Guild Wars 2

Oh please. Arrow carts needed some buff. I was on an arrow cart last night defending WK against a zerg just dps a door… no seige. I was hitting for 300 or less with each shot. or two people died… out of 40 bum rushing the door. And I was not the only arrow cart, there were 3-4. So something needed to be done and I am glad. It should be HARD to take a keep and a tower. In my opinion, the walls do not protect the defenders enough as it is. Is an 80% boost the right amount, I do not know.

Holy smokes! For a second I thought our thread was relegated to page 2. Did PvF also get a nerf?

Wow… this is just silly. There is a reward for defending. First, your greatest ability to really get badges and wxp for killing players is in defending. Even a tower can yield lots of fun and challenge. Yes it can be difficult and yes, there are scenarios where defending is futile or silly. But you get rewarded every 3 minutes of defense. The longer you hold, the more rewards, and the more players you kill.

I just don’t get it.

Fun times in EB last night. SBI… wow where did those numbers come from? I was impressed! Unfortunately, we were a disorganized mess last night for a few hours.

My guild mates and I formed a small havoc team and started hitting your camps and keep, trying to draw some attention away from SM and our side of the map and cut reinforcements. We managed to succeed in getting flattened by your response several times. Finally, our zerg seemed to get things together for a while.

But hats off to you last night. Well played!

My thanks to all the CD and SBI for the past month of fun. I am not a big score person, like most Mags, I just like really fun fights. I know well what it is like to get flattened by zergs when out with a small team. It has happened on more than one occasion in this match up for certain. NA late night has been a blast and at times near equal numbers.

I commend the fighting spirit of both servers. Next week will be a challenge for Mag, and I know many of us are looking forward to it.

Wow… maybe I am just old school, but I enjoy staff ele, especially in big fights in wvw. The number of times I have aided the groups I run with split enemy groups, hold choke points, wreck sieges, and keep us alive (working together with a team of people who know what to do in a water field helps) are hard to count. I started as a staff ele and switched to D/D. D/D is a fine play style, but I am more of a ranged chaos causer. I also carry two sets of gear… if I am running in a very small group, I usually switch into a Scepter Dagger or Scepter Focus build for fun. The new patch has even livened that up a bit. So if you see a little assuran charging through your zerg like a maniac, it might be me… haha… I some times forget I’m not a D/D ele ;P Thank goodness we have some many escapes… Of course… I might just be causing chaos :P

Convenant.7092:

Commanders, guild leaders, influential people, and individuals.

Stop this karma-train madness. WXP isn’t a big deal. Nobody cares about your rank. What they DO respect however, is your skill. Not that that should even matter, since you shouldn’t play for what others think of you. Your rank is not an extension to your private area.

Play WvW for fun.
Play WvW to fight.

Devs messed up their system. Doesn’t mean you have to abide by it. You can make a difference. Come fight with those who play this game for fun. No more Daily Wars 2. Dungeon Wars 2. Fractal Wars 2. And now keep-trading Wars 2. Let’s play GW2 how we intended to play it: pvp.

Leave grinding for work.

Enough said.

Convenant – Totally agree with you. Much respect to you and [AoN] from [HKHS] on Mags. I loved fighting beside you guys and I enjoy fighting against you guys. Keep it up. We hope to see [AoN] and Dragonbrand soon enough. Salutes

Xephyron.4702:

Vorastrix.5791:

Thank god for the removal of armor repair costs for outmanned.

oh look, mag.
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Oh..
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Oh my…
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Q.Q
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That’s probably the zerg in EB

Haha… I love the comments in the first link as the zerg arrives. I think we have all been on the business end of this type of pounding many times… At least now we can really see it coming. And hey… If I’m running around with a few others and a zerg wants to chase and stake me… great. I am sure they have some better things to do, but us Asurans can be a pesky group

Fay.2735:

I think people are misunderstanding the reason for why this armour was added and maybe should look more at the positive side of the improvement.

First people QQ that they have to do PvE to obtain the exotics with different stat combinations. So Anet puts in gear with different stat combos that allows you to stay in WvW yet people still QQ. Seriously if people rage quit because they got what they asked for but didn’t get a shiny skin that’s just sad tbh.

Sure new unique skin looks for WvW would be nice but that doesn’t change the fact that this is an improvement. I also highly disagree with putting unique dungeon skins in WvW. Those skins are for the those specific dungeons only. I’m all for more unique skins but current unique skins should stay with the places you obtain them from and should stay unique to that content.

So yes you get crappy basic skins but at least you get the stat combinations you need within WvW itself. Just like everyone I would love to see nicer unique skins for WvW and I’m pretty confident that they will in time but until they can invest resources into making these we at least have access to good gear.

In this patch you’ve received huge improvement in culling, you get different stat options for gear, you get character progression so you have a new purpose within WvW to work on. Maybe focus on all that’s been added and not what has not yet been added.

Things take time to develop especially in a game type that requires careful balancing/testing and there’s only so many resources that can be invested in various things. I sincerely appreciate the improvements we have received this patch and knowing they will continue to work on improving things is great as well just have to be more patient. The game only has been out 7 months and loads of content has been added/improved since launch and they will continue to improve all parts of the game. I really don’t understand the negative attitude whenever improvements are made people act so ridiculously entitled sometimes.

As for ascended gear. Who cares about that unless you are into hardcore gear threadmill fractal grind. Those couple of extra stats aren’t going to make the difference between winning or losing in WvW. If you want more competitive pvp you can do spvp. WvW at the end of the day is just a giant open world free for all, mostly casual pvp zone. Things aren’t controlled nor fair so who cares about about a couple more stats that mean nothing when majority of the time fights are uneven, this isn’t WoW where a couple of extra stats = win.

Totally Agree Fay…

The battle of Longview was Epic. Hats off to CD for an incredible defense. You have nothing to hang your head about… much respect to all.

My fellow Maguuman’s making a stand … we few… we happy few… another incredible defense that bought us the time we needed. There for a bit it seamed like there was but 6-10 of us on our feet… how will I ever sleep tonight?

Hats off to our commanders who pulled it off, the harassment teams that kept things choked off. Props to the CD commander for an epic defense of garrison and quick, creative counters.

Hats off to SBI and CD. Really good fights this weekend. While points may not be a great reflection of the fights, more than once we were well pressured, low on supply and almost caught out of position.

To the SBI group that stomped rogues and setup 5 cats and a few ballista inside of dredge… that was brutal. We had to do suicide runs in order to burn you out. Brutal and well played.

The CD group of 4 – 10 taking camps last night in EB also really played havoc with supplies into SM. Also well done.

Lastly, hats off to the warrior I fought about 5 times last night. You got the better of my ranger for certain. I was pleased at how long I could stay up and yes… I had to use the npc’s the one or two times I fought you off…

Thanks for the fights this week all. It has been very tough sledding on Mag… but thanks to all the badges left at SM a few nights ago

Also, hats off to our commanders and those keeping the fight going. Sabrina, Leafy Lass, Paralda… you all led some kicken comebacks several nights. Apologies to other commanders as I tend to see them the most, but I know you are out there Rebel Daughter, Invalid…

Let’s take our lessons learned and keep trying to get better. Most of all, let’s just keep trying to have fun.

DB and TC… hats off to you and good luck next week. Hope we gave you a good fight when we could.

So I know several threads have been here regarding WM guild that have been negative etc… however, I wanted to give one complimentary.

Last night in Mag BL, I witnessed precision like I have rarely seen in WvW. Hats off to WM and those with them. I don’t care if some were two boxing or not. I was in awe at the precision in which you moved together, circling around the NW Tower, moving in and out of bashing on the door. Unfortunately, we did not have much of a zerg at that time of night to come in and really challenge you, but the precision in which you moved together and attacked was impressive.

I was the anoying staff ele you couldn’t kill that kept trying to separate you and rain down the deadly judgement of the might flame ram upon you. Each time you were ripe for the picking… you slid off together… broke combat, recharged cool downs and zerged right back into us. It felt like you were toying with us.

Well done and impressive…. though I wish we had the numbers to challenge you at that time… you were out of position

Keep up the good fight Mag! We are learning a lot… and getting even tougher on defense. It will pay dividends though this match is lost… Each of you… even in the face of such odds makes it great fun to play on this server!

As a Maguumite… I want to congratulate FA and DB for some really hard fights. I feel like we have been pushed really hard and are holding up better than I expected. It is so much more fun to have hard fought victories or defeats than to be steamrolled or the steamroller. I hope each of your servers generally feel the same.

My guild (HKHS) and I have had a blast with the quality of the fights in this match up. Hats off to FA for holding onto our WK last night late… You creamed us with all the AoE… but we were almost in. Awesome field battles though ranging from NW camp to WK and Garrison.

We have been learning from both of you… and as you can see, we are closing in points after falling behind opening night. Who knows how this match up will end, though I think it will be hard to topple FA at this point.

But so far, well fought! Lastly, to my fellow Maguumites, keep up the fight! I hear the flame lord is throwing an Asurran hot tub party Thursday night if we keep it up!
BYOOS – Bring Your Own Ogre Swill.

Here is a positive message…

As a dedicated Maguuma ele… thanks to both servers for the hard work this week. There were times when you had us pressed. In particular, I remember showing up in Eternal one night with DR pounding away at our last tower as a distraction while trying to make a run for our keep.

Also, my guildmates and I have enjoyed some of those long, “hold onto that supply camp” fights which helped us maintain our edge when we were really pressed the most (at least when I was on).

BP did a good job reacting to camp harassment in its borderlands and defending against I do not know how many breakouts.

DR was persistent and showed character throughout the week. A few nights ago in Eternal, we got greedy and you almost made us pay. I am sure your commanders and guilds will learn from this week, regroup, and get at it again. BTW – I learned some new siege spots from you guys… hats off.

To our commanders – well done this week! I was pleased to see us back from vacation strong and determined. I witnessed some very creative and opportunistic attacks which bore fruit. In the end… very fun… Of course… we have fun on Mag even if we are losing. Its all about putting up a good fight…

Also here when Balt died… been waiting since launch to take him and buy gear from the karma vendor. Really… why do I have over 400k karma… sigh

Thanks for the HKHS Props Endorin.3109.

This has been a tough match for us this week. The numbers have seemed a bit overwhelming at times…. But we have managed to score blows where we could. I can’t count the number of times we flipped East Keep. We never gave up and kept on battling, be it in the 3-way at SM the other night or by attacking other things away from the Zerg to try and starve your attacks.

It has been a well fought fight. Hopefully, the new week will bring some new challenges. I can assure you HKHS will be a thorn in your side