Guild Wars 2

I see thread after thread of people complaining about how ‘unfair’ the JP is when a server/guild decides to camp it.

What I don’t see many threads on is what to do when when someone does. There are many ways you CAN counter the camping that occurs.

Firstly, take some ownership of the situation. Don’t die, come here and QQ!

Consider the following:

Safety in numbers, heaven forbid you have to wait 2 mins to see if more of you allies join you. Shame on allies that come in, look for 10 seconds and then map out again. Just a little persistence is needed sometimes.

First and foremost, wait till a mesmer is topside. If you want the easy win, take the portal when its there, you can’t lose. Make sure you say thank you!

People camping the beginning section? No problem.
Chill for a bit, that means wait, don’t run into 10v1 and hope fingers crossed you will make it our alive, you won’t. Wait till a mesmer or thief with mass invisibility comes or castes a portal so you can get behind the enemy zerg. To the mesmer/thief’s make sure you suggest it to ppl standing next to you when you enter. Other ppl, make sure you listen!

People camping the arena section, little trickier but still solvable. The enemies at the top are there for one reason, YOU. So if you’re not there, they won’t be. Meaning I’ve seen entire groups wipe because they insisted on pushing into the arena instead of waiting for enemies to get bored, only for me to return by myself 10 minutes later and make top because everyone has left.
Hang back, wait in the dark room, 9/10 they get bored and leave. Stick your head out to see if they have left, not to fight.
Like I said 9/10 they won’t follow you down, because they don’t want to get stuck down there with you.

Finally, make use of the 3 invisible wells in the puzzle, they will server you well.

On a personal note, siege in the puzzle is stupid and I don’t know why ArenaNet allows it, it makes the traps pointless.

Please feel free to add your suggestions on how to make end chest.

SoPP.7034:

…..Safety in numbers, heaven forbid you have to wait 2 mins to see if more of you allies join you. Shame on allies that come in, look for 10 seconds and then map out again. Just a little persistence is needed sometimes.
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People camping the beginning section? No problem.
Chill for a bit, that means wait, don’t run into 10v1 and hope fingers crossed you will make it our alive, you won’t. Wait till a mesmer or thief with mass invisibility comes or castes a portal so you can get behind the enemy zerg. To the mesmer/thief’s make sure you suggest it to ppl standing next to you when you enter. Other ppl, make sure you listen!

When the enemy servers are camping the start with siege covering the entry platform with a constant barrage so the moment you zone in you are dead due to catapult and arrowcart fire?
I only go to the JP for the free blueprints and bonus badges (to buy more blueprints) as all of my cash goes on repairs and site upgrades, Normally I don’t have time to “Chill for a bit” as there is a war to get back to, but even if I did, you can’t chill for long under a siege barrage…..

The jumping puzzle needs to moved to a separate zone, with its own queue slots.
It does nothing to help the server you represent points wise, and only encourages the PvE crowd to take up spots in the queue that should be used by people who want to aid your servers objectives.

Brooke.9741:

The jumping puzzle needs to moved to a separate zone, with its own queue slots.
It does nothing to help the server you represent points wise, and only encourages the PvE crowd to take up spots in the queue that should be used by people who want to aid your servers objectives.

^ this

Nidome.1365:

When the enemy servers are camping the start with siege covering the entry platform with a constant barrage so the moment you zone in you are dead due to catapult and arrowcart fire?
I only go to the JP for the free blueprints and bonus badges (to buy more blueprints) as all of my cash goes on repairs and site upgrades, Normally I don’t have time to “Chill for a bit” as there is a war to get back to, but even if I did, you can’t chill for long under a siege barrage…..

Glad you stuck to the theme of the post and didn’t QQ -.-

How about roll a thief or mesmer for invisibility.

How about change you stats so can get out of harms way by jumping off a huge ledge and take minimal damage.

This thread was about giving people ideas, not people that want to QQ more…

Remove JP from wvw, problem solved.