It’s a shame that out of the two servers…. SPCA is literally the only guild running under 10. How boring this matchup is. AR used to be horrible with ALS running 40 mans…. And we were on NSP. Switch to HoD, NSP is the same as AR was. We fought AR and DH last week, probably the best matchup we have faced in 4-5 months as far as relativley fair fights. Groups running 10 or less or even 15 or less. This matchup just blows straight up. And we’re still getting a a ton of kills, just the mindset of your two servers NSP and Ioj or whatever your name is is brutal. You should all xfer to tier 1 and play Zerg wars / seige wars 2 there and leave people who like to use character abilities a bit more than 4 keys total a fight down here.
NOOB typically runs between 3-10 when we are out. I often find pugs following me though when I am around. Only time we have more than 10 NOOB is on reset and even then, not always. Not our fault other guilds will have members that follow a commander or well known person on the server around.
You may run 3-10, as soon as you decide to wear a commander blue Dorito, all bets are off. Mine as well change your tag to [PvP] from sf or [ALS]. My point is our guild doesn’t want to rely on anyone else to win fights.. Occasionally KoM comes flyin in to save our butts but rarely do we AJ each others fights. The mentality of not caring how much Teal is around you is why this game is zergwars2. We don’t come from that background.
Most often I don’t wear my Commander tag in WvW unless: A: We are doing a guild event, or B: Another commander asks me to take over for a while. The latter is rare. Normally when people follow me its because they know me and just want to follow. Last night we were in HoD BL and had 10 people, Eventually we would get “zerged” by 30ish PHZE and friends. Still had some fun and happily payed my repair bills. Yet I have to ask myself, is 30 really a zerg? I rarely saw less than 50 from our matchup last week.
Granted I am horrible at PvP, Rarely do I win a 1v1. I don’t get my estiffy from how many people I can claim I beat in a fight. I don’t cry when I loose. I may get upset from time to time when my teammates don’t listen, but I get over it. If I didn’t enjoy it I would leave. Yes leave… its simple, if your not haveing a good time. Go do something else somewhere else.
You come for your reasons, I come for mine. I try to support my server over myself. Maybe that’s not your reason to play, I won’t criticize you for that. Yet I feel like you want to criticize me for playing the game the way I enjoy it….
Well put.
To the OP: People come to wvw for different reasons, and despite it being frustrating at times when you can’t find the sort of fight you want, it doesn’t seem cause to insult the other servers. The game is evolving and this dynamic is unfortunately a reality of wvw. People are not going to show up with a knife to a gun fight because it seems the honorable thing to do. I’d like to point out people more actively find workarounds like organizing fight nights for the roamer types, and in other threads you’ll see people more actively organizing GvG. I’m sure if you ask around you’ll be able to organize some if you’re finding things too zergy and you need a break.
IoJ are not new to being outnumbered, and many are pve’rs just getting their feet wet so our playstyle will reflect this. Also, we don’t have as many organized wvw guilds or probably even commanders in the regular rotation, so people tend to conglomerate. However, the group sizes in general I’ve seen this week have not been as bad as some I’ve seen in the past.
I briefly considered transferring when I realized I wanted to play wvw in a bit more of an organized/small group way. But, I also realized that that is part of the problem to begin with. The server transfers have led to the destabilization of the ranking system, and I would guess are a contributing factor to this lag.
The best course of action in the meantime is to improve the state of wvw on our own servers (we have some great commanders here doing that) and understand that not all servers are at the same place in terms of development of wvw strategy and organization due to the unstable system. If that’s interfering with the brief time you get to unwind in game, try hitting up some of the commanders for some small group fights.
I think while we wait for improvements to roll in, finding ways to keep the game interesting for everyone is important. But, if you’re looking for help, try asking nicely.
Cheers
This better be a good patch. Flash building is going to be a whole new game.
