Guild Wars 2

I’m not too shy to admit, I am still new to this game, but I am a PvPer. PvP in the sense of the word, meaning killing other players. I like structured, I like WvW. I’ve only been playing since about January. Up until then, I played WoW for rated BG’s and Arena, and I played Dark Age of Camelot for my roaming fix of RvR (WvW) I prefer to run solo, but I can lead a mean squad. So I really don’t know where I fit in at I guess is what I’m saying. I like to lead people, but I prefer to run around in smallish groups or completely solo. I like to run sPvP as well, and plan on looking to build a dedicated team.

Yak’s Bend is T3 ATM, and really kicking some kitten I’m proud of the boys. But in the little bit of time I have played, I have come to the conclusion that it is too zergy for me, and what I want to get out of the game. I have a lot of really good friends on Yak’s that do mostly endgame PvE, not so much WvW.

I work overnights, and have a small family. I’m no power gamer like I used to be back when I was in the army. My play times are anywhere between 9:30am est and 3:45pm est Monday throughout Friday, and sporadic on the weekends, sometimes late night early morning.

I do PvE, but only for the sole purpose of getting money to buy WvW materials with, weather it is siege, food, whatever. I have a PvE suit with magic find and I run around Cursed Shore doing events and salvaging everything I get and putting it on BL trader, lol. I’m a minimalist, sue me. I have a great guild that specializes in PvE Endgame that will be staying on Yak’s Bend. This is a personal move based on how I like to play the game, and I won’t be leaving the tag, only the server for the WvW.

Sorry for the rant, now the questions:

How is the community?
Which server would fit my play style and play times?
What server would be willing to have a leader fight by them, with no affiliation or fcuks given? (Because literally I’m at the point to where I am competitive, but I see this video game for what it is, a game.)
And what is the population of former DAoC players on some of these servers? I mean I know JQ is the “DAOC” server but I’m not about to go to bigger zergs and machine screaming photo slide show lag, lol. Plus, its a little easier to play with people you have something in common with. All lower NA servers will be considered, I just want some good fights with some respectful people fighting beside me, and opposing me.

Sorry again for the rant, I got the munchies if you can dig it.

It sounds like you enjoy or might enjoy guerilla style wvw. I think you might enjoy being on FC, though you will be on a server that is vastly outnumbered. Our success is usually tied to thinking on your feet and being canny, though we do get to have the occasional zergy brainless fun, too.

I have been playing wvw for less than a month, and it’s the first time ever that I’ve engaged in PVP. I tried it on FC and got hooked. I really enjoy being the underdog, and I have found the community to be excellent. There’s some drama and a few bad apples, but they are rare enough that they really do stand out.

Also I really like how generally speaking classy the players in Tier 8 tend to be. It’s unusual to see anyone doing the “jump on the corpse” or whatever.

I work 9-5 so am not sure how our server does during your playtime, I’ll let someone else answer that.

I’m not sure what you mean with “willing to have a leader fight by them”? That’s the norm for us.

I think pretty much all three tier7 servers will fit your criteria equally well.

GrandmaFunk.3052:

I think pretty much all three tier7 servers will fit your criteria equally well.

Yeah, we pretty much rule

The OP seems to have the same gameplay preference as myself and similar PVP background (I still love WoW PVP—dueling, BG, Arena), so I’ll just add my questions here rather than start a new thread.

GrandmaFunk.3052:

I think pretty much all three tier7 servers will fit your criteria equally well.

1) Why tier 7 in particular?

At first I thought maybe the top tier servers would have more solo/roaming parties dedicated to pure PVP’ing in WvW, but I’ve come across a few comments just in the first page of this sub-forum with people saying the best small-scale action is actually in the lower tiers. 2) So would it be better to go tier 8, if the narrative is true that the lower the tier the more frequent/conducive the environment is to very small scale encounters?

3) Due to having a lower population, can I actually go into WvW at most any time and find people (non-zergs) to fight? I’m on a higher tier, high population server, but it can be quite deserted sometimes.

4) Similarly, is Lion’s Arch fairly empty on these lower tier servers? I love logging into WoW and seeing the incredibly dense population of people in its 4 major city hubs, bringing down the framerate for a nearly decade old game to roughly where it is in Lion’s Arch. Meanwhile in GW2, it’s lone hub, is always sparsely populated.

Thank you for any insight.

Please consider the Northern Shiverpeaks in NA
We’re currently tier7 after our decline from tier5.
The infrastructure is still there, its just waiting for influx.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/wuvwuv/Northern-Shiverpeaks-Welcomes-you/first#post1718884

Here is our thread.
Free transfers during off peak hours.

And here is another one that may shed a little light on you PvE concerns!

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/wuvwuv/Come-to-the-Shiverpeaks-of-the-North-NSP/first#post1718956

We also have many small man roaming guilds on our server!

dunnberry.2964:

We also have many small man roaming guilds on our server!

Who are some of these guilds? So I can maybe contact them.

Imo it is best to guest in NSP and head to LA. Ask and you will be answered. My guild has a larger PvE base, but I would consider us a small roaming WvW guild as well. So it is hard to specifically point to one guild over the other because in reality a lot of us have small groups running around during off peak hours.
A few I would consider small are AS, SPCA, XOXO, bots, BS and Zos and TFG at times. Those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head.

T7 is the best tier to transfer to because we have consistently had the closest matches out of all the WvW tiers. Huge zergs are rare, and one player in the right place at the right time can turn the tide. I’d also consider transferring to ET or FC if you like being the underdog.

Ah I recognize you as a new transfer to HoD. Sure hope you enjoy your time with us, and thank you for choosing our server