Guild Wars 2

In case anyone missed this little gem before they killed it.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/This-Is-A-Joke/first

Just transfered down to this tier… Lets Get it On! must say though other than right now in EB where there was a decent fight i’m not finding much fight from anyone, i’m on SF

it’s early yet. the action heats up a bit around 8-10 pm EST. but even then... remember, compared to the big boys at the top tiers, all 3 servers are sparsely populated in WvW. there will be "dead" periods

Sadistis.4257:

Just transfered down to this tier… Lets Get it On! must say though other than right now in EB where there was a decent fight i’m not finding much fight from anyone, i’m on SF

Sooo you transfer to the larger of the 3 servers and wonder why there isn’t much fighting? You should have moved to ET or FC if you wanted to fight.

lol. i was trying to be more diplomatic -.-

people are too addicted to the color green

Sadistis.4257:

Just transfered down to this tier… Lets Get it On! must say though other than right now in EB where there was a decent fight i’m not finding much fight from anyone, i’m on SF

Glad to have you on SF with us…there will be plenty of fighting most of the time. Hopefully we will be able to move up soon but the ratings system sucks so we may be stuck in this tier for a bit.

Yer lucky, ET. That Garri was drained, every keep and supply camp was green, but we had too many idiots headbutting guards outside the wall breach to properly rush 2 unupgraded ACs and a ballista.

dem 8th tier skillz

Ungood.3054:

This made me smile, because, there is a good chance, that the commander was not planning to take it at that time and just move past it to a supply camp, and what you got was a few confused players who could not quite figure out how to just run past something without attacking it, that would explain the lack of siege.

I was there.

I think three flame rams count as seriously trying to take it.

Let’s just say that it’s a good thing between shatters, blinks, and everything in between, shatter mesmer builds do more damage to rams from the safe side of a door than catapults do.

Scumbag Mawile.6384:

Yer lucky, ET. That Garri was drained, every keep and supply camp was green, but we had too many idiots headbutting guards outside the wall breach to properly rush 2 unupgraded ACs and a ballista.

dem 8th tier skillz

I would like to think it was due to my (and my co-cannoneer’s) l33t cannon skills. I love you Bessie, ’ole girl!

If it’s wrong to have a relationship with a cannon, I don’t EVER wanna be right.

and a fine good morning on reset day

katz.8376:

and a fine good morning on reset day

I still see SF presence… Go back in there and finish yer moppin’!

katz.8376:

and a fine good morning on reset day

Dangit! I needed some of those places for completion too.

ET’s coverage has definitely improved over the past several days. Yes, I don’t doubt some folks are burning the midnight oil. I don’t think that’s the full story anymore, though.

Just a hunch. And little birds have been tweeting interesting things.

Anyway, at least it’s a different look. Well played, Eradon.

geekanerd.4123:

ET’s coverage has definitely improved over the past several days. Yes, I don’t doubt some folks are burning the midnight oil. I don’t think that’s the full story anymore, though.

Just a hunch. And little birds have been tweeting interesting things.

Anyway, at least it’s a different look. Well played, Eradon.

There is no doubt something is going down (or up as the case may be) for team Bean. I have seen some new, and very skilled commanders hit the field, there seems to be overall more people on the map as well. If that is the PvE crowd coming out to play or transfers from another server, I don’t know, but I am happy to see them there on the field.

Welcome our new fighters, we are glad to have you, and you are making a vast and wonderful difference!

Wow ET! Way to go guys, I’m happy to see the numbers start to fall your way… if we are not careful we may have a real match-up soon without SF being able to take a lazy win by numbers. I’m hopeful and looking forward to it! See ya at reset, and good luck all.

And SF loses points this week. GG ANet, gg.

why is that anet’s fault?

katz.8376:

why is that anet’s fault?

Because even though we’re winning by similar margin as the winning servers in every other tier, we’re loosing points. In fact, we’re loosing as many points as several servers coming in third place. That just isn’t right.

Because we still hold a massive point lead =P

Stupid Wolrd Chest Loot, I see so many prominent WvW names at those(Including me), even when SM is contested.

right... sorry >.> brain fart moment.

i do know better, really i do.

you’d think 2 months of thrashing would be enough to move up.

One of these things is not like the others,
One of these things just doesn’t belong,
Can you tell which thing is not like the others
By the time I finish my song?

Tier 1
Score Difference Between First & Second Place: 138,727
1st Place Winner’s Projected Evolution: +47.069

Tier 2
Score Difference Between First & Second Place: 145,527
1st Place Winner’s Projected Evolution: +39.250

Tier 3
Score Difference Between First & Second Place: 148,383
1st Place Winner’s Projected Evolution: +42.967

Tier 4
Score Difference Between First & Second Place: 76,564
1st Place Winner’s Projected Evolution: +28.303

Tier 5
Score Difference Between First & Second Place: 129,498
1st Place Winner’s Projected Evolution: +0.166

Tier 6
Score Difference Between First & Second Place: 93,285
1st Place Winner’s Projected Evolution: +51.152

Tier 7
Score Difference Between First & Second Place: 98,373
1st Place Winner’s Projected Evolution: +10.596

Tier 8
Score Difference Between First & Second Place: 125,013
1st Place Winner’s Projected Evolution: -52.192

The system work according with your lead, not with the others…

Last week, the diference between SF and ET was 252,007. Thus you won 27.571 rating.
This week, the diference between SF and ET is only 125,013 (so far), and you’re not reaching nearly close the last score. Thus, glicko think you got worse and will reduce your rating.

Stop comparing your matchup with other tier matchups if you really understand how the system work.

And no, i’m not saying the system is good. It’s terrible… But you are looking at it wrong…

Seriously the most depressing thing I’ve seen in a long time. I get that glicko is supposed to do this, but c’mon ANet, 8 weeks straight.. This is too long, we’re tired and we’re bored. In PvE you punish everyone for doing the same thing over and over again by putting in DR to encourage us to go explore more of the world instead of focusing on one particular dungeon or another. Seems a little backwards to me that pushing us to have variety in one place and locking us into monotony in WvW. Please please PLEASE do something.

Jeknar.6184:

Last week, the diference between SF and ET was 252,007. Thus you won 27.571 rating.
This week, the diference between SF and ET is only 125,013 (so far), and you’re not reaching nearly close the last score. Thus, glicko think you got worse and will reduce your rating.

That’s precisely the problem though. Glicko has placed an unrealistic expectation on our server. And because we are not achieving the same margin as last week, Glicko thinks we’re “underachieving” and penalizes us for us. Even though we’re still winning by an incredibly healthy margin (and have been for over a month). And because the scores of our opposition are so depressed, one week of supposed “under performing” sucks our score down tremendously.

If we’re still winning by a healthy margin, yet are loosing the MORE rating than every single NA server (including those coming in THIRD place), there’s something clearly wrong with the system.

I’ve never seen a better illustration of “kittened if we do, kittened if we don’t.”

The worst part of it is that the tier as a whole is losing 11 points. That’s another increase in the gap between tiers.

That said, our match is no worse than most of the others right now. With less transferring among the servers, there’s less reason to expect anything different in a match from day to day and week to week, so they all seem to be breaking in one side’s favor and staying that way. I’m starting to wonder if some limited amount of free transferring wouldn’t be such a bad thing. As-is, even given a better ratings system, things might get too stable to stay interesting.

It’s a complicated problem, but it’s important — matchmaking in general is probably the most important problem in multiplayer gaming. The ability to change matchups at all is a huge step in the right direction versus the err…Dark Age…when we’d fight the same hopeless odds until we decided to quit the game. Speaking of which, I should probably talk to a professional about my pattern of server choices over the years.

Oh wow. I’ll be honest, I did not expect this week to end this way.

SF took a 51 point dive, putting it at 108 points below the lowest T7 server. Now, if they did this to game the system, and maybe build up FC and ET’s numbers so that beating us would give them better point totals and allow them to pull out faster, then well played and I hope you all know what you are doing.

I was expecting another 350 Point Blowout by SF and a 20 to 30 point gain. None the less, lets see what the new week brings.

I hope everyone had their fun this week and we all enjoyed the battles.