Guild Wars 2

Also known as simianus artillerius , these fascinating creatures sit up safe in their towers and do nothing but ping you with artillery like it’s p00, while everyone else enjoys the battle.

I had a funny experience just now where, with nothing else to do, decided to roam around the enemy-occupied Stonemist Castle looking for kills and these Monkeys were tracking me everywhere I went. Since the map was fairly dead I thought to myself, who in the world could be bothered sitting with a cannon just in case an enemy happened to come past? Turns out there’s a whole other genus of WvW pvpers out there.

So I go over and take out the cannon, only to discover there were a few arrow carts and also a treb hidden behind the battlements. It took a while, but I take them out, snagging a few kills with Scorpion Wire while I’m there. I felt a bit bad, cause I actually like animals, but seriously, I still can’t figure out who in their right mind would gain any sort of satisfaction working artillery all afternoon. I thought bots, but then this one monkey kept running between a ballista and an arrowcart depending on my position, so we’re talking human players for the most part.

At first (before I killed them one by one) there were at least four of the little buggers working away up there. They didn’t try to jump me as a group, but hung around stupidly while I chipped away at their seige.

Have you experienced these odd creatures?

This drives me crazy. When there’s three people attacking a keep, I can’t get ANYONE to jump over the walls and bring pain. People rather just sit up there on an arrow cart and mash the same button over and over again.

Thread in a nutshell:

Fad of the month thief goes to WvW expecting to melt faces in epic one on one battles. Instead finds groups of people fighting over structures, using defensive equipment where he can’t hit him. Thief gets mad and posts angry thread on the forums. The end.

LOL, complaining at people defending the objectives in a wargame.

And yeah Scribbles, it’s most likely a thief wanting cheap kills, like in all other MMOs with PvP.

Call me a Siege Monkey, then. I greatly enjoy manning mortars and trebs and raining fire down on the enemy. Not to mention the considerable karma/coin you can build up if you successfully defend a tower or keep for a period of time from constant attacks.

Siege monkeys get the most badges.

Which they use to show off.

Scribbles.7493:

Thread in a nutshell:

Fad of the month thief goes to WvW expecting to melt faces in epic one on one battles. Instead finds groups of people fighting over structures, using defensive equipment where he can’t hit him. Thief gets mad and posts angry thread on the forums. The end.

Lol, does my thread sound angry? I was going more for lighthearted, but having destroyed 4 pieces of siege and snagged a few kills for the price of 5 minutes I was hardly mad. In fact now you mention it you sound a bit mad yourself. If you’re running around by yourself in WvW you deserve to die. And yes I roam solo looking for kills. I contribute to the war effort by stopping the rezzers running back to the battle, often distracting large groups for my server. I feel like I contribute more that way then as just another face in a zerg.

Forgive my facetious tone in the OP, but back to topic, I can’t personally understand why seige monkeys find this fun. One poster mentions badges, this I can understand. What about a monkey trebbing at a wall across the map all day? What about monkeys who won’t come of the wall even when they out number you 4-1? This I don’t get..

Some people find siege fun – others rolling an overpowered class to get cheap kills.
Some people play for better of the realm/world – others for themselves only.

Is this a serious thread?
Player mans siege equipment like it should be and defends objectives, and you want to call them out.
Maybe they should all play like you eh? Hell why even have siege and towers/keeps?
FWIW, though i dont stand on siege for hours on end, there are times ive spent 1 hour straight trebbing, helpign the server out by draining enemy supply. Yeah those ‘monkeys’ have a purpose. Theyre useful, a person operating a cannon means its more difficult for an opponent to destroy said cannon, which may be needed during an actual full scale assault.

This was an enjoyable read. If only they could get you to write some of these personal quest lines, I might do more than hit the “skip to end” button. Last I heard I was trying to kill a dragon or some crap.

people suck at pvp. its wvw, theyre allowed to suck at everything. look around, its not uncommon.

Sarrow.2785:

Also known as simianus artillerius , these fascinating creatures sit up safe in their towers and do nothing but ping you with artillery like it’s p00, while everyone else enjoys the battle.

I had a funny experience just now where, with nothing else to do, decided to roam around the enemy-occupied Stonemist Castle looking for kills and these Monkeys were tracking me everywhere I went. Since the map was fairly dead I thought to myself, who in the world could be bothered sitting with a cannon just in case an enemy happened to come past? Turns out there’s a whole other genus of WvW pvpers out there.

So I go over and take out the cannon, only to discover there were a few arrow carts and also a treb hidden behind the battlements. It took a while, but I take them out, snagging a few kills with Scorpion Wire while I’m there. I felt a bit bad, cause I actually like animals, but seriously, I still can’t figure out who in their right mind would gain any sort of satisfaction working artillery all afternoon. I thought bots, but then this one monkey kept running between a ballista and an arrowcart depending on my position, so we’re talking human players for the most part.

At first (before I killed them one by one) there were at least four of the little buggers working away up there. They didn’t try to jump me as a group, but hung around stupidly while I chipped away at their seige.

Have you experienced these odd creatures?

I can not nor will not speak for all the creatures… but as for me…

I am a siege monkey sometimes because I enjoy using siege equipment….. Because I am too slow as a Player to stop your over-the-top thief sneak and backstab abilities down on the ground ….because my internet connection stinks bad enough that I accomplish more for my world when using siege equipment….. because I love overkill from high places…

… because I am not level 80, so it makes more sense to run a siege engine than to give the enemy easy kills…. and loot….

lots of reasons. Hope that helped.