Guild Wars 2

So a couple friends and I want to switch to a new server in order to roam in wvw. Im atm in BG, the other three are in SOS, YB, and FA (lol). We were gunna switch on alt accounts so we could roam together on the same server. The ones who are into wvw thought that T2 roaming wouldn’t be that great especially with FA blobs, so we were looking into T3 and T4. Basically just asking if anyone on those servers can tell me whether roaming is good and if the wvw scene is active? (sorry pretty new to wuvs) We were leaning towards HoD or Storm btw.

I hear nsp Is good for that roaming

Everything I have heard is T3 is the sweet spot for roaming, I have my alt in T2 right now and its honestly not really any change from T1, just less coverage (and coordination, but thats another story)

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Who is saying T3 is the sweet spot for roaming???!?

I guess if the sweet spot is constantly running from zergs, then sure?

I heard NSP is where all the roamers are so you’d want to transfer to something that is versing NSP if you want good fights.

DB and DH are both ded servers tho, so probably wait till T4 stabilizes.

Lunacy Solacio.6514:

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Who is saying T3 is the sweet spot for roaming???!?

I guess if the sweet spot is constantly running from zergs, then sure?

Other T1 roamers with alts in T3, dealing with zergs is a fact of wvw..,,

T3 is T2 lite. Its a good balance of population and lack there of population. Not too crowded like T1 and T2 and Not too empty like lower tiers.

And whoever said NSP is good for roaming your going to be disappointing if you go there. Not because NSP is terrible but because T4 is terrible right now and at least for the foreseeable future.

since you are looking to use alt accounts, i would strongly suggest that you move those alts to EU.

Here is my reasoning:
1 – the lag is not nearly as kittenome want you to think. I live in EU and iv’e played on NA servers for about a year in total (7 months on TC in T1, left halfway through second season due to the rampant match fixing going on back then. And 4.5 months in Crystal Desert, T4/T3). T1 and T3-4 has about the same lag in general, anything but 3way SMC battles are totally playable, even TC blob vs JQ blob was playable, though i had to shut down any network intensive programs while doing WvW in kitten let GW2 hug all it could.

2 – EU and NA is quite similar, but there is differences, both in cultures (duh), languages and playstyles. While the meta builds are the same, the way these are used differ ever so slightly. Roaming tends to be MUCH more diversified then in NA. When i was in NA the only builds i saw in T1 was teef, teef, teef, teef, runaway warriors, some occasional DD ele and a couple of power rangers or terrormancers every two weeks….

3 – Different builds
In EU, roaming builds differ, A LOT. Especially T1 (my current tier), can be very surprising. This may or may not have to do with most of the best/better PvP players in this game resides on Desolation, Kodash and SFR. They often run slightly tweaked PvP builds into WvW roaming, and man is it fun. They do not show up very often, but when you do recognize a big name, you get to learn how hard these guys are to beat when they are not limited by lower stats, nerfed skills and cramped areas. Really is a fun experience.

4 – Learn a new language
Yes, one of the many many benefits of playing in EU is that you can learn a new language if you want. There is litterally 30+ language spoken across the european servers (there is many foreign players in NA too, but they do not have whole servers dedicated to their nationality as EU does).
Want to learn Spanish? Go to Baruch Bay, the native Spanish server.
Want to learn French? Pick any of the french servers, such as Vizuna Square (the former BG of EU).
German? Kodash is a strong lively server, but there is others to choose from.
Russian? Desolation has several strong russian guilds running around NA prime. Desolation itself is primarily an international server so the majority does speak english.

The benefit of learning a new language is that you simply become more interesting as a person, pluss it is a great skill to have.

Are you looking to solo or group roam? What is your normal play time?

In my experience in T1-3 solo roamers were almost non existent, the smallest groups were 5-10. T4-6 have a decent amount of solo roamers but the number drops off during NA prime when people start running in groups. T7-8 has a lot of solo roamers that are on all hours of the day, during off hours you may have to flip a few things to get their attention.

I’m currently in T6 on AR and we’ve had some great roaming action from IoJ this week. We’ll likely move to T5 tonight and hopefully be pared against EBay who always gives some great roaming and small scale fights. I personally have found T4-6 to offer the best mix of solo, small scale, and havocking and to be the most fun. T7 might be better if you are always roaming solo.

Lurock Turoth.9085:

Lunacy Solacio.6514:

LOL

Who is saying T3 is the sweet spot for roaming???!?

I guess if the sweet spot is constantly running from zergs, then sure?

Other T1 roamers with alts in T3, dealing with zergs is a fact of wvw..,,

Well their idea of roaming is actually different than mine and many others currently in T3, but whatever.

Jim Hunter.6821:

Are you looking to solo or group roam? What is your normal play time?

In my experience in T1-3 solo roamers were almost non existent, the smallest groups were 5-10. T4-6 have a decent amount of solo roamers but the number drops off during NA prime when people start running in groups. T7-8 has a lot of solo roamers that are on all hours of the day, during off hours you may have to flip a few things to get their attention.

I’m currently in T6 on AR and we’ve had some great roaming action from IoJ this week. We’ll likely move to T5 tonight and hopefully be pared against EBay who always gives some great roaming and small scale fights. I personally have found T4-6 to offer the best mix of solo, small scale, and havocking and to be the most fun. T7 might be better if you are always roaming solo.

That had been my experience and what I’ve heard, but seeing as how I’ve been out of t5-6 for so long, glad to hear more information myself.