Guild Wars 2

Greetings WvW Junkies,
I know lately some tempers have been flared, accusations made, and I see our name coming up quite a bit. I want to encourage anyone who see’s a Gaiscioch [GSCH] member being rude in chat, cheating, exploiting, or otherwise being a jackwaggon to send me a screenshot directly to: bfoley@gaiscioch.com. I will be more than happy to introduce them to the door. As expected when the family elders sign on people behave differently when we are not. I am more than willing to take this on head up if someone gives me the direction to such needle in this very large haystack.

I would like to share with you the credo that ALL members of the Gaiscioch are bound too.

Our House Rules:

Blades Out, Not In
An ancient Celtic family rule which states that one member of the family shall not turn their blade on their family. Hate and Rage are to be pointed outwardly at the foes invading our lands. Love and Companionship are to be pointed inward at the family. Attacking a member of the family can result in dismissal and will be dealt with swiftly by each family leader.

Our Credo

Honor
I will honor the community by acting in a manner that speaks of our kindness, I will refrain from activities that would dishonor the community, and I will honor the requests of the community elders. I will fight my opponents with honor, giving them a fair fight. I will not spawn camp, grief, cheat, or harass my opponents. I will encourage them to fight and win my battles with the highest of honors.

Respect
I will respect those around me both within the community and outside, I will act in a manner which speaks of our benevolence and kindness, and I will not disrespect the community by engaging in spiteful comments or actions even when provoked.

Integrity
I will hold our community’s integrity close to heart and I realize that my actions directly affect that of the whole community. I will say what I do, and do what I say. I will not fall back on promises or make false claims.

Fellowship
I will meet others with open arms and welcome those who cross our path. I will act in a welcoming way and ensure that those who participate in our events feel welcome whether they are part of the community or not.

Our Etiquette Guideline:

Think We Not Me (Push Vs Pull)
When asking for help from the Community try to avoid wording your request as such that you are asking someone to do the work for you. A statement such as “Can someone help me with this quest?” is a request, it pushes your objective on others, however a by rewording your statement to “I am organizing a group for this quest, If you are interested let me know.” you create an invitation, which pulls members of similar interest to you. Both mean the exact same thing however one expresses that you are looking out for your community and not just for yourself. This in turn will encourage shared adventures. After all, a community is not about you or I, it’s about us.

Play How You Want, When You Want, As Long As You Want
Our community is a casual gaming community and with this we do not tell people how to play, when to play, or how long to play. Our members are free to come and go as they please without the fear of exile or grudges being bore. They can play as much or as little as they like.

Conversation & Raidcall
The synergy of a community can turn ugly at any moment. Conversation within the community needs to have clear boundaries to prevent bad blood and hostile attitudes from forming. We ask that all members keep the RaidCall and community chat child safe at all times. We have a lot of families that game together and we do not wish to cause heartache.

In addition please refrain from discussing religion, politics, and other heated debate prone topics. We do not need unnecessary divides within the community. Trolling is strictly forbidden and falls under the “Blades Out, Not In” Rule and will result in removal from the community.

Using Community Efforts For Self Profit
Please do not use the Marketplace, or Family Vault to profitize your gaming experience. We do not seek profits from within the family and at no time should you claim the work of others to turn a profit. This is also considered part of the “Blades Out, Not In”

If you feel a member of our family does not uphold these items please by all means send me an email and I will deal with them swiftly. The Gaiscioch was founded around server community building and any act against our goal is a banishable offense. As with any game launch we see an initial flood of new people and it takes a few months to figure out which ones fly and which ones sink. I thank you for your understanding.

Benjamin Foghladha

I would also like to suggest that after you send me an email, also report them to ArenaNet at: exploit@arena.net along with how they managed to pull off the exploit. Any help we can give ArenaNet to plug these holes will go a long way to making WvW a more enjoyable experience for all.

I personally have and would report a Gaiscioch I saw cheating or maliciously exploiting the game mechanic. I have no issues getting them banned from a game because of it. It’s highly disrespectful and will not be tolerated.

Added the contact info for reporting exploits to ArenaNet. Sooner we report them the sooner they can get fixed.

Was there when a wave of your guild and pugs was trying to take AB from us when they just ported in from the cliff, bypassing the outer walls to immediately attack the inner walls. This attempt happened 3 times (2 times successfully bypassing the wall while the 1 time we found the hiding mesmer). Not sure if any of my guildmates got a screenshot of the incident but I was there in one instance when some purple shield popped out and everyone was on top of the cliff by the northern outer walls.

I know we have a few mesmers who enjoy the game of hide and seek and I can tell you first hand that they are pretty good at playing the game that way. Bypassing the wall when a Mesmer is inside is the same as Rezing people in that we used in DAOC and in WAR. It’s nearly the same mechanic. You need to check the keep better. 1 Person could check the whole thing IF the person hiding wasn’t moving. A lot of times you can “Follow” the guy searching for you and stay out of his sight while remaining close to them. There are also little caves to the West of the West Castle underwater that provide excellent hiding spots.

Hide & Seek is not an exploit. It’s a lack of security on the defending side. I mean would you lock a thief in a bank and complain you got robbed unfairly? When you secure a building you go floor to floor checking for hostiles. The same is true in WvW. If you don’t have a team working together to clear the castle of all hostiles chances are you will have 1 or 2 that stay behind to get their unit through outer defenses. It’s a breach in security that was left open by the defense.

NOW If one of our members was seen getting to an area that you can’t possibly get too and found a way to warp inside the castle from the outside then yes I’d be most interested to know who has done this. But knowing my Mesmers, they were inside all along. They’ve waited inside for hours for the right opportunity to strike.

Bottom Line: Clear The Objective of All Hostiles before you leave. There’s no patch, no prevention, no safeguard for lazy.

I do however hope that ArenaNet gives some official word on whether the hiding inside technique is legit or an exploit in their eyes. If it’s deemed exploit then we wont be doing it. As a show of good faith I’ll have my crew cease and desist the use of mesmer portalling until such official word has been given.

Its not an exploit confirmed by them because they used such tactics while in the beta.

Shouldn’t this be in the guild recruitment section?

This is not a guild recruitment. This is a declaration of our policy and our stance on cheating. This has nothing to do with guild recruitment.