Guild Wars 2

First thing is I’m not running PU, I’m running a CI build.

Simon.3794:

Still does not change the fact that your build is cancer and focused around brainless 1v1
he said nothing wrong but truth

also look at the conversation, all he did was saying that your build is cancer and bad, but you ended up insulting him, in result he said “insulting a 1st tier player is wrong” as defense. (you clearly edited out the part where you were insulting him)

in the end, you are the one whos being a the whos insulting people and act like an innocent on the forum, it appears.

Also I never insulted him, I just stun locked him in the end of the game and didn’t try to kill him.

I don’t think that is insulting. I never edited out anything insulting lol I can post all the pic to prove it lol.

So I was in sPVP and I 1 v 1ed a ranger then he started to criticize my build .

Then the next game happened and my team won again he start talking to me about he is a tier 1 player and I’m a tier 5 player.

My question is how to determine your tier and where to check the requirement for the tier?.

This happened to me today, I was in a hot join to practice couple combos (lock down and shatter) where I instantly killed this power ranger instantly couple times. Then this happened

I tried to apologize to him then he blocked me

If mesmer is soo hated right now. I don’t know if I should keep playing mesmer

*EDIT: Sorry didn’t know the rules, now I blurred the names out

@Orswich, thank you for praising me lol.

@Reverence, pug commanding is frustrating at times. Especially if no one is following you. However I find it fun to pug command, here is why:

You always get to find and meet new people. (I have met many amazing pugs)
You can help new players of your server. I usually recommend them to a good guild.
Help with server morale.

It’s one of those things that you have to put a lot of effort in but you get high rewards in the end.

David Sage

I don’t know why pug is a term being frowned up on. It shouldn’t have a negative effect. I called my self a pug before I started commanding. I know a lot of pugs are great roamers and help the cause of the server.

Edit: spelling.

4. Know your objective.

As a pug commander, you want to adapt to situations. Prioritize organized group over your group. Focus on being distractions oh be meat shields for your organize group. Sometimes organize group will want to be distractions and fight for you and that’s when you go take stuff.

Karma train when you don’t have the numbers to fight or defend. Prioritize on defending higher tier objective rather than taking other objectives.

Utilize Siege crushers and Siege razers.

Provide support on open field zerg fights. Focus on having the pugs rezing the dead allies from organize group. Utilize sieges at open fields, you are fighting to win not to be fair.

*Don’t pull people away from organized group and keep up the moral of the troops.

5. Communication.

Communications is probably the most important thing about being a pug commander. Always use map chat to tell your troop where you are going and when to way point. Even the little things such as take supply from the camp. Many pugs have no idea about supplies. Always assume the pugs don’t know what they are doing. Just try to be nice and tell them what to do. They will listen.

Communicate with other commanders, let them know what you are doing and ask if they need help. Share intels about enemy to other commanders.

Teach pugs how to stack and what skills to use to buff up. Call out when you are stacking.

Tip: Auto-run is your best friend remember to use it.

6. Rally Troops.

This is probably the most important part about being a pug commander. Everyone most likely to do their own thing but you want them to follow you. All you have to do be genuine to them. Let them know you are tagging up and what you are trying to accomplish. Let them know where to meet. BRING FOOD with you always drop for them to use. Let them know there are food for them. Whisper people if they are not following and ask them NICELY if they want to tag along. Always remember to stay close, use sentry and camp as waiting station for your tail to catch up.

7. Morale.

Pugs will only follow you if you are winning. If you are losing you will lose a lot of people. This is why you don’t want fight fights you can’t win. However if you know you won’t win a fight but you are doing it as distraction, let them know.

Do not blame on the pugs, as a commander it is your responsibility for your troop and if you guys get wiped or being fed false information blame yourself for not being better prepared. Many commanders don’t like to admit what they did wrong.

Listen to your pugs, sometimes they may just have a better idea then you. Therefore listen to them and give them credits. People usually like to be put in spot lights.

Excuse my grammars and spelling, I wrote this quickly for the hopes on helping others.

If you have anything you want to add feel free to comment below.

Sincerely,

David Sage

David Sage’s Guide on Pug Commanding:

About me: I am a guild less commander on Dragon Brand. I don’t intend to be in a guild, most the guild on my server don’t deal with pugs they are more organized. I been doing this for fair amount time and decided to write a guide about it.

Are you trying to rally up the troops and have small or no group with you?

Are you a lonely commander to get pugs to follow you?

Are you trying to get some pts for your server?

This guide may help you:

1. Dress well.

Seriously, people follow you when you have a good weapon and good looking gears. I can’t emphasize this enough, there are so many pugs doing their own thing then saw me and came to ask about my weapons, gears and etc. Then they stayed around helped me capture points.

Invest in some good dyes. Try to match your weapon and gears. Even though most WvWers may have lowest quality character model setting. However you can still impress some new pugs

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2. Commander Build:

As a commander you should not be downed nor should die first. Enemy will target you and try to down you. When you are down most time the pugs would come and rez you, however enemy can just AOE on you and wipe the group. Therefore, try not to die. In order not to die, you want a build have high survivability. Damage should be the second thing you want to worry about. Your goal is to tank all the damage and the pugs would take less damage which help to attack the enemy.

As a commander you also want to use weapons and utility that supports the pugs. You have to assume they don’t know what they are doing so use condition remover, invisibility, stability skills to help your group fight.

3. Understand what everyone wants.

Pugs can be categorized below:

Achievement Hunter:

All they really care about are achievements. It’s hard to get them following you however if you call out what you are going to do next they may be interested. Someone of them may even whisper you nicely to ask if you could take this objective so they can get the vista. Try your best to take the objective or tell them why you wouldn’t take your objective.

Player Killers:

These are your typical squirrel chasers, spawn campers, roamers. They are usually experienced in fights and are very useful if you can have them following you. However squirrel chasing will eventually lead them away from you. So I usually whisper or in map chat tell them when big fights are coming up and there are plenty bags here if they want to come and join the fight. This has been working out very well.

WvWers:

These are your experienced WvWers, they enjoy WvW and they usually follows you without asking. Think of them as your helpers. As a pug commander most time of you will be suppressed on map chat so ask them to help you relay the messages.

Stop it guys, I think GabGar learned his lesson. Shouldn’t be making fun of him now.

So you are just assuming lol? Monday was a holiday in the US and I was not on. Your assumption are not facts . See this is why no one believe anything you say. You should really pay attention to the things come out your mouth. It’s soo funny to see things you can make up and just to go with it lol. Yet still holding on to defend it.

So what if is your 3rd GvG. If the other commander is bad you should be able to win right? Why are you making excuses when you lose?

As a friendly commander, I suggest you to think before you talk and stop making a fool out of yourself. I’m starting to feel bad for you It’s ok to admit you are wrong.

GabGar.4962:

David.6491:

GabGar.4962:

David.6491:

Coolmoos.8546:

Gab, just stop man…. STOPPPPPPP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwhTEdeAK3s

No let GabGar keep going. He is just making a fool of himself in front of everyone. Even some YBs are embarrassed of him lol.

Really?

It is funny I said you were one of the commanders I respect from DB, and all you do is demonstrate how much I’m right about the back-hole-hurting issue

Anyhow, this week is ending, get over it, plan for the reset tonight.

Again good luck to all you guys DB and NSP, was a blast figthing you.

See you around.

Sorry, I do not follow your logic. I have nothing against YB winning . You guys have many good WvW guilds. Especially [One] guild, they sure know how to fight. They have all the respect they deserve because they can back up their bragging rights and put up good fights. They don’t go on the forum brag about ppts then loses GvG and being a hypocrite. No offense to MEX, but if GabGar is going to go around forums and be bragging at least back up your words.

GabGar, hopefully the quote below will benefit you.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

-Laozi

You are misinformed We won 1 GvG of the 2 GvGs we had agaisnt DB guilds, besides we never boast about our PVT skills , those were our second and third GvG, we are still at training. We backup our words with results in the field, wining points for the server, period.

You are just back hurt because you were commanding monday, and you lost all DB stuff in eternal, period.

Again have a good week end, and get over it, good luck in your next match David.

Where do you get all the information? Do you listen to yourself before you talk? Things you say make you lose creditability.

First of all, I wasn’t commanding on Monday. This is what I mean, you just make up stuff. Did you mother never read you the story The Boy Who Cried Wolf?

Secondly,

GabGar.4962:

Serebus.7314:

GabGar.4962:

SpellOfIniquity.1780:

xXMooNXx.6548:

GabGar.4962:

From MEX to Dragonbrand with love

its easy to beat a server with less coverage but anytime any DB guilds and you are on the map you get roflstomp GvG plz [MEX], GvG Por favor [MEX], whisper me k,

• pats mex guild on da head ( * —-* )\(^__^ ) *

Yak’s Bend still winning, good fights have been had.
This score doe.

11 pm you have to say anything about coverage? Or Dragonband server is empty at 11pm central US?

All Dragonbrand NA crew should be ashamed, im not in DB anymore, was my first server and this is just sad and wrong.

Hey kid, 11pm CST is late for most people. That is 1am for EST players (which is 1/2 or more of my guild). I dont have my mommy and daddy throw money at me im a full time student and have a job.

So how bout that gvg? or are you gonna keep chest bumping over your sick pvdoor skillz. I guess the Sorrows furnace shame never rubbed off on you huh, still looking for cheap wins? (TG was on SF when all the Hispanic guilds decided to start tanking matches to get some good ol pvdoor. I laughed so hard when I read all the posts complaining about being stuck in t8)

Thursday 9:30 pm we will GvG TB first

About your lame excuses about the time look up I have another pic with dragonbrand at 25 at 6pm central…

And go call kid your little buddy between your legs, you are nothing but a bad troller and one of the worst commanders I ever see.

See you in the field.

You called TG’s commander the worst commanders you have ever seen. Yet, you lost to them? Are you claiming, your commander is worse?

See GabGar, please think before you open your mouth. That way you won’t make a fool out of yourself.

GabGar.4962:

David.6491:

Coolmoos.8546:

Gab, just stop man…. STOPPPPPPP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwhTEdeAK3s

No let GabGar keep going. He is just making a fool of himself in front of everyone. Even some YBs are embarrassed of him lol.

Really?

It is funny I said you were one of the commanders I respect from DB, and all you do is demonstrate how much I’m right about the back-hole-hurting issue

Anyhow, this week is ending, get over it, plan for the reset tonight.

Again good luck to all you guys DB and NSP, was a blast figthing you.

See you around.

Sorry, I do not follow your logic. I have nothing against YB winning . You guys have many good WvW guilds. Especially [One] guild, they sure know how to fight. They have all the respect they deserve because they can back up their bragging rights and put up good fights. They don’t go on the forum brag about ppts then loses GvG and being a hypocrite. No offense to MEX, but if GabGar is going to go around forums and be bragging at least back up your words.

GabGar, hopefully the quote below will benefit you.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

-Laozi

Coolmoos.8546:

Gab, just stop man…. STOPPPPPPP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwhTEdeAK3s

No let GabGar keep going. He is just making a fool of himself in front of everyone. Even some YBs are embarrassed of him lol.

GabGar.4962:

David.6491:

Have you guys realized GabGar is the only one barking around the forums. I shouldn’t have made fun of the MEX guild in general. I have seen some humble MEX guild members.

To the humble MEX guild members: How do you guys deal with GabGar? Is he always like this? I feel sorry for you guys

I was barking? Probably. But all of you Dragonbrand members are just back-hole-hurting because Yaks beat the kitten out of you this week, and you know your server is in ruins, better luck next time.

I hope you guys learn how to overcome hard times and beign less egocentric and depend less on the oceanic crew and unloyal guild transfers, this is a game after all, learn to play it in all the extensions.

I wish you luck on your next match up guys, I had tons of fun figthing my old server.

See you.

less egocentric? unloyal guild transfers? Talk about double standards.

People who stayed at DB are overcoming these hard times instead running away to another server.

Have you guys realized GabGar is the only one barking around the forums. I shouldn’t have made fun of the MEX guild in general. I have seen some humble MEX guild members.

To the humble MEX guild members: How do you guys deal with GabGar? Is he always like this? I feel sorry for you guys

Oh hey, I don’t see MEX bragging about ppt anymore. Did I miss something?

I have soo much more respect to MEX now. I can see they read Art of War by Sun Tzu.

if quite unequal in every way, we can flee from him.

- Sun Tsu Art of War Chapter 3

Coolmoos.8546:

Chris.4527:

You certainly were persistent!

Good job. Got over 1400 kills that night between you guys and NSP in under 3-4 hours.

Don’t feel to bad though, shortly in between all that my guild trolled me when I went afk.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eX089CASluw

There’s the video of that. >:-C

Can I have the 1 minute and 25 seconds of time back from watching that please?

Was about to watch it, Thank you for the heads up.

Chris.4527:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=F-MVDrpa7m4

[One]s reset night, good stuff ^^

Awesome video, I am the Guildless commander for dragon brand in that video. I had all pugs and PVE guilds following me and all the WvW guilds on DB are at BLs. It really showed us how strong One guild is at wiping pugs. Atleast I did my objective holding down our third with all pugs and took SMC after you guys left

Good fights, I hope you guys had fun wiping unorganized pugs lol.

Anet tried to take DB tower for NSP. I didnt see any siege but they gate is at 80%. I took the screen shot after i chased them off

Kronyx.2570:

Need moar PVF here

DB’s NA time is terribad. And Oceanic crew, having supply problems in YBBL?

NSP gave up Saturday morning. Even your roaming groups are MIA.

Discuss.

There goes my respect for Loot, didn’t know you guys have this kind of guild leader. Members should join ONE guild. They know what they are doing and still humble about it.

Hi I am the EBG commander on reset night. I have to say ONE guild, you guys are amazingly good. Always have a scout on my zerg, Always know when to attack. Even though I am running with all pugs. However after you guys left made it easier for us to push out. It was literally impossible for us to do anything against you guys. Definitely awesome night. Thank you soo much for letting us fight you.

I have to say, CDBL’s garrison has been like fort Knox since the weekend. I tried to siege 3 times. Never managed even get to inner. The only close one was when your map zerg went to try take your Bay back. However as soon as we were done with the outer, you guys ditched bay and came back to wipe us.

Necro.6432:

David.6491:

Necro.6432:

Good fights in DB BL , BUT i have seen the weridest/stupidest strategies from DB and EB.. in DB BL , i had to say it

Hi, as a commander of Dragon Brand. I would like some feedback on what you call stupidest strategies please. We would like to improve our strategies could you share some your wisdom?

sorry for not responding faster im not on my computer, i could careless if you’re a commander or not ,the night was in db bl the first two hours DB just kept attacking the wrong keeps instead of taking back garrison and holding though that happened late at night for example attacking bay while we’re trying to help you by getting into hills ,idk how that will get you garri from eb though retaken back bay and took garri for you ,you took it back ,what im saying is we were hoping a 2 sided fights but it was just 1 for the most of the night [ppt/keeps wise] but the fights were epic aka open field/defending ,especially nw tower [TB] and [EA] and in garrison too ,great fights but not [ninja’ing keeps /taking our garri back] kinda strategy i was hoping to see from DB

Yes, those definitely the weirdest/stupidest strategies ever. We should learn from Crystal Desserts. You guys definitely have very superior strategy. Thank you for your insight.

Thanks,
David Sage

Another very good objective is to disrupt Blood Lust captures.

Necro.6432:

Good fights in DB BL , BUT i have seen the weridest/stupidest strategies from DB and EB.. in DB BL , i had to say it

Hi, as a commander of Dragon Brand. I would like some feedback on what you call stupidest strategies please. We would like to improve our strategies could you share some your wisdom?

Tyrlis.8072:

Had a great time on EBG at reset and this morning on DB BL. Looking forward to a good week.

Dear Giant DB SEA/Oceanic Zergs. Discover some other hobbies. Please.

Go recruit SEA/Oceanic Team from higher tier please

Banzie.5248:

Kovu.7560:

Banzie.5248:

Db I would like to point out one thing, IoJ eb corner and SM =/= Your entire Border being flipped.

We don’t defend our own borderlands. Just ask any of the Gold league servers. Especially during EU. People are only interested in karma and chevos, not in trying to actually win. No reason to care about that.

Seriously. Take 10 people, go take DB Hills. Heck, 5 even. Use SE to resupply. It’s not hard. Even if you see a couple defenders, kill them and take it anyway. NO CHANCE IN ONE ACTUALLY DEFENDING WHEN NOBODY SHOWS UP WHEN YOU CALL FOR HELP.

Go. Now. Do it. And when you’re done take a golem to water gate Garrison, nobody will stop you. Borlis has been doing it all week.

~ Kovu

So sad :c Should really have an internal coming together and get people on that. You would have stomped BP in my opinion if you defended your bl. You dont need a queue on eb. just let 30 people sit there and roam/defend and then flip kitten everywhere else. IoJ had a heart to heart a while back on BL defense and that was our main priority before mini-exodus, Worked pretty well before guilds got tired of defending. (I.e. CORE, SE)

I always try to have the pugs defending Home BL, our main guilds focus on taking pressure of home BL. However I don’t think we should learn from a server that is last place

Thanks,
David

Yeah, it was really fun last night. BP also has soo many people scouting. I can never find towers I could ninja. There were people sitting in most of the towers.