Will there be a T1 week without BG?
Are you an Asura
Either way it’ll be a Chronomancer. Wait, what?
The Warrior turns to the guardian and says, “Did you hear something?”
Guardian replies, “No, but how’d the elementalist die?”
I feel like joining T1 just for epic fights and 24/7 coverage tho :] sounds like it would be fun to play like that for a while.
I can’t comment on what the fights are like in the lower tiers but I’ve seen people from lower tiers come to higher ones and usually after a big encouter I’ll read something like this in map chat ‘omg i never exp this kind of fight before, that was amazing’.
Who knows if that feeling maintains.
TC has also gotten a massive EU guild in that outnumber every thing on BG so right now we do not have the advantage.
Which guild did TC get? At the moment, HB which resides on BG is the largest EU guild that I know of on NA servers ? If an EU guild that is larger than HB just transferred to TC, I think there would be more buzz about it. So far, I have not heard anything. Please let me know which guild it is or I am assuming you are making it up. It is just very difficult to believe what BG says about EU coverage, since not to long ago, BG claimed that SOR outnumbers BG in EU even though IRON and a few other guilds have transferred off already. It just seems like we hear BG say every server they face outnumbers them in EU.
TC gained Helioz from SoR. Hel has mostly NA’s, but also a good amount of euro’s and NA’s who run at EU timezone. Think Hel puts out about 15~20 people daily during EU.
It’s funny how the BGs seem to think that fooling people a second time with this silly woe-is-us-we-are-weakest-oh-nooooooes strategy. Won’t work. They will be up and running again when Season 2 hits.
Their probably out refilling their war chest for later stacking.
yeah i even have people from BG hitting me up in game after some posts i made playing the victim ‘poor us’ card. Kinda funny..
Poor BG, people will still accuse them of crying wolf if they dropped down to T8.
Self-inflicted wounds hurt the most.
Blackgate not playing underdog. It is just full of carebears doing the living story events.
Blackgate not playing underdog. It is just full of carebears doing the living story events.
DDOS attacks is a valid reason. Living story is not. Both JQ and TC also have their fair share of PvE carebears. Like others have said, they’ll be back to business as usual once leagues start.
DDOS attacks is a valid reason.
What alternatives has BG tried to get around the DDoS’ing? Besides constantly getting DDoSed and then telling people “We’re sucking because we cant use our TS”. I know it sucks, but if its happening 24/7, it’s not going to magically stop, so you’ll have to adapt. Have you tried changing server host, or even swapping from using TS to Mumble? I know TC’s mumble has been DDoSed, but it rarely fully goes down. Has the guild/person responsible for maintaining the BG community TS spoken with their server host? (Assuming its hosted by a company and not an individuals server box). I could be too that BG’s TS being DDoSed has nothing to do with GW2, but that it’s just being targetted for being a large TS (a possibility), that or some scummy player is just being a really annoying troll. Either way, I hope BG gets it all resolved soon!
Mesmer – FURY
Rank 55 – Bunker Engi, Top 300
DDOS attacks is a valid reason.
What alternatives has BG tried to get around the DDoS’ing? Besides constantly getting DDoSed and then telling people “We’re sucking because we cant use our TS”. I know it sucks, but if its happening 24/7, it’s not going to magically stop, so you’ll have to adapt. Have you tried changing server host, or even swapping from using TS to Mumble? I know TC’s mumble has been DDoSed, but it rarely fully goes down. Has the guild/person responsible for maintaining the BG community TS spoken with their server host? (Assuming its hosted by a company and not an individuals server box). I could be too that BG’s TS being DDoSed has nothing to do with GW2, but that it’s just being targetted for being a large TS (a possibility), that or some scummy player is just being a really annoying troll. Either way, I hope BG gets it all resolved soon!
All of the above and more. You might actually be surprised by the amount of effort that has already been put forth by several individuals to come up with a solution. Unfortunately, due to the nature of this particular situation, it’s not easy.
[KnT] – Blackgate
Poor BG, people will still accuse them of crying wolf if they dropped down to T8.
Self-inflicted wounds hurt the most.
Poor Chris, still can’t get over his obsession with BG after a year of his server mates transferring here.
New bunker meta sux
Poor BG, people will still accuse them of crying wolf if they dropped down to T8.
Self-inflicted wounds hurt the most.
You still mad I stole your girlfriend?
yeah i even have people from BG hitting me up in game after some posts i made playing the victim ‘poor us’ card. Kinda funny..
I’ve seen that happen to others, getting chased up in game…..
By all means disagree on the forums to what people have posted but nerd raging in PM’s looks more like desperation.
The Warrior turns to the guardian and says, “Did you hear something?”
Guardian replies, “No, but how’d the elementalist die?”
DDOS attacks is a valid reason.
What alternatives has BG tried to get around the DDoS’ing? Besides constantly getting DDoSed and then telling people “We’re sucking because we cant use our TS”. I know it sucks, but if its happening 24/7, it’s not going to magically stop, so you’ll have to adapt. Have you tried changing server host, or even swapping from using TS to Mumble? I know TC’s mumble has been DDoSed, but it rarely fully goes down. Has the guild/person responsible for maintaining the BG community TS spoken with their server host? (Assuming its hosted by a company and not an individuals server box). I could be too that BG’s TS being DDoSed has nothing to do with GW2, but that it’s just being targetted for being a large TS (a possibility), that or some scummy player is just being a really annoying troll. Either way, I hope BG gets it all resolved soon!
Put it this way. We’re unable to purchase DDoS protection at this current time (while we’re still under DDoS attack) due to how much data protection it involves and how much the cost it would be (I heard up to several thousand dollars a month, tens of thousands a year). So yeah, our admins have tried everything and more, and it’s gotten to the point where BG’s guilds can’t give out their TS due to fear of DDoS as well, since every time we put out some kind of TS address to the public (map chat or otherwise), it gets taken down.
Beastgate | Faerie Law
Currently residing on SBI
BG struggle? we move large guild with 50 Hardcore. Help in S2 and more competitive.
So much gossip about Blackgate, lol. What goes up must come down. By no means is that an insult. Blackgate has held the #1 ranking server for a very long time. If they do happen to fall, there’s no shame in it.
Champion: Phantom, Hunter, Legionnaire, Genius
WvW rank: Diamond Colonel | Maguuma
I really don’t know why people have to resort to DDOS attacks.. You get less competition, and it just hurts the game in the long run.
I really don’t know why people have to resort to DDOS attacks.. You get less competition, and it just hurts the game in the long run.
because those losers ddos other servers ts, karmas a snitch
Meh, I wish you guys could find a cheap way around this. It sucks. I seriously do not have any idea who’d hate a server so much that they’d dedicate this much time trying to disrupt it. I mean, we’ve been mortal enemies for over a year, and even I wouldn’t wish this on you :P Yet, BG is still a strong server and I’m sure you guys will find a way past this. Does it still happen if you’re using enjin-based TS? I’m sure you’ve already considered this, but just tossing it out there.
Jade Quarry
Onslaught [OnS]
Yes the TS is DDOS’ed pretty much within 24 hours of us trying to put it back up and active no matter what we try. We have a team of people been working on it for literally a month now, countless hours. So yeah that hurt us a tick.
But also just not having as many WVW guilds play on BG anymore is affecting us as well. I can give you a few examples of guilds that were here for S1 that you wont see on the field in S2…..(KING, MERC,SUPR, EK,COIN, ZD’s, Zero,PLX, and a lot of guilds that lost members or that dont play as much anymore like Omen,Thai, Urge.) So thats affecting us now as well.
Not asking or looking for any sympathy or or praise here, just be aware that those WVW guilds are no longer around in any kind of force on BG. So we may go to T2 I dont know, wherever we go we will have fun and fight. Cheers guys!
Frozen Man Lvl 80 Guardian (JINX-BG)
Frozen Moo Juice Lvl 80 Warrior (JINX-BG)
Given the circumstances – you guys have done alright so far.
I’m still seeing BG players on the field so all is not lost it’s good to see some dedicated players not giving up and still having fun. That’s what it’s all about.
Commander @ Tarnished Coast
I honestly dont care what tier we hit (though i prefer the fights on T1).. i will still go out and kill stuff with my guildies