Guild Wars 2

Hi, everyone. I love WvW and I’m thinking about leaving my world, Borlis Pass.

Anyone on any of the other worlds wanna share what it’s like being all there? Not looking to join any guilds, but I like playing with everyone. Been training in all the professions to learn all their secrets. My elementalist, guardian, and thief are all grown up.

I like places that are fun and talky. I WvW for the community and like to help everyone. So, a place with an active community website where we can have fun would really be neat.

Even if no one wants me, it’d still be fun to hear what everyone’s like. So, let’s share.

Yeah. I’ll start. Why not? Borlis Pass has a community website, borlis.org, and they talk about stuff there. Kind of. Strategy stuff’s all secret and only leader people can see it.

Use TeamSpeak for being all organized in the battles. And some of the guilds actually use it. Still working on that. Kind of like Vent better, but I’ve heard a lot of people love Mumble? Never used it.

Not really any funny WvW guilds. Got some that like to smash faces. Another that likes to defend stuff and grump at people for not helping enough. Lots that are great at assaults. Can be funny just exploding stuff.

Lots of people like them. Pretty sure lots hate them, too. I always admired their determination. Or was it stubborness? They can be really stubborn.

So, yeah. Anyone wanna brag about your world? And yeah, Borlis Pass can still brag about us, too. It’s okay.

My world is full of kittens and cookies and happy sauce and gravity is a kind friend!

Yes, but does it have trebs? I like trebs.

And where is this world anyway? Don’t think it needs my help, and I wanna make sure I don’t go.

Thanks.

I’ve noticed ever since we’ve dropped a few tiers Sea of Sorrows has managed to lighten up… a lot, less hair pulling in the chat and everything. The chat is active and can be silly, especially if you’ve got guilds like FLUF running around, but if you want a really friendly atmosphere I’d recommend Tarnished Coast, even Maguuma.

But Sea of Sorrows does have Foostivoo Destroyer of Worlds, sooo….

Thank you for taking me all serious, Lieutenant Mc Muffin. I wanna think really hard about this. WvW is lots of fun, but I need to like my world to wanna help it.

I’ve heard other people talking about how amazing Tarnished Coast is, too. Might need to look at them. Anyone from that world wanna say stuff?

Wouldn’t mind knowing more about Foostivoo Destroyer of Worlds, too. What’s that do? It sounds pretty neat.

Im from Gunnars Hold EU. We have a great community here with a very active community mumble. Id say we are one of the most mature and friendly servers which is why i moved here.
We also recently had US guild join us and they seem to be really enjoying themselves.

We have recently dropped Tiers due to our big russian guild leaving but it has brought our community together even more.

Check us out! http://www.gunnars-hold.eu/forum.php

On our more active days teamspeak will be open and everyone is actively encouraged to join it. Given that we’ve lost most of our larger wvw guilds we’ve got smaller ones running the show. Most if not all love to attack rather than defend. Though I’m probably not the best person to talk about SoS – I’ve been on the server for only a few months; I transferred due to learning of their strong oceanic presence, but I can tell you I haven’t looked back.

And Foostivoo? He’s just my mini – a tiny baby quaggan with a Santa hat, but he tears up the battle-field

On CD we have a nice and very active community going, TS3 is open all the time but most people only use it on reset, weekends and special events. A lot of our big guild left a while ago but we’re still very strong.

Check us out! http://crystal-desert.com/

CD is extremely weak during NA prime. I wouldn’t suggest there if that’s going to be the time slot you primarily play in. Unless you like being able to find fights, of course.

The community in Henge of Denravi is pretty lighthearted and closely knit. In fact any server in T7 (ie. Northern Shiverpeaks and Gate of Madness) is pretty much the same way. There are people who’ll be hardcore about WvW and PvE, but majority are casual. HoD uses Vent and Mumble for WvW, and we don’t strategize in secret on the forums, which is probably a bad idea lol, but it’s much friendlier that way. Many of the guilds on HoD work together on bounties, and other events. And it helps we’re not superly large so we keep bumping into the same ole’ regulars both in PvE and WvW. Just like home really.

I think Ehmry does what Borlis does, only slightly better.

Teamspeak seems pretty active whenever I check it. I prefer our own guild’s TS but sometimes I’m connected to both at the same time.

Ehmry forums have a private leader-only area but most of the WvW talk goes on in a public area where we know some people from other servers attend (some of which are actually marked as such). As I’ve said in the past, “if your plan is so weak and rigid that the enemy can foil it by reading your forum, then it wasn’t a very good plan anyway”. No sense trying to be all hush-hush. WvW is so fluid that making plans ahead of time on a forum seems pretty dumb to me anyway.

We have some good, active commanders and guilds. The real core of Ehmry, as far as I’m concerned, are the people who have been here since we were a T7 server.

A word on Teamspeak:
From an administrative view, TS is the best voice comm software. It’s by far the most powerful for creating rooms, groups, restrictions and that sort of thing. Ventrilo is very basic and all you can really do is add passwords to things. I can’t recall the specifics about Mumble other than it wasn’t remotely as powerful as TS3 for setting up permissions. I’m pretty sure the only reason Mumble is really popular is that the server software is free.

PAGamer.4072:

And where is this world anyway? Don’t think it needs my help, and I wanna make sure I don’t go.

It’s Fort Aspenwood. Tier 2 for now. There is a community site, but I don’t know how communy it is.

I’m not sure it’s trebby enough for you though. Opinion, great enough to get to Tier 2, destroyed folks in T3, not 24/7 enough to shred into Tier 1. (shrug)

If WvWvW is what your looking for then any T2 server is what you want. I’m quite sure you could hook up with guilds on Kain, TC,FA with no problem.

I cannot speak for Kain or FA but as for TC we have it all when it comes to PVE and PVP.We also have roleplaying if you wish to dabble in that kind of thing but if you don’t you probably wont notice that it’s even there (Although stay out of certain taverns or the hot springs, they can be a rowdy bunch or so I hear).

All in all I would say any of the three servers in T2 would be a safe bet.

GuardianOMS.8067:

CD is extremely weak during NA prime. I wouldn’t suggest there if that’s going to be the time slot you primarily play in. Unless you like being able to find fights, of course.

We have gotten better churn out since the update. I’ve been seeing 30 to 40 zerg groups in the past weeks on US primetime and thats a LOT. Considering that past update we were outmanned all the time.

Thank you for all the nice replies, everyone! I really appreciate the help. These sound like a lot of nice homes, too.

And I didn’t know that about TeamSpeak. Thanks for making me smarter.

Oh, and it’s okay to not be super trebby. I really enjoy shooting cannons, too. It’s pretty funny when people are all rolling around in front of them. I dunno what they’re trying to do, but they usually end up exploding eventually.

Doesn’t happen a lot, but it happens more than it should.

Sorry, all off topic. Or am I?

If anyone else wants to talk about their world, my pigtail power could still be yours. Or maybe you could even convince someone who’s better at explosions to visit? Maybe.

Hi, Elwyn. Sekz here. We’re fighting your server right now. I’ve seen your tag a couple times.

Ehmry has a very welcoming community and a very active forum and teamspeak. Our keeps are made of marshmellows and guarded by unitaurs (those are unicorn horsemen).

We also have quite the population of male suitors looking to marry into a well endowed family. If you’re looking, I can introduce you to some cute guys.

If I see you on the battlefield, I will hunt you down. You will die and I will cry. I will cry because I will be saddened by the fact that I could not introduce to you some cute male suitors.

~ peace

Playing in my world is like being a Russian front-liner in the early days of World War II, with the forces of a certain mustachioed man approaching very quickly in HUGE MASSES, not enough reinforcements, and defending a single tower is a dramatic climax.

PAGamer.4072:

Wouldn’t mind knowing more about Foostivoo Destroyer of Worlds, too. What’s that do? It sounds pretty neat.

That is a recent occurence. A group of 10+ was roaming when they ran into another group of 10+. 1-2 players rushed in, the rest ran away.

What happened was that the enemy group had 5 pets out and a Fostivoo, which made the pat seem much bigger than it actually was.

After that, everyone brought out their Fostivoo because it could destroy zergs.

:O

Is our lil Elly leaving the nest? Seems like just yesterday ‘she’ was running around setting fire to stuff. …they grow up so fast.

:P

Bye, Elwyn! Hope you find a fun new home!

Look i mean, it really depends on what you want. If you want mega massive fights then head to tier 2 (stay away from tier 1 at all costs, it’s a troll infested plague of a place). If you want a tight knit community where we have a 1 man guild as he likes to call himself then i can truly recommend you to Sea of Sorrows. our NA has really come togethor in light of recent events the pugs are all tier 1 veterens and all of us just want to have fun, we don’t care about massive ego’s, we don’t really care about winning although it does make us feel better. If you want check out our website gw2.sos.com and we are in a very competitive battle in tier 4 atm.

Also if you were looking at a specific server in tier 2 Tarnished Coast is great.

Thanks, Le Rooster. I’ve read a lot of nice things about Tarnished Coast, but I’ll look at Sea of Sorrows, too.

I’m pretty open to all the different battle things. I like to run around in groups, wander around by myself, or defend a Fun Tower. Last night, I spent lots of time shooting its Fun Cannon at people. Sometimes it’s nice not to get punched in the face.

Mostly I just want a place that has fun and maybe enjoys talking about stuff. I even use pictures. Starting to even make videos, but those take longer cause they’re all hard.

tiramisu.8706:

Hi, Elwyn. Sekz here. We’re fighting your server right now. I’ve seen your tag a couple times.

Yeah, I’ve seen Sekz all over in WvW. Don’t think I’ll ever get tired of making jokes about that name, either.

tiramisu.8706:

If I see you on the battlefield, I will hunt you down. You will die and I will cry. I will cry because I will be saddened by the fact that I could not introduce to you some cute male suitors.

I had no idea Sekz had such an aggressive dating service. How do I opt out of it? Actually, I’m not scared. I’m sure Varlen will protect me.

illutian.7630:

:O

Is our lil Elly leaving the nest? Seems like just yesterday ‘she’ was running around setting fire to stuff. …they grow up so fast.

Yeah, I’m sure ‘he’ is gonna miss staring at my jewels.

Oh, I noticed the…um…shouts at borlis.org. Was that you, illutian? Why do I get the feeling it was you? Please don’t answer that!

Walabone.6713:

Bye, Elwyn! Hope you find a fun new home!

Thanks, Walabone. I had a lot of fun playing with WAR. Hope if I have to fight you guys, I’ll have a cannon on a really big wall. You’re all pretty hardcore and I’m all delicate.

If anyone else wants to share, I’m still gonna be thinking about stuff. Thanks to everyone who’s been all helpful!

Should have joined the peaks.

Nothing to gloat about,
Too busy having fun.

Based on the original post, tarnished coast seems like it would be the perfect place for you, no joke. On tarnished coast, it’s all about the community. WvW comes second to that; but don’t get me wrong, we’re currently sitting in the green position in T2. Our tier has what is probably the most balanced and fun match up out of all the theirs right now.

TC is community based and loooooves to have fun! We refuse to let the grinding, tedious aspects of wvw get in the way of enjoying ourselves. We participate in fun random things like the weekly dolyak parade, naked zergs every once in awhile, dancing with the enemy, even our sentries in towers know how to have fun.

Our website is filled with tactical strategies for all members to see including picture guides to siege placement; as well as random chatter about anything and everything.

All the things you asked for in the original post are what TC is. We’ve been called the zombie coast because ofmur never give up attitude. We win slow and steady, not by bandwagoning guilds. TC is a militia based server, with a free mumble account for anyone to use. You should honestly give it a try we can probably help pay for the transfer if you want. Just ask on our website tcgw2.com

Nope, I saw the shout box and was like…nooooo.

I’ll find you, though, and pester you!

TC is awesome. Imagine joining a server where essentially everyone is in one large guild. At anytime you can just switch mumble channels and follow a great commander on any borderland knowing you are going to be part of its success. The vibe is good, the momentum is palpable, and people genuinely like logging in and helping out even if we happen to be in third place. TC is the real thing.

I don’t WvW as much as others here- I mainly keep up with news and strategies via our server forum and donate siege. This is my honest impression of TC, though:

I will start off by saying we aren’t perfect. Just like every other server out there, we have our share of trolls, haters, kittenhats (not the fluffy kind), elitists, chest-thumpers, whiners, armchair commanders, morale gnawers, etc etc, just general facepalm-inducing players overall. We do our best to represent well on the fields and on the forum, but there will always be that one player you just want to nudge and say, “Hey. You aren’t helping. Go do something else for a while- I don’t know, grow a plant or something.”

That being said, the bad apples are happily the exception and not the rule, and the rule here is great. This is the server that raided a keep while dressed as lil princesses, along with the aforementioned naked zerg and dolyak parades. Don’t let the silliness fool you, though- TC is very competitive when it comes down to it. People strive for the best, but they don’t let it poison them like in T1, and they have fun, win or lose. And they never give up… hence our nickname, Zombie Coast.

I should finally mention that our idea of “fun” here is TC is very cheery and cookies-and-rainbows-y. We do our best to represent well, be classy and good-natured, and involve our opponents in the fun. /laughing and /dancing on fallen players is strongly frowned upon; in fact, there are a good number of players here who will /bow after killing an enemy. We also expect our members to respect the RP community here and not grief RPers. Though thinking on it, respect is a major thing here overall- respecting other TCers, but also respecting opponents as well. A person whose idea of “fun” is dancing on enemies/teabagging/chest-thumping/etc will likely not fit in here. Many here hold high standards, behavior-wise.

Overall, if you want a mature and competitive server that is also creative, friendly, humorous, and certainly unique, TC is definitely a good option.

This is why I hate ‘server’-based MMOs…that feeling you need to pick a world to play with sucks. :\

Also…TC Recruitment Zerg Rush!

illutian.7630:

This is why I hate ‘server’-based MMOs…that feeling you need to pick a world to play with sucks. :\

Also…TC Recruitment Zerg Rush!

Yeah… “Zombie Coast” and all that…

…though we tend to prefer eating cookies instead of brains.

Elwyn I actually think you’d be a good fight on TC from what I’ve seen of the community. It’s one of my favorite servers to guest to when I’m not in WvW. Will miss you though T_T

Thanks, Norgy, but I think BP will be okay without me.

Lots of amazing places. Thanks so much to everyone for sharing. Think Tarnished Coast is gonna meet me first.

Awww. I just saw a grand bunny crossing.

Oh, sorry.

I’m gonna be posting stuff and might even do things. Then maybe we can be all friends? Think it’s gonna be amazing.