I went from playing 5+ hours per day to logging in once every week or so due to the free transfers making WvW just unbalanced blobs. Why did the people involved in WvW not think such a drastic population shift did not need time for this glicko system to balance out? I think this a wonderful game, but some of the WvW changes make me wonder if it is truly a priority or not. I understand we had a population CDI but until they do something about it WvW is just a game of numbers.
The Glicko system not taking active WvW population for rankings before the season ruined WvW for most people. I used to WvW everyday, but this season has just bored me with the imbalance and poor match ups. Before the free transfers the matchups were just starting to even out. I should not have to transfer to get a fair matchup now.
How many posts is DR going to make? You guys already have enough guilds to win bronze be happy you got lucky enough with free transfers and enjoy the win.
Please reconsider rankings based on active WvW populations
Dear A-Net,
With the upcoming league server transfers have once again taken and rewarded servers for tanking or stacking. The system in place punishes the servers that did not get solid transfers. It promotes mass transfers and server stacking to win. Why not base the leagues on active WvW population instead of glicko? That way the servers that stack can fight other servers that stacked.
Population is such huge part of WvW and it has been overlooked in the rating system for far too long. Something needs to be done to fix this if you want WvW to remain competitive. The way it is now leagues are decided one week before them based on transfers. Server loyalty is fast eroding in this system and the mass transfers will cause more dramatic shifts in population when leagues end. Is this intended by the WvW team?
Even smaller OCX guilds would make a difference in this tier. This server has a nice and healthy NA population who would be willing to help anyone coming here.
Very nice server to join. We moved here in January and have had an excellent time. The guilds and the people here are a joy to go into battle with. In the past few days we have gotten 2 skill groups and a nice havoc group to move here. Yes the server is not free, but we are in an excellent place for top 3 Bronze.
BP your coverage the last few days has been crazy. Do you guys not have family’s at home ? (Joking) PvE patches usually kill our (CD) NA population, but I was hoping leagues would change that, oh well. Happy Thanksgiving to the US people and to everyone else good luck for the rest of the match up.
The open world seems empty because people complained enough to get every open world method of farming destroyed. They reap what they sow. outside of Teq kills once in a while there is little reason reward wise to go into the open world. There is still the Dolly farming, but I’m sure it will get hit soon too.
This is one of the best servers out there. I remember transferring here over a year ago from FA. I have never found a better community in any game I have ever played. The WvW community is starting to get organized to the point where you are starting to see some good results. We would welcome anyone who transferred here with open arms.
Make home BL’s harder to take. Make supply lines matter. Give the home BL more supply for siege. This would at least allow smaller servers to fortify there BL faster and stand somewhat of a chance. Maybe make outmanned slowly give your keeps and players supply. Just some random ideas.
DB I understand you want EB to take second, but do you really need 60+ to kill 20 people?
Honestly, 60+ to kill 20 has been going on since WvW began. Also, while I think I’ve seen DB ignore EB to take out CD, you can’t be sure. It could be that the close match up rallied EB’s defenses.
I’ve certainly been more anxious about it.
Well the fact that DB is leaving EB targets alone would point to the obvious. DB has no one on EBBL and has 70+ in ours with nothing to really take left. EB has suckled DB’s teet this whole matchup. This is just how this matchup has felt the whole week.
Here’s RET’s anniversary ranger zerg. Happy birthday RET! It was so fun! Hope you guys enjoy the video as much as us playing our rangers.
Funny video, I was with Orb defending that gari in the start and was saying in TS “Did they get arrow carts up there?” Then I looked close and said, “my god those are barrages”.
CD NA prime is essentially just pugs running under random commanders. There are no real large NA guilds that run 20+ anymore. Although we have IEX that’s up and coming, formed from INC members who stayed on CD if I recall correctly.
I would say IEX is on the rise, but at least 5 INC/EK players went to Orb as well. Our NA is not as dead as some people make it out to be. We are reorganizing and will be just fine in that time slot. I also know 3 or 4 NA guild’s that can field 20 plus if needed.
This match up came down to map coverage. FA does not cover maps as well as we could. We also have issues with people not coming out for WvWvW some weeks. It is why we are so inconstant as a server. TC has coverage on all maps and that is why they win this match up. YB keeps YBBL defended well and that is why they are always in a decent spot. FA does defend well when we have the numbers, but again we don’t always have them.
I have only had a que one time in the last two weeks in any borderland on FA. It does sap all the fun when you go to sleep knowing your whole map will be PvEd’ from you and upgraded while you sleep and work. It is not the peoples fault who are playing it is the match up system. We have had issues through our whole servers existence having little to no night presence.
PS. TC players who are complaining about people saying things….you said some of the same things when you played against BG last week. It just so happens you are the one like BG this week.
Good times against TC, but BG is just a zerg fest. The only reason we engage TC more is because it is more of an enjoyable fight facing similar numbers. Hope next week brings FA a less FOTM transfer server.
We are still recruiting. Looking for players interested in smaller scale WvWvW. If we get enough interest we will also be looking for some PvE players to run dungeons.
We are a hodgepodge group of gamers with a diverse background that has spanned many MMOs. Most of us met each other in the game DAoC. Our community grew over time and we were a strong 8v8 guild called Eternal Mourning. Warhammer came out many years later and we left for the game forming the guild The Burning Heart. Warhammer was not what we expected so we moved on a year later to play WoW with another guild called DST on Twisted Nether. Most of us stuck with WoW for sometime. After WoW we moved to SWTOR and played it for a half a year. On news that Guild Wars 2 was released we decided try and expand our ranks for this game as it will be our home for many years to come. We look forward to meeting all of our new players and getting to game once more with our vets! We are ready for WvWvW and are looking for some more people to fill out the ranks.
We will be engaging in small scale warfare again and are looking to swell our ranks so we can take unguarded keeps and disrupt enemy supply lines. We are flexible in what classes we are looking for. We will not be a zerg guild, however we will support our server if it is needed. We are rather laid back and our main goal is to have fun. If you want any additional info on the guild please ask in this thread, PM me, or post on our guild launch site.
On the website please register and click the apply to button.
