Guild Wars 2

Firebrand (tested in wvw)

Mantras:

Problem: Cone effects and range of 300 make the mantras useless, especially in group/zerg play in wvw.
Suggested fix: Change all mantras into a PBAOE (360 degrees) with a range of at least 450 (600 preferred).

Problem: The elite mantra is too weak to be an elite skill. Weak effects vs. the long cooldown. As it is now Renewed Focus is far superior.
Suggested fix: lengthen all effects by 1-2 seconds and add protection. Add 1 more stability stack to Portent of Freedom.

Tomes (F skills):

Problem: Casting times and cooldowns (too many and too long). We have the pages as a limiting factor already.
Suggested fix: Make the tomes instant cast and reduce the tomes’ skills cooldown to 1 second only (again, the pages are the limiting factor).

Problem: Activating a tome and then dropping it before using all pages force a full cooldown on the F skill.
Suggested fix: Dropping a tome with pages still unused reduces the cooldown (the more unused paged left = the higher the reduction).

Yes.
The changes didn’t address the big issues with the map itself: map is way too big, still too many choke points, keeps are badly designed (though they look nice), etc.
Personally, I can’t wait for the Alpine BL to be back.

In the past (before the Guesting and Megaserver systems) paying the 1000-1800 gems to transfer a server got you a “full package”, i.e. you bought with gems the right to play all game modes on a certain server.

These days paying to transfer is relevant only to 1 game mode and that’s WvW. I am wondering should the cost to transfer servers remain as high as it is when it affects only 1 game mode?
Please note that I’m not asking for the costs to be removed, just lowered to a more reasonable rate.

Necros, mesmers, and ele’s are especially wanted even though we accept all classes.

All timezones are welcome, but we mostly run NA prime (and a little earlier than that)/

Hello wvw’ers!

Dreamworld Sanctuary [DwS] guild on HoD is currently recruiting ACTIVE WvW players. We are looking for a few more people to fill up our guild group. We are trying to field roughly 20 people daily in WvW with a focus on certain builds and communication.

Here is what we do:
We currently run a havoc squad around the map coordinating with the map commander, however the end goal is to become a zerg-busting team. We are always on the move striving for contact with enemy forces and/or taking objectives. We take advantage of enemy weaknesses and opportunities as they rise (such as ninja a keep while our main zerg is keeping the enemy busy elsewhere).

If any of the above appeals to you and maybe you’re interested in being a part of it you are probably wondering what the requirements are, well here they are:

• Team Speak is required, a mic is not but is highly recommended.

• We are looking for all professions but level 80 is a must (we can help with builds that match our style).

• Have a good personality and a sense of humor is an absolute must.

• Maturity – our ages range from 16 to 40 but all are mature.

If you are interested or have questions please mail: Coltain.1395, Alinora Targew.1679, or Captain.1809 in-game.

DwS, Sev

Aza.2105:

Coltain.1395:

Is it good for soloing PVE? Yes it is, especially if you’re newer to the game and want a “safer” choice. That said, there are better options out there (build and gear) that open up more game styles – team support, tanky DPS, DPS, etc.
IMHO it’s a bad habit to rely on AH(+EM) for survivability when you can use dodging, blinds, retaliation, gear choice and active gameplay while freeing you from a very limited build.

I’m not sure why players gauge their performance with trash mobs. The only time blind is useful is for trash.

Damage mitigation – while blind isn’t that effective against champ mobs and higher, it surely helps to mitigate damage (even if slightly) from multiple “trash” mobs.

Is it good for soloing PVE? Yes it is, especially if you’re newer to the game and want a “safer” choice. That said, there are better options out there (build and gear) that open up more game styles – team support, tanky DPS, DPS, etc.
IMHO it’s a bad habit to rely on AH(+EM) for survivability when you can use dodging, blinds, retaliation, gear choice and active gameplay while freeing you from a very limited build.

Happened to both me and my gf. The bug appears to be random (couldn’t recreate it) but it happened more frequently in zergs (the new Mad King realm and WvW).

Walking Corpse – Applies a DoT on 1 enemy/mob that intensifies in damage with each step taken for 3-5 seconds. Optional addition: if any speed buffs are active on the target the DoT lasts longer.

This will force enemies (wvw/tpvp/spvp) to take notice of their debuffs and make them either stand still or spend a cleanser.

Nice DB, getting into Durios using hacks.

3 of us (YB) defended Durios with siege 10 minutes ago, repelling DB zerg. A group of about 8-10 DB glitched the wall and went into the tower to cap it without taking any walls/gate down.

I got the guilds’ names and screenshots which I’ve sent to Anet yet.

25 people against 3 defenders – did you REALLY need to hack?

I know personally a lot of DB players that play fair (and hard), please root out these people DB.

~Sev

The events scaled in difficulty mainly to compensate for the easier ways we have to qualify for loot (one needs to do less damage to qualify).

The changes are ok in my opinion, but the champion spawning should be scaled down a little bit – it doesn’t feel right for 2-3 champs to pop with 10 players or less in Pent/Shelter (above 15 players? pop as many champs as you like). The veterans that spawn more frequently now feel like they’ve been buffed (in the damage that thy deal), so I don’t see the reason to have 3 champs in 1 event with 7 players around.

I’ve run some tests with my guild at the Pent/Shelter events (6 players farming these 2 events for 6 hours) – total amount of gold earned in a those 6 hours was about 20%-25% less than before the changes*. The amount of exotic drops seemed a little lower, mainly due to less mobs killed per event.

The changes are really okay, we just need to change the way these events are farmed. However, I’d like to see champion spawns reduced a little bit (algorithm too snesitive to the amount of players?).

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*5 players sold everything including Heavy Moldy bags; 1 player salvaged everything and opened the bags for T5-6 mats. Salvaging the whites-blues-greens wasn’t as profitable as selling them (perhaps due to many medium armor drops and we all know the price of leather). In the course of 3 days it was actually more profitably to open the bags for the mats and selling them on the TP.

I hope this info is useful

Our numbers grew a bit and we had insane amount of fun tonight in wvw. Join while you can!

@Prosecutor.1457 -
Thank you for the history lesson mate; I’m going to pull back my PhD dissertation in history just to add your wisdom to it.
More to the point – You want to take your guild [SE] into an alliance with an opposing server (especially while we have a big lead), that’s your business. But please don’t delude yourself to believe the rest of the server will follow you. We won’t.
If you don’t like how things are done in DH, you’re more than welcome to farm enough gold to buy 1800 gems and move to Kaening again, just like you did after DH began to lose. Please don’t lecture us, the ones who stuck with DH, on how to behave.
As for Seal The Deal, I remember perfectly well how you used to rally behind HVN zergs, claiming you did all the work, you fool no one my friend.

Shiver.5903 –
We at [Abys] will never have an alliance with an opposing server, whether DH wins or loses; it goes against everything we believe in WVW. I don’t feel the need to apologize for one commander/guild being kittening kittens; just know that [Abys] and the rest of the decent guilds reject this type behavior.

As for [Abys] doing PVDoor – we take it all: doors, towers, keeps, supply camps with or without enemies in them. xD

Sev,
Abys officer,
Darkhaven server

Read through the forums, there are good suggestions (boonway, healway, crithammer). You can be tanky and hard to kill, burst healer, very strong boon giver: You just have to experiment.

As for mobility – I see a lot of threads about our lack of mobility. When in a zerg you get swiftness all the time; when solo roaming you can use “Retreat!”, staff #3, Judge’s Intervention, and even sword #2. It’s not as bad as you might think.

Everlasting Abyss [EA] guild’s work this night.
I love you guys.

Everlasting Abyss – cause we kittening kitten up!

Bumpity bump!

In the time since I posted this 1st we grew, as a guild and as a server =D

Come on and join us: Everlasting Abyss [abys] guild @ Darkhaven.

We kitten things up!

~Sev, officer of Everlasting Abyss, Darkhaven.

You will see a lot of whining on the classes’ forums how class X/Y/Z is weak and underpowered.

Don’t listen to those

Any class can do good in wvw and be useful, it’s more about your play style and skills. You must choose a class that YOU feel most comfortable with, and then you’d rock it.

Thread derailed a lil bit

Darkhaven server and Everlasting Abyss guild want YOU!
We destroy the enemy, we laugh while doing so, and kitten it: we WILL make Darkhaven fearsome yet again!

See ya’ll on the battlefield!

Caliburn.1845:

I am curious to see if the 3rd generation of Darkhaven WvW guilds can overcome the main structural problem the server faces.

Generation 1 left mostly due to what was perceived as lack of late-night numbers.

Generation 2 left mostly(different guilds say different things, but this was the root cause) due to what was perceived as lack of late-night numbers.

Generation 3 is in the rebuilding process.

I’m rooting for you guys, but having gone through the process twice on Darkhaven, beware, it is a long painful slog, and if you don’t get a solid oceanic presence the server will collapse again in a few months.

As much as I appreciate your sentiments for DH, your whole post is negative in essence Cali. We know what we lack and, we’re doing our very best to rebuild this server while trying to get more people to join us. Voicing doom & gloom about DH in a recruiting thread isn’t productive to our cause.

As for Everlasting Abyss guild – you guys rock! Seeing +20 guild members last night running around capping camps and taking keeps was just… I LOVE YOU GUYS!

Elthuzar.9478:

Where’s the Half Naked Norn these days?

As far as I know he’s left the game; we haven’t seen him for about 2 months.

Shameless bump xD

A shout out for NSP. I like you guys, keep it up.

~Sev, Darkhaven

TheFreshBrew.1958:

Coltain.1395:

As a side note – to all of the former Darkhaven people that left: consider coming back home

I understand the sentiment but, … these are guilds who in the course of ONE DAY went from “we’ll never leave” to being gone the next morning. Make of that what you will.

I know exactly what you mean, but that went out to my friends not those that promised to stay and left the same day lol.

Come on people – join Darkhaven server and fight the good fight (Everlasting Abyss guild will welcome you warmly).

As a side note – to all of the former Darkhaven people that left: consider coming back home

Hello!

Darkhaven server, as some of you may know, suffered from guilds leaving us for greener pastures. I won’t lie – that hurt our server. However, during the past week we discovered that Darkhaven is a special place: new commanders stepped up, new guilds formed and are forming, the warriors of DH did not let the drama affect their spirits.
We fight till reset, and then we begin again!

My guild, Everlasting Abyss [abys], is dedicated to wvw and has a knack for ruining the enemy’s day. We kill and destroy while having a blat doing so, with laughter and friendship.

Come and join us at Everlasting Abyss guild on Darkhaven, we promise to make it worth your while! (Needles to say we have mumble and all the stuffs to run the guild)!

Come join us at Darkhaven server to feel what true fighting spirit is all about, sometimes against impossible odds!

And just to clarify – we will never leave Darkhaven! This is where it all began for us, and this is where it will end.

~Sev, Officer of Everlasting Abyss guild, Darkhaven.

Contact Coltain.1395, Vanquish.5740 for more details.

Apology to the DB crew at Sunyhill:

While we were taking your tower, I got boosted into your tower (using Judge’s Intervention) before we took the door down. I seen it and ran back outside to join our forces and do it the fair way.

Anet – fix the geometry bugs with JI, getting stuck in walls and/or boosted into defended keeps is annoying and can be used as an exploit.

~Sev, DarkHaven

Furey.6734:

…. Either way, I figured you guys would recap your BL after things cooled down and most everyone left.

Btw, nice zerg vs zerg water fight in the lake!

You guys left? I was under the impression that DB have 50 players per map as a default xD

Yes we are losing this week to the overwhelming numbers of DB, and yes some guilds left us (to DB no less…) but look at Darkhaven’s fighting spirit. This is after hours upon hours of DB owning all maps.

Big thanks to our commanders during this hard week: Flint Iron Fist, Hirasaki, Swiftcrusader, Piccolo Sama, Acium, Final, Vol the Tank, Hayup and 2 other commanders that were on yesterday (forgot their name but they rocked).*

There is spirit left in DH members, never forget that and be proud of our server!

~Sev, DarkHaven

*if I forgot any commander, then the mistake is all mine and I apologize.

I’ve been with DH from the start, and I am sticking with it till the end. I am no commander, just 1 player that doesn’t want to ditch his home server.

I’ll be seeing you on the battlefield fellow Darkhaven warriors !

~Severein, DarkHaven

Hats off to the BP’s D/D elem I fought near garrison 5 minutes ago (on my guardian). What a battle it was! Even though I lost… watching a skilled D/D elem is a sight to behold.

Well played my friend, well played!

~Sev, Darkhaven.

PS – that fight took a good 2-3 minutes, good fun.

Klazmaunt.2591:

Do want.

What are some pets you wish were tameable in game?

My #1 is the Moose.

^ This, exactly this. Moose pet would make me a very happy ranger xD

kujalord.5849:

Coltain.1395:

A message to Dragonbrand:

I love fighting against you, I like your style and tactics and you have been a worthy opponent.

However, I would like to ask of you to root out the hackers and exploiters!
Not even a minute ago, I am standing on DB south wall and I saw a group of 5 standing outside of the wall. Before I knew it, the mesmer managed to place an exit portal on the wall and teleported everyone in. No swords, no taking walls/doors down… just like that (it was done in garrison also but that I didn’t witness myself). I am 100% sure the mesmer was outside of the walls and not 1 single mesmer inside.
If this is a game mechanic exploit or a hack I do not care. Keep it clean guys, please.

Don’t get me wrong, you guys are awesome, just pressure the cheaters to stop doing that.

Thank you.

I’m one of the team member in there~ lol

actually there is one more spot u miss out searching….

well this is juz some same old trick the time u saw (I saw a group of 5 standing outside of the wall) this is already 2nd portal ….

at the meantime we hav a group of 4 at the inner south wall building cata

the mesmer u saw is portaling 2nd group to go in…

anyway we fail to ninja it XP

(tips: water gate)

If that is so, my bad and well played.

A message to Dragonbrand:

I love fighting against you, I like your style and tactics and you have been a worthy opponent.

However, I would like to ask of you to root out the hackers and exploiters!
Not even a minute ago, I am standing on DB south wall and I saw a group of 5 standing outside of the wall. Before I knew it, the mesmer managed to place an exit portal on the wall and teleported everyone in. No swords, no taking walls/doors down… just like that (it was done in garrison also but that I didn’t witness myself). I am 100% sure the mesmer was outside of the walls and not 1 single mesmer inside.
If this is a game mechanic exploit or a hack I do not care. Keep it clean guys, please.

Don’t get me wrong, you guys are awesome, just pressure the cheaters to stop doing that.

Thank you.