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Item to transfer map completions

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Since, ANET has said in the past it’s not possible to have a race change service due to issues of personal story etc.

What about an option such as a scroll or item that allows you to transfer map completion to other characters?

Only way points, vistas and non race affected items are transferred. Personal story and things tied to the race are unaffected?

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WvW - Asian time zone GMT+7 to GMT+9 activity

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My actual timezone is GMT+10, but sometimes I play way into the the GMT+8 and +9 timezones, hence the reason for trying to find servers/tiers with more activity during this stretch.

A bonus would be to find battlefield guilds that are just out there running for fights, not interested in PPT. I miss the old days of zerg busting with Jang Gun; he’s not planning to revive WM anymore.

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WvW - Asian time zone GMT+7 to GMT+9 activity

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Is there any place that I can find out information about OCX/Asian guilds currently residing on the EU servers and how active the servers are throughout the day?
Information about the EU servers and their guilds seem pretty hard to find on these forums and most are a few years old.

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WvW - Asian time zone GMT+7 to GMT+9 activity

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Hi,

I returned to GW2 after a few years away and am wondering about player activity during the Asian time zones (late OCX to East Asia) are dead. I’m on BG and even that appears quiet.

What are the experiences of players on other servers such as JQ, FA, DB etc? Is there WvW activity in the sense that there is a decent amount of players from both sides as I am considering the possibility of moving to another server just so there are people to play with and against

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War Machine W recruitment

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War Machine W is currently recruiting Korean and international members.

We are a mainly korean guild but also have international members within.

Although Korean is spoken, most of the time, commands and chat still have English to faciliate easy understanding by members.

Our aim

Build a guild group of good like-minded 25-30+ players. We DO NOT ENJOY blobbing, it is not fun.

We take pride in being able to fight well as guild and use movement/skill instead of just using large numbers

Our aim is to build a core of like minded players with the following traits:

  • Enjoy group OWpvp (open world pvp)
  • Enjoy guild focused runs instead of forming large blobs or zergs
  • Focus on team work, team builds and synergy
  • Understand and know how to play your class well and very importantly what to do in a guild raid
  • Able to keep a good sense of humor even when fights do not go well
  • Mature players who do not get involved in drama and trouble so that guild reputation is not tarnished (we are an old guild)

Other points to note

  • We require full representation (1 guild) but do allow a personal bank(own guild bank)
  • Using Teamspeak when doing raids
  • Be in WvW when Jang Gun is leading Wvw

Raid times

  • We usually start around 10pm-11pm KST (Korean standard time) till about early Euro hours
  • We raid as much as possible but please understand sometimes a few days we might not be able to because of real life and work.

Main WvW leader: Jang Gun

Server: Blackgate

We are also interested in players who play these classes well

  • Elementalists
  • Necros

Interested players can contact or send us a message:

Jang Gun: General.7803

Han Kal: STORY.8940

Benji Loves Pve: BenL.5312

Bloody Miata: mia.4812 Guild website: http://www.warmachine.co.kr/

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War Machine W recruitment/?? ??

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War Machine W is currently recruiting Korean and international members.

We are a mainly korean guild but also have international members within.

Although Korean is spoken, most of the time, commands and chat still have English to faciliate easy understanding by members.

Our aim

Build a guild group of good like-minded 25-30+ players. We DO NOT ENJOY blobbing, it is not fun.

We take pride in being able to fight well as guild and use movement/skill instead of just using large numbers

Our aim is to build a core of like minded players with the following traits:

  • Enjoy group OWpvp (open world pvp)
  • Enjoy guild focused runs instead of forming large blobs or zergs
  • Focus on team work, team builds and synergy
  • Understand and know how to play your class well and very importantly what to do in a guild raid
  • Able to keep a good sense of humor even when fights do not go well
  • Mature players who do not get involved in drama and trouble so that guild reputation is not tarnished (we are an old guild)

Other points to note

  • We require full representation (1 guild) but do allow a personal bank(own guild bank)
  • Using Teamspeak when doing raids
  • Be in WvW when Jang Gun is leading Wvw

Raid times

  • We usually start around 10pm-11pm KST (Korean standard time) till about early Euro hours
  • We raid as much as possible but please understand sometimes a few days we might not be able to because of real life and work.

Main WvW leader: Jang Gun

Server: Blackgate

We are also interested in players who play these classes well

  • Elementalists
  • Necros

Interested players can contact or send us a message:

Jang Gun: General.7803

Han Kal: STORY.8940

Benji Loves Pve: BenL.5312

Bloody Miata: mia.4812 Guild website: http://www.warmachine.co.kr/

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Jang Gun : General.7803 (???)

Han Kal : STORY.8940 (???)

Benji Loves Pve : BenL.5312 (????)

Bloody Miata : mia.4812 (????)

?? ???? : http://www.warmachine.co.kr/

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War Machine [WM] inactive

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War Machine [WM] is no longer going to be active in Guild Wars 2.

Some of our members might still be around but we are no longer actively playing it.

We have had a good time playing with everyone in the community during this time in spite of the language barriers.

Also, very importantly, we want to thank all the guilds on opposing servers that we have played with. The game would not have been fun without our opponents.

We wish everyone all the best

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BG ~ JQ ~ SoR Week 7 Gold League

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BG ~ JQ ~ SoR Week 7 Gold League

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I really think all these buying/paying guilds talk is unproductive.
ANET places no restrictions on buying/paying guilds.
These are creations of the server communities themselves.
If BG/JQ feel that the money spent on that is fine, that is their prerogative. Don’t like it? Why not sit down and think about whether it might be worth doing some organization and creating a war chest like they do.

Alternatively, you can PAY your guilds to destack if you to balance that badly. Its all a matter of supply and demand. Party A can complain this sucks cause it’s stacking, PvD or whatever they want to call it, but the bottom line is party A has as much right to complain as party B who was paid to transfer because all of them paid for the game and are free to do what is in it w/o breaching the terms.

Yes, it sucks, but that is how it all works. Money talks and bullkitten walks.

You want to have more fights? Sure, loosen the obsession on PPT and it will help promote timezone destacking. I suggest taking a look at Piken Square which is well know for being a server that is extremely fight oriented and unconcerned about PPT. PPT players and Open field/skirmish players co-exist on the server although the latter are the majority. The server still performs really well despite not being able to beat Viz. Open field guilds assist their ppt players by engaging enemies which allows PPT guilds with the expertise to do what they do best. Both parties are happy.

These complains about coverage and stacking will never end if the culture and mindset of ppt obsession is not changed

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BG ~ JQ ~ SoR Week 7 Gold League

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[WM] is looking for GvG 15v15/ 20v20
We play GMT+9
Start at 10.30pm KST/12.30am AEST/9.30pm GMT+8

Please contact any [WM] if interested

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11/22: BG/SoS/Mag (Gold League Round 6)

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Thank you for the GvG [CB]!
Really really good close fight

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11/22: BG/SoS/Mag (Gold League Round 6)

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[WM] thanks SoS + Magumma roaming groups for nice open field fights last night about 12am KST

Fun fighting + no blobbing

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Reward the winner of Gold with Free trasnfers

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A free server transfer ticket for the the winning server would be nice.
Encourage de-stacking because the queues are terrible
Promote the formation of a skirmish tier for guilds that like to skirmish

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11/22: BG/SoS/Mag (Gold League Round 6)

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War Machine [WM] looking for GvG 15v15
We play KOR time GMT+9/server time ~ 4.30 – 5am
We are on Blackgate

Contact:
BenL.5312
sobural.3150
STORY.8940
sjbirdnest.3047

any other [WM] member

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11/22: BG/SoS/Mag (Gold League Round 6)

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War Machine [WM] is looking for GvG 15v15

We play KOR time GMT+9

You can contact any [WM] if interested

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9/6 BG/JQ/FA

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WM (War Machine) is available for GvG.

We play during korean time (GMT+9). Usually we start around 10.30pm KOR time for GvG.

Interested parties are welcome to contact us at the following or just let any WM members know.

BenL.5312
General.7803
Gyuu.6903

Thank you

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Seafarer´s Rest - The Movie | Gw2 Anniversary

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Really fantastic video.

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8/2 SoR/TC/BG

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Please tell me this is a bad joke and that there is another reset coming to get us away from SoR/BG super blob no fun WvW >.<. The end of the week we saw TC get bored with these servers, I have a feeling very few TC will show up for a 2nd week

Well…maybe it’s time to stop megablobbing and take some action and actively prevent megablobs from forming by focusing on guilds raids, turn off the blue tag and run untagged. Play some open field and GvG.

Would require all 3 servers to actually WANT to cooperate, although that is unlikely due to lots of egos…but it’s ok to hope isn’t it

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7/26 BG/SoR/TC

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BG has a lot of korean guilds, and they do play when us, the NA timers goes to bed and working. I think their active numbers are ND(300+), CA(200+), WM(around 100) and
also there are couple of 20~50 member guilds.
And yes, don’t forget about 9D, THAI, URGE and XF and plus other sea time guilds.

I am afraid you overestimate the number of Korean players who are active on BG. The guild roster may be such but that is different from the actual number of players fielded. Alot of them have gone inactive.

WM fields typically about 10+ to 15+ when we play. ND probably a little more. BUT we do not have that many active players on the field each day.

Thank you

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[ND]Leon Xerxes I - BlackGate Warrior WvW

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Fantastic video, really well done =)

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Umm is there PvP in WvW

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Typically a skilled ‘zerg’ is really just a skilled commander and 70 other people that can master the basics of stacking, dropping combo fields, and blasting combo fields all on command like trained seals.

Obviously there is a few exceptions, very few, but generally the PvP portion of this game is pretty low in quality. GW2 sets the skill bar so low you can sub in your pet goldfish when you gotta go eat or use the bathroom.

It’s true that when you have numbers as large as 70, you would see the symptoms described. When numbers are that large, it is usually just a matter of brute force.

But if you are looking at guilds fighting guilds (GvG) in open field when the numbers are in the 20-30ish range, it is a totally different story. There is alot of discipline, timing, co-ordination and field movement involved.

The magic number seems to be in the 20 – 30ish region per group before things start to go downhill in terms of owpvp.

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Differences between EU vs NA WvW

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Not every guild in NA only focus on ppt. In fact on my server (SoR) I would say most of our guilds are out for the fights. To generalize all the servers based on a couple guilds or a server you used to play on is ridiculous imo.

Well, perhaps I’ve not worded my post well. I never said ALL guilds were focused on PPT.

I’ve also played on multiple NA servers and against multiple NA servers such, SoS, BG, SoR, DH, DB, IoJ, SBI, CD and that was my general observation. It is an observation made relative to the EU servers that there’s a much greater obsession with PPT across NA servers. Again, I simply said NA servers instead of ALL NA servers. There is nothing to say that it is applicable to EVERY NA server.

If anything, the post requires an opinion/asnwer that is an “average”. There will be some servers that obsess over ppt, some who don’t care. There will be guilds such as those on SoR according to you that enjoy fights and there will be guilds that like to focus on the ppt game.

A close read of the forums on NA server threads will also show a higher prevalence of posts about score updates and ppt as well as posts such as “Oh, X server is ticking at Y ppt, they’re good, or they suck etc”

And lastly, this is my opinion. We are all free to agree that we can disagree.

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Differences between EU vs NA WvW

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I think that what Jayne says boils down to the difference in how EU and NA servers approach the game.

For EU guilds, it’s really a game, win, lose, we still respect the opponents. Of course there are forum trolls, that can’t be be helped. But on the NA servers where I played in the past, it’s almost like a 2nd job and people take it too personally. This results in alot of griefing, mudslinging, trash talking and disrespect at other servers and guilds.

The obsession with PPT on NA servers drains away some of the fun to be had. I have to admit in the past, I would be so concerned about how much my server was ticking on NA and would constantly check MOS.

I’ve never regretted moving to EU where the only thing I ever worry about is, is there a CTA today? Are we going to get some good fights esp open field fights? Are we going to meet some challenging guilds?

PPT is almost irrelevant, the game is just about having a good time out there and spending a few enjoyable hours with the guild when I log in.

I think saying that EU doesn’t use as much sup siege as NA is a blanket generalization. Most of the time I see sup sieges used on structures by opponents and my guild uses sup siege exclusively. It’s an assertion that cannot be conclusively proven.

The obsession with SM is another blanket generalization. Depending on servers, there may be rosters deciding who is on EB, Home BL, enemy BL daily.

At least on my server and the servers we have fought, towers are a nice bonus, but not something we obsess over and it’s actually WAAAAY more fun having a fight inside the tower just as the enemy is going to cap it, or vice versa.

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Differences between EU vs NA WvW

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I don’t really agree with the part about removing player skill dependency; but of course that is my opinion.

There is immense effort put into crafting builds that work in a team setting especially in the top guilds. Furthermore, as the organized guilds do not run in the 50s to 80s, most are in the 20s to 30s, there is in fact more reliance on player skill and ability to work together. It also takes ALOT more skill to work effectively and move together in a team of 30 vs in a zerg of 60.

In a group of 60 vs a group of 30, 1 man down makes a heck lot more of a difference relative to 1 man downed in a group of 60. The proportion of contribution in a 1/30 vs a 1/60 is more significant and every man counts.

Indeed, it would be fun if there was an opportunity to pit the EU guilds against the NA guilds, but for the moment, it seems unlikely unless a server merger happens.

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Differences between EU vs NA WvW

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As noted, the EU servers are more guild oriented and hence it is also more competitive. Often you will also notice that commander tags are not popular and usually reserved for the commander leading the pug force.

This helps to direct the pug forces under 1 commander and allows guilds to roam alone (this is something alot of guilds appreciate)

Blobbing is heavily frowned upon the EU servers while it is often used on the NA servers. Opinions vary of course based on whether you play on NA or EU. NA servers tend to justify it as a tactic and it also causes alot of grief.

There is also a certain amount of respect between guilds. eg when guilds see 2 guilds engaging in open field, they usually do not interfere. On NA, it seems to be a free for all, a mass orgy if you will.

NA offers superior coverage while EU has only 1 prime time. This results in servers with an off peak force having a really huge advantage.

EU guilds also favour open field combat. Many of them would prefer not to siege if there was an option.

The arrow cart problem though common to both EU and NA is more frowned upon on EU servers. There are tiers in EU before the new RNG matchup was added that were skirmish tiers i.e guilds in those tiers avoided arrow carts whenever possible and engaged purely in player v player combat and open field

On NA, it tends to be a hail of arrows mostly and a general preference not to engage in open field if possible.

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Augury Rock Vs Baruch Bay Vs Piken Square

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Major props to all our competitors from Baruch and Piken so far, let’s keep the great fights going! Salute

And here’s some footage from the garrison fights we had last night from a noob warrior’s PoV.

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Top 5 most stable servers?

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This is a really meaningless topic and seems more like flamebait. There are so many different ways to define stable.

1) Has the server been in the same tier for a long time?
2) Has the population changed much over time?
3) what type of population are you basing it on? PvP? WvW? PvE?
4) How many times has X server won medals/accolades?
5) Multiple guild transfers in and out while maintaining a similar population level?

You could probably think of even more criteria to base the decision on.

End of the day, everybody is just going say their list of servers represent the most stable based on their own criteria and not agreeing with somebody else since their perception is based on a different set of criteria.

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Why still downed state in WvW?

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Personally, I think having a downed state adds a totally different dimension to the game. It gives you a split second chance to turn the tide of the battle.

People can try to banner ress their mates, they can attempt to kill someone quickly to rally their team mate. It allows battles to ebb and flow, introducing sudden changes that can make it interesting and challenging.

I won’t see it as promoting zerging but rather at promoting organized play.

A whole different dimension that nobody likes except casuals. Kinda like underwater fighting..that’s a whole new dimension for you..look how much people like it. The only dimension I see the downed state/AOE limit zerg friendly mechanics is a dimension called ESO.

I’m not sure why you jump to the conclusion that it is a dimension that only casuals like and why would they like it?

Perhaps some elaboration would help explain where you are coming from. You still have a chance to get the person full down while in that downed state.

Many of the assertions against the downed state appear to take on the tone of “I don’t like it, get rid of it because I say so”

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Why still downed state in WvW?

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Personally, I think having a downed state adds a totally different dimension to the game. It gives you a split second chance to turn the tide of the battle.

People can try to banner ress their mates, they can attempt to kill someone quickly to rally their team mate. It allows battles to ebb and flow, introducing sudden changes that can make it interesting and challenging.

I won’t see it as promoting zerging but rather at promoting organized play.

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Map caps are too high, explain why Im wrong.

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I’m not sure what you are proposing as the post merely states 2 things

1) it diminishes the pvp component but doesn’t state why or how it does
2 it promotes mentalities but does not elaborate on what they are

If you are proposing a low map cap, how much different would it be from sPVP. WvW was intended by ANET to be for epic battles.

A little bit of elaboration would help us understand where you are coming from.

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Anyone getting this type of lag since patch?

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I agree Webley, there were some rubberbanding issues in the past, but ever since the new patch to fix latency, I’ve experienced the worst to date. Keeping my fingers crossed the fixes come out soon or at least some official statement about what’s going on.

They must have tweaked something that affects the syncing of the character position between client and server and its one heck of a mess at the moment.

My guildie even has rubberbanding and lags so bad that events happen 2-3 min after the commander calls them in TS.

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Anyone getting this type of lag since patch?

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YEEESSS! I’ve experienced it so many times it’s not even funny.

I’ve gotta say, I’ve experienced worse than you. Everytime I WvW, I play in fear of such rubberbanding issues and messing things up on the field and being out of place.

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Augury Rock Vs Baruch Bay Vs Piken Square

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These so called blobs that everyone claims to be seeing may very well be AR, PK or BB duking it out. Since 2 opposing servers always red appear to the player, the sea of red appears huge. Or, you may have just gotten yourself into a 3 way fight and therefore it appears as a blob.

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Massive Rubberbanding in WvW

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Has anybody else experienced increased rubberbanding since the new patch? Does it have anything to do with the skill lag fixes?
It has been the worst I have experienced to date.

My character and raid group are teleporting all over the place, I hit some enemies, appear in the new spot and I’m back at my spot 10 sec ago the next moment. This goes on over and over, getting stuck at portals, teleporting back and forth on the spot. I am even unable to teleport back to spawn for a good 30 sec or more.

WvW is absolutely unplayable with all this rubberbanding.

Would really appreciate if there was some official comment on what is happening? Is it due to fixes? Changes or upgrades to servers? And the skill lag is still present

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Tier 1: BG/JQ/SoR 05/10/2013

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If JQ will get their heads out of their kitten we can still win this.

We have tons of ppl on but they’d rather whine and complain in LA rather than actually get out there and fight.

And the lame kitten BG trolls in LA isn’t helping, get your server in line, it’s dumb that you guys feel the need to come into our LA and try to demoralize us more.

Dude, JQ’s server status is full. How BG players transferred or guested over to JQ LA and demoralize you guys is a big question mark. Are you sure they are not JQ’s own players kicking up drama?

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Tier 1: BG/JQ/SoR 05/10/2013

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Really glad that IRON has found the passion for WvW again! Always great to have the WvW community and guild reinvigorated after the whole EU T1 fracas.

NA T1 with their close to 24/7 coverage and better balance now will give you guys all the best fights to keep things fun.

Here’s wishing good times ahead for IRON and may your bags always be full!

T1 is according to the charts, the most stable servers in NA.

I’m curious, which part of my statement that there will be better balance is wrong? SoR still lacks some coverage which is where IRON comes into the picture.

Btw, BG and JQ’s server status are full while there is room in SoR to spare. Prima facie, SoR could do with more coverage which means there is still potential to improve the ideal balance of all 3 servers.

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Tier 1: BG/JQ/SoR 05/10/2013

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Really glad that IRON has found the passion for WvW again! Always great to have the WvW community and guild reinvigorated after the whole EU T1 fracas.

NA T1 with their close to 24/7 coverage and better balance now will give you guys all the best fights to keep things fun.

Here’s wishing good times ahead for IRON and may your bags always be full!

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Hard core WvWers tier 4 & below.

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This thread really seems as pointless as banging on the table and forcing the guy opposite you to like the brand of beer you are drinking.

Here are a few things to consider

1)
Different tiers field different numbers and that is why fights may vary from 1v1 to 5v5 and even to 80v80

2)
Due to the different number of players fielded, each tier develops it’s own meta. Commanders and players develop different skill sets

3)
Skill does not simply equate to just being able to kill players. It involves more than that. Being able to command a 30 or 40 group as 1 entity is on a totally different level. Does that make a commander not fantastic at 1v1 a lousy player? No. His talent is just as if not more valuable i.e able to get a group to move as 1 entity.

4)
Strategies for different sized groups vary greatly and harping on I can kill 1vX number of people is meaningless. It is truly a work of art when you see an organized group kill on the field especially when they take on greater numbers.

5)
Once the group sizes become bigger, you will start to see that there is alot of thought put into team synergy, making builds work with each other, combo fields, field movement, timing of attacks, group composition, weapon and skill interactions etc. This is something that a 1v1, 2v2 or 5v5 won’t see. There is nothing wrong with that, just means that meta and playstyles differ. Experiencing such fights simply means paying ANET gems to move to a different tier.

6)
Different players like different play styles, some of you guys enjoy 1v1, 2v2, 5v5, 10v10. There are also others that like to play 30v30, 30v50 or even 80v80. That does not however mean they are any less skilled than someone playing 1v1, 2v2. It is a totally different play orientation.

7)
A 1v1, 2v2 player harping on “I can kill X who plays often in a 30v30 group = he sucks” is extremely lame and naive. Builds designed for group combat and builds designed for 1v1, 2v2 etc comabt are vastly different in focus. Tradeoffs and compromises are made resulting in weaknesses when forced into a combat scenario it is not designed for and vice versa.

Lastly, I believe we all should be able to acknowledge that different players like different playstyles and hence reside in different tiers. Constant harping on who is better or trying to one up the other is doing nobody any favours.

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Tier 1: BG/JQ/SoR 05/03/2013

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BenL.5312

All the full status, I’m wondering if ANET is tinkering with the server numbers in an attempt to control transfers and redirect transferees.

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Tier 1: BG/JQ/SoR 05/03/2013

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BenL.5312

@ Fuzzion

I really don’t see the relevance of the statement that “most of the professional veteran players are on JQ”

It proves nothing at all other than the fact that “these” people played alot of other mmos in the past.
Having played alot of mmos in the past does not equate to being a good or bad player either.

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Official T1 Matchup: BG|JQ|SoR

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BenL.5312

Sheesh…how many names does blackgate have to go through. There’s Hackgate, Sea of blackgate, sea of black kainengs etc

And most of the time it is accompanied with derision and comments of implosion. Look at it this way, you now have a target to aim for and try to defeat. That’s what blackgate been doing.

Credit should be given when it is due

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4/26 JQ/SoR/BG

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BenL.5312

Congrats to BG! You guys have stuck it out and seen the fruits of the labour.
Keep at it guys, sounds like NA T1 is slowly getting balanced out.
Hopefully SoR also starts to become a potential candidate for transfers.

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Arrowcarts [merged]

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Posted by: BenL.5312

BenL.5312

This is going to be soooooo boring. Goodbye to open field combat and welcome to hours of un-enjoyable pounding on keeps and arrow cart firing.

WvW should just be categorised under a different heading instead of PvP.

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From War Machine [WM]

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BenL.5312

Jang has made a statement on his reasons to leave and that’s it. It is time to move on.

Are all the hate posts coming from people who are raging cause WM did not choose their server? I bet if the shoe was on the other foot, they’d be posting “we love WM, we welcome WM”

Jang and his crew are real people who have paid real money and are looking for their fun, It’s unfortunate that their idea of fun isn’t the same as you, so suck it up. Jang and his crew are free to do what they see fit and is in the best interest of their guild.

It is outright selfish to insist they stay on in a server where they feel it’s no longer fun. This is a game and the aim is to have fun.

Guilds will move servers, populations will change, that is a reality. Lack of change breeds stagnation. Face it, the international nature of the game means that the basic building block is the guild, it is not X server or Y server.

The server name is merely a title given to a database that records the points. Servers facing destruction? That is merely creative destruction that prevents stagnation through movement either up or down the tiers. You see this phenomenon in nature all the time.

Lastly, I wish WM all the best with BG and being able to play with their korean friends in ND.

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30th April Patch Update

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Posted by: BenL.5312

BenL.5312

I personally wish that keeps would be easier to take down or siege equipment to do more damage. At the moment, it is ridiculously hard and almost impossible at times to take down a T3 keep.

This totally defeats the purpose of WvW which is to fight people. It could very well be called Siege Wars 2.

It is hardly enjoyable spending hours pounding on a keep structure instead of being out in the open field engaging in battle.

Some mechanic needs to be introduced to get people to get out and actually fight in the open instead of just sitting in a keep firing an arrow cart.

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Discuss:Zerker or PVT gear in WvW guild zergs

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Posted by: BenL.5312

BenL.5312

Well, I guess this debate is as good as banging on the table and insisting someone like the particular beer you’re drinking.

Different tiers field different numbers and different metas. Zerk armor would work well in small skirmishes.

However if you are talking of 50 v 50, 80 v 80 clashes, PVT is almost de rigeur; zerk gear means you are part of a rally train. You can have all the damage in the world but that being dead in a matter of seconds means all your fantastic damage is for naught. Just imagine how much damage you are receiving from 50 players in a matter of seconds.

Best suggestion. Keep 2 separate sets if you are roaming in small groups and expecting small skirmishes and another for huge clashes

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Casual MERC sunday ;)

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Posted by: BenL.5312

BenL.5312

Yo Vuka! How’s things with MERC and BG these days?

Looks like Tarkus is back commanding?
Nice fights, gets the adrenaline pumping

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Dragonbrand : Welcome new WvW guilds!

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BenL.5312

Guys, you really need to lay it off RE and the other guilds that have moved.
The transfers have already taken place so it’s time to move on.
Constantly trolling on a DB’s thread just speaks volumes of the server/guild they have left.

This is a game, real people have paid real money and they are looking for their fun. If it’s not your definition of fun, its unfortunate. Don’t impose your ideas of fun and server loyalty on them because that’s selfish on your part as well. If you still have a bone to pick with them, resolve it in private.

All the best to DB, it’ll be interesting to see what the new guilds have to offer and what surprises DB can bring to T2.

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A love letter to our old friends War Machine

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BenL.5312

@ Oresh

Are you really that scared of losing? I am assuming you are from JQ.
Your post can only mean 1 thing – JQ wins by coverage.

What is wrong with BG or SOR getting more coverage? If all 3 servers are on equal footing, that would be the time when servers can finally say “X server’s players are more skilled”

Isn’t this what everybody like to brag about? Skill?

JQ wins by skill,tactic and having good commanders who are loyal to JQ. We care about our ppt and we take pride in being the top class in gw2. JQ also has the highest number of mmo vets around.

Doesn’t quite answer the question. Every server could say the same. If all things were equal, then skill would be the only variable.

I don’t doubt that JQ has skill, in fact every server in T1 has competent and skilled players and commanders. Having alot of mmo vets is also an irrelevant consideration, its got nothing to do with BG and SoR getting more coverage.

The question now being, why such a knee jerk reaction against BG and SoR getting more coverage?

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A love letter to our old friends War Machine

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BenL.5312

@ Oresh

Are you really that scared of losing? I am assuming you are from JQ.
Your post can only mean 1 thing – JQ wins by coverage.

What is wrong with BG or SOR getting more coverage? If all 3 servers are on equal footing, that would be the time when servers can finally say “X server’s players are more skilled”

Isn’t this what everybody like to brag about? Skill?

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