Guild Wars 2

We are still looking for WvW focused players

Who are we?
Black Talons Gaming [BT] is a long standing, hardcore gaming community focused on the PvP aspects of games. We are an active, small-sized, hardcore, coordinated WvW guild looking for only the best WvW players GW2 has to offer or a very small, top-notch guild/group. Recruitment is usually closed but every few months we open up a limited amount of roster spots for the very best players we can find. We are currently on Maguuma and we play NA EST (4-9 pm server time).

Requirements: What are we looking for?
A full list of membership expectations can be found here.

• Minimum 1 month experience with a WvW guild
• Mature (18+)
• Team player and the will to be the best

We are not a big guild but we have created a reputation for ourselves through our attention to detail, our movement, and our blood thirst on the battlefield. We run no more than 25 nightly with coordination and discipline valued above all else.

Black Talons Gaming Videos
If you are unfamiliar with who we are or how we fight please check out some of our GW2 WvW videos below.
[BT] South Camp Fight
Example of a [BT] Weekly Recap Video

Some less serious videos
Respawn Maybe
Most Amazing WvW fights ever

How can you apply?
If you are interested in trying out you will find more information about the application process on our website here. Since we are only opening up a limited amount of roster spots please make your applications as detailed as possible as we will only look at serious players and applications. If you have any questions please contact me on the forums or whisper IGN: Malose.

We are hosting a 3v3 tournament this Saturday and Sunday (August 17-18) which is open to all participants. It is a 3v3 deathmatch-style bracket tournament in a spvp custom arena. It is hosted during NA prime time but open to all.

Prizes are as follows:
1st: 45 gold
2nd: 30 gold
3rd: 15 gold

The event will be streamed on twitch with giveaways for the viewers. There will participants from all servers so don’t miss your chance to prove your guild/team is the best in guild wars 2! We will also have a consolation bracket so if you get knocked out early you still have a chance to battle your way back in.

Click here for more information: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/events/BT-3v3-Deathmatch-Tournament-Aug-17-18/first#post2581122

We are hosting a 3v3 tournament this Saturday and Sunday (August 17-18) which is open to all participants. It is a 3v3 deathmatch-style bracket tournament in a spvp custom arena. It is hosted during NA prime time but open to all.

Prizes are as follows:
1st: 45 gold
2nd: 30 gold
3rd: 15 gold

The event will be streamed on twitch with giveaways for the viewers. There will participants from all servers so don’t miss your chance to prove your guild/team is the best in guild wars 2! We will also have a consolation bracket so if you get knocked out early you still have a chance to battle your way back in.

Click here for more information: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/events/BT-3v3-Deathmatch-Tournament-Aug-17-18/first#post2581122

We are hosting a 3v3 tournament this Saturday and Sunday (August 17-18) which is open to all participants. It is a 3v3 deathmatch-style bracket tournament in a spvp custom arena. It is hosted during NA prime time but open to all.

Prizes are as follows:
1st: 45 gold
2nd: 30 gold
3rd: 15 gold

The event will be streamed on twitch with giveaways for the viewers. There will participants from all servers so don’t miss your chance to prove your guild/team is the best in guild wars 2! We will also have a consolation bracket so if you get knocked out early you still have a chance to battle your way back in.

Click here for more information: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/events/BT-3v3-Deathmatch-Tournament-Aug-17-18/first#post2581122

Hi guys, we are hosting a 3v3 tournament this Saturday and Sunday (August 17-18) which is open to all participants. It is a 3v3 deathmatch-style bracket tournament in a spvp custom arena. It is hosted during NA prime time but open to all.

Prizes are as follows:
1st: 40 gold
2nd: 25 gold
3rd: 15 gold

The event will be streamed on twitch with giveaways for the viewers. There will participants from all servers so don’t miss your chance to prove your guild/team is the best in guild wars 2! We will also have a consolation bracket so if you get knocked out early you still have a chance to battle your way back in.

Click here for more information: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/events/BT-3v3-Deathmatch-Tournament-Aug-17-18/first#post2581122

Hi guys, we are hosting a 3v3 tournament this Saturday and Sunday (August 17-18) which is open to all participants. It is a 3v3 deathmatch-style bracket tournament in a spvp custom arena. It is hosted during NA prime time but open to all.

Prizes are as follows:
1st: 40 gold
2nd: 25 gold
3rd: 15 gold

The event will be streamed on twitch with giveaways for the viewers. There will participants from all servers so don’t miss your chance to prove your guild/team is the best in guild wars 2! We will also have a consolation bracket so if you get knocked out early you still have a chance to battle your way back in.

Click here for more information: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/events/BT-3v3-Deathmatch-Tournament-Aug-17-18/first#post2581122

Hi guys, we are hosting a 3v3 tournament this Saturday and Sunday (August 17-18) which is open to all participants. It is a 3v3 deathmatch-style bracket tournament in a spvp custom arena. It is hosted during NA prime time but open to all.

Prizes are as follows:
1st: 40 gold
2nd: 25 gold
3rd: 15 gold

The event will be streamed on twitch with giveaways for the viewers. There will participants from all servers so don’t miss your chance to prove your guild/team is the best in guild wars 2! We will also have a consolation bracket so if you get knocked out early you still have a chance to battle your way back in.

Click here for more information: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/events/BT-3v3-Deathmatch-Tournament-Aug-17-18/first#post2581122

Hi guys, we are hosting a 3v3 tournament this Saturday and Sunday (August 17-18) which is open to all participants. It is a 3v3 deathmatch-style bracket tournament in a spvp custom arena. It is hosted during NA prime time but open to all.

Prizes are as follows:
1st: 40 gold
2nd: 25 gold
3rd: 15 gold

The event will be streamed on twitch with giveaways for the viewers. There will participants from all servers so don’t miss your chance to prove your guild/team is the best in guild wars 2! We will also have a consolation bracket so if you get knocked out early you still have a chance to battle your way back in.

Click here for more information: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/events/BT-3v3-Deathmatch-Tournament-Aug-17-18/first#post2581122

We will be hosting a 1v1 dueling tournament on Friday July 26th and anyone is welcome to participate. The prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd will be 40 gold, 25 gold and 15 gold respectively. The entire tournament will be streamed and we will be giving out gold and loot to many viewers as the tournament progresses.

For more information please send me a PM or check this link: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/events/1v1-Dueling-Tournament-July-26/first#post2465141

Hope to see some of you there there!

We will be hosting a 1v1 dueling tournament on Friday July 26th and anyone is welcome to participate. The prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd will be 40 gold, 25 gold and 15 gold respectively. The entire tournament will be streamed and we will be giving out gold and loot to many viewers as the tournament progresses.

For more information please send me a PM or check this link: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/events/1v1-Dueling-Tournament-July-26/first#post2465141

Hope to see some of you there there!

We will be hosting a 1v1 dueling tournament on Friday July 26th and anyone is welcome to participate. The prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd will be 40 gold, 25 gold and 15 gold respectively. The entire tournament will be streamed and we will be giving out gold and loot to many viewers as the tournament progresses.

For more information please send me a PM or check this link: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/events/1v1-Dueling-Tournament-July-26/first#post2465141

Hope to see some of you there there!

We will be hosting a 1v1 tournament on Friday July 26th and anyone is welcome to participate. The prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd will be 40 gold, 25 gold and 15 gold respectively. The entire tournament will be streamed and we will be giving out gold and loot to many viewers as the tournament progresses.

For more information please check this link: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/events/1v1-Tournament-July-26-The-Grudge-Match/first#post2465141

Hope to see you all there!

We will be hosting a 1v1 tournament on Friday July 26th and anyone is welcome to participate. The prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd will be 40 gold, 25 gold and 15 gold respectively. The entire tournament will be streamed and we will be giving out gold and loot to many viewers as the tournament progresses.

For more information please check this link: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/events/1v1-Tournament-July-26-The-Grudge-Match/first#post2465141

Hope to see you all there!

Who Are We?

The Black Talons [BT] is a guild that has been playing together for years through many MMOs. We are a medium-sized, hardcore, coordinated WvW guild looking for WvW-focused members. We’re not about egos or self-promotion, we like to make a reputation for ourselves through our actions. We have attracted top talent from many different servers/guilds and we are looking for skilled players interested in a hardcore WvW environment where they can excel and be noticed.

We are not a big guild but we have created a reputation for ourselves through our attention to detail, our movement and our blood thirst on the battlefield. Our impact is through our play and not the sheer mass of players we bring to the table. We are relatively new to Blackgate so if you don’t who we are please check out our website for more information!

How Do We WvW?

As a medium sized guild, we don’t have the numbers to simply zerg down walls and gates. This forces us to strive to be as coordinated as possible when in WvW. Currently we field about 30-40 players nightly in WvW. We run specialized groups to increase our efficiency and to ensure all our players have an important role in WvW. We are mainly active in WvW from 6pm EST to 12am EST, but we run smaller groups during the day.

Players are expected to know their classes, be able to listen and use TeamSpeak, willing to spend most of their playtime at night with us in WvW and be receptive to trying new strategies. A certain level of maturity is expected from our members and must be able to take a joke in TS from time to time.

What Can We Offer You?

• A reputation of excellence and an environment where you are challenged to be your best.
• A highly skilled and experienced group of players to WvW with. We have been a major force in WvW since launch and we have grown into one of the best open world fighting guilds in the game.
• Our small roster allows us to all get to know each other and your contributions to the guild and to WvW are noticed and valued. You can be something more than just a name on the roster with us.
• We have in-depth WvW strategy and build meetings where we offer general information on all classes to allow our members to better understand all the classes and make it easier for you to kill other classes.
• Something many other large guilds that rely on numbers cannot: the opportunity to defeat other groups based on skill and battlefield positioning instead of just rolling through them initially.

How Can You Join Us?

If you are interested in joining the [BT] family please head over to the recruitment area of our website and fill out an application. Once you fill out an application please allow for roughly a week until we go through the full interview process you so we can evaluate your application. Please take the time to properly fill out the application since we will be very picky to make sure we only accept players who we feel will fit in well with the guild.

Feel free to contact us anytime if you are interested in running with us one night to see how we operate. You can always just hop into our TS and say hi! If you have any questions or concerns please send me a PM on the forums or send Malose a mail or tell in game. We look forward to playing with you!

[BT] Videos

Make sure to check out the videos below. If you want more, check here for an up to date compilation of all [BT] videos!

WvW Weekly Recap (6/14/2013)
WvW Weekly Recap (4/26/2013)
Most Amazing Fights in the World

Are you and your guild looking for fame? Are you looking for a server where you can make a name for yourself and have your accomplishments valued? Why choose a bandwagon server where you get lumped into “that” crowd and become a just another guild looking for an easy win? Fort Aspenwood is a Tier 2 NA server looking for individuals and guilds to keep tier 2 competitive above all.

We don’t want to be a bandwagon server and we’re really only looking for those who fit in with the Fort Aspenwood mentality. Here is the criteria to be considered a true Fort Aspenwooder:

1. You need to love to fight. We have the lowest Tier 2 population so we’re usually always outnumbered. You need to love being in a target rich environment and look forward to taking down a big enemy group.
2. You need to want more from WvW than just sitting on an arrow carts. We have some excellent WvW guilds on the server (BT, VK, HOPE, AVTR, uA, PRO, VeT, ACE, DPS, GODS, PD, RET, UK, UM) who are constantly looking to improve and make a lasting impression on our enemies. You need to want to be the best.
3. You can’t be crazy serious about everything. Fort Aspenwood has a hardcore yet laid back attitude when it comes to WvW. We’re there to have fun and we expect the same from everyone else. We don’t have a war council, we don’t have nightly guild assignments and we don’t have server drama or massive egos holding the server hostage. We are a community in every sense or the word and we’re not looking for a boss.
4. You need to be in it for the long haul. FA has been one of the most stable servers since launch. We haven’t really been a bandwagon, haven’t had guilds leave due to drama and we have fought tooth and nail for months to stay where we are. We don’t give up.
5. You also have to be slightly in love with yourself. Let’s face it, this is one of the criteria pretty much everyone already has covered.

Does the above sound like you? If you answered No then please press alt + F4 and move along. If you answered Yes then read on my friend, I like you already Fort Aspenwooder to be.

Now that you are truly in love with the idea of being a Fort Aspenwooder, what other information should you know before transferring?

Queues: I like you guys so much I need to know how much I can play with you!

The only time you will find queues for most maps is on Friday reset. These queues range from 15-30 minutes on 2/4 maps. During the week we may have a queue on 1 map of roughly 10-15 minutes at NA primetime but it never gets much worse than that. FA is a lower population Tier 2 server so if you are looking for Tier 2 without the negatives, FA is a great option to check out.

Coverage

We have decent NA, oceanic and SEA coverage but we don’t have one time zone carrying the server. We’re looking for people from all time zones to even out the server and make us able to keep tier 2 competitive. We have excellent guilds and players during each time zone so you will certainly find some friends to play with whenever the need to WvW strikes you.

Community

Fort Aspenwood is a stable community above all else. We have a community voice server, an active community website and weekly server events including guild spotlights and guilds of the week nominations.

Fort Aspenwood is also a place where your guild can grow. We have a lot of militia participation in WvW and many players who are looking to join and grow with a skilled WvW guild. WvW is what we do and being constantly outmanned has bred some highly skilled players who are looking to join your guild.

Want more information? Send me a tell (Malose) in game and I can answer any questions you may have and hopefully get the chance to show you why we all love this server so much. Feel free to ask around as well, many of the servers we’ve fought will attest to our skill and never say die attitude.

Welcome home Fort Aspenwooder. We look forward to playing with you.

Extra
Here are some videos that may give you an idea how we roll on Fort Aspenwood

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dPzUVh7kH8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_9giwoRAvY

Who cares, play the game.

This is an amazing idea and I’m really happy to be a part of FA and the best community in GW2!

Just leave it. People know what goes on in-game and posting stuff that will just get deleted is a waste of time. Everyone is the best in their own minds, welcome to modern gaming.

I don’t see the need to call out or insult guilds on these forums. Constantly posting negative kitten after a fight just makes people not want to fight because they are scared their guild’s reputation will be tarnished by some random troll. It’s always fish stories too; they had 80+ or we wiped them x times.

Stop the smack talk and maybe people will be more interested in fighting instead of running away.

Over the last 2 weeks [BT] underwent a very successful guild revamp. That’s all and good, but what does this mean for you?

1) We have weekly build and strategy meetings to ensure every single member is as knowledgeable as the commanders.
2) Completely new open world WvW strategies that nobody in the game is currently using to keep us ahead of the competition.
3) A smaller guild roster that is full of dedicated and hardcore WvW players.
4) Fun WvW events including but not limited to Quenta RP nights and Run from the tail nights.
5) Updated TS and guild website.
6) A nightly havoc squad with devoted leaders that are dedicated to teaching small scale strategies and solo tips/tricks.

I am also excited to announce we have re-opened recruitment. We are looking for dedicated WvW players from anywhere looking to be a part of a tight knit and proven elite guild. Our application has been updated to ensure you have the option to play with the game’s elite. Please take the time to fill out an application, if you are what we are looking for it will be worth the time, I guarantee it.

If you have any questions please send me a tell or head to the recruitment section of our website for more information.

Who cares about transfers. If this stuff surprises anyone at this point in the game you haven’t been paying attention to the game. They will spice up our matchup and give us a challenge in tier 2. Numbers don’t mean you will always win, and random transfer claims/numbers don’t mean TC is doubling in size.

Who are we?

The Black Talons [BT] is a guild that has been playing together for years through many MMOs. We are a medium-sized, hardcore, coordinated WvW guild looking for WvW-focused members. We’re not about egos or self-promotion, we like to make a reputation for ourselves through our actions. We have attracted top talent from many different servers/guilds and we are looking for skilled players interested in a hardcore WvW environment where they can excel and be noticed.

We are not a big guild but we have created a reputation for ourselves through our attention to detail, our movement and our bloodthirst on the battlefield. Our impact is through our play and not the sheer mass of players we bring to the table. Check our our website for more information!

How do we WvW?

As a medium sized guild, we don’t have the numbers to simply zerg down walls and gates. This forces us to strive to be as coordinated as possible when in WvW.Currently we field about 20-30 players nightly in WvW. We run specialized groups to increase our efficiency and to ensure all our players have an important role in WvW. We are mainly active in WvW from 6pm EST to 12am EST, but we run smaller groups during the day.

Players are expected to know their classes, be able to listen and use TeamSpeak, willing to spend most of their playtime at night with us in WvW, and be receptive to trying new strategies. A certain level of maturity is expected from our members and must be able to take a joke in TS from time to time.

What can we offer you?

• A reputation of excellence and an environment where you are challenged to be your best.
• A highly skilled and experienced group of players to WvW with. We have been a major force in WvW on Fort Aspenwood since launch and we have grown into one of the best open world fighting guilds in the game.
• Our medium sized roster allows us to all get to know each other and your contributions to the guild and to WvW are noticed and valued. You can be something more than just a name on the roster with us.
• We have in-depth WvW strategy and build meetings where we offer general information on all classes to allow our members to better understand all the classes and make it easier for you to kill other classes.
• Something many other large guilds that rely on numbers cannot: the opportunity to defeat other groups based on skill and battlefield positioning instead of just rolling through them initially.

How can you join us?

If you are interested in joining the [BT] family please head over to our website’s recruitment area and fill out an application. Also feel free to contact us anytime if you are interested in running with us one night to see how we operate. You can always just hop into our TS and say hi! If you have any questions or concerns please send me a PM on the forums or send Malose a mail or tell in game. We look forward to playing with you!

[BT] Videos

If you are interested in checking out how we run together check out some of our videos.

Who are we?

The Black Talons [BT] is a guild that has been playing together for years through many MMOs. We are a medium-sized, hardcore, coordinated WvW guild looking for WvW-focused members. We’re not about egos or self-promotion, we like to make a reputation for ourselves through our actions. We have attracted top talent from many different servers/guilds and we are looking for skilled players interested in a hardcore WvW environment where they can excel and be noticed.

We are not a big guild but we have created a reputation for ourselves through our attention to detail, our movement and our bloodthirst on the battlefield. Our impact is through our play and not the sheer mass of players we bring to the table. Check our our website for more information!

How do we WvW?

As a medium sized guild, we don’t have the numbers to simply zerg down walls and gates. This forces us to strive to be as coordinated as possible when in WvW.Currently we field about 20-30 players nightly in WvW. We run specialized groups to increase our efficiency and to ensure all our players have an important role in WvW. We are mainly active in WvW from 6pm EST to 12am EST, but we run smaller groups during the day.

Players are expected to know their classes, be able to listen and use TeamSpeak, willing to spend most of their playtime at night with us in WvW, and be receptive to trying new strategies. A certain level of maturity is expected from our members and must be able to take a joke in TS from time to time.

What can we offer you?

• A reputation of excellence and an environment where you are challenged to be your best.
• A highly skilled and experienced group of players to WvW with. We have been a major force in WvW on Fort Aspenwood since launch and we have grown into one of the best open world fighting guilds in the game.
• Our medium sized roster allows us to all get to know each other and your contributions to the guild and to WvW are noticed and valued. You can be something more than just a name on the roster with us.
• We have in-depth WvW strategy and build meetings where we offer general information on all classes to allow our members to better understand all the classes and make it easier for you to kill other classes.
• Something many other large guilds that rely on numbers cannot: the opportunity to defeat other groups based on skill and battlefield positioning instead of just rolling through them initially.

How can you join us?

If you are interested in joining the [BT] family please head over to our website’s recruitment area and fill out an application. Also feel free to contact us anytime if you are interested in running with us one night to see how we operate. You can always just hop into our TS and say hi! If you have any questions or concerns please send me a PM on the forums or send Malose a mail or tell in game. We look forward to playing with you!

[BT] Videos

If you are interested in checking out how we run together check out some of our videos.

We are briefly opening recruitment for the next few days. If you are interested in an elite, hardcore WvW guild please check out our guild requirements/expectations in our recruitment section and fill out an application and we will get back to you as quickly as possible.

5 hours without a post? What’s going on here?

Very fun night in DBBL. DB is really stepping up their game, keep up the good work!

Strippling.3524:

I’m sorry I have to say this but I have lost a lot of respect for [BT]. We (YB) had been seiging bay on DBBL, and finally took it. A fairly large FA zerg mostly comprising [BT] and [pd]..I think that was the tag… attempted to wipe us from behind while we were fighting DB and try ninja. They failed and we wiped them. But wvw had to reset and when I finally logged back into DBBL I noticed that [BT] had ninja’d bay off us because it was now a paper keep instead of fortified when we took it. Fair enough its WvW I understand this is a legit tactic (i’m not complaining about that)… what I’m complaining about is that even though FA is so far ahead on the scoreboard, and even though they had a large enough force to take hills on DBBL while we took bay, they chose to come and ninja a wooden keep off us after we put effort in to take the fortified keep.

Like I said it was fair play, I dont deny that. But it was quite sad to see that [BT] purely focused on taking bay off us rather than seiging hills on their side of the map when YB has had a lack of moral this week due to overwhelming opposing forces. Say whatever you want to me, but that respect I had for [BT] from their valiant efforts on reset night has gone and I hope the same thing you just did to us happens everyday to you next week in t2.

The patch kicked us out when we had the inner gate of Bay at 10% so we came back to take what we had spent time working to take before the patch reset, it wasn’t personal. The inner was almost down, it was a 2 min keep take and we’re trying to get into tier 2 so all points count.

Tool.3749:

I probably read the same forums that guild does. Wow, here we both are on the same forums. I never called BT unskilled, I did call them copy cats and they are. I have played against them several times now. In the past match up’s they played allmost nothing but thiefs, they ran a pack of them who would sit in camps and insta gank. This was the OPed tactic of that time in the game, or so it was believed. Now there is a better tactic that has been found, by another guild, and they’re doing that.

Now one of that guild called everyone other then the few guilds he wants to jump ship to his server in this match, “unskilled zerg”. “Unskilled zerg” coming from a copy cat, irony. A few of them are now kitten because I have pointed that fact out.

If they dont want people questioning thier posts, then I would say stop posting like they are doing something that hasn’t already been done, by someone else and use a tactic that Anet hasn’t already acknowledged as being an issue that will be nerfed in the upcoming patch.

Thank you very much for your concerns. We have learnt a great deal from RD’s tactics and we have incorporated a lot of what they do into our tactics. We’ve also incorporated a lot of other guild’s tactics into our repertoire. That being said, there are some major problems with some of their “exploitation” strategies and we’ve been working hard to adapt them to cover these weaknesses so the stuff we do isn’t a carbon copy.

We have also developed a few tactics ourselves that to my knowledge are not currently being used by any other guilds. We are about adaptability, ask any guilds/groups we’ve fought, if it’s a close fight we’ll swap out what we do on the fly so you won’t know what to expect. I’m not trying to brag, I just want to address your concerns.

It seems like you’re trying to troll us because a lot of what you are claiming we are doing (and class composition) is quite inaccurate. It is obvious that you don’t like us so if you don’t want to fight us, just swap zones.

I would like to formally apologize to you about the use of the term “unskilled zerg” by one of my members because it seems like you are hung up on that. Let’s get over it and move the conversation to something else please. I would prefer if this topic discussed the WvW matchup and not just my guild.

Haldunius.7864:

Just wanted to thank the Mag from the guild [SM] trolling our server website. Very classy guild I guess. Next time you post a video and try to ask us to take lessons, try to at least make it good. You nubs all lined up on top of the wall to portal in (very sneaky) and it took almost 2 minutes to wipe that small zerg of Kaineng people just standing there <slow clap>.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Guyj1o3mT5k

I don’t believe it was anyone from [SM]. Also this post isn’t necessary.

Hadan.2841:

Been busy with removing snow the last few days. But heres a vid from friday night defending our bls. Great working with WAR.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzHqVd8wPaw

I think BT members may appreciate it the most. We feel our 2 guilds are always running into eachother and we feel you guys have become our rival guild

Very nice video!

Who are we?

The Black Talons [BT] is a guild that has been playing together for years through many MMOs. We are a medium-sized, hardcore, coordinated WvW guild looking for WvW-focused members. We’re not about egos or self-promotion, we like to make a reputation for ourselves through our actions. We have attracted top talent from many different servers/guilds and we are looking for skilled players interested in a hardcore WvW environment where they can excel and be noticed.

We are not a big guild but we have created a reputation for ourselves through our attention to detail, our movement and our bloodthirst on the battlefield. Our impact is through our play and not the sheer mass of players we bring to the table. Check our our website for more information!

How do we WvW?

As a medium sized guild, we don’t have the numbers to simply zerg down walls and gates. This forces us to strive to be as coordinated as possible when in WvW.Currently we field about 20-30 players nightly in WvW. We run specialized groups to increase our efficiency and to ensure all our players have an important role in WvW. We are mainly active in WvW from 6pm EST to 12am EST, but we run smaller groups during the day.

Players are expected to know their classes, be able to listen and use TeamSpeak, willing to spend most of their playtime at night with us in WvW, and be receptive to trying new strategies. A certain level of maturity is expected from our members and must be able to take a joke in TS from time to time.

What can we offer you?

• A reputation of excellence and an environment where you are challenged to be your best.
• A highly skilled and experienced group of players to WvW with. We have been a major force in WvW on Fort Aspenwood since launch and we have grown into one of the best open world fighting guilds in the game.
• Our medium sized roster allows us to all get to know each other and your contributions to the guild and to WvW are noticed and valued. You can be something more than just a name on the roster with us.
• We have in-depth WvW strategy and build meetings where we offer general information on all classes to allow our members to better understand all the classes and make it easier for you to kill other classes.
• Something many other large guilds that rely on numbers cannot: the opportunity to defeat other groups based on skill and battlefield positioning instead of just rolling through them initially.

How can you join us?

If you are interested in joining the [BT] family please head over to our website’s recruitment area and fill out an application. Also feel free to contact us anytime if you are interested in running with us one night to see how we operate. You can always just hop into our TS and say hi! If you have any questions or concerns please send me a PM on the forums or send Malose a mail or tell in game. We look forward to playing with you!

[BT] Videos

If you are interested in checking out how we run together check out some of our videos.

oZii.2864:

Best roaming Group I seen on Mags was AON that is all I have to add to this thread

AoN is an amazing guild, they were on FA for 2-3 weeks and playing with them was an absolute pleasure. One of the best guilds I’ve seen.

Rhoto.8791:

Say what you want about OG, but we do have a very skilled playerbase. yes we have our trolls, or people who become ‘spirited’ when losing, but in the end we are just a small group of players who have respect for their guild. If you give us a really challenging fair fight in WvW we will give you props..but we will also defend our name when guilds we have never heard of try to state that they rolled us, or when we get beat by overwhelming numbers they try to post screenshots and say we suck.

BTW we DO play spvp for 5v5’s and no one that we have faced in WvW even comes close to the skill level of the top teams in tournies. We would never be so arrogant to think that we are the absolute best guild out there, but from my experience, we are the best group from any of the servers we have faced so far.

[OG] is a top notch guild, [Wär] as well. People do different things with different numbers/class compositions, I don’t know why everyone is arguing.

We’ve been in tier 3 for a few months now and people who have previously been tier 3 know the deal; roaming with groups of 5-10 (no matter how skilled you are) isn’t effective since you will meet groups of 25-30 on a regular basis. We recently picked up some amazing players from ULTD boosting our nightly numbers, but we used to be smaller and we know what it’s like for a small group.

Unfortunately this is the state of WvW; moving up into higher tiers means you will encounter more populated servers and larger roaming groups. You have to adapt to the situation and tier you are in. There shouldn’t really be any surprises, the ranking system and higher tier match threads are available for anyone to check out. Don’t come up into a tier, complain about things that have been happening in the tier for months and then expect things to change for you. Is it perfect? No but tier 3 will have groups of 25-30 running around and all three servers have them. They are pretty easy to avoid.

I don’t want to increase the discussions about our guild, we appreciate the positive and negative comments from people but we don’t want to derail the match thread. We look to fight larger groups and defend our objectives, it’s not our goal to “zerg” (by anyone’s definition) smaller groups.

This has been a fun matchup so far with some of the most skilled players we’ve seen in WvW. We are learning a lot from many guilds on DB and Mag but we still have a lot to learn. The people who think they have nothing to learn are usually the ones who know the least.

This feels like a gold spam

Hopefully a certain guild on a certain server will grow up and not have to resort to using mini golem bombs in WvW.

Suralin.3947:

To [BT] last night (around 7-10PM US EST) in CDBL:

I wanted to say that you guys were pretty kitten hurtful out there. I’m not sure how many guys you had in your zerg (it looked like you outnumbered us by 10 or so people), but I know that we in [TG] were certainly outclassed by how tight you guys ran and the skills you all used to quickly take down players. I don’t speak for my guild, but I was certainly impressed and I know that some of our guys were taking notes.

Kudos!

Also, to the Dragonbrand players that dueled with me at the Redwater Camp, thanks for indulging my SB/SB Thief. I know I wasn’t going to be a challenge for your Bursty builds, but I’d figured I’d give it a shot anyhow. Thanks for the duels and I hope to see you guys out there more often. :-)

There were some great open field fights out there last night in CDBL. You guys in [TG] are definitely a great guild and you gave us some of the most fun fights we’ve had in a long time in GW2. Guilds like yours are why we have so much fun playing against CD. We were between 15-18 guildies with 3-5 FA militia following us around last night.

Drae.3189:

But I have to express extreme dissapointment with all the large WvW guilds from IoJ that transferred to FA just before their server went down a bracket.
Hello [PRO], hello [OBEY]. Well hope you like FA cause your stuck for now and will need to pay to switch next time.

I may have misunderstood what you meant, but PRO and OBEY have been on FA for months now.

These threads usually just boil down to frustrated people posting their opinions. Hate Fort Aspenwood or love us, our server has always fought hard in WvW. We’ve been outmanned some weeks and we’ve been over-populated some others but we’ve always given it 100%, the general morale on our server has always been high and the WvW community has always been helpful and friendly. Our server has never given up; when we lost a chunk of our WvW population we didn’t quit, we kept fighting to stay in Tier 3.

Being outmanned or in 3rd place in a 3 faction battle means you need to play off the stronger servers. In order to stay in the game you need to attack the stronger servers when they are weakest, ie. when they are being attacked. Complaining about this 2v1 stuff just shows how inexperienced you are with WvW. It balances out the scores and I’m pretty sure this was the #1 reason for 3 faction PvP.

Personally the IoJ transfers came as a shock to me, and from the general reactions on FA it was a shock to many others as well. I’m so proud of our server for the mature way we’ve welcomed the new IoJ guilds to our community. We’ve seen nothing but class and maturity a from the guilds that have transferred over as well and we are lucky to have them for their attitudes alone.

kitten happens. We’ve seen server transfers boost servers who were even with us one week to top of the tier the next. There is still a week left for free transfers so anything can happen. CD and DB are amazing servers that my guild and FA have had fun playing against and you may still get transfers due to your communities. Whatever happens, Fort Aspenwood is in it for the long haul and we’re not going anywhere. Dry the tears and enjoy WvW, you can’t always be in first.

If you enjoy any of the following we might be the WvW guild for you:

• Small to medium sized skirmishes instead of massive zerg “fights”
• Killing larger groups of enemies using tactics
• Coordinated movement, fights, and defenses
• A nightly, experienced, and dedicated WvW guild that focuses on and excels at WvW.

If you are interested in WvW, coordination, contributing more than just being a meat shield holding supply, and want to run with a highly skilled group let us know. Experienced or not, we are willing to work with you to answer any questions you may
have and make you the best WvW player you can be.

If you have any questions send me a PM on the forums and I’ll answer any questions you have.

appledainty.8127:

Here is a video from last week’s Yak Parade: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbai92wEBPY

Normally, we want to have participants from all three servers, and therefore don’t take camps or keeps, but since it was all CD last week and we didn’t have enough mesmers to portal all of the yaks across the water, we attempted to take Bay in IoJ BL – which was held by FA at the time.

The herd was culled by FA defenders who fought valiantly against the bizarre ruminant army, but we made it most of the way around the map. Success!

That horrible high pitched squeak toy that you hear ‘Honk’-ing for much of the video is me. :x

JOIN THE YAK PARADE! All people from all servers are welcome. It takes place every Thursday night. Free tonics available from Team Dolyak guild bank.

Run free!

MOOSE DEEP!

And to all my fellow Crystal Desert players…don’t forget to Toot Your Horn.

That was us at Bay that night. We were about 10-12 guildies there and I think we had another 5-10 randoms stream in after most of the second push wiped. We had it frapsed as well and it’s really cool to see the other side of the video. Our video starts at about 17:40. The language is a little mature for some of the younger viewers.

We are still looking for dedicated WvW players and we would love to have you if you’re interested!

I think it’s safe to say all 3 servers zerg equally; all the cool guys are doing it. I usually listen to this while zerging to pump me up and increase my skills exponentially. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMAlP6LJca8

KrazyFlyinChicken.5936:

I’m quite proud of FA. The playerbase is quite receptive to strategy and teamwork. The only problem is that FA lacks a lot of good commanders. Sure we have a lot of commander tags, but very few of them carry enough clout to steer clear of the team chat trolls. So it seems when there is a good commander on (Ibludgeon, Derv, etc) we will do very well. But the moment they log off the Zerg resumes its mindless gameplay and one failure leads to another until we’re outmanned again.

The problem is FA commanders do not command, they run around with tags. Is AoN on FA? Haven’t heard of them but if all this bragging is warranted I’d love to play with them.

Ira.5172:

Jimmybass.2159:

Chris.5024:

I’m not sure if this has been brought up before and I don’t want to derail the discussion on the thread but the guild Primordial Dragons [DRGN] has been actively recruiting on FA in Lion’s Arch and all the WvW borderlands for the past 2 weeks. They are an IoJ guild actively recruiting on FA and trying to get players and guilds to transfer over. Seems a little low and is really giving IoJ a bad reputation over here on FA.

It’s good to see Mind Trick representing FA! I’m glad to see Talons and No Heroes have found a home on a respectable server.

- J

:)

Those were the Mind Trick days

Nice to see people from Mind Trick, small world!

Cake will be available at the conclusion of the transfer

I’m an active WvW player who has been away from the game for a few weeks and I’m looking for a guild to do WvW with. I’m looking to figure out who the active WvW guilds are on Kaineng are so I can see which one fits me best. I’m on most nights for a few hours, I have vent, and I do WvW almost exclusively. Thanks for your answers!

Great matchup last week, hopefully this one will be just as good!

Home World: Fort Aspenwood
Guild Name: Talons [BT]
Guild website: blacktalons.guildlaunch.com
In-game contacts: Malose
Focus: WvW
Quick notes: Semi to hardcore coordinated WvW guild looking for WvW-focused players

Who are we?

[BT] is a guild that has been playing together for years through many MMOs. We are a medium-sized, semi-hardcore to hardcore, coordinated WvW guild looking for WvW-focused members. We’re not about egos or self-promotion, we like to make a reputation for ourselves through our actions.

How do we WvW?

As a medium sized guild, we don’t have the numbers to simply zerg down walls and gates. This forces us to strive to be as coordinated as possible when in WvW.

Currently we field about 15-20 players nightly in WvW. We run specialized groups to increase our efficiency and to ensure all our players have an important role in WvW. We favor coordination over numbers and we are looking for players of all skill levels and classes who are willing to listen and learn (and those who can teach us new things). We are mainly active in WvW from 7pm EST to 1am EST, but we run smaller groups during the day.

We use TS for voice communication and we do not have any guild fees or playtime requirements. 18+ preferred. All that we expect is that you are interested in WvW and are willing to spend a majority of your playtime during NA primetime with us in WvW. The ability to not take everything you hear too seriously is also an asset as we do joke around in TS quite a bit.

What can we offer you?

• We can offer you a great and experienced group of players to WvW with. We have been a major force in WvW on Fort Aspenwood since launch and we have grown into one of the most competent and well known guilds for WvW on the server.
• We can provide you with in-depth 1 on 1 advice and information about class builds, WvW strategies, and help with anything else you may require. Experienced or not, we are committed to help you become the best WvW player you can be.
• We have in-depth WvW strategy and build meetings where we offer general information on all classes to allow our members to better understand all the classes and make it easier for you to kill other classes.
• We are very flexible and relaxed (sometimes things may get pretty serious) and offer all our members the chance to move up in the ranks if they are interested. We also have all the buffs available to players for WvW.
• Weekly events like guild lotteries, scavenger hunts and 1v1 duel tournaments.

How can you join us?

If you are interested in joining the [BT] family please head over to our website blacktalons.guildlaunch.com and fill out an application. Also feel free to contact us anytime if you are interested in running with us one night to see how we operate. You can always just hop into our TS and say hi! If you have any questions or concerns please send me a PM on the forums or send Malose a mail or tell in game. We look forward to playing with you!

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