Guild Wars 2

Hi All,
I have 98% world completion and everything to craft sunrise except about 10 obsidian shards (easily remedied).

All I’m missing are the vistas/pois in the garrisons in the red/blue borderlands. (technically I’m missing a few points in the EB too, but I see those flip enough I’m not as worried)

I’m from JQ and I started doing world completion about a month or so ago, and the first thing I did was start doing WvW completion as I had seen that advice many times. So I didn’t leave it for last, but it’s still the last thing left.

I check gw2score all the time and I see the points I need in EB flip pretty regularly, but the garrisons in blue/red never flip. It seems the red garrison hasn’t flipped once this week and the blue once flipped at the very beginning (but it was BG that got it, not JQ).

Some people have suggested to me that I should try and play WvW right before the reset. The logic seems sound, but I just wanted to here some first hand accounts from other Tier 1 WvW players.

How often, in the hours (or hour?) before reset, do you see those garrisons flip? Or will I have to keep waiting and waiting hoping my server loses (at least twice) so that I can finish completion? Seems like bad design if I’m forced to root against my own team.

I appreciate anyone sharing their knowledge.

Jade Quarry took Blackgate’s Garrison Saturday night I believe (although it was short lived). I know because I used that narrow window to run in there to grab it on a character that still needed it. It happens, but the Garrison’s are stubborn little places that just don’t like falling. Right before and after reset might be good times. While the colors do follow a pattern, there is a small random element to them. JQ could get another color even if it wins, it’s just more likely if they go on vacation for a week. Overall, waiting for a color change is a lot easier but a lot longer.

Boysenberry.1869:

Jade Quarry took Blackgate’s Garrison Saturday night I believe (although it was short lived). I know because I used that narrow window to run in there to grab it on a character that still needed it. It happens, but the Garrison’s are stubborn little places that just don’t like falling. Right before and after reset might be good times. While the colors do follow a pattern, there is a small random element to them. JQ could get another color even if it wins, it’s just more likely if they go on vacation for a week. Overall, waiting for a color change is a lot easier but a lot longer.

Actually I was there when that happened. We didn’t take the garrison, we only broke through the walls. I was running to the garrison as it happened. Unfortunately we bailed before I got there so I couldn’t get any of the poi’s or vistas. The garrison was never owned by JQ.

But if someone could give me a ballpark estimate, like % of the time they see the garrisons flip before server reset, I’d find that super useful to manage my expectations and consider my options (Like WvW nonstop for weeks until I get the points, or play whatever until just before reset, etc)

does nobody have an answer for me? Is it a reasonable thing to hope for, that we flip the garrisons before reset?

Is there something I can do to improve the odds, such as donate siege or omega golems? Really any option is better than forking out 100s of gold to make multiple server transfers…

any advice is truly appreciated.

I’m sure JQ does karma trains on The BLs on Friday like every other sever.

and these karma trains often capture the garrisons?

When does WvW tend to start to switch from serious to karma-train? an hour before the reset?

thanks for the reply!

Due to the lack of people running around at the moment, I think it’s highly unlikely to see garrison flips.

Karma trains on friday could work, as long as, the train is the borderland that you need. I’ve never come across multiple trains on multiple borderlands, though some do occasionally switch maps while the other catches up. Aside from that, your only other option would be to transfer.

proviticus.4183:

and these karma trains often capture the garrisons?

When does WvW tend to start to switch from serious to karma-train? an hour before the reset?

thanks for the reply!

friday morning, whenever coverage picks up. although i hear JQ is super stacked, so If you guys arent flipping them on friday k trains you probably wont get it at all, and will have to wait for the color rotation.

Just spend a couple of hours before reset in wvw and see how its going. If the train commander is just flipping bay/hills because garri is too sieged up, offer a reward, like 10g for the server bank or the commander.

great, thanks for the advice guys. I am definitely willing to spend time on friday (well, after work) and also willing to bribe the commander to improve my chances

I really hope this works. It doesn’t make me feel good to be so close to completing my legendary, after overcoming the t6 mat hurdle and the precursor woes only to have a goal that I’m not in control of stopping me from getting what I want. So wish me luck!