Guild Wars 2

Good luck to all those involved, let’s have a good clean match!

Go Darkhaven, we can do this!

LETS DO THIS NSP! We haven’t lost any points since the start of the weekly WvW matches. This week wont be different. We will get to the top slowly but surely. WE. WON’T. YIELD!

For as much the VIP guild wasn’t viewed in the best of lights on northern shiverpeaks, they had a good number of people which did contribute. Them transferring to Darkhaven makes me think this week we are going to be dealing with even more zergs. Hopefully we can still have some good fights though.

EBay lol? This is Dh vs NSP vs Maguuma.

Anyhow, score update:

Good luck and have fun NSP and Mag!!!

Dear NSP,

Why are you picking on only us instead of trying to get Maguuma at all…in your own battlegrounds?

Love, DH

P.S. We totally think you are cute do you like us? Check one: Like like you [ ] Like you [ ] Just friends [ ]

Now kita theres no need to start saying that the first day… The rendering issue would happen even if they wasn’t stacked up. It happens all the time.

11:30 pm Est Friday

Good guys 4,369 +220
DH 3,986 +260
NS 3,560 +210

I’m a candy corn for All Hallow’s Eve!

We’re doing it to help you guys, forming a nice concentrated target so the culling doesn’t make things too confusing for you. Better to have fifty invisible people all in one place rather than spread out, right?

Kita.7819:

Nice “tactic” on stacking 30+ people in one tiny space to abuse the rendering issue GOON. Can’t anyone fight normally without relying on hacking or glitches these days?

Well I take it we have your griping to look forward to (again) for the next 7 days. Anywho I got an idea, why don’t you post a vid of a crystal desert invader hacking as your proof. Lol that worked out well as your evidence against us last match.

Nice work defending Darkhaven’s keep Maguuma, really subtle crossrealming there.

I’m also seeing a lot of exploiting, other guild leaders I’ve talked to in DH have seen it too. I tried setting up an alliance post w/ NSP, but it was removed for “trolling”? Since when is trying to set up a cross server alliance between DH and NSP trolling?

It’s trolling because you’re clearly already allied with us. He said so above!

I suppose it’s normal behavior as green to wipe an assault from red in the blue server’s keep and then pack up and leave after meanwhile inner gate is 10% health. My mistake, carry on.

No problem, understandable mistake!

Malixor your post was removed because you claimed Maguuma exploited and didn’t provide any pics or anything else.

i think cross server alliances should be allowed, it’s considered politics – adds to the story line and hopefully no one draws first blood before time! -arches brow-

I didn’t play DAOC but from what I understand the whole reasons three factions worked so well was because the two factions that were not winning would label “target priority” as the top server. So I’m kinda under the impression (that either by intention or by simple normal flow) that cross server alliances are allowed.

Naracion.6597

I didn’t play DAOC but from what I understand the whole reasons three factions worked so well was because the two factions that were not winning would label “target priority” as the top server. So I’m kinda under the impression (that either by intention or by simple normal flow) that cross server alliances are allowed.

Every time you walk into WvW, 2 servers will be attacking the other. Every. Single. Time. The people that scream alliances are afoot are always those that have absolutely no idea what’s going on.

Rhyis.7058:

Naracion.6597

I didn’t play DAOC but from what I understand the whole reasons three factions worked so well was because the two factions that were not winning would label “target priority” as the top server. So I’m kinda under the impression (that either by intention or by simple normal flow) that cross server alliances are allowed.

Every time you walk into WvW, 2 servers will be attacking the other. Every. Single. Time. The people that scream alliances are afoot are always those that have absolutely no idea what’s going on.

Actually DAOC showed quite well that spoken and unspoken alliances DID indeed happen. But they are fragile and temporary things.

1 am EST Saturday
Goons 6,297 +250
DH 6,048 +270
NS 5,284 +175

This isn’t DAoC, nor is it 2003. There is no controlling the zerg, it does what it wants. Most guilds can’t even work with guilds on their own server, let alone align themselves with an opposing force.

Darkhaven is seeming to have a bit more trouble with the night this match tonight. As long as NSP and Maguuma hogs enough bases Darkhaven might not get too far ahead.

Current Activity >_>

Enjoy the massive night team Darkhaven fields Maguuma and NSP

So Darkhaven… ’bout dat truce?

Rhyis.7058:

Gorefiend.9678

Enjoy the massive night team Darkhaven fields Maguuma and NSP

Meh, I’d rather sleep.

Same. Maguuma is used to losing everything overnight and into the day anyway.

Score Update.

Great job out there guys, have been in a lot of exciting battles!

A pic of how many trebs it freaking took to take outer wall of West keep from Maguuma, was a great fight, hope to see more like these.

Nightcapping again. Yay (sarcastic). I’m in Atlantic Canada, so when I get on, we have nothing because the majority of our team is Western time. And then there’s the people who just leave when we’re not in first. We desperately need Australians and day time players on Maguuma. This is really not fun at all to be out-numbered every week but 1. Most of us are not young enough to play 24/hours a day anymore, nor do we want to. It’s really depressing to think that you have to go do pve because there’s nothing to accomplish in WvW for 8-12 hours.

katniss.6735:

Nightcapping again. Yay (sarcastic).

I wouldn’t call this night capping by any means, its called server reset, correct me if I’m wrong but our server gets very organized for these resets, and I just imagined every other server did too, kinda sets a mood for how the weekend is going to play out.

Also Anet has already posted their position on ‘night capping’ so you should go read that sticky if you haven’t already.

There’s always stuff to do in wvw. Especially when you don’t own much of the map.

Jadeite.4093:

So Darkhaven… ’bout dat truce?

we had a truce with You, it’s the rest of your server that were hitting our camps, taking our towers and attempting to hit our keep that we went after.

Darkhaven. PvEing there way to victory one keeplord at a time. Naw guys its skill, really. Cant wait to wake up and fight Mag every morning/early evening.

Take out 4-6 hours where DH has no contesting and see how well they do.

@ Mag… Cross realm alliance maybe? Darkhavens night capping going to win it for them if we keep going at it during peak playing times.

Bahatsu.4521:

Darkhaven. PvEing there way to victory one keeplord at a time. Naw guys its skill, really. Cant wait to wake up and fight Mag every morning/early evening.

Take out 4-6 hours where DH has no contesting and see how well they do.

Every single keep/fort/whatever we took tonight had defenders in it. Keep on making excuses though.

Some of the sieges went on for a good 20 minutes.

You guys do realize that when people say ‘PvEing’ in WvW they’re talking about being ridiculously outmanned, right? Even if you’re not having to deal with just NPC’s, 20-30+ zergs vs non-peak forces is still a trample. The few seconds to minutes extra that you have to spend on a camp/tower just because there are a handful of players is pretty negligible when that team can’t realistically take back areas in an equally timely manner. Also if there is more than 1 zerg, the opposition can probably only realistically slow down 1. If you’re in the zerg that’s being slowed down, chances are it’s easy pickings for someone else at that time, just check the wvw map every 30-60 seconds.

The only people who really wouldn’t be able to understand the difference between full and thin opposing forces are probably just those who mindlessly sit in aoe and sieges and end up dying regardless of the situation. Oh and probably those who go off on their own or in small packs and meet up with a small pack from the other servers and lose.

tl;dr: u r bad @ wvw, yw

There is a server alliance between DH and NSP, it was set up last night after many of the dominant guilds seeing tactics used by Maguuma neither side agree’s with. The alliance entails that NSP and DH push Maguuma out of every map and then NSP and DH are free to fight each other. During the time that Maguuma is being pushed out, DH and NSP stick to their quadrant of the map. Once Maguuma has been cleared off the map, NSP and DH are free to fight each other once again.

This alliance was made under the agreement that we both realize not everyone will adhere to the “truce”, but it’s put in place to prevent the more prominent guilds from fighting each other until Maguuma is pushed down. NSP and DH show a great deal of respect for each other and we want to ensure another exciting week of WvW. The alliance is also fresh, as it was started last night at around 11pm EST. It may take a few days for everyone else to catch up and the word to spread.

fellyn.5083:

Bahatsu.4521:

Darkhaven. PvEing there way to victory one keeplord at a time. Naw guys its skill, really. Cant wait to wake up and fight Mag every morning/early evening.

Take out 4-6 hours where DH has no contesting and see how well they do.

Every single keep/fort/whatever we took tonight had defenders in it. Keep on making excuses though.

Some of the sieges went on for a good 20 minutes.

We had a battle that lasted a solid 3 hours with our siege up the entire time. Mag seems to be very well organized, at least what I have seen so far. They had plenty of people too, was a great fight.

(Just agreeing with you)

I am always amused when word is spread about an alliance or truce with another server. They never last, and they never work.

Any agreement DH had with NSP was never publicized to the maps at large, nor was it honored by anyone except a few guilds, and then only for an hour perhaps. It is gone now and unlikely to return.

To Maguuma,
You guys are very tenacious and skilled defenders. The best Darkhaven has run across so far(not surprising considering the tiers we’re coming from). I very much admired your spirited creative defense of West Keep in NSP BL recently. We’re going to learn a lot from you guys in this match-up.

To NSP,
Is VIP moving to Darkhaven going to motivate you guys against us more, or demoralize you? I think you came up with a strategy to counter us last week, that had it been implemented a day or two earlier would have earned you the win. You have that chance now.

Ricky.4706:

Jadeite.4093:

So Darkhaven… ’bout dat truce?

we had a truce with You, it’s the rest of your server that were hitting our camps, taking our towers and attempting to hit our keep that we went after.

I was personally under the impression, that truce meant that you stay away from us, we stay away from you. “We” (ZoS), respected the truce til “You” started screwing with “us”.

What was Darkhaven expecting? We sit back with our tail between our legs while you cap everything? Nice joke.

It cracks be up so much when folks downplay DH success. There’s this atmosphere that we’re lucky or just PvE nightcappers. What those people have yet to realize, which is very surprising this far into the game’s release is (and I’ll repeat what’s been said a thousand times on these forums) WvW is 24-hour warfare.

We have worked hard to fill and improve our server’s weaknesses, including those gaps when we just don’t have enough players during some of those hours. We are ahead and I dare say, will continue to be throughout the week simply because DH is a strong server. Dispute or downplay that all you want, under the misguided view that you’re better than us by virtue of your former higher rankings on the server ladder. But SoR and DH are proof that you can no longer dismiss what were once lower tier servers from the competition, when they set their mind to fixing their problems, instead of just griping about them and their competition.

Yes, we still have a 6-8 hour early morning gap where other servers can practically walk all over us. Its practically PvE for them. So to accuse us of PvE capping yet bragging that the same can be done to us is hypocrisy if I’ve ever heard any.

Since this is 24-hour warfare, every server should be striving to have 24 hour coverage. The top-tier servers have figured that out. We have figured that out but still have some work to do. We’ve come a long ways from just having an 8-hour prime time for our server. We now have really good coverage 16-18 hours a day. Once we fill in those last remaining hours with strong teams that are as coordinated as the rest, nothing will stop us from competing in the top 3 brackets.

Don’t get me wrong, I expect a challenge from both Maguuma and NSP. And my prediction of DH victory is anything but certain. BUT just stop this nonsense of DH having no skill, no competitive edge in real battles, etc. Truth is, during all North American servers’ prime times (5pm-10pm pst) we will still win more battles than you’d give us credit for.

Once you take the blinders off and recognize your competition’s true capabilities you can actually do something against them. But those who downplay DH abilities and effectiveness really don’t know their enemy very well at all.

The truce is still in effect, do let the forum drama let anyone else thing otherwise. It’s between DHA, OS and their alliance, and a handful of other guilds. The details of the Night crew alliance is still being worked out.

If NSP is stupid enough to honor an alliance while DH runs away with the score during off peak they will be doomed to third place.

Truces are stupid. I’ll never follow them.

I’m not downplaying DH style, if you are filling the gaps in your hours then that’s great, but it seems like there is nearly no opposition during the day until your night crew gets on, and they come en mass. If it’s your strategy to play hard only after the rest of population is about to sleep then that’s alright with me too, take over when people are weakest, sound strategy. I’m just saying that after the weekend the weekdays are tragically boring cause DH gets over-runned and then I wake up to DH fully controlling all maps, with pretty much no opposition.

I’m sure everyone has part of them that wants their server to be at the top, but I rather not trade in competition and fun for it. You can say what you like about meeting opposition at “late night” but I know there aren’t any on NSP, on days that I do stay late almost every map is bare and we can hardly put up a 5 man raid team to go flip supply camps.

I’m seeing lots of VIP on DH and on NSP lol. I wonder if there’s something going on there

Welp, at least this time the alliance between two servers isn’t hearsay. I’m just going to sit back and watch this kittenhow play out.

Another thing about DH, we as an organized server with strong leadership in our Commanders and Guild Leaders have decided unanimously to play a fair game. We are familiar with most the exploits simply because we want to know how to counter them and report them. But you will not see one of our players on your server burning keep supplies, or glitching their way past walls into keeps in a manner that was not intended by game developers.

If anyone ever sees that from a DH player doing something shady, we beg you to report them because we do not want that filthy mindset on our server. We play a fair game and condemn/report any instances of hacking/exploiting of our own players.

Don’t get me wrong, there are a couple of guild leaders on DH that think we should fight fire with fire. That when such things are done to us, we should respond in kind. But we have managed to convince them to join us in our resolution to not ever do that kitten. They have given us their word that such ploys will never be used because we firmly believe in winning with honor in a fair fight.