Guild Wars 2

Do orange swords appear in these scenarios?

(1) Five players attacking a gate. No defenders.
(2) Three players fighting Three players. Both sides do not have a group of five.

Just tested it. 5 people attacking NPCs apparently doesn’t cause crossed swords. Was following around a group of 5, watched as the 5 attacked a camp. Didn’t see any crossed swords appear. Then I let out one attack. Orange crossed swords.

No idea what you are talking about.

He’s talking about the cross-swords that appear on the map to indicate battles. Personally, I don’t know what the criteria is for them to appear.

1. No.
2. Maybe, I can’t recall whether this has or not. Usually, I only care about orange swords when I’m trying to stay under the radar, but if I end up having a 3v3, my cover has been blown anyways.

The only criteria I know for sure is that it takes at least 6 players. If 6 players on one team (more than a party, essentially) all get into combat around the same place at the same time, crossed swords appear. It’s one of the many ways ANet balanced WvW around 5 man teams. If you want to sneak around with more than 5 people, you have to pick who gets into combat and who stays away if you want to go unnoticed.

What I don’t know is if 3 people from one team attack 3 people from another team. The times where I’ve been in that situation I’ve been too busy fighting to check the map. But I am pretty sure that if two 5 man teams clash, crossed swords appear.

I’ve seen 1v1 little skirmishes pop up the swords, so I have no idea how it works.

I’ve seen it pop up when our group managed to aggro two Does.

3v3 makes orange swords. 5v1 makes swords, 5vs1npc makes orange swords, Anytime 6 people/npcs are involved in combat orange swords pop up on the map. so if you ever have any PuGs, only send 3 to attack 1 target, b/c they’re more than likely going to mess up your ninja attempt. Or you can politely send them a pm telling them not to engage. It’s what I always do.

Hope this helps, wish more people tried to learn the finer points. +1 to you for caring good sir.