Guild Wars 2

Tonight after playing on WvW for a while something interesting happened. One of our opponents had the Garrison and we had the west keep. From where they were they were able to hit the walls of our keep by building up in the mountains protected by their Garrison and launch well across the map.
http://i.imgur.com/IzbFH.jpg
They were attacking with their siege weapons from well out of our range to do anything about it and were able to take down our wall.
http://i.imgur.com/AhXOJ.jpg

I dunno just seems weird that could happen. If this is something that’s intended that’s fine I guess.

the water in that keep makes it harder to attack players can get aoe’d down and motars and trebs inside the inner walls can hold the outter gates =p

Physics, baby, it’s how it works.
It obvious that with higher position siege weapons will gain more range.

But thanks for showing me those screenshots, it seems I just miscalculated placement by one meter when tried this trick.

I remember this from when we on Blackgate fought Gate of Madness.

It happens because of elevation. The siege equipment has an effective range with a firing arc, but since they are at one of the highest points, and you are at one of the lowest it will travel further.

The firing arcs give siege weapons range outside their listed but it also means they can NOT hit things within their range due to these arcs as well simply because they are too close.

I understand HOW it works, I just don’t know if I feel like this is how it SHOULD work. It doesn’t really support the push pull nature WvW is supposed to have. Once you’re set up in the Garrison you can keep hammering the walls of the keep.

All the towers and keeps interlock in favor of the homeland defender. The homeland can nuke the two high towers from the citidel. Those two towers nuke garrison. Garrison nukes keeps. Get the idea?

It is quite easy to attack this siege position without getting inside the garrison. Just be prepared to defend the siege you use to do so.

Ballista can hit those Trebuchet from below using the #2 explosive shot. Smash those Garrison Trebuchet!

You can still place siege weapons in places you can never touch as the opposite side. Its another glitch by Anet.

You should never be able to launch siege from safeplaces or from tower/keep to another.

I suppose I can see how this could be intended interaction. Thanks for the replies.

You’re in their borderlands. They should be allowed to put them in their good garrison, as they are the defenders.
Besides, those trebs can BARELY reach the green keep.

Get a bunch of staff ele’s to pew pew pew them o.o

Are ele can pull out their AoE at 5k~ height? Doubt it.
And garrison can’t do a thing about Hills keep.

Btw, Garrison is really easy to take down if you know the right way.

A staff ele can hit those trebs without needing to take the keep if he/she knows how.

Wow, didn’t know about that. Guess, I really should lvl up my ele then.

Eles throwing fireballs from the base of the cliff JUST cannot reach trebs that are placed at the edge of this cliff. Frankly I was surprised that I could get close at all seeing how high up they were.