Guild Wars 2

~yawn.

Raven;

In one sentence you say you don’t care and yet 4 sentences later you mentioned it again. You’ve also mentioned it again and again in your previous posts. You are also one of those who spouted off about 2000 gold if I’m not mistaken. For someone who doesn’t care you sure have a lot to say about it.

I also find it amusing that you`re blaming BG for shoring up our area where we have lacked competitive coverage forever. Being an ex BG player (thank jebus), I would expect some more understanding in that area. As for the NA additions, what do you care? SoR is allegedly better then us and has the best NA in the game. Should you not be welcoming the added challenge, or according to you; lack there of?

I’d also like to point out that our last stint in T1, which I believe you were still around for; we tried like crazy to recruit just before paid transfers went in. Sadly we were passed over for JQ/SoS. So I find it really odd for you to clamor on here about bandwagon, like we haven’t been trying for months to get players to help fill our gaps.

But I digress, please tell me: How do you ‘fix’ the problem of having maybe 60 bodies (organized Guilds) during Oceanic play time without recruiting?

So I wanted to take the time to address the rumor mill regarding BG ‘Buying/Hiring/Bribing’ or whatever else, Guilds to fight for us. This will probably be a long winded post, hit the bottom for TLDR.

So first my credentials;

I’m the Chapter AGM of Lords of the Dead on Blackgate. LotD is one of the oldest (dare I say THE oldest?) active MMORPG Guild world wide (est. 1995 for those that don’t know.) You may have noticed we don’t post much here, or guru, or anywhere. We tend to save our breathe for stuff that’s worth saying.

I have helped bring the BG Community together since we first transferred over back in early October. I’m a moderator on Blackgatewvw.com, recognized as a community leader among my peers and the BWC.

Probably the most important fact for you to know about me regarding this issue, is that I was the point man on our meetings with FoE/Agg and later MERC/ND prior to their transfer to BG.

Every single one of those Guilds reached out their hand to us and inquired about how receptive BG would be for a move from SoS. They asked about our coverage, and would they be a good fit for what we already have. We talked to great lengths about willingness to fight, being active, rest days, etc etc etc. All the above Guilds affirmed their decision to move to Blackgate before the idea of a donation was ever mentioned. Here I should be clear, only MERC and ND ever asked about the possibility of help with transfers. It was in the spirit of helping Guilds stay together and keeping this game as free to play as possible that we agreed to help offload some of the cost for their Members.

So there you have it, straight from the horses mouth. I’m sure there will be spin, or claims that I’m creating spin, or just overall calls of BS. I’m also sure that if we carry a win for this week people will say we bought our way back into T1 and to the #1 server spot. To be honest, I could care less about what anyone else on another server has to say about it. I do however realize there is a dark cloud over our new Guilds, so perhaps with first hand information it will help alleviate the crap being thrown their way. So take what you want from all this, my intent was only to deliver the truth and set the record straight.

To all those ‘in the know’ people, who made such ridiculous claims about 2000gp per Guild or other asinine posts. Just lol. Clearly you have or say you have people in the BWC, or who know people in the BWC, or know person (x) who saw it all go down. Based on what I’ve seen so far, it’s a lie. Those people fed you crap and you ate it up, because as always in video game politics, people eat up the stuff that creates the most drama.

TLDR: I was at the meetings, hell I led the meetings. Anyone who posts information contradictory to what I’ve written above is pulling your chain.

On Topic: Video from reset night Thank’s for the fun SF/EMP!

Kiltor.9362:

Cakewalk.3620:

Kiltor.9362:

k/d will be implemented in this game as well as something i belive daoc had in IRS. its the only way to measure how well your server is when you take coverage out of the convo. if points werent based on keeps but players it would make it more reasonable to play when you are on a disadvantage like we are. there is no way SoR will win this matchup we all know this. but do we frown? are we not gonna show up? well that would take the fun out of this game if no one were around to kill…..oh wait

IRS is a pretty skewed way to determine skill. Can just roll around in bigger groups all day rolling smaller ones and have an amazing IRS. Doesn’t translate to skill imo, unless the IRS is going to be Guild based.

people with higher IRS will be guilds. its just usually how it works. and zvz fights 1 deaths can alter your IRS greatly as it did in DAOC. so saying its skewed is not giving it a full thought. PPT is one of the worst ways to play a 3 way. UNLESS they made it strictly NA players on NA servers and EU players on EU servers. there you woulndt have the issue of coverage at all. but there is. Till there is a fix all i care about is kills. i will do my part for my server and try but climbing a mountiain thats falling isnt getting us higher. so instead of bashing heads trying to figure out how to stop mass population on our downtime is not the answer. Kills are

It seems reasonable to expect as there is no solo in GW2, but I’ll believe it when I see it.

covenn.7165:

Cakewalk.3620:

It’s like rolling over a group of 10 with 30. Big deal.

What about when you roll 30 with 10… or take out 60 with 20 …. or even 5 solo?

I think the answer to that is fairly obvious, but not was I was referring to in my post

Kiltor.9362:

k/d will be implemented in this game as well as something i belive daoc had in IRS. its the only way to measure how well your server is when you take coverage out of the convo. if points werent based on keeps but players it would make it more reasonable to play when you are on a disadvantage like we are. there is no way SoR will win this matchup we all know this. but do we frown? are we not gonna show up? well that would take the fun out of this game if no one were around to kill…..oh wait

IRS is a pretty skewed way to determine skill. Can just roll around in bigger groups all day rolling smaller ones and have an amazing IRS. Doesn’t translate to skill imo, unless the IRS is going to be Guild based.

Azaruil.3406:

Israel.7056:

covenn.7165:

How many people did you kill since Friday and how many times did you die? That is how I rate success.

What a bizarre way of measuring success.

Not at all. It is a good way of measuring success if you small group or solo.

And this is the key wording here. If you aren’t geared or spec’d towards either, a loss is a moot point. I think we all value competition on equal (or near equal) footing. It’s like rolling over a group of 10 with 30. Big deal.

Group vs Group action in this game is lacking overall. Between the broken mechanics, silly ability lag and the lacking support from Anet you bang your head against a wall more often then not. That being said a lot of the names here have been around a long time and this is just another game to play to pass time until something better drops. But for a game called ‘Guild Wars’ it’s pretty much failing in this regard.

On another note, I’m finding this rumor paying thousands upon thousands of gold to ‘buy’ Guilds rather amusing. People actually believe we paid for 800+ people to change servers? Have you done the math? The cost is astronomical.

On topic;

LotD has been really enjoying the fights, good to be back in T1. Shout out to SF, keep bringing it.

JudgeD.5673:

Seems every time we go for Hills or Bay, it always turns into an epic 3-way fight. Especially when LoTD is involved. I guess they’ve had a lot of practice…

:)

Shout out to WM,. RE and pugs in TCBL last night.

LotD had a blast fighting you guys all over the map. While we were happy to see our Hammer and Anvil tactic with KnT work time and time again, you guys were really bringing it! The Bay fights were especially good stuff.

Liquid.9672:

Miiaah.5416:

Anyone on last night when commander Furyos came in to give ICoA a pep talk and relieve poor tired Jezie who had ran a 13 hour shift? LMAO that was the best Teamspeak I have ever heard in months and truly made being back in T2 worth every minute. WE NEED MORE FURYOS!!!!!

Furyos is awesome. That goes for all of the guys and gals in LotD actually.

Thanks!

WIGZ.8245:

Good fights in TC borderland last night vs LotD. Looking forward to more.

Yep, good times. You guys always seem to have more numbers, keeps us on our toes.

Miiaah.5416:

Anyone on last night when commander Furyos came in to give ICoA a pep talk and relieve poor tired Jezie who had ran a 13 hour shift? LMAO that was the best Teamspeak I have ever heard in months and truly made being back in T2 worth every minute. WE NEED MORE FURYOS!!!!!

Thanks, he’s a great guy.

Veltoss.9135:

Smokee.1754:

I dont know where you heard that BG is sitting out? Anyway, I hear JQ is recruiting guilds.

Your alliance, Blackgate War Council, has taken it upon themselves to decide this for the server, despite how many disagree with it. And as too many people in Blackgate blindly follow the decision of a chosen few within the Blackgate War “Council”, it is severely affecting WvW. Apparently there is a meeting today about it, though the decision seems to have already been made.

BWC is actively telling people to not participate in WvW outside of holding Overlook for the jumping puzzle. Looking at the score is proof enough for this. I’m surprised you aren’t aware, as I was under the impression you held rank within HB, and that HB was a very important factor within the BWC. It’s funny that they’ve decided this without even the entire “council’s” vote.

LotD denies any such actions. As someone with supposed ‘insider information’ you clearly do not know what you`re talking about.

We have and always will, be out there kicking kitten and taking names.

The rush to transfer has obviously been done with lack of foresight.

SoS and JQ both got big bumps in population after guesting/paid transfer date was announced. BG got little until late this week and in my opinion still got less then the other 2 so far.

As for that person claiming PR spin and mind games. Get a grip, the points from the last 2 weeks showed clearly BG is still the underdog based on lack of coverage which we STILL suffer from.

Convenant.7092:

What exactly are the queue times? Do they queue up in all borderlands?

To put things in perspective for you. I got online after 8pm last night (1hr after reset) and waited 20 minutes for queue pop in Green BL.

Leo Paul.1659:

I think the problem with BG is that they lose morale when they get pushed down a bit during times that they lack coverage and thus less people participate. But if how much points you guys get ahead of SoS and JQ during the first day or two is any indication, I think you’re far more formidable than we are giving you credit for.

This is just a baseless assumption so take it with a grain of salt. (I don’t understand what it means. Why salt? I’d rather have sugar)

I think the numbers at the close of both weeks prove we deserve to be here.

Our problem has been coverage, not morale, not the will to go out there and fight even while down. We have Guilds pulling double shifts on weekdays for gods sake.

At the end of the days its a numbers game, not skill. And the other 2 servers in T1 have more numbers where we don’t.

Pretty sure we’ve been giving you guys the answer for weeks now.

Coverage.

We get bent over in Oceanic until afternoon.

Mance.5640:

Next week we fight for the soul of Fiesty Brat. If JQ wins, the Brat moves to JQ and posts OUR score updates!

Also Lotd moving to JQ to fix some of our NA coverage is going to be sweet!

LotD is firmly entrenched on Blackgate.

Thanks for thinking of us though!

Your best bet is to hop on our Community TS3 and speak to other BG members.

Voice.lotd.org

Alternatively you can visit the community website

Www.blackgatewvw.com

Ill be on TS in about an hr if you want to chat.

There’s never been a better time to be a part of Lords of the Dead.

Our Recruitment is at an all time high, Blackgate is eyeing a return to Tier 1 and we’re ramping up our strategies with the expecting incoming updates to Wvs3.

LotD is also proud to be the host of the new BG Community TS3 Server!

Part 2 of Monday Melee Madness!

http://youtu.be/nElAtZvRWLE

Checkout our first Monday Melee Madness Video!

http://youtu.be/YBJyTBekDLA

We’ve been working hard at Fractals and have everyone at almost 10 or higher.

Planning some fun guild events for Wvs3. Tonight is Melee Madness (all members regardless of class will use melee spec/weapons).

We are expanding into PvE and are looking to progress in the Fractals. Come see what a 17yr veteran community has to offer!

Who We Are

We are a non elitist PvP centric community established 17 years ago. We have had many chapters in previous PvP MMOs and have garnered respect in every game we played for our style, leadership and committment to getting the job done.

Our Goal

To achieve victory through tactics, hard work and skilled gameplay. We have every intention of Blackgate becoming the top server in GW2 and we need your help to do it!

What We Offer

We currently have a competative Wvs3 team with multiple Commanders covering all primetime zones. We have dedicated squad leaders, class officers and a great chapter leadership dedicated to making our time in GW2 successful. We also have a competative Arena team that has big plans to make a name for themselves in ranked sPvP. We have a forum filled with massive resources and information. At this time we use TS3 for communication.

Why Choose Us

We have experience, quality and drive. We have a plan for every memeber of our community, no one will ever feel left out. We mesh well with the guilds in the community and will continue to excel at what we love most, PvP!

All interested players are encouraged to head to www.lotd.org for more information or to start the recruitment process. Be a part of history.

http://www.lotd.org

Enjoy our recruitment video!

http://youtu.be/gnAo6cMg6XI