Hello. My name is Ellehnia (or Ellie) and I am here to tell you about Dolyaks. Dolyak Parades, that is.
What is a Dolyak Parade?
It is a parade wherein all three servers in the WvWvW tier come together, transform into dolyaks, and parade around the map with fireworks together. After making a loop around the map (which we refer to as ‘the circle of life’) – if we don’t all die to a zerg – the parade ends with a glorious three-way battle with optional duels afterwards.
Why PVE in a PVP Zone?
Doing it in a PVP zone is more challenging. It would be boring otherwise. We don’t necessarily want to live. We want the zerg to come for us. We want to see how far we can go.
Do I have to be a dolyak? They smell funny.
I realize that the smell of a dolyak is potent and may put some people off. If you do not want to be a dolyak, you can bring any kind of tonic that you have available. All transformations are welcome. We also have a need for Mesmers to portal the herd across water and Naked Guards to defend the herd from introlerant zergs.
The tonics we use to turn into Dolyaks are called Ruminant Tonics and can be made very cheaply with artificing and/or bought from the trading post for a few coppers a pop. Fireworks can be purchased from an NPC vendor in Rata Sum next to Researcher’s Waypoint.
To use the firework while transformed, you must take the tonic first, then click on the firework in your inventory. Fireworks are bound to your account, but can be dropped on the ground for other players to pick up. Only non-transformed people can pick up another person’s firework.
When does this parade take place?
Every Thursday at 10PM EST. The herd begins gathering a half hour beforehand – 9:30PM EST – in order to mail out ruminant tonics and send invites to the Team Dolyak [DOLY] guild. We hold the parade at this time because it’s the end of the battle week, and the scores are basically set.
Where does this parade take place?
The location will be announced in map chat one hour prior to the gathering time on the day of the event and also in the Team Dolyak [DOLY] message of the day each Monday. We don’t generally announce the location in public ahead of time because of trolls. The original parade ended immediately after it began, and we want to at least give it a chance to get going. You can see more information on the history of the parade here: http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/14u07l/death_of_a_dolyak_love_and_tragedy_in_wvw/
What is [DOLY]?
Team Dolyak [DOLY] Is the official cross-server Dolyak Parade guild. Membership to [DOLY] is via [DOLY] consort only – anyone who is a [DOLY] leader can send an invite to join; if you dont know anyone who is already in [DOLY] please feel free to mail me in game. Ruminant tonics will also be distributed for free through the [DOLY] guildbank for those who need them.
My server wants to join the Parade! How can I start one?
Just send me a mail in game and I will invite your organizer to be an officer of [DOLY]. Officers can build a guild shell on their own server so that they can have a [DOLY] guild bank and so on, because – unfortunately – guildbanks don’t go across servers. Because the parades are held on borderland maps, and indicated by server color (blue borderlands, red borderlands) we should be able to hold parades on every server at the same time and in the same relative location.
And of course, you can also start your own guild and do your own completely separate parade if the spirit moves you.
Here is the list of servers that currently have parades and organizers:
Tarnished Coast: Ellehnia, Miniplague, Hectoncheir
Blackgate: Sophie Sureshot, Sir Tryce
Crystal Desert: Vexia
Kaineng: Prince Jarvan (SpitFire.4690)
TL/DR:
Watch these videos and join the yak parade today!
Still A Yak, A Music Video
Dolyak Parade video by Mr. Chaoticolin – Lead by Sir Tryce
MOOSE DEEP!
Team Dolyak [KH]
(edited by appledainty.8127)
