Guild Wars 2

VOLKON.1290:

Magical Sky Daddy.7540:

Is Blackgate going to be green this week?

No, we’d have to slack off another week for that to happen.

lol

The current changes are great.

I’ve watched a bunch of people getting rolled by the new damage/abilities inside towers (like we used to do with Leg Specialist and Ballistas) except the best part about the videos of people getting rolled for 15m was that they had a treb firing at the walls to get them down and didn’t think to shift and clear siege too.

Thank you ANet, you are the masters of allowing us to exploit the minds of our opponents.

zhonnika.1784:

In spite of the claims, we are not queued 24/7. You will hit occasional BL queues during NA prime time, but it’s never on ~every map outside of reset night.

You’re right, there are a few small gaps where there aren’t queues.

…ya think? lol

oldephartte.4369:

Simple solution. Put a cap on the number of non-NA players allowed on any one NA server based on a +/- percentage of the total number of non-NA players on NA servers with the objective of fairly balancing the the population of non-NA players across all the NA servers to make game play more competitive 7/24.

This is the type of server AFS and OCX went to, lol.

The PVE crap in the zones also adds a great deal to the skill lag.

covenn.7165:

Rawnoodles.1398:

Organized guilds running during NA time
SoR

• Choo: 40+
• TW/TWL 50+
• TSYM: 60+
• SHAP : 40+
• SSQ : 25+
• FEAR: 50+
• SIN: 20+
• CDS: 20+
• HIRE: 15+

TW doesn’t field anything even remotely close to 50. Like I said, at peak we are 15-25 people total each night. I think I would have much better perspective about that than you considering I know first hand. We don’t even have that many active players, even if you do throw in the recruit guild of people applying for membership. I do appreciate ou thinking we have 50 people though :p

I don’t think I have ever seen SSQ or SHAP tags to be honest. When do they play?

lol, would be like claiming SoS didn’t win because of MERC/SEA.

It’s actually pretty dumb that an Ele takes damage for attunement swap when other classes don’t take damage for weapon swap.

It’s also pretty dumb you take damage for dodge rolling if traited to do x/y/z action on dodge.

It’s okay though, mesmers are still easy to kill.

Poison cows with a condition necro operator – that kitten hurts lol.

Except if you roll all Warriors in your zerg and sit on your arrow carts you’re still going to die.

Or you know, build a treb and clear siege.

Hammerguard.9834:

How long has this shenanigans at EB been going on for? I’m getting exhausted…

Should remind you of the old days, if you were even there for them.

Azure.8412:

Lead.1784:

Vodka.3958:

Lead.1784:

Vodka.3958:

Kryyg.8576:

The medal also looks sweet next to SBI and SoS, and we all know what happened to those servers.

It looks sweetest next to JQ server though I’d say.

SBI & SoS had huge problems from within which was the cause for their implosion. It’s very noticeable that the same problem has moved to SoR now.

I for one am lucky to be on Blackgate, a server that doesn’t have any sort of negative internal issues & where the entire community treats each other as though we are all family. Much respect for my fellow beastgater’s
Fight on!

There was literally no unity on SoS and that was what the problem was. We didn’t even have a server team speak until we started losing and people got frantic.

SoR is literally the most unified server I have ever experienced, everyone is warm and friendly and willing to work together on a level I am simply not used to.

Well if you’re coming from SoS, (a server that supposedly had no unity) into SoR, (a server with a little unity) of course you would think that your current server is the best because you haven’t experienced any better. Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy for you and your guild; I just hope that you all will be able to fix the current problems that SoR is facing…

Wait, which server is having internal issues? I might have a guess…

So can i.

It’s good you just got back to T1 and already fit in perfectly at SoR.

SmokeyNYY.7841:

cyyrix.6105:

scootshoot.6583:

Oresh.4729:

Zen.8497:

Darkjoy.3092:

I will be patiently waiting for SOR to make a run for 1st. Good luck!

We always do! We also know that wishful thinking is one thing, and reality another…

didnt sor claim they play for the fight and not for the win? such contradiction in this thread with bg now claiming they have been the underdog since they came back in t1…

No idea but least you guys stopped calling yourselves, “BEASTgate”, one of the most hilarious server names to date, hah.

13-2.

so whats your record against JQ or you just going to conveniently leave that one out?

10-10 for me

So why did people not want to defend prior to WXP?

Just badges? You mean the things that I have bank tabs full of and just spend on siege at this point?

I am very aware of how many people JQ has on during that time.

Fixeon.5076:

SoR does feel the pressure from FoO. And we deal with that pressure. Sometimes we are able to beat them off, sometimes we cant.

Your Garrison isn’t #1 on their hit list every night was more my point.

We do see them hit you, but your BL is never green unless we’ve got nothing on the map and no one to fight them.

I think the more apparent double team that we see on BG is during the SEA hours.

If we are going to be realistic, the effort FoO puts forth carries JQ. It’s the same effort that MERC put forth on SoS (except with triple the numbers). The borderlands get reset during SEA time, waypoints go up, and NA holds. JQ has a lot more players though, so EU and late-NA are not ghost towns.

The problem is that FoO goes from JQ BL Blue ->BG BL Garrison -> Blue keeps elsewhere -> done. We can’t hold (unless our NA’s stay up) T3 keeps against 3 queued borderlands, and this pressure is not felt by SoR.

The other maps/timezones, it’s a matter of who is commanding and what the situation is, but I don’t think 2v1 or double team is ever usually said unless it is to invoke it on JQ.

If SoR wants to win (and subsequently, utilize its new SEA transfers) you’re going to need to scout where BG is getting pushed and instantly mobilize to take T3 stuff from JQ. If FoO can be pressured during that timezone then they can no longer make every map green. You may be inviting them to attack you for the first time, but you’ll never win without shutting them down.

Yeah, bots are why GW2 economy is messed up.

Who cares if people who are afk get a reward? lol.

The problem with this game is it accounts too much for people on the fringe of legality and doesn’t make the game worthwhile/fun enough for everyone else.

Get that logic kitten out of here.

Kryyg.8576:

Honestly, I have no qualms in saying this anymore, but BG you should be ashamed of yourself.

This morning while you were attacking us, you simultaneously drained all of our supply in less than 30 minutes.

Quite frankly, the faster your server is out of this tier the better, you guys don’t deserve to be up here.

Sorry for your anger friend

No one left SoS because of free transfers, lol.

Pvp.2758:

BG don’t even try to talk about double team this week.

40 BG North EB Keep Gate
40 JQ South EB Keep Gate

20min after reset

awwwwwwwwwww

I don’t think it’s a bad idea, but don’t do it for OPs sake. No one in WvW cares about map completion and the colors make a huge difference.

If anything, I think Blue should be the #1 server’s spot and Green/Red rotate between #2 and #3.

It’s people like me who give people a bad name.

Otokomae.9356:

So… is it time to start letting Thief Venoms apply to siege attacks?

they apply to golems

Aurust.8961:

uberkingkong.8041:

We’ve taken BG keep everyday on EB, nothing special about it anymore.
Another thing, SoR needs to goto Tier 2, this JQ SoR alliance and JQ always winning isn’t really fun anymore, I like to actually feel like I’m making a difference and not, oops JQ wins again because we tag team BG.

Im getting too used to 2v1 posts… i just dont get the same lulz anymore from them. Can someone please come up with something that will give me more lulz.

That post is from an SoR player so…lol.

Churchill.8714:

Just needs an internal cooldown, I like it and it has tactical applications and tactical ways to be defeated.

To expand: It sucks if you run into it against a coordinated group, and if it had an internal cooldown it would still be devastating when used by the right people.

However.

This is WvW, and strategies can be used if you throw your brain at the problem.

You might just have to do a long siege, break the gate, drain supply, treb down arrow carts and spend your night on a keep. That’s a good thing. It promotes good defensive play and good offensive play.

If you’re not interested in that, there are other objectives on the map and other borderlands to karma train in.

If you’re like me and you are interested in putting the time forth to defeat a smart enemy sieged up in a keep, then let Warriors have their little tool to be useful behind a gate. Condition damage on siege is also cool. It makes you prioritize the right people in the right positions – the same as cannons and ballista do now as well.

Just needs an internal cooldown, I like it and it has tactical applications and tactical ways to be defeated.

Tyaen.5148:

Jedbacca.6297:

To the SoR ppl that hopped down in the circle to prevent the cap for BG, you guys are handicapped, you could have let us cap, then come back and flip the keep as paper.

Maybe we would rather let JQ have it. See, we don’t like you :-P

lol, nice one

Looks like Citadel and Border Waypoints are all you have then.

Are you able to kill the person doing it and maintain proactive scouts at your keeps?

People have been doing that for 6 months now.

I imagine he posts many well thought and articulated comments in the T1 threads.

Well, the only way SoR or JQ was going to get into SoR Hills was to use a glitch or broken skill to do it.

The two Omegas and multiple Alpha rushes/attempts over the last day and a half must have taught them that to win, you need broken abilities because it’s all about the fights/open field and not our sore ego.

I get to be a late-20s college student, I only had to spend the rest of those 20s overseas.
Isn’t life grand?

Synyster.5894:

Jahn.7019:

Combining the holidays and the diminished game play with the fact that some BG guilds played 24 hours shifts, you guys put forth quite a display this weekend. But can you sustain it is the question.

Impressive if you can, silly to go that hard if you can’t.

No guild in Blackgate is doing 24hour shifts get off your little cry horse

Technically I have been commanding/assisting SoR Hills defense for 30 hours now.

I am a guild!

Alpha Golems are so yesterday

spartanx.1364:

Churchill.8714:

Pvp.2758:

Dog.1472:

Impressive zerg today BG.

I think there’s some misinformation happening in the first picture, I know Choo didn’t walk away from anything but JQ BL after that fight.

We hung in for a while that night actually. Easter weekend unfortunately hit us hard. We topped out on 27 Choo in WvW x( Was fun though we worked on small group tactics for a while despite our comp sucking. It was also different not seeing the backs of KnT anymore! Hehe Happy Easter Everyone!

I restored the original photo, don’t worry.

Pvp.2758:

Dog.1472:

Impressive zerg today BG.

I think there’s some misinformation happening in the first picture, I know Choo didn’t walk away from anything but JQ BL after that fight.

Sort of silly to talk about feelings when the topic of discussion is words in Lions Arch.

The words and pixels! They hurt me

Everyone knows you’re supposed to workshop WvW tactics in the Mists.

The two best slots are rings and they could literally be acquired in a day (7.5h) or casually in a few days (each).

Amulets are already able to be mostly acquired in WvW, however the time it takes to get them (or any other item from that vendor) is more in sync with the pre-Pristine Fractal Relic 0.01% chance at a ring drop in your daily.

More accurately, the time it takes to gear more than one character is extremely disproportionate.

100 gold is not a lot as a PVE player…lol.

100 gold is a matter of playing the game for 4 hours each night for a week – and that’s slow.

In World vs. World, even if I was running with the most successful zerg on my server and the enemy servers just continued to throw bodies at us instead of back capping or swapping BLs, I would make 35g in that same time. That’s also fairly generous because that scenario never happens so it’s hard to actually gauge.

CoF 1 6x/h x2 + CoF 2 = 10g + drops
HotW 1, SE 1+3, AC1+3= 3.5g + drops
Lv 10 Fractal Daily = + drops

Tokens:
258 CoF
66 HotW
132 SE
132 AC
—-
13g + drops + 588 tokens

Weekly:
91g + drops + 4116 tokens (or 4 CoF/1HotW/2SE/2AC Exo weapons minimum)

SmoothHussler.6387:

Churchill.8714:

What tier is this?

I believe its tier 8. Ferguson’s Crossing is dead last in NA.

I think I’d rather get steamrolled by a zerg than play with these guys.

What tier is this?

They said Karma, so assume it will be armor sets that anyone who does WvW can already easily acquire because WvW gives Karma.

Knowing AFS playstyle, they would compliment what BG’s SEA guilds are doing right now really well, and allow MERC to log off at a more reasonable hour each night.

They would see themselves performing a more primary Float role on SoR as they would be the largest single force in the field and not complimenting another group.

They would benefit either server greatly.