoS players reinforce ideas of scouting/upgrading/training to new players and keep things positive in Team chat.

Community Events
SoS is more then WvW server. It is a GW2 community. We hold events outside of WvW that promote community coming together. We have held 2 events in the last 3-4 months like Beach Bash. We hope to host more events as real life permits.

Community TS3
We offer a 512 slot TS3 for WvW/PvE/Events to all SoS guilds and citizens.[/list]

What we don’t offer:
Gold to transfer
Gold to relevel guild
Tension + Headaches

Who to contact:
Luvpie.8350 [NA]
Erawen.8217 [NA]
Le Rooster.8715 [NA/Oceanic]
Ghedoriah.4290 [EU]

Here’s what other servers have to say about SoS:

SoS has some great guilds that have stuck around with their server in harsh times, and deserves to bounce back. They have my respect as an opponent, and my endorsement as a great server to be on. Good luck, guys!
-Calvin

Was a pleasure fighting against SoS. I’ve always found their guilds and people respectful and friendly. If you’re looking for that in a community, you cannot go wrong with SoS.
-Pervin

SoS, mad props, guys. Despite having the lowest NA population of the three servers, you came out fighting every night
-Shazirah 6-14-CD-TC-SoS

In spite of being outnumbered, SOS has brought some skillful competition so far. Fun battles!
-CyRus 5-31-FA-TC-SoS

Here’s what some of our transferred guilds think of SoS:
My guild [BLNT] moved here about a month ago and from what I’ve seen so far SoS has a great friendly community going on. I believe the majority of my guild enjoys it here as well. Definitely a good server to consider transferring to.
- Zelcova

As a new transfer to SoS, I want to say I love the WvW community. The “bring it” attitude is inspiring.
- Avatar of Belle

The fact is, Sea of Sorrows takes wvw extremely seriously, but we never let that fact take away from the fun we have in doing non wvw community related activities.
training people new to the game to be the best they can be is something this server does better than any other, whether that’s in wvw, spvp or pve.
If you love having fun, enjoy wvw and being sociable then SOS is the server for you.
-Tobbias Steele

Break into song:

Oompa Loompa, do-ba-dee-doo,
I’ve got a perfect server for you.
Oompa Loompa, do-ba-dee-dee,
If you are wise you’ll listen to me.
What do you get playing in Tier 1 with skill lag?
Come join SoS and never have a empty bag.
What are you doing sitting in queue?
It’s also not fun stepping in poo!
I also don’t like the look of it
Oompa Loompa do-ba-dee-da,
With no queue/lag you will go far.
You will live in SoS too,
Like the oompa loompa do-ba-dee-doo.
Do-ba-dee-doo

Guilds of SoS. Brief Description of some of the guilds on SoS.

NA/EU
Better Luck Next time [BLNT]| : WvW focused, specializing in havock squads.
Contacts= Raylz, Wystler

The Pack You [ENVY] :a medium PvX gaming community, PvE- Guild Missions- WvW small ops teams running early NA nightly
Contacts= Anamelia Ladyhawk. 3869 ,Teo wolf.2790, afk.8230 tregatour.4178, soulreaper.3457, spot.8029

Emerald Fang [Fang] :All we do is WvW/Guild Missions/WvW/GvGs. Rep/TS3 required. Mostly NA/EU players.
Contacts= Luvpie.8350

Leo Immortalis Optimus Nitor [lion] : Lion is WvW orientated, but every other guild events/activities are most welcome. We were legendary defenders guild on FSP (EU server) since day one. Our goal is to create strong night/morning crew and support defense on this server.
Contacts= Gore Wolf Fang.2670, Izzyzz.6301

[REND] ???? : A small, international, WvW guild. We have no restrictions on recruitment, new to the game or expierenced are all welcome. We encourage our members to use community TeamSpeak (no mic required) We like to annoy our enemy, roam and small ops.
Contacts= Fretaws (Hue Officer), Krazy Killa (Guild Leader), Riwir (Aussie Officer)

Guilds of SoS. Brief Description of some of the guilds on SoS.

Oceanic/SEA
Team Shatter [TS] :Large PvX+WvW focused
Contacts= Nasynne, Kurtis Stryker, Roosters Inc, Milka Cow, Andy.8035

Art of Invasions [ART] :WvW focused guild that runs small ops.
Contacts= Kuroji

Alliance of Audens[AoA] :PvX guild during SEA time that run regular WvW groups and also enjoy PvE content.
Contacts= audentist

Carebear Unit [CB] :Sister guild of AoA with WvW focus. Have 25-30 SEA time players with 10-15 NA players that run small ops.
Contacts= Ikingzl

Choo Choo Train Volution [CCTV]: SEA casual PvX guild with a fair number of international players. Recruitment is for everyone with no restrictions and 100% rep is not required. Guild missions on every Sunday +8 GMT and WvW run after.Guild mumble is used.
Contacts= Deimos Tel Arin , Kite Facebasher , Notiousz

Death of the Pheonix [DTP] :PvX+WvW focused|borderland control|Oceanic|
Contact:Raijuu Thunderbeast

Sea of Sorrows alliance [SOS]: We are a PvX guild pve/wvw/etc. We are more on the side of PvE at the moment but i personally dont like a 5 man SOS crew so i would love for more wvwers to come join us. We are mostly friendly but if you are easely offended or under the age of 18 its probs not the guild for you. We use our own TS3.
Contacts= Kovaarro, Carlos the Cheese, Cel Estine, Doctor Wayne, Exploding Plague

Swords of Villanousity [SoV] :Large, international, democratic PvX guild.
Contacts= Selene Ravensong, Elune the Ele

SoS Back2Skool “We Don’t Need No Education” Karaoke Extravaganza details added.

are there any medium to large PvX guilds recruiting on SoS that are active during NA prime time?

FANG hint hint =)

Hi, just bought the game today and I’ve decided to join SoS. Seems like a fun and friendly guild. Please help me learn and be successful in the game. I’m nice to the people who are nice to me too. Any guild looking for a new member?

:O game is still updating. Darn I want to play so bad :c

Sylvaranti.6021:

Hi, just bought the game today and I’ve decided to join SoS. Seems like a fun and friendly guild. Please help me learn and be successful in the game. I’m nice to the people who are nice to me too. Any guild looking for a new member?

:O game is still updating. Darn I want to play so bad :c

Which timezone man? we have a variety of PvX guilds that do recruit most timezones, but to help better your search what do you enjoy in gw2? and what timezone do you play in?

New recruitment thread needs more luv. Is it your first time? Jump into the sea with us [but not with me] before the summer ends! http://youtu.be/B3GribQCg6c

This is what a Sea of Sorrow’s love bomb looks like:
http://youtu.be/UrIAuld62Gc

The old dancing days on SoS:
http://youtu.be/MxSv8Fku0gk

Philippines, GMT+ 8. I enjoy PVP, hanging out with friends and just doing stuff together as a guild I suppose. It’s my first time to play so I’m really looking forward to see what there is to do.

problematic.9623:

New recruitment thread needs more luv. Is it your first time? Jump into the sea with us before the summer ends! http://youtu.be/B3GribQCg6c

This is what a Sea of Sorrow’s love bomb looks like:
http://youtu.be/UrIAuld62Gc

The old dancing days on SoS:
http://youtu.be/MxSv8Fku0gk

I like your sig =)

vH is also recruiting DEDICATED WvW NA prime time players.

SoS has a lot to offer anyone who has an interest in WvW. Whether you are a hardcore veteran, or new to the format; we have server-wide training available not just in group tactics, but also profession-based tactics and even commander workshops.

SoS’s WvW community is filled with a large number T1 veterans who have accepted the challenge of staying in a lower population server to learn how to fight and win while outnumbered.
There is no greater feeling than seeing a small knot of green names crash into a sea of red tags, and to see all the red tags start twinkling out; vanishing as defeated foes return to their spawn.

These kinds of fights happen once in a while on most servers. For us it’s an average night in SoS.

If there are currently any SEA oceanic guilds considering a transfer to SoS, there are massive oppotunities for your guild here to expand and grow. We have a massive militia population for the oceanic and SEA timezones and many of them are looking for WvW focused guilds pm in game or on forums if you’re interested in learning more.

Le Rooster.8715:

If there are currently any SEA oceanic guilds considering a transfer to SoS, there are massive oppotunities for your guild here to expand and grow. We have a massive militia population for the oceanic and SEA timezones and many of them are looking for WvW focused guilds pm in game or on forums if you’re interested in learning more.

To add to what Rooster is saying, everyone says we have a lot of people on during SEA prime-time, but we have no WvW focused guilds during this timeslot. If you are a small to medium sized guild that operates at this time, you will find a lot of eager people who will want to work with you and are desperate for a solid group to rally around.

Chris.3290:

Le Rooster.8715:

If there are currently any SEA oceanic guilds considering a transfer to SoS, there are massive oppotunities for your guild here to expand and grow. We have a massive militia population for the oceanic and SEA timezones and many of them are looking for WvW focused guilds pm in game or on forums if you’re interested in learning more.

To add to what Rooster is saying, everyone says we have a lot of people on during SEA prime-time, but we have no WvW focused guilds during this timeslot. If you are a small to medium sized guild that operates at this time, you will find a lot of eager people who will want to work with you and are desperate for a solid group to rally around.

To be a tad redundant and add to what both these lovely fellas have said – if you play during EU/sever morning time & have a small guild there is plenty to keep you busy on SoS.

I was off work for the week & had a blast tagging up in the morning. Me, a cup of coffee & friends I usually only get to hang out with on weekend mornings made for some good times. People are more than happy to help flip SoS to whatever color we happen to be that week, and then work on defense. There are not a ton on at that time, but the quality of those playing way out weighs the quantity. Having a couple more small organized groups/tags would do wonders for our sea/eu time slots!

Transferred here 2 weeks ago; joined fang. Theyve helped me get my gear, and have a blast in wvw

Abokittenely love it on this server!

Question: Is ladies night still a thing? And if it’s not, can it be a thing again? I always missed out on the other ones!

wootrick/Elle

Q: Are you offering to help contribute to a community event? If yes, speak to Errawen and volunteer.

Do you have your own event you want to run? There are people in the community who can help you…

wootrick.4168:

Question: Is ladies night still a thing? And if it’s not, can it be a thing again? I always missed out on the other ones!

Hey there! Ladies night is totally still a thing, we had one run by the lovely Ana a couple of weekends ago.

After this weekends SoS Back to School “We Don’t Need No Education” Karaoke Extravaganza (imagine this being said by one of those crazy announcer voices), I will get on top of organizing the next big ladies night. I can post the deets on here, but please sign up to the SoS forums for the most up to date news on events & general SoS happenings!

Cheers,
Era

So, would you say SoS has many zergs running around WvW, a mix of Zerg/Havoc squad, or one big zerg?

cesmode.4257:

So, would you say SoS has many zergs running around WvW, a mix of Zerg/Havoc squad, or one big zerg?

Depends on the prime time, SEA/Oceanic prime time usually have one big militia zerg rolling around EB for WXP/Karma. For NA it’s far more organized, we have 2-3 guild hitting BLs or defending stuff.

cesmode.4257:

So, would you say SoS has many zergs running around WvW, a mix of Zerg/Havoc squad, or one big zerg?

We’re not at the “many” zergs point. We are certainly in need of more havoc squads and small “ops” groups.
We do zerg up at times, particularly if we are facing an enemy that forms large zergs themselves (ie DB’s 70+ mega-zerg); but we’re pretty flexible in choosing strategies that fit our opponent(s).

cesmode.4257:

So, would you say SoS has many zergs running around WvW, a mix of Zerg/Havoc squad, or one big zerg?

Usually on reset we plan it as having the main 50+ zerg with a 20+ guild and a 10+ havock squad simultaneously. We do like to split up our forces and there have been many times that by having the two or more forces on the map we have completely outplayed and outmanovered other servers who have equal numbers.

Maguuma player here, one of the best weeks EVER was dodging the Agg guild and a 6-hour brawl in Maguuma garrison with SoS breaking through the north gates and Yaks Bend pounding on the watergate at the same time and wiping in the on the lord more than once. That battle was kittening epic. Love fighting SoS 3.0 See you guys soon ;-)

I have joined the ranks of Sea of Sorrows a moment ago. Looking forward to WvW (and PVE) with you all soon.
-Selios (thief/pve)
-Tera Wynn (mesmer/wvw)

cesmode.4257:

I have joined the ranks of Sea of Sorrows a moment ago. Looking forward to WvW (and PVE) with you all soon.
-Selios (thief/pve)
-Tera Wynn (mesmer/wvw)

Welcome to SoS. Look forward to seeing you on the battlefield

Thanks to everyone who made it to our karaoke night.

Apologies to Yak’s Bend for when we ran around your BL naked.

Karaoke night was amazing! If you weren’t there then you really missed out on some epically fun times. The night started off with an acoustic guitar rendition of R. Kelly’s remix to ignition and ended with a server sing-a-long of bohemian rhapsody….

We have already been asked to host another, we are hoping more people across servers join us! This go round we had friends from SoR & CD drop by

Also, I will be looking to hold the next ladies night after Labor Day weekend. More info to come & we should be able to make it guesting-friendly so ladies across servers can come join in on the ruckus.

Thanks again to all who participated!

Chris.3290:

Apologies to Yak’s Bend for when we ran around your BL naked.

Never apologize for being naked. You were born this way baby

A big welcome to our newest EU guild [lion]

I checked Millenium from work and saw that [lion] is already out there having some fun. Nice to have you guys!

Awesome. Welcome aboard lions! You can eat all the quaggans and quaggan lovers.

Small group 6-10 looking for a home. We are all 100% WvW players and have a background in WvW. A few of us have an extensive background in commanding anywhere from being a CIC and reading the map to fighting with a 50 man Zerg and being able to take on twice our numbers. We also have some dedicated roamers who are really good at calling and following zergs as well as flipping cams and keeping the zergs on them (the kitten off crew).

A little about myself. I came from a guild on Yaks Bend called war is hell originally and then left that with the co leader to start a guild called AOE. We then merged with Despicable Me to form Public Enemy Number One where I was also a co leader and commander. I left that guild about A week ago and am looking for a new server with some friends. I’ve been commanding for about 5 months now and have no problem hopping into any voice coms to do so.

We are just looking. To put some feelers out and get into contact with some people from other servers right now. We aren’t looking to join a server where we will have nothing to contribute and just wanna go follow the leader. We are looking for somewhere to establish our selves as a group of people that know what to do and know how to fight what we see ahead of us. We do not want to come to a server for a week and leave we want a home.

Ill try to contact you guys in game and ill check the forum here regularly to check for responses but if you guys have a community site I would love to check it out and possibly get ahold of a few of you.

Explorers’ Guild [xg] is a small (about 36 members total; seven active currently in GW2), old (founded in 1974) friends-and-family gaming guild. We’re considering a transfer to a new server, and Sea of Sorrows looks pretty attractive.

xg holds weekly scheduled all-hands gaming sessions, plus daily sessions with smaller groups. We emphasize WvW, small teams that play together week after week, and experimenting with lineups and tactics. Currently, our main team is working with a focus on siege engineering and siege support.

We’re North American players in all NA time zones. Our full group sessions run from 10 PM to 1 AM Eastern. Our smaller-group sessions run every day of the week, any time from about 2PM Eastern to around 4AM Eastern.

The xg group especially enjoys Mesmer and Engineer play.

I’d be glad to hear any thoughts that Sea of Sorrows players might have about how our style of play might fit in the Sea of Sorrows community.

Thanks.

If you haven’t heard from any of the reps in the first post by the end of today, feel free to contact me TehFoe and mikelevins and I’ll gladly answer any questions you have.

From the sound of things you would fit in nicely with our server’s WvW community. I have lost count of the number of times commanders in TS (including myself) have asked if we have a small ops group that can take care of small “brushfire” situations on the map only to hear silence.

@Chris:

Thanks for the response. The whole xg team is very encouraged, and I’m seeing a lot of enthusiasm for a move to Sea of Sorrows. We still have to agree on details, but barring unforeseen disaster, I expect we’ll make the move pretty soon.

You guys need no more guild! :O send some to us!! lol

Fun fighting you guys!!

Welcome to SoS xG, we’ll try to get you all settled in ASAP.

Chris, yell if you need help coordinating. You’ll find other old community members that will help.

Hey! I’ve been MIA due to a good friend being in town for the week, but it looks like Chris has spoken to y’all I’ll still shoot you guys a quick pm.

xg has begun the move to SoS; thanks for the info and encouragement, all. We’ll be poking around in a sort of unorganized way this weekend, as folks get moved over, and expect to return to our regular weekly schedule by the following weekend.

Welcome to the SoS xg! Looking forward to playing with you guys!

<3 SoS karaoke :-) I come from a land down underrrr!

Welcome xg and see you in game!

Just wanted to pop by and mention that we had our first all-hands session tonight on SoS, and although only 5 of us made it tonight, we had a great time. The welcome from SoS players was warm and wonderful and the action was great.

If you saw the five white Charr in purple armor, that was us. We followed commaqnders some, did some roaming, and did some repair and improvement work. We’ll be getting used to the new environment this week, and we have two members assigned to coordinate with TeamSpeak and the main commanders.

Thanks for everything and we’ll see you again soon!

We are currently looking for more NA guilds, our oceanic/SEA/EU coverage is pretty good we just need more NA guilds to help balance it out.

Big welcome to COO!

So glad to see SoS getting more NA love… really. Awesome server with great people and these recent additions should help to balance the scale. Can’t wait to see what else SoS has in store for the future!