Guild Wars 2

I been playing in Borlis Pass since release, mainly cause my GF randomly picked the server since almost everything else was full. For the most part the server was good at the begging. But things deteriorated fast, then went up and down and so on endlessly. Normally I am very loyal to the community I join, but Borlis community has slowly become very acid to say the least. Personal attacks against the commanders in WvW, massive Q_Q, not only Q_Qing but kitten style Q_Qing like: “AV pwn us cause they got many thiefs and mesmers.”

I’m a very competitive person and also an adult gamer, so I have no time for childish people ruining my over all game experience, this combined with the lack of common sense and personal skill of most of the server made me and my guild want to move. Originally my guild was the only thing holding me to Borlis, but since from 200+ member we went to about 15? We the few who still play decided to move on.

Now leaving the old story behind here is how I am. I roll a warrior, 80, fully gear for most of my builds, name Gervase. Anyone who fought Borlis might have fought me 1 on 1, I’m the warrior rolling with tier 1 human armor and a CoF helm who always bows when I win. I’m not a commander, I don’t want to be one, I follow instructions and cooperate as much as I can for the over all good of the server. “Something that is incredibly hard in borlis atm.”

I be moving with about 5 – 7 members from my guild, we play around 2am to 10pm server time since we all have a harsh server time difference to our own time zone. Not interested in EU servers, also not interested in any top tier or large Que server, I don’t want to make anyone’s experience worse by adding myself to their numbers, nor do I want to destroy my own experience with harsh ques.

We are all over 25 years old, so a mature community is preferred. If the server has a decent pve community as well that is always a plus.

Thank you in advance for your replies and sorry for my bad english.

You would work well in Darkhaven. We need more people during those times. Here’s a link with more information about us

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/wuvwuv/Dark-Haven-Alliance-lookings-for-guilds-to-make-a-difference

This post says it all We’re rebuilding our community, and it’s off to an amazing start. Check out the link.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/wuvwuv/Dragonbrand-Needing-US-timezones/first#post667540

Thank you both for the replies, I will keep forwarding the information to my guildmates, discuss it and then decide.

I have to throw my hat in the ring for Tarnished Coast (the Toast) – while we have a beefy afternoon presence it’s the overnight period that we tend to be a little weak in, simply from our spread of playerbase (the unofficial NA RP server).

We, however, are not to be underestimated! As we’ve shown in T3 and have a lovely cooperative and mature community that’s keen on learning fast and pursuing our wins. We’d be glad to have you as a part of our force and am sure you’d find a happy home. But wherever you end up, hope it’s an equally warm welcome and keep up the good fight!

Looks like every1 is jumping the ship this week. Whats that 3 guilds now leaving…

Lyonell.1753:

We are all over 25 years old, so a mature community is preferred.

Yak’s Bend. We might have a silly name but the community is, on the whole, mature. I originally joined YB because it was being talked about as the unofficial server for older players. One of the biggest guilds on YB is The Older Gamers (TOG), who require members to be over 25 years.

We are currently a solid tier 4 server that likes a good fight. Inter-guild communication appears to be organised, ego-free and small-guild-friendly, and map/team chat very rarely has toxic attitudes. More info at www.yaksbend.com

Every server has their older populations. This game itself is just built that way. You want a child’s mmo, go to WoW. GW2 is where the big kids hang out.

Heck, I keep hearing the voice of some grandparent on RE’s vent.

Also, use this site to determine who needs help

http://mos.millenium.org/matchups#NA

Lyonell.1753:

I been playing in Borlis Pass since release, mainly cause my GF randomly picked the server since almost everything else was full. For the most part the server was good at the begging. But things deteriorated fast, then went up and down and so on endlessly. Normally I am very loyal to the community I join, but Borlis community has slowly become very acid to say the least. Personal attacks against the commanders in WvW, massive Q_Q, not only Q_Qing but kitten style Q_Qing like: “AV pwn us cause they got many thiefs and mesmers.”

Bro, you might wanna try Gate of Madness.

Our server suffered a lot in the past weeks. but those events were actually blessing in disguise for the server. All those Egoistic/Braggart guilds and commanders left our server, the ones left are all open minded players. I never regret why I stayed in GoM.

The commanders in our server right now though inexperienced but they know the word “respect” which is for me better than having experienced commanders but complains a lot and doesn’t even respect fellow players/commanders/guilds.

If someone leads WvW even with badge or not, players do listen and cooperate.
And if you notice this forums, theres not much QQers from our server posting here.

GoM right now is slowly picking up the pace.

Ordibble.3092:

Lyonell.1753:

We are all over 25 years old, so a mature community is preferred.

Yak’s Bend. We might have a silly name but the community is, on the whole, mature. I originally joined YB because it was being talked about as the unofficial server for older players. One of the biggest guilds on YB is The Older Gamers (TOG), who require members to be over 25 years.

Hey Yaks Bend has the best name. Yak attack!

And to the OP seriously Yaks Bend has a very good mature community where everyone strives to create an enjoyable playable atmosphere.

Come to northern shiverpeaks! Were fun and goofy, have some very committed wvw guilds and good commanders, almost always have decent numbers in wvw but none or very short queues. Were in the middle tiers too. We’d love to have you plus we have cookies!

Tier 1 doesn’t even have queues anymore. The overall wvw population has decreased since the launch of the game. I know you said no top tier, but assuming the only reason is for queues, then I see no reason for you not to join a server like Jade Quarry. No matter what time of the day, there is always a good fight. In other tiers, you run the risk of logging in at a time when it’s purely just zerg vs door or outnumbered so much that you can’t do anything, but on Jade Quarry that won’t happen.

Come to Xegony server and join my guild. We have Plane of Fear and Plane of Hate on farm and we can quickly gear you up with Rubicite armor and Short Swords of the Ykesha.

Memories anyone?

I really like the people on Yaks. And we are busy in WvW every day.

The matchup in our division has been excellent — Darkhaven / Maguuma / Dragonbrand. All of these divisions will need a few more players for their next matchup. I recommend picking one of those 3.

Personally, I’d recommed Maguuma because I’m from there. I’m a commander on Mag, so if you have any questions about the server, please do not hesitate to reach out to me. If you want to test-drive our server, hop over and ask for the Mumble information in /team. We all hang out in voice comms, and if you’re a competitive gamer, you will likely fall in love with our communication and strategy.

@Hadan: Yup borlis is pretty much death. Took my and my guild mates 2 and a half hours to find 1 PUG for CM exp mode lol, WvW we got too much Q_Q and bad players to really make a difference or an enjoyable environmental. Not only is borlis killing my WvW experience but my whole GW2 experience with it.

@Everyone else. I really appreciate all of your replies, didn’t expect so many or such good ones either. I will pass this information on to my guild mates and let them decide. Again I really appreciate the time you all took to post.

I’M lost here?

Borliss Pass actually WON the match up last week, im a tier they never won before. It was a really close fight and everybody said this was the best week in this tier.

This week, GoM might have been getting more number, but this is still an awesome fight between AR and BP.

What happened at BP? You guys are having the best weeks since release and you are leaving?

I’m lost really.

Well it was sort of a sequence of events.

>We won’t the match against GoM and AR, very good week that was, people in the server suddenly had an Ego boost that made my own ego feel like an ant next to an elephant.
>Bunch of people bought the commander title.
>Said bunch of people don’t know wtf they doing.
>Many new people started to become acid, mainly insulting our commanders “The ones that actually command”
>Lots of childish Q_Q in team chat.
>Lots of new Commanders Rage quitting all over the place.
>Most of the good players and good commanders lost hope and left.
>We are left with waste of cash commanders who rage quit every time something doesn’t go their way and a bunch of foul mouthed kids who complain about things like AR having too many mesmers or thiefs…
>"I hate GoM!!!" becomes common in team chat.
>Server feels death.

Desolation EU is an excellent choice for US guilds.

Ok i wasnt going to post anymore on this thread. Its one thing if you want to look for another server but its another to trash the server your leaving. Last week was a great week and we fought hard to get first place. While doing so alot of the WvW focused guilds were burnt out from playing so hard so they decided to take this week off.(personally i thought ppl would be pumped for this week seeing how great the week before was). I was reading over your reasons for leaving and tbh it sounds like you made most of tht up. I am in WvW everyday and night running stuff with the other commanders. We hardly ever fight with eachother and work well together. We gather the so called “pugs” and get stuff done. Are there a few people who may argue with the commanders or not like their call? for sure what server hasnt had their few to do so. You said it yourself, your guild plays around 2am server time. I dont knw if you knw this but our server is mostly est time. Which is 3hrs ahead of server time. If you play anywhere from 5pm-12am est on any given night you will see we are well organized and dont have half the probs your saying we have. 2am server time is 5am est, most of us are asleep getting rdy for class/school/work/kids to school.

Arcxander.9836:

Lyonell.1753:

I been playing in Borlis Pass since release, mainly cause my GF randomly picked the server since almost everything else was full. For the most part the server was good at the begging. But things deteriorated fast, then went up and down and so on endlessly. Normally I am very loyal to the community I join, but Borlis community has slowly become very acid to say the least. Personal attacks against the commanders in WvW, massive Q_Q, not only Q_Qing but kitten style Q_Qing like: “AV pwn us cause they got many thiefs and mesmers.”

Bro, you might wanna try Gate of Madness.

Our server suffered a lot in the past weeks. but those events were actually blessing in disguise for the server. All those Egoistic/Braggart guilds and commanders left our server, the ones left are all open minded players. I never regret why I stayed in GoM.

The commanders in our server right now though inexperienced but they know the word “respect” which is for me better than having experienced commanders but complains a lot and doesn’t even respect fellow players/commanders/guilds.

If someone leads WvW even with badge or not, players do listen and cooperate.
And if you notice this forums, theres not much QQers from our server posting here.

GoM right now is slowly picking up the pace.

lol don’t join GoM.

I really like BP, you guys give good fights. I personally feel you should remain on the server, or if you really wish to move on, then go somewhere else, but please don’t join GoM.

GoM is a zerg server, that needs 60 + to take a single tower.
GoM is a server that will spawn camp because they can.
GoM is a server that got into our tier because they can’t handle even odds vs servers that can also fill at least 2 maps with 100 players.
Gom is a server that posts in the forums “how dominating they are” and shows pics of them controling two maps simply because they night cap’d everything. PvD for the win!

It’s sad to see people from borlis moving on, but I say, stick with it, organize your groups, get your guilds to grow, and prove to the world that Borlis can accomplish much more as the under dog team. You guys proved it during our first week of match up, and I honestly feel you can do it again.

Lyonell, do you know Good Grief, BeautyKills and Darcsaiyan? I’ve been playing with them a bunch on the borderlands this week and they mentioned that they were formerly from Borlis Pass. You folks seem to share similar opinions.

I’m not gonna fish for players because its something everyone does for their own benefit rather than yours. Lets just say that I thought the Borlis Pass guys playing with us this week were pretty cool and its a shame to see the server destroying itself.

To the guys on Borlis Pass who are in the middle of the storm. You can’t be playing the blame game and wailing on your own players for not doing the right things. You end up creating a really unpleasant and uncomfortable environment to be in. Before long, nobody wants to spend their free time around you. Nobody wants to WvW with you and things unravel so quickly after that.

@OP Hope you find what your looking for.

I have to admit after trying numerous MMOs over the years I have been pleasantly surprised with the generally maturity of the WvW playerbase (assuming most servers are similar to mine: FA). Perhaps its the game style (which encourages server community/cooperation) that attracts that type of gamer. More then anything communities are what tie me down to an MMO for an extended period of time….so hope this continues.

Borliss Pass isn’t destroying itself?

This is an opinion that come from 1(!) guy who play at offpeak time.

Borliss Pass has never been so strong, I doubt a “self destroying” server would be in that state.

And man DarkSavage(Godfather), you really have something versus GoM.

I personnaly think they are the best matchup we had from uptier since release. I mean, during the PVE halloween event they had fairly even number with us. And now that they have a bit more, they still can’t cap more then 1 full map.

I have no issue with GoM, seems like a legit server.

There has been a bunch of Borlis Pass players on Maguuma over the past week and they say pretty much the same thing. Shrugs. Thats the only reason I even mentioned it. :|

morrolan.9608:

Ordibble.3092:

Lyonell.1753:

We are all over 25 years old, so a mature community is preferred.

Yak’s Bend. We might have a silly name but the community is, on the whole, mature. I originally joined YB because it was being talked about as the unofficial server for older players. One of the biggest guilds on YB is The Older Gamers (TOG), who require members to be over 25 years.

Hey Yaks Bend has the best name. Yak attack!

And to the OP seriously Yaks Bend has a very good mature community where everyone strives to create an enjoyable playable atmosphere.

I’m also on Yak’s and Morrolan speaks the truth. As a matter of fact, Yak’s has on many occasions given back Orbs (when they were in the game) or given back ownership of areas (keeps, towers, citadels, etc.) when we were informed or noticed ourselves that the area was taken by exploiting.

Ordibble.3092:

Lyonell.1753:

We are all over 25 years old, so a mature community is preferred.

Yak’s Bend. We might have a silly name but the community is, on the whole, mature. I originally joined YB because it was being talked about as the unofficial server for older players. One of the biggest guilds on YB is The Older Gamers (TOG), who require members to be over 25 years.

We are currently a solid tier 4 server that likes a good fight. Inter-guild communication appears to be organised, ego-free and small-guild-friendly, and map/team chat very rarely has toxic attitudes. More info at www.yaksbend.com

This. Mumble chat is excellent and guilds are coordinated. Good commanders and an overall excellent community. Egos and negativity are at a minimum. We aren’t top tier, but we get better consistently.

Check out http://www.yaksbend.com/index.php

Yes i knw good grief well. Only a hanful went over to maguuma this week. They lead a guild of like 5-10. So to say a “bunch” of players is a little misleading. Borlis pass atm is at its best stage since launch. Those leaving have fun and wish you the best, but dont try to bash our server cause you couldnt make it work.

I was thinking of leaving BP as well, but I decided to stick it out for a while longer. The people are nice and easy to work with. The server could use a larger population and some commanders could communicate a little better, but overall it’s a fun server. I recommend that anyone thinking of switching from their original server consider BP. Hadan, I’ve always had fun following you and the zerg

Crystal Desert has been a great new home for my friends and I. We would love to have you on the server! As far as I know most of the community here has been here from the beginning, I haven’t heard of many guilds leaving at all, so everyone on the map is dedicated and recognizable, which is cool.

Also, if you are interested my guild (small guild) is recruiting people just like you, we are all over 25 yrs old, have daily 9-5 jobs, are on server time (PST – WA & CA), etc but love playing WvW and doing Dungeon runs

More info on us could be found here: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/guilds/guilds/Prescribed-Rx-on-Crystal-Desert-Mature-Guild/first#post667578

Kardiamond.6952:

Borliss Pass isn’t destroying itself?

This is an opinion that come from 1(!) guy who play at offpeak time.

Borliss Pass has never been so strong, I doubt a “self destroying” server would be in that state.

And man DarkSavage(Godfather), you really have something versus GoM.

I personnaly think they are the best matchup we had from uptier since release. I mean, during the PVE halloween event they had fairly even number with us. And now that they have a bit more, they still can’t cap more then 1 full map.

I have no issue with GoM, seems like a legit server.

lol where have you been man?, are you on when i’m on cause

when ever i see the map being controlled by green, it’s either our map and eternal battlegrounds. and when i get to either map it’s a “zerg” of them, and a few of us. This morning I woke up prior to work and went into ARB, and sure enough there was their night capping team hitting our gates, I called the few of my members to arb, and we helped push them off garrison.

I don’t mind the competition, and I don’t mind them taking things, what i do mind is them posting a pic of the map in the forums claiming they are dominating, when in reality they are just fighting gates, and not players. It’s quite the insult to all the great players we have in both borlis pass, and anvil rock.

I’m not on Yak’s Bend and if I was in OPs position that’s where I would go.

Yak’s wins for reputation as the most respectable WvW community. They are the only server ever whose commanders organize and gave back an orb that was hacked.

I’ve talked to people on there before and they love it there and say there’s a great community VoIP server as well, etc.

Hadan.2841:

Yes i knw good grief well. Only a hanful went over to maguuma this week. They lead a guild of like 5-10. So to say a “bunch” of players is a little misleading. Borlis pass atm is at its best stage since launch. Those leaving have fun and wish you the best, but dont try to bash our server cause you couldnt make it work.

None of them bashed Borlis Pass. None. Just putting that out there right now so there isn’t any confusion. If theres any confusion, its on my part so apologies.

@godfather, SoS use to be on kaineng correct? I also believe you guys are a oceanic guild correct me if im wrong. But your on NA server. You say we night cap with zergs but thats because thts our primetime for our server. It may be night for you but not for us. It goes both ways we cap stuff while u sleep and then when we work/sleep you guys night cap us. Just fyi, the person who posted all those screenshots transfered this week.

Borlis Pass is a fine server. It has some good guilds and they are constantly improving and working better with one another. The only thing lacking in Borlis Pass is WvW population. However Borlis Pass isn’t the only server to suffer a lack of players during night time hours. Just always try to group up with anyone you can, do what you can and have some fun. Yes, you will die sometimes. :P

When I’ve lead attacks in Borlis Pass as a commander, sure I’ve had a few people whispering me that I’m terrible or whatever. But I can promise you that for every 1 bad whisper I got, I’ve had at least 5 compliments sent to me privately too. People will always have their opinion and if it bothers you just ignore it. My advice for anyone thinking of leaving, just try to find a guild and group of players that you can roll with on a consistant basis. Win or lose I have a blast with my guild [ML], and we’re usually successful even in bad weeks. Most importantly though, rolling with the same people consistantly usually makes the game a lot more fun, at least for me anyways.

Hadan.2841:

@godfather, SoS use to be on kaineng correct? I also believe you guys are a oceanic guild correct me if im wrong. But your on NA server. You say we night cap with zergs but thats because thts our primetime for our server. It may be night for you but not for us. It goes both ways we cap stuff while u sleep and then when we work/sleep you guys night cap us. Just fyi, the person who posted all those screenshots transfered this week.

Hadan,

lol i was referring to GOM, not Borlis Pass. You guys aren’t posting pics about controling the map and then claiming how dominating you are in the threads. GoM Did. SoS enjoys fighting Borlis Pass, but this week, we are going after GoM.

IoJ is an unofficial Oceanic server so it has a huge community of people playing at the times you say you play. It seems to be an older crowd and mature most of the time, although you wont avoid kitten remarks and trolls in any mmo community these days. Its a heavily PvE oriented server with calls in LA for pugs to do dungeons every 10 seconds throughout a long period of time.

We are a teir 2/3 W3 server and have an active community in W3. We only have short ques on W3 reset because it is oceanic sat morning and friday night US primetime. It last for 2 hours at worst but after that the ques drop away so you can choose what map you want for the reset of the week.

We recently implemented a server wide TS3 server for W3 and have our own forums. isleofjanthir.net to promote discussion for improvement for our community not just w3.

I really beleive we are what you are looking for mate. We have only had one or two major guilds xfer to us ever so our pop has remained steady and the community has formed strong bonds with familiar faces since release.

All the best with your decision.

It might be worth adding that you can’t transfer to FULL servers….so if you’re in the BP bracket now, you can only go down at this time which means bottom tier (Kain/DR/FC). Out of those three I’d highly recommend going to either Kain or FC, but FC could really use some active people right now and DR will be coming up into the BP/AR bracket in about 2-3 weeks depending on their numbers these next couple weeks.