Guild Wars 2

TL;DR see bottom

Following the free transfers to Med population servers until 1 april, servers have been posting to recruit people to their servers so we decided to also use this opportunity to recruit some people to our server.

Ruins of Surmia is a server that has seen it’s share of people leaving the server. Back at the start when the 1 week started an alliance left because we didn’t have enough coverage, especially at night. Many times we were outmanned but we persevered, never giving we managed to tier up and to tier down again. Once again an alliance transfered to us but soon after they also left us, but we are thankful for them because thanks to them the original guilds had the chance to gain more experience and get better. We tiered up because of the alliance then we dropped down again. Now we are on the verge of tiering up again and this time without any outside help.

We are a server of a close group of playered who have been battle-hardened through many outmanned experiences, one week we were even ranked last but slowly we are raising in ranks.
We are NOT looking to go any higher that t5, we don’t even need to go that far. T7 would be nice enough for us, staying in the current tier however is very boring, being outmanned a lot of the times we tend to seek out battles where we are outmanned because those are the best battles you can get.

Such as any other server we also have(had) our fair share of drama in here but we don’t let it get the best of us.
Our community is close through all the battles and we have nice teamwork.
We are still organizing though, only recently did we start a public teamspeak. We also have a community forum for our server: http://ruinsofsurmia.enjin.com

Ever since the beginnings of times our night time coverage has always been lacking. On normal days 5-10 people is the best you can hope for. The last few days we did have around 10-15 people online at night thanks to the new patch but it will die down and we will need a proper night-time coverage team. For the current tier, what we have works but it will definitely be lacking when go up a tier. This is our main priority.
But that doesn’t mean we aren’t looking for people during primetime, because we are. Being third lowest populated server of EU we lack players and during primetime we often get outmanned.

Our server has many but small WvW guilds. The biggest ones are DEX, GoA and PG. But there are also many smaller ones who pull more than their own weight in number such as TH, ELDa, FA, etc… (sorry if I didn’t mention you, there are just too many).

That said and done, certain guilds will run raids or lead pugs, or even do both at the same time. We have an abundance of commanders who will take care of the pugs. We have a healthy mix of pug and guild groups although we COULD use more organized guild groups, small or big.

We also hardly EVER have Queues in RoS. The last queue was coincidentally yesterday but it didn’t last more than 2 mins and it was pretty much our whole force because Blacktide were in big numbers in our BL. The queue before that dated about 3-4 weeks prior.

TL;dr:
-> RoS is for bravehearts who want to fight against huge odds
-> no queues
-> Need night time players
-> Guild groups and non-guild players welcome.
-> public TS and community site
-> Every kind of guilds for every kind of people
-> Commanders who know what they’re doing (most of the time :p) for your average pug.
-> Not looking to go any higher than t5.

Few of the shenanigans pulled by TH:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqMIRceLdlE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX6_cqneEfw

If you’re looking for a WvW oriented guild in RoS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oiTt35veq8

Some more RoS Shenanigans:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpRAFiCDVp0

Edit: I have to add that we’re also looking for a guild group who are willing to defend enemy keeps we have acquired against big odds. Any takers ?

that’s quite the effort you put into this thread Elnor.

We have a friendly community and we can provide you with a friendly environment. All the recent changes in the server were positive and for our numbers, we are doing great.

If there is any guild who is interested, send out scouts and see for yourself. Just recently, a couple of players moved from a server I shall not name, and they formed a new guild in our server. We have been trying to promote their guild and ask for guildless players to join them, because we appreciate any effort that can enhance our wvw environment.

You can ask our friends in UW, FoW, and Dzg. Most servers we fought can testify that we’ve been quite the friendly server.

Keep in mind though, we are not a server that values winning above all. Having fun together is our top priority, and that is the kind of mentality we would welcome to our server.

Cheers, and start sending them scouts :>

Ilesyt has some really good points in there.

We don’t want a massive alliance or guild to move to Surmia. We don’t roll glass cannons because we are usually out manned and you will die – but hey at least there is no repair bill now! We need people who fight in teams and know how to defend. We need people who know how to utilise siege and read the map. Small groups are what allows Surmia to punch above its weight.

All Surmians have stories of protecting or capturing objectives against the odds. You haven’t lived until you’ve 5 manned your way into stonemist! Once the dust settles after the WvW Patch we will find everyone’s numbers return to normal but Surmia really offers an experience unlike most other servers. We are where we are by the actions of a group of dedicated, battle hardened warriors who have persevered though hard times; both drama and WvW based.

If you want to be another green dot in a field of green dots there are many other servers to chose from, that is your prerogative. For those who value real challenges and real battles a spot awaits you with your peers on our front lines.

Outmanned you say… yea about that- i present you zergus giganticus:

i’m the 3rd nameplate from the back

Yeah I’m pretty sure i was there too, Remember when I talked us having a queue for first time since 4 weeks ? Yeah that’s when we had queue, not that map though and on a different occasion (when i took that zerg to EB)

I have to add that we’re also looking for a guild group who are willing to defend enemy keeps we have acquired against big odds. Any takers ?