Guild Wars 2

I was in WvW the other day, trying to run with a zerg. On multiple occasions we would all follow a commander to an objective, capture it, and then poof the commander was gone. Sometimes you could find him/her somewhere else on the map. In EBG this often occurs with a large number of players disappearing at once sometimes reappearing at the same location with no visible “portal” of any kind. Those of us left behind are wondering what happened.

What is this mechanism? How does a commander go to an arbitrary place on the map without a waypoint? Am I just a noob and don’t know how the game is played?

(I was in WvW to get the Gift of Battle to complete my Juggernaut. I’m not a game noob but admit that I don’t generally play WvW.)

Aliens briefly abducted the majority of the zerg. It’s rare, but it happens.

He tells them on TS he is waypointing and the zerg follows him.

That is called waypointing, they just waypoint to keep/hill.
You would know when to waypoint if you were on server teamspeak, since most commanders command by talking, its highly more effective than writing. Just ask for ts details on ebg map chat.

Or you dont have caracter model limit set to highest and computer stops rendering models to preserve resources, but names should be still visible if this is the case.

My settings are all at max.

I would understand if there was an uncontested waypoint where the commander went, but generally there is not. And when a commander and a dozen players reappear in front of me as through a mezmer portal, but there is none there, I’m really not getting it. I know that the commander takes a team to get supply and return. But I really don’t understand how that works. I use TS for PvE, but I don’t understand what I would do to go with the commander even if I was on TS with him/her.

What server are you on? I’m sure you could just ask in team chat for help on the map.

If you are near stone most castle on EBG and your side owns it – cloaking waters upgrade gives 1 minute of stealth. You can sort of see the stealthed allies if close….

What server?

Some commanders don’t like pugs that aren’t in teamspeak. They will often intentionally way point to ditch those that are not in TS.

HazyDaisy.4107:

Aliens briefly abducted the majority of the zerg. It’s rare, but it happens.

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