Guild Wars 2

Boy, this sure is a thing, ain’t it?

Can we please keep this clean.

And bring back the focus to the WvW fight.

To make this a better match up lets try to play smarter all!

-2nd place, and 3rd place servers(currently BP & DR ) need to stop attacking each other, and start attacking the team with the most control over the map.

-In EB the team that controls SM should be the focus team to attack.

Better suggestion: BP and DR should go for a dead-even tie and see what happens…get both your scores identical!

testpig.5018:

2nd place, and 3rd place servers(currently BP & DR ) need to stop attacking each other, and start attacking the team with the most control over the map.

I agree. I love more bags of loot!

Go Maguuma!

It’s unfortunate we will not be getting a Maguuma vs. Kaineng fight next week as both are moving up one tier. Mag’s performance is more impressive and it would be great to see Mag end another server’s hopes and dreams.

Hello from Kaineng

We are hoping DR hangs in and doesn’t drop down. There’s a lot of people here looking forward to the long awaited rematch. Too bad it may not happen. Come on DR stick in there!

I don’t see Maguuma doing well next week. We don’t have the EU/Ocean timezone coverage to hold things overnight and our US pop will become ghosts after a few wipes.

There have been matchups in the last several weeks where the only thing Maguuma fielded was a handful of gankers, and people are used to coasting into 2nd over a dead server.

I would really like to see this thread stick to actual WvW topics instead of being derailed by a handful of people doing a lot of 1v1 or 5v5 trash talking. There is, after all, an entire forum devoted to sPvP, including tournaments, which seems to me to be a more appropriate place for fight club activity anyway.

Really….again, what’s this like 3 this week thus far?

Nilgoow.1037:

I don’t see Maguuma doing well next week. We don’t have the EU/Ocean timezone coverage to hold things overnight and our US pop will become ghosts after a few wipes.

There have been matchups in the last several weeks where the only thing Maguuma fielded was a handful of gankers, and people are used to coasting into 2nd over a dead server.

You say this like Mag actually wants to win T4 match ups.

Hhhmmm … I thought that I rather openly admitted that we don’t have great coordination yet, and certainly not from one map to another. I’ve actually agreed with many of your criticisms of DR in the past, but I think it’s a bit beneath you to characterize the entire server based upon particular examples. I’ve seen a couple of pretty illogical actions from occasional (even large) groups of Mag myself, such as attacking isolated and fully fortified objectives with no hope of success and no other apparent value (such as distraction or attrition). I assume that every server has their share of rogue players just out to have some fun or try something different, and while we may have a larger share than some it doesn’t mean that we all are the same.

I am simply expressing an opinion based on anecdotal evidence. I was more seriously interested in what you think you have learned from us so far, because that is the important part.

testpig.5018:

Can we please keep this clean.

And bring back the focus to the WvW fight.

I fully agree.

-2nd place, and 3rd place servers(currently BP & DR ) need to stop attacking each other, and start attacking the team with the most control over the map.

Uhh … because that worked so well last time? I suspect that if either of us had the discipline and coordination to pull that off within our respective servers we wouldn’t need it in the first place.

A prioritized list regarding the long-term strategy of Maguuma’s hivemind:

1) Have fun
2) Make the other servers work for whatever they have
3) Have fun
4) Do interesting things with siege
5) Have fun
6) There is no #6
7) Have fun

Edit: 8) ALL GLORY TO LORD FLAME RAM

It’s pretty much at the stage where you’re better off trying to win battles instead of the war. Which is the more fun way to play anyway.

Cactus.2710:

testpig.5018:

Can we please keep this clean.

And bring back the focus to the WvW fight.

I fully agree.

-2nd place, and 3rd place servers(currently BP & DR ) need to stop attacking each other, and start attacking the team with the most control over the map.

Uhh … because that worked so well last time? I suspect that if either of us had the discipline and coordination to pull that off within our respective servers we wouldn’t need it in the first place.

It worked pretty well for the first few days last time, did it not?

Rhyis.7058:

Nilgoow.1037:

I don’t see Maguuma doing well next week. We don’t have the EU/Ocean timezone coverage to hold things overnight and our US pop will become ghosts after a few wipes.

There have been matchups in the last several weeks where the only thing Maguuma fielded was a handful of gankers, and people are used to coasting into 2nd over a dead server.

You say this like Mag actually wants to win T4 match ups.

You say this like I say that like Mag has any choice in the matter. I think the turnout we have for what is very much a blowout is pretty indicative that people want to and enjoy winning. It’s just not going to happen.

It looks like we’re going to be good old rank 11 again. It feels good to be blue.

Blue is the best color, qtiyd

Cactus.2710:

testpig.5018:

Can we please keep this clean.

And bring back the focus to the WvW fight.

I fully agree.

-2nd place, and 3rd place servers(currently BP & DR ) need to stop attacking each other, and start attacking the team with the most control over the map.

Uhh … because that worked so well last time? I suspect that if either of us had the discipline and coordination to pull that off within our respective servers we wouldn’t need it in the first place.

Hey, it could work. Had a couple fun fights with some AD guys roaming around in Maguuma BLs – but when some Maguuma players came to ruin the fun we both started attacking Maguuma and leaving each other alone.

Fight the power!

2nd and 3rd never both prioritize attacking 1st when their populations start feeling 1st is out of reach. The more the 1st place server pulls ahead, the less likely you are to see both 2nd and 3rd going for 1st. This especially happens during the latter half of the match when there isn’t enough time to catch up so the battle for 2nd becomes the main event. Anet really needs to put into place a system that gives players incentive to always go for 1st.

Nilgoow.1037:

people want to and enjoy winning.

You must be new here. We, as a server, are not about the win. If you’re looking to win match ups, Mag isn’t the server for that to happen. We’ve won exactly 5 out of 53 matches (6 after this week). The only time we win is when we need to get back to T4. T1-3 is terrible game play. Nobody wants to go there.

Sit back and enjoy competitive battles in the Maguuma tier. Grandiose plans to move up is for the birds.

Anet take note:
When people are creating threadsd filled with begging other people to fight them, something is wrong with your PvP mechanics.

Nilgoow.1037:

You say this like I say that like Mag has any choice in the matter. I think the turnout we have for what is very much a blowout is pretty indicative that people want to and enjoy winning. It’s just not going to happen.

Of course we like winning, but I think our server enjoys winning the campaign while we’re logged on, coupled with a bit of setup for our next time zones, with the people we’ve been gaming with for months now. It’s not very practical to aim a couple of tiers above where server populations simply aren’t comparable or reliable whether in our favor or not as we’re seeing in this tier right currently.

Blowouts suck, no matter which side you’re on. There’s no reason to log into one. Better off letting the week go and see what happens next. the only problem for BP is that it’s been this way for weeks now and it’s lead to some pretty terrible results. I know I used to be in WvW 7 days a week for 5-14 hours a day. I no longer log into WvW for anything other than curiosity about the score and map (I usually end up in LA overflow). I doubt I’ll be back any time soon either.

ifelldown.5426:

Blowouts suck, no matter which side you’re on. There’s no reason to log into one. Better off letting the week go and see what happens next. the only problem for BP is that it’s been this way for weeks now and it’s lead to some pretty terrible results. I know I used to be in WvW 7 days a week for 5-14 hours a day. I no longer log into WvW for anything other than curiosity about the score and map (I usually end up in LA overflow). I doubt I’ll be back any time soon either.

Blowout weeks are good times to try out stealth-capping strategies. If you can steal a tower from 50 guys before they come in and take it back, you’re doing well, and getting better.

Seriously, you guys need to loosen up. Remember, the Buddha says “to gain anything, you must first lose everything.”

But then, some of you weren’t here for SoS’ rise to power. :v

I much prefer playing on the losing side of a blowout than the winning side. But that’s me.

Rhyis.7058:

Nilgoow.1037:

people want to and enjoy winning.

You must be new here. We, as a server, are not about the win. If you’re looking to win match ups, Mag isn’t the server for that to happen. We’ve won exactly 5 out of 53 matches (6 after this week). The only time we win is when we need to get back to T4. T1-3 is terrible game play. Nobody wants to go there.

Sit back and enjoy competitive battles in the Maguuma tier. Grandiose plans to move up is for the birds.

I’ve been on maguuma since headstart. Saying people don’t like to win is asinine, of course they do. This is the most active the server has been since before Halloween, solely because it’s a blowout. They obviously don’t like to lose because mag has been a ghost town the handful of times that we’ve fought competent people that can run groups on multiple maps.

I couldn’t care less whether maguuma wins or loses and don’t plan on contributing any time soon. I’m content with logging in to gank people even when we’re losing, which is why I find myself alone in our BL so often.

You’re talking about a bunch of people that literally just transferred here to win. Those aren’t Maguumas, they’ll be gone by Friday. Who cares about those people?

Not that we don’t “like” to. But there are many with the same mindset I have and that’s I couldn’t care less. Some of us don’t even bother to so much as take a supply camp unless it has enemies inside to kill. We play for the DAoC style roaming PvP.

Amongst the signs that you may have been on a Rocode Roleplay Rampage, you log into this dye color scheme in the morning.

http://imgur.com/yLQVn

Isn’t that exactly what JerkJerk looks like

No way! his is humiliation pink, mine is Icing, it should be pretty obvious.

My ignorance is now known to all. Can’t be taken back.

Rhyis.7058:

You’re talking about a bunch of people that literally just transferred here to win. Those aren’t Maguumas, they’ll be gone by Friday. Who cares about those people?

Yep, the true mark of a Maguuma players is how we lose, not how we win.

We have got a few decent guild transfers, new faces in mumble, it’s really quite lovely. It’ll be interesting to see how DB holds up to our expanded ranks after we shed the glory chasers we gained over the last couple of weeks. Hopefully it’ll be a closer match than last time at least.

Arcadio.6875:

2nd and 3rd never both prioritize attacking 1st when their populations start feeling 1st is out of reach. The more the 1st place server pulls ahead, the less likely you are to see both 2nd and 3rd going for 1st. This especially happens during the latter half of the match when there isn’t enough time to catch up so the battle for 2nd becomes the main event. Anet really needs to put into place a system that gives players incentive to always go for 1st.

thats the glory of the 3-way war design.

with 1st’s population being high… they can still only put 100 players in the lake. the other 2 teams, can also each field 100 players..that makes it a 200 100 war. or more so, 100v50.

they must divide to try to hold off the attacking forces.

Chalky.8540:

Rhyis.7058:

You’re talking about a bunch of people that literally just transferred here to win. Those aren’t Maguumas, they’ll be gone by Friday. Who cares about those people?

Yep, the true mark of a Maguuma players is how we lose, not how we win.

We have got a few decent guild transfers, new faces in mumble, it’s really quite lovely. It’ll be interesting to see how DB holds up to our expanded ranks after we shed the glory chasers we gained over the last couple of weeks. Hopefully it’ll be a closer match than last time at least.

Hoping DB moves up and we can get fa/mag/yaks. Daddy FA always taught us new things, so that would be fun.

FA were pretty cool guys. I’d be interested in that fight for sure.

You hear that FA? Start losing more.

Rhyis.7058:

FA were pretty cool guys. I’d be interested in that fight for sure.

You hear that FA? Start losing more.

We miss Maguuma, but this is our 9th week in a row that we are in T3 and it doesn’t look like we are going down. I think we are ahead of IoJ right now and may even replace them as blue server.

You guys come up! It’s not like you haven’t beaten DB before.

FA doesnt afraid of anything.

alot is going to depend on all those recent transfers. i assume if we keep winning they will stick around, but i kinda hope we lose once or twice 1st to drop the ones that only stay because we are winning.

>.> i kinda hate the sudden income of transfers, i was looking forward to at least another near equal fight over the weekend but it looks like it was not meant 2 be.

No one wants to win past t4, and we probably won’t. I hope we’ve made it clear to the bandwagoners (not the small organized guilds) that Maguuma isn’t a winning server. Maybe they’ll jump to DB.

I think its gonna shake out in 2 weeks to be Kain/BP/and DR in this tier. I think once all things settle it would be a nice match up. Although since the last time we fought Kain I understand they received a lot of new guilds so I am not sure how heavily populated they are now but time will tell.

This matchup is boring. Erh Muh Gawd Gerd Wers.

Jaaded.1870:

I think its gonna shake out in 2 weeks to be Kain/BP/and DR in this tier. I think once all things settle it would be a nice match up. Although since the last time we fought Kain I understand they received a lot of new guilds so I am not sure how heavily populated they are now but time will tell.

Not in T5. Ebay, Yaks, and Maguuma will end up rotating in and out of the tier.

some fun 1v1s with some DR this afternoon. Mag, I know you folks are tearing your hair out looking for fights, but if you see people in an evenly matched 1v1, do you really need to roll it ASAP every time?

Yes yes, this is wvw, yes yes l2p and all that. But in a blowout, facestomping solos with numbers every time is fun for nobody.

yes yes, I know my experience is purely anecdotal and does not represent statisticly valid info.

IF IT’S RED IT’S DEAD

People still talking about numbers as all I saw other than dead bodies in DRBL tonight was that 40+ man zerg. It is ok though fun all the same, I just imagine all of them trying desperately to get to my body before I’m finished for loot bags…. spamming gap closers and aoe.

Yep just taking my break from WvW

Glad DR pulled out some good numbers in their borderlands so far today, it’s been fun fighting

So tempting to desecrate… But I’ll worship from the shadows instead. Probably better for my health.