Guild Wars 2

So, seeing as most people are pretty much done with the Luminescent Armor Achievements (I unfortunately am not, I already got 2 of the bee queen amulets, and I have yet to get even one coat box, yeah, gotta love that rng…), Silverwastes are starting to get more and more empty. Two months ago, the lfg was filled with groups offering SW 50%, SW 30% 4 Comms, Organising new SW need Comms, etc., and now, I am struggeling to find even one SW20% lfg, and I am even able to easily enter “SW Vinewrath” groups and maps. (this is for EU Servers, I have no Idea how’s it going on american servers, but I can only assume it’s kinda like this.)
But I really like the Silverwastes. Defending Forts is fun, using siege weapons in PvE is fun, hunting burried treasures is fun.
The amount of chests you can get is staggering, it puts FGS and EotM to shame.
But still, people lose interest.

So, here is my approach:
I was thinking about a Guild, one, that is not 100% rep, with rep only needed when in the SW in order to sustain the Guild Points… I forgot the english word, that is specifically for farming the Silverwastes: A Guild Leader, organising the whole thing and with access to the upgrades, banners, etc. (just to ensure nobody abuses the points the guild earned), but more importantly, the Guild Commanders: those members that are able to Tag up, and have knowledge of the siege weapons, the different bosses, be it breach or vinewrath, the labyrinth, and, maybe most importantly, the chest farm routes.

So, it would work a little something like this: The Leader finds a map that is close to start – and group up with his four commanders. Those then go to their respective camps (yeah, two will have to take one for the team and tag up at blue and indigo…) and start taxiing people from the guild in. The map fills with guildies, all people that are interested in doing the Silverwastes. Then, teams for defending forts, and teams for escorting the bulls are made, and the forts are being defended. Then the breach happens, yada yada yada, kill the bosses, clear the wp for the labyrinth and then get the groups in even teams to the Vinewrath lanes. Finish this stuff as well, and you already have a lot of shovels, a lot of crests- hence a lot of keys, some keys for the labyrinth and even the free boxes next to the big chest.
Then, the guild takes a short break, opening the big chest in the labyrinth for the seed pouches and rares, and then, the “Chest Farm Commander” tags up to start the train. There is a lot of time (20ish minutes after finishing the Vinewrath I think?) to do the train, and you do get a buff, improving your MF for bandit chests in the silverwastes. Oh and you can of course do the coiled or something but nobody cares about that…
And then the thing starts all over again.

So, first of all: Am I even in the right sub-forum? I can’t really say. I was thinking maybe this sub forum for the Ingame-Events, but it doesn’t seem so fitting, and the Looking-for Subforum… I don’t know. All of these seem like not as frequently visited and stuff. So if it is wrong here, sorry.

Secondly: Are there even enough people who would be interested in something like this? I mean I have never heard of a FGS-Farming Guild or anything, but I can really Imagine this thing working out. With enough people this could really work -
occassionaly doing Bounty, Race and other Mission stuff, just to get a bit of diversity and, of course, merits.

I will, just for fun, make a Guild like this right now, EU Servers. The Guild’s name is “Guardians of the Silverwastes” (for lack of better a name) and the guild short sign is [SW] (as it is the most well known shortword for the Silverwastes)

If you are interested, send a message to “Lissa Nonoka”, Banner is already in the works, as well as a bank etc, etc.

There are a handful of guilds that popped up shortly after SW was released for that very purpose. You can try looking in Guild recruitment for some of them.

I’d personally be willing to join one and lead maps, since I’ve spent a tremendous amount of time there, and thoroughly enjoy the maps. I’m done with my Luminescent armor collection, but that doesn’t stop me from going back.

I mean, there’s a dedicated Dry Top guild that does it fairly often (not continuously/daily, but still).

Shameless self-promotion: http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/2tgy37/essential_guide_to_the_silverwastes/

In terms of numbers: 5 players to defend each fortress, extra 2 in charge of escorts. Indigo will need at least 10 for the boss fights. 2-3 each (4-6 total) for keeping Hidden depths and Skritt tunnels open. If my math is correct, that’s 37 players give or take a few. Split up into groups of 12 for Vinewrath (more than plenty to deal with the champions).

I’m sure Silverwastes will also eventually be added to some of the options for dailies too.

Dunno about that, in the EU at least. Each night I’m on at least 5 shards of SW fill up in a hurry for the Breach and Vinewrath. As long as those two sets of events are features, not to mention the bandit chest trains, people are still going to go there. It’s pretty much the best farming you can get

Um, there’s still a lot of SW maps going in LFG, don’t know what you’re on about. It’s a good zone to make money. You just probably don’t see them because they pretty much filled as soon as they are posted.

SW now filled up with bandit chest run only.

Sigh, I still have 3 stacks of bandit key to go.

Silverwastes will likely remain popular; it’s by far THE most profitable map ANet has ever introduced. However, I am afraid that Dry Top may go the way of abandonment. The only really unique resource it offers is Quartz, and that can be bought fairly cheaply on the TP.