Guild Wars 2

i had to see this for myself.

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10/10 would read again!

Please make nightfury into an infusion, i like my shoulders.

ahahahah No /15char

Xillllix.3485:

McKenna Berdrow.2759:

…we are discussing whether we want to change how we calculate WvW world populations or if we want to lower the WvW population caps.

I don’t get it. The entire server ladder system is destroyed already. Tournaments are now impossible. Just get rid of the server system and make a global system that is adaptable.

Let everyone play together. Create overflow “campaigns” at reset according to the previous week population, let guilds or players choose their campaign and alliance.

No more population problems and server balancing. The guilds will register to a campaign weekly, keeping a priority spot to their previous campaign, and contribute to a global score of their alliance.

When the population drops campaigns are removed. When all campaigns are filled a new one open up. When an alliance has more players randomly chosen guilds are incited to change alliances at the next reset for a 100% magic find weekly increase.

When a guild leader change campaign the entire guild is transferred automatically.

Players can guest on other campaign of their alliance at a penalty of not getting loot.

Then you can create these mega tournaments and everyone will be able to play as they wish.

DON’T TOUCH MY SERVER PRIDE!!!!!!!!!!!

Add wvw only legendary backpiece with a long wvw grind. K thnx bai.

McKenna Berdrow.2759:

Blackgate and Jade Quarry both opened because they were below the population cap. Blackgate currently has a smaller population than Jade Quarry and some of the combined linked worlds populations (combined linked worlds population example being Crystal Desert + Darkhaven + Devona’s Rest combined has a higher population than Blackgate). With all that being said, we do keep track of the transfers that happen. Since we have been seeing an increase in transfer behavior with the past 2 world links, we are discussing whether we want to change how we calculate WvW world populations or if we want to lower the WvW population caps.

This is so laughably detached from reality. Anet, clearly something is very very wrong with your population calculation models. Please ajust model.

Make ajust servar open join new player able guild play together so new player can guild play wvw.

No new player join able JQ and BG and guild die and less new player in wvw join guild. Need ajust now.

Anet, I believe you are taking a wrong approach. This is a band aid on a gaping wound. Instead of getting balanced mathcups by lowering server population caps you should be focusing on bringing in NEW players into wvw to fill up the smaller server.

How to do this? One very very simple answer, wvw only legendary backpiece and more unique wvw only skins.

Personally, I don’t think wvw only skins will ahve enough “oomph” to get many new players in, but a long grinded wvw only backpiece will.

So….. why would i move my guild to a much smaller new world with less players to recruit from if I want to expand it as opposed to a full server?

1 up 1 down has been debunked since game release as being a silly idea that will result in horrendous matchups unless the servers across the board are somewhat competitive.

The only reason I play wvw is to push for that sweet sweet gathering bonus faster. More rewards for winning skirmishes? Anet you spoil us too much!

Ask yourselves, if this was the cold, would it bother Elsa?

Add shoulder cannons to Omega golems, the current version not mobile enough. Golem’s slow speed should balance things out.

Would be nice if you guys actually ever clarified the DR mechanism officially.

thnx for the replies.

What is anets official stance on AFK botting via minions, or macro spamming a single aoe attack? There are several spots just utterly infested with bots ruining the economy. If a dev wants to message me ingame i can point them out. Don’t want more people doing this if i publicly list the spots.

Perhaps that is the key then, post here and reddit so that so many of them come there that it ruins it ( along with market)….

Have there ever been posts by anet regarding this?

Quaggons are/were a lame attempt by Anet to cash in on a “cute n’ cuddly” race as many mmo’s do.

They add a sense of idiocy to the game for me, and I would be extremely satisfied if they never add any more Quaggon related content. They are a joke race and look stupid.

WvW Guild Here:

1) Gkick, unless notified of extended hiatus beforehand.
2) Gkick
3) Gkick
4) Gkick, since they probably wouldn’t respond to having a proper build and gear or anyalysis of their performance.

WvW devs, here is some advice for your next iteration of changes.

If you get an idea that start with “Wouldn’t it be AWESOME/COOL/AMAZING if _______” Do not implement, as the idea will inevitably become gimmicky and hated by all.

Example: “Wouldnt it be awesome if a giant airship pews pews SMC?”

If the idea starts with " Wouldnt it be NICE if ___________" Implement it.

Example: “Wouldnt it be nice if sentries did something other than stand around?”

You guys are arguing about this as though there is “high end pve” in this game. The simple fact is that there isn’t any. The pve content is absurdly easy once you learn to play, with no need to min max.

All you need is Ele for FGS, Warrior for banners, + 3 zerker players of any class that know what they are doing. Yea you will go slower than a fully optimized group, but it will only be very slightly slower. On the flip side, you wont waste time looking for that exact class that you need to optimize your party.

Warrior Phalanx strength is enough to carry any party to reasonably fast completions if it comes down to it.

Unless you are going for world record speed runs or something like that. But who in their right mind cares about that. If you want High end PVE this isnt the game for you.

In short bring any class you want as long as they are full zerker.

Serenity.8246:

I personally like the tournaments. I like the competition feel they give my server. We are definitely on top of our game during them and it isn’t for the rewards but to say “We did this!” In both season, YB played above its pop and was victorious. Even if we get 4th this tourney because the scoring was a bit silly, everyone will know we deserved higher.

9 weeks is a bit long, though. I feel a burning need to play more during seasons, just because there are more fun fights, our morale is high and so it’s more fun but the intensity is high for me and I need some down time. lol

For those complaining about the rewards….be happy they aren’t amazing, otherwise the QQ for the stacked servers, like HoD, would be worse!

Sword, Dagger and Axe look nice!

Littlefeather.8623:

Aurust.8961:

Anet has done a wonderful job on movement capabilities.

Warrior > Lifts all the time so can run very fast. Also does alot of squats so he can savage leap and break bolas with his powerful thighs ( dogged march)

Gaurdian > Doesnt lift as much and reads more books, so slow due to wearing heavy armor.

Elementalist > Doesn’t lift but uses air magic to move.

Thief > Does alot of ninja training and cardio to do backflips and stuff

Ranger > Does alot of cardio and probably trains with animals so good mobility here. Probably does a good amount of squats using logs and probably lifts rocks.

Engineer > Doesnt lift but has rockets to move around. Emergency Edit Probably reads alot also about machines and metals.

Necro > I doubt they lift, but some might get strong from digging up graves or whatever. Also has magic. Probably reads a good amount as well, def reads less than ele imo, but not sure if they read more books than guardians.

Mesmer > Def doesnt lift just practices magic tricks, so they are the slowest class.

Lifting (Muscle Endurance) has nothing to do with Cardio (Cardiovascular Endurance)

thats why i put savage leap as an example for lifting……. but tbh i think the movement skills are more strength than cardio scenario. I think warriors prolly do alot of cardio anyway.

Anet has done a wonderful job on movement capabilities.

Warrior > Lifts all the time so can run very fast. Also does alot of squats so he can savage leap and break bolas with his powerful thighs ( dogged march)

Gaurdian > Doesnt lift as much and reads more books, so slow due to wearing heavy armor.

Elementalist > Doesn’t lift but uses air magic to move.

Thief > Does alot of ninja training and cardio to do backflips and stuff

Ranger > Does alot of cardio and probably trains with animals so good mobility here. Probably does a good amount of squats using logs and probably lifts rocks.

Engineer > Doesnt lift but has rockets to move around. Emergency Edit Probably reads alot also about machines and metals.

Necro > I doubt they lift, but some might get strong from digging up graves or whatever. Also has magic. Probably reads a good amount as well, def reads less than ele imo, but not sure if they read more books than guardians.

Mesmer > Def doesnt lift just practices magic tricks, so they are the slowest class.

mallas.9836:

Kellth.2146:

What makes for a good WvW server? Is it because of numbers? A good community? Skilled players? Tons of guilds on a server? What makes a server a good WvW competitor?

Eredon Terrace!

depends on the server and guilds on it. Some are a just coverage. Some are coverage and numbers. Some are both and skill. Some are all 3 and suspicious behavior. Some are bought servers which after a few months die horribly like SoR.

but overall its coverage.

SOR was in tier 1 for a year…… and we never bought one guild.

Didn’t read thread…. but i can i have ur stuff if ur leaving?

MEGASERVER SMASH ALL OTHER PUNY REGULAR SERVER!

Zikory.6871:

jojojoon.8607:

The question here is why pick JQ to 2v1 instead of BG.

There was a post on Gw2wvw for a TC post that said there was a “incident” where instead of pushing a 2v1 on BG, JQ hit some TC objectives while TC was attacking BG. So if there is any truth to this is looks like JQ (or the JQ commander involved) made a bad call shifting a possible 2v1 on BG to JQ.

This is almost the same thing that happened in week 1 of season 1. SoR made some bad map politic calls and BG took advantage. Thus taking the lead.

You have been around long enough to know how easy things like this can shift and how commander will change focus depending on who is attacking who. If the above statement (from the TC player) is true, it could have easily been BG on the wrong end of the 2v1 if we would have made a bad call (Map politics wise)

I believe I am made the post you are referring to. Yea, HIRE had all the intentions to hit bg garrison and purposefully made orange swords on ur northern towers to see how JQ would respond. They attacked our spawn tower. I assumed the BG commander was just as dumbfounded as I was. So we put orange swords on briar, bg responded with orange swords on bay and it was kind of obvious that the 2v1 was set on JQ’s bay.

Note to new wvw players….. notice how there was no direct communication involved.

Yea, please stay out of southsun…. terrible terrible spot for t6 mat farming. Champ Train in frostgorge. Go there.

Reikan.2908:

To be honest I don’t understand why there isn’ta ddedicated option for guilds to battle on a game called guild wars.

You are such a lore nub. You make me sick…..

When dealing with this issue ask yourself…. am i complaining about the stealth mechanic?

If the answer is yes, it is strictly a learn to play issue. So get out there and L2P!

( Not a thief )

Here is how it looks when standing regularly….

Dear Anet Artists, you’ve been amazing at listening to the community’s concern’s regarding aesthetic bugs.

I ask that you fix the COE medium armor set. The middle part that goes down to the floor looks ridiculous when your character is in combat stance. Please see attached pic.

Karka farm is easily 10+g/hour at current prices…… super simple and easy.

Anet… thnx so much for fixing the HOTW shoulders!!!

One little problem now, it seems the gloves were enlarged as well, and now it just looks weird with the gloves seemingly too big for the shoulders. Screenshot attached.

On the loading screen…. the second guy from the left with the sword in the red garb, appears to be wearing a bear helmet ( heavy hotw helm). Can a dev confirm that it is indeed the fiercest and best helm in the game?

Chaosbroker.3860:

Dhampyr.2104:

LOL Did I read that right? Aurust on TC? That’s kinda funny. xD

Yep … and the more you think about it the funnier it gets.

Stahp talking about me!!!!

Seems to have something to do with body build of the character. Look at the comparison of gloves between me and a friend of mine.

I made a thread about this earlier. Link to my thread… it has pics to compare old vs new.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Why-the-change-to-HOTW-shoulders/first#post3675934

2nd screen shot from today

Anet changed the heavy shoulders for HOTW. The chainmail part seems to curve inward now and the pads seem more detached from the neckbrace.

First screenshot is from december 6th, Second one is from today 2/22/14/

They look kitten y. Please revert. Kudos though for fixing that one miscolored chain plate on the bear helmet in the back ( been complainign to devs about that since release )

There is tons of action and guild groups in EOTM during NA prim and Late NA… Being told that eotm is pretty crappy during the other timezones…

However, I am seeing more and more guild groups in there, and even better…. more and more guild groups running tagless + some stray pugs that attach themselves. I think it is in fact steadily replacing wvw.

Still searching……

Smooth Penguin.5294:

cortin.9174:

Maguuma can summon some very large blobs, and not just during the day or night, but all hours of day and night. Last week DB was matched up against them, DB got beat down so badly that people got demoralized and stopped participating in WvW. Some commanders that used to run WvW raids every day stopped tagging up. It was pretty sad. The whole week it was about how to avoid the zerg, which usually meant going off to cap empty keeps (borrring).

Thank Anet for EOTM, I wasn’t going to play the game much during the last match up but EOTM allowed me to still enjoy PvP. This is precisely why EOTM is a good thing.

Maguuma equips Stronk builds for our quest to move into Tier 1:

Superior Rune of Maguuma

(1): +25 Sweg
(2): +10% Forum Infractions
(3): +50 Sweg
(4): When you post on the official forum, gain a random boon.
(5): +90 Sweg
(6): Invite nearby foes to your party on kill.

And for the OP, there’s more than enough people to do both WvW and EotM. A lot of servers play for pride, so allowing others to run over them will keep some core guilds around to cap BLs.

This post was already made in a thread around the time of season 1. Not original sorry bro….

In b4 thread closed.

Great guild and good bunch of guys.

The reason these threads are being made… is because in fact major changes are happening. If things are going fine, then no need to make a useless thread about it, you can just post in the other threads where you have been spouting literally the same thing.

Did you really have to make this thread in addition to your rant about North America.

MiLkZz.4789:

Oh my god, because T1 NA ain’t doing good because of maxed stacked servers, WvW is doomed? Drama much.

We in EU barely notice Eotm, still got good match ups, good fights and good numbers on all sides. Maybe unstack a little and find out there is a world besides who can buy the most guilds.

Eotm is a fun place to blow off some steam after the more ‘serious’ WvW. It wont replace it, maybe for servers doomed to fight a 24/7 maxed out blob server but not for the ones who still get good fights. I think Anet did great with their addition.

There are too many unbalanced matchups before eotm even started… eotm will only exaggerate this….. on NA anyhow dunno about EU.

Did any tiers not notice a downgrade in wvw quality?

Current ppt in tier 1

JQ 590
BG 70
SOR 35

I predicted this situation as soon as it was confirmed that you would be able to get your guild in reliably into EOTM.

It was pretty obvious to us here that this matchup would turn into a 1v1 with JQ vs BG. Howeve what many did not realize, was that JQ and BG still have big coverage gaps vs each other.

Without SOR in the mix, these gaps have been greatly amplified. Naturally, a percentage of the side during the heavily outmanned coverage period will also go to EOTM.

I predict an indefinite 1v1, and forced karma trains being the standard now most of the time in tier 1 as those wanting any action or not be blobbed to death will go to EOTM. While those still fighting for ppt will have too much ground to cover and too many easy objectives to cap ( they will go for undefended keeps to get their easy ppt).

Im also fairly certain, that EOTM will be the end of wvw ( Ive been saying this for months when EOTM and its mechanic were even first announced). This was mostly do to anets neglect and lack of action for the original wvw. There are simply to many positives to EOTM for regular wvw to overcome. Granted there are a ton of issues with EOTM as well, but hopefully this time Anet will address them faster.

Have fun! And hope Anet actually listens to player feedback this time for EOTM.

urieldhynne.2743:

Actually is hurting a lot my current matchup. The BLs are empty and the same for EBG the majority of time. I play in T3 matchup.

Is a good idea to cover the queue times, but… there is no more big queues since long long time ago. maybe only in t1 servers, and this is only 1 matchup. Good idea, but they need to regroup and remake some kind of wvw servers, 24 servers for the current global wvw population is just an illusion, i think they need to cut it to a half, because below T4 the wvw is pretty dead because the lack of ppl. Even in the last weeks is dead in t3.

Anet kept raising server caps since last summer….. and allowed further stacking of tier 1 servers drawing away all the population from the lower tiers.

Last summer, BG and JQ were at full, and SOR at very high. This was when SOR was the number 1 server. Thats when Anet first started raising the caps and essentially gutted the wvw populations of the lower tiers.