BLs vs EBG, Where do you play, and why

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Posted by: Pendragon.8735

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I always find it odd how as a player that plays 90% on the Borderlands, when I go into Eternal Battlegrounds I see easily 75% players I have never seen in the Borderlands.

People can answer if this is true on their servers, but it really seems most people pick one or the other and stay loyal to them.

There must be reasons relating to playstle to explain this.

In my opinion the Borderlands favor very direct orderly battle flows that appeal to long term planning, while EBG is more asymmetrical and chaotic. A true 3 way war, where fighting off both opponents is far more common.

Home Borderlands are primarily a defensive map, where you mostly get a true 2v1 against you, with only more rare cross attacks between your opponents if there is little left to take of the home team.

Away Borderlands are attacking maps, but mostly you are up against the home BL team, head to head.

All the Borderland maps seem to favor more room for small teams and roaming, though I could be wrong not playing EBG a lot, have rarely saw these player types when I did.

So which is it for you and why.

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Posted by: Tribio.8531

Tribio.8531

Well, since I roam around solo most of the time, I tend to head over to EBG: Lots of camps to capture, you can easily keep moving around the map capturing without being caught up by a recapping force..
When I run with the guildies, then it depends where we are needed the most. If our BL is getting owned, we’ll be defending there (or aggro our aggressor on their own BL).

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Posted by: vinceftw.5086

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I mostly roam alone and go to enemy borderlands. This because I know enemies are in close proximity and camps are close too. There are also less zergs.

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Posted by: deracs.1762

deracs.1762

First I think it depends on what Tier you play in. For T1 I imagine it doesn’t really matter. Second really depends on your guild size. Our guild is usually small group of 2-6/7 at any given time, and we are usually in a T3/T4 match up and the decision mostly depends on where the least unbalanced zerg is.

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Posted by: Contiguous.1345

Contiguous.1345

I play all maps fairly evenly.
But when I’m looking for pure relaxation, I head over to EB, where there’s a much better chance of a zerg.

Plus – (and it’s a big one), the eb map is MUCH easier to navigate. All the winding ramps and cliff drops are a complete drag, especially the paths around Garrison/Citadel.

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Posted by: baillenheif.7526

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I definately play on both but would consider EB my favorite. I think you hit on some key points but here are a few reasons I like EB:

1. Open field battles — This is the main reason I love EB. With a larger map and more objectives it is more frequent that zergs/blobs encounter eachother on the move which leads to epic 50+ V 50+. I love big battles especially as a commander.

2. WXP – With more objectives to take I find that I get more WXP, generally, in EB as there is often something undefended that can easily be flipped

3. Havocs – With so many objectives havocs become critical and truly make an impact. An effective part of 5 can ninja towers or disrupt supply lines continually.

4. Menage a Trois (3 ways) – battles between all 3 servers happen much more often on this map I’ve found

5. SMC – I love taking stone-mist or defending it. Many of the most epic moments of my GW2 career involve a many hour siege resulting in finally capping SM or defending vs 2 other servers. LOVE it.

Those are the main reasons I love EB. Anyone else?

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Posted by: Reisinger.4203

Reisinger.4203

I play wherever a commander plays (often home BL from observations). With a shout-healing warrior, I usually run/fight right next to a commander. All about keeping them alive – lose the head and you lose the body, at least that’s the case in lower-tiered WvW. That being said, I don’t bother with WvW if there are no commanders. Even with a support build, PUGs are horrible.

My preference is EB, just because there is no other feeling like taking over SM.

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Posted by: Laurelinde.4395

Laurelinde.4395

I spend more time in home borderland because I prefer defending and smaller group numbers (partly because my PC simply can’t handle mega-zergs or mega-battles, like Stonemist at reset.) In my experience BL has tended to have less skill lag and less drama. I do like EB as well though, in many ways it’s a better map – I wish I could participate in the big 3-way battles as they are great fun, but currently I’m just taking a slot from someone whose buttons actually work, if I try.

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Posted by: TyPin.9860

TyPin.9860

I prefer the battle grounds for a number of reasons:

  • not so much snow, snow depresses me
  • I feel towers are easier soloable there
  • foes from mercenary camp events drop sometimes nice loot
  • when u loos mercenaries it serves as warning of attacking forces
  • ways from camp to towers are shorter, making it easier to upgrade it urself and put siege
  • sometimes SM-owner trebs towers but has only small forces, so I farm defense events there^^
  • daily is usually quicker done there (for example if it includes ressing allies)
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Posted by: Shademehr.1397

Shademehr.1397

I usually pop into the Borderland to get a handle on how things are going and what the turnout looks like. If we’re lacking players or if we need to reclaim things, I’ll stick around until the job is done. Once our BL is ours, I’ll move elsewhere.

Regardless of where I am, I ALWAYS keep an eye on our BL and am ready to jump back quickly to lend a hand if things look concerning.

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Posted by: pot.6805

pot.6805

EBG just runs like kitten for me. FPS drops an automatic 10fps just entering EBG. And then the skill lag is the worst there, even during off times. So I much prefer the BLs just because it runs a lot better in terms of FPS and server lag.

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Posted by: Saelune.5316

Saelune.5316

I prefer EB. Its where the main stuff SHOULD be. I also grew tired of BL when before the match ups and stuff, literally all of EB was constantly owned by the green server and we were always on the defensive. EB is just more interesting, compaired to the 3 copies of BL. But it all depends on whats going on.

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Posted by: skullmount.1758

skullmount.1758

I prefer EB, cause thats where the zergs usually are (on both sides), which means more capping of stuff.
But since our EB is usually full when I do WvW dailies, I stick to my BL, cause we tend to forget it sometimes.

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Posted by: dunnberry.2964

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BLs…only time I’m in EB is for goofing around, capping SM, my guild needs me in it, or I feel like commanding some(most our commanders prefer BLs). Otherwise the BLs are much more fun and flexible, even more fun when all 3 servers filing it out in a BL, but more skill groups tend to be in BLs instead of major pugs in EB

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Posted by: Excalibur.9748

Excalibur.9748

EB is always queued since I’m on TC..

so I start off on one of the BLs…then queue for TC. Then just play on the BL until I get in.

EB is a lot better because……WXP $$

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Posted by: Nikkinella.8254

Nikkinella.8254

I’m almost always on EBG. Rarely ever on any of the other maps unless someone pops over requesting backup. I just like the map more for some reason. Probably because it was the first map I ever fought on when I first started playing this game and always see the same people there. I rarely recognize anyone when I hang on the other maps.

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Posted by: TheAmpca.1753

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Ebg faster paced due to closer structures and involves a lot more open field fighting.

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Posted by: Jayne.9251

Jayne.9251

Home BL is the most difficult and stressful of all the maps. It requires significant ability to multi-task and you are typically on the end of 2v1 as you noted. It is also the map that leads to burn out faster than other maps.

EB is busy. Things flip there constantly and while there is defensive strat with EB, I found its not as crucial as it is on the home BL. If I want a busy afternoon, I head to EB. There are certainly challenges on EB, but I find it the easiest of all maps.

Enemy maps tend to be havoc time for me — scouting, diversion, camp flipping, you are more detached and less personally invested, so you can try some new tricks.

I spent the first six months of WvW in the home BL. I have since learned its healthy to go out on other maps. I will now rotate different maps at different days of the week, and find the different challenges make things interesting. I honestly think everyone should do this … Rotate maps, learn the different meta involved … It can only make you, at the very least, more creative in your gameplay on home BL, eb and enemy maps.

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Posted by: Aeros.2046

Aeros.2046

The problem with Eternal is its usually where all the Noobs go. Invariably commanders get tired of running WvW Kindergarten in Eternal and stop commanding the map. This in turn dominos to the people in the commanders guild and eventually pretty much to all a servers dedicated WvW population.

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Posted by: Wooboost.8527

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I play bl’s bc eb is nothing but pugs (read noobs) on the karma train.

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Posted by: shagworth.5017

shagworth.5017

On my server and most of the servers I’ve faced from T2 – T4, EBG is for the pugs and BLs are for the organized groups (yes, I know there are exceptions).