Guild Wars 2

Anyone still play this?

Inb4 move to linksville

Formally requesting that you change your guild tag

Yeah i got this same kitten yesterday with the patch and the patch prior to that one. Never happened before, tried the fixes – none have worked. Only reopening and closing the client when it stalls (closing it by Task Manager) finally gets it to work, but its not fluid and mostly by luck it seems like. kittening dumb.

Jeknar.6184:

mango.9267:

And to call GW2 GvG “SMASHFACE” speaks volumes for your ignorance. GvG is all about good group composition, understanding role-specific strategies, and fast-paced decision making.

• good group composition: GWEN or GTFO

• understanding role-specific strategies: Warrior spam CC, Guardian spam boons, Necros spam wells and elementalists place the field the driver ask for. You can add a mesmer for a veil (optional).

• and fast-paced decision making: The driver is the only one that do this… All the other are jsut waiting for the driver calls and answer that ASAP.

Been there, done that… Mag was a experience I don’t want to repeat.

You were in BS, yeah?

If the driver is the only one making decisions then your guild is terrible. If everyone in your guild is playing roaming style and making their own decisions, your guild is terrible. You were in a bad guild and kittened that your style of fighting wasn’t successful cause it wasn’t coordinated at all. It was different, yeah, and because of that you think you were more skilled, but I’ll definitely agree with Second Child, you just sound ignorant.

Nate.5107:

Did your driver build vary from other guardian builds or was it identical to the AH meta guardian build?

I didn’t believe in driving on a different (tankier) build than what the rest of our frontline ran, so I ran exactly what everyone else was expected to run. I think there was only one time where I was intentionally tankier than the rest of the melee. I didn’t want it to be hypocritical for me to yell at someone for dying if I had more armor on or something, and almost any time I would die early it was because of a play style issue and being too aggressive, not the build’s fault.

Edited OP to be cleaner and include our 20v20 and 15v15 compositions which helped us be among the top in NA

SkylightMoon.2098:

gvg war here. its a really poor choice to sacrifice dote over some extra power and toughness you get from another point in defense. there is a very noticeable difference in damage when you don’t have dote. in any organized gvg setting, the enemy melee consistently has 6-7 boons which is around 20% more damage output from yourself on average.

Exactly what Tibstrike said 100%.

Like I said in the OP, it depended on the situation, what trinket set, and what we were trying to accomplish whether we were running armored attack or destruction of the empowered. I personally heavily favor destruction of the empowered because I’m probably #1 fan of damage multipliers as you can see in our guardian build. Doesn’t mean it always makes sense for what we needed to do. When you’re isolating players in a 15v15, DOTE isn’t as strong as the power increase + extra zerk trinkets that Armored Attack would let us run. I’m completely agree that DOTE is incredibly strong, and what I leaned towards but situationally not always what we wanted to use.

azizul.8469:

what ? no mesmer ? dem !

Mesmer build depended on how many gank we would run (either 1 mesmer, 1 mes+1thief, or 1 mes+2 thieves) and what the enemy guild was running for counter-periphery. Mostly your typical stuff though, standard shatter or a PU setup if our mesmer had less help. Also depended on whether it was a 15v15 or a 20v20.

Brutal Augus.5917:

Both the warrior build and ele build are metas.

Yupp pretty much. The Warrior Build just has by far the most utility to a group as far as damage/sustain/cleansing/boons go, definitely why pretty much anyone serious about GvG used it or a variant of it. Same with the Ele build, but there would be times we played around with Healbot elementalists or chill bot ele’s. In the end the meta set up just gave it the most all around utility and reliability, but there were some things that could change.

Occasionally we’d setup one ele as high damage, so close to zerker, and running more traits in fire.

If you didn’t know who we were, you can watch this video and pretty much know who we were.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNYpjy1Evz8
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6 x Guardians:

• No AH
  Or
• Standard Hoelbrak Meta
  
  Notes: One guard in each party should run SIN. Our default setup had 1 Guard as Hammer/Staff, and 1 Guard as Hammer/Greatsword in each party. If we faced more range heavy enemies, we would add mobility and more pulls so we could move faster and take out enemy backlines by running 1 Guard as Greatsword/Staff, 1 Guard as Greatsword/Hammer. If we ran heavier ranged, we would run all guards Hammer/Greatsword because it is VERY fast and can constantly put damage on the frontline. All guards are req’d to have full sets of Celestial, Knights, Soldiers, and Zerker Trinkets so that if our melee feels too squishy, we can add more armor by adding toughness trinkets, and viceversa with zerker trinkets if we needed more damage.
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4 x Warriors:

• Standard Hoelbrak Meta
  
  Notes: Sigils of Malice and Condition Duration allows for immobilize duration to penetrate through enemy Hoelbrak/Lemongrass/Purging Flames to get them stuck in our Ele/Necro AoE’s. If they are facing too much damage, Warriors are required to have full sets of Knights, Soldiers, and Zerker Trinkets so that they can add more armor or damage depending on the situation. Leg specialist is a necessity in 15v15’s. Flurries should be emphasized MUCH more than Earthshakers.
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  4 x Necromancers:

• Triple Wells w/ Chill
• Pure Damage
• Sustainable High Damage
  
  Notes: Pure Damage build is useless if the necro is dies. Don’t run it unless the melee train can support the necros. Necro running pure damage must know what he’s doing and be a master of placement. This build works best when 3+ necros are in the composition. If only running 1 necro, don’t run this. Sustainable High Damage gives similar damage output without the liability of the necro dying right away. Gives necro ability to survive gank burst, and gives them a chance at getting away from enemy melee train. Triple Well Chills should be used to slow down enemy melee train and keep them stuck in AoEs. Depends on the situation what the necro should run as his non-staff weapon set.
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  3 x Staff Elemenalist:

• Standard Ele Meta
  
  Notes: All Elementalists are required to have full sets of Knights, Soldiers, Celestial, and Zerker trinkets. Ele’s should be constantly adding damage, or adding armor depending on the situation. If they are not facing any enemy pressure, they should look to get as much damage as possible by adding zerker trinkets. Elementalist’s need to have FAST rotations with well placed AoE’s to maximize damage. Their focus should be constantly keeping red circles under the enemy melee to force them to keep moving and force them to blow skills.
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  Last 3 Slots in a 20v20:
• Mesmer
• Thief
• Thief

Possible substitutions if your guild has no mesmers or thieves:

• Additional Necromancer OR Additional Warrior (preferred DPS)
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  15vs15 Compositions:
• 6 Guardians
• 3 Warriors
• 3 Staff Ele’s

Last 3 Slots, pick 3 according to situation:

• 1 Necro, 1 Necro, 1 DPS War, 1 Mes, 1 Thief, 1 Thief

Notes: If enemy guild has heavy ranged/AoE, your players MUST focus on single targeting, starting with Necromancers/Elementalists. If enemy guild has more gank players (mesmers/thieves), match their number of gank players. Your Gank MUST communicate with your driver, and your Driver MUST actively assist them. Warriors should look to assist friendly gank as well by getting flurries. Once enemy gank is dead, you have a heavy advantage, and your gank can pick off their casters.

Mouse only heard what we were saying when we were messing around in Tpvp tonight, but he missed the large large majority of what’s really going on. Ignore what he said about HOPE.

This is the exact type of response the WvW Community needs to see from the devs. If we saw more examples of our feedback being listened to, this game mode could still have a long life ahead of itself.

Its not too late Anet. Good job on listening to people here, but please don’t make this a one time deal. Look at the other things we’ve said, too.

Opening recruitment again for a few classes. We could really use an additional Staff Elementalist who really understands the role of the class. We need some very skilled frontliners and another necromancer who can play at the top of the game.

• 1 Staff Elementalist
• 2 Guardians
• 1 Warrior
• 1 Necromancer
• 1 Mesmer (Shatter for the gank)

Apply at http://www.gw2hope.com/

Hey, I know [DI] on FA was looking for a mesmer and/or thief for their gank, and they probably have openings for guardian as well. They’re a solid group and could use you as a piece to their puzzle. I recommend checking them out, they fall under all of the features you are looking for.

Their website is: http://www.di-gw2.com/
Recruitment thread: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/wuv/recruitment/Divide-Et-Impera-Fights-FA-WvW-GvG/first#post4183106

Yo, just wanted to say thanks for your work on this and we’ll be doing what we can to promote this here on the NA side of things. Looking forward to the site being up and running and active.

We’re in need of frontline heavies – a few guardians, and a couple warriors; still room for another staff elementalist as well. We’re running about 20-22 every night which is about the perfect size to get competitive fights against most of the T2 Guilds. Don’t really want to run more than 24 because only one or two guilds actually run more than that and it kills the quality of fights for everyone.

We’ve got a lot of frontline going on vacations over the next few weeks, so just need some heavies to help our consistency so we can get back to scheduling 20v20’s. Ask me if you have any questions!

Obviously, we’re disappointed that TA left the NA servers without doing our scheduled GvG – it was something completely on their end though.

That being said, we’re reopening our recruitment in a few areas with several slots after we’ve trimmed a little bit of our roster off.

• Guardian – 2 Slots
• Warrior – 2 Slots
• Staff Elementalist – 2 Slots
• Necromancer – Closed
• Mesmer – 1 Slot
• Thief – 1 Slot

As a guild, we are one of the most consistently fielding guild around and have raided nearly every day for the past 12 months with ~20-25 people. Our recent cuts, were a necessity to continue moving the guild in the direction we want. If you have questions let me know!

Our application is at: http://www.gw2hope.com/apply

Our Gank Team/Pick Team/Focus Party/Assist Team (whatever you want to call it) could use an additional mesmer and thief. If you are comfortable driving the team and keeping them coordinated with target selection and burst control and movement you should apply or contact me with any questions.

We’re looking for a Gank Driver – either a mesmer or a thief (or one that can play both). The role is to keep the gank HIGHLY coordinated while communicating with the main guild driver. If you have any questions or want to know more about it, pm me in game.

Also have room for 1 additional Ele – apply at http://www.gw2hope.com/apply

Our positions for Guardian and Warrior have been filled, though there may be room for one additional guardian.

Right now we are in need for 1-2 solid elementalists to round out our guild. If you’re interested apply or message me in game with any questions.

Show me how Anet has used the other CDI’s and implemented changes based on the feedback they recieved?

Anet’s updates that has hurt World Vs World:

• Arrow Cart Buff and Mastery Patch
• Orbageddon
• Removal of Matchup Forums
• Announcement of League 1 that lead to mass exodus’s and movements between server’s (killed many communities that Anet claims to “promote”)
• Learned nothing from League 1 and tries to rebrand into “Seasons” which lead to more mass exodus’s and movements between server’s that crippled and killed server communities that Anet claims to “promote” and want to “protect”)

Anet….the introduction of the Obsidian Sanctum was a terrific move and something that took only a few months, start to finish. You need to listen more to what the people tell you and quit ignoring the feedback we’ve already provided you with.

Go back to the old CDI’s and fix old problems so that we can finally move on from them.

The Arrow Cart patch and the introduction of masteries……orbageddon…..removing the matchup forums…..the announcement of Leagues, and then the announcement of a SECOND League. Anet did everything it could to really screw up WvW’s lifespan.

Thanks man.

Here’s a video from HOPE vs Ark 15v15 GvG

We are still in need for another couple frontliners. We could really use another 1-2 reliable guardians & 1 more reliable warrior.

Apply at http://www.gw2hope.com/apply

[HOPE] vs [Ark] – 15v15

HOPE – 4
Ark – 1

We were looking forward to the fights all week; I’m sure we’ll get more next time we’re matched up.

We haven’t recruited in a few months, but there are a couple positions that have opened up.

Looking for

• 2 Outstanding Guardians
• 2 Outstanding Warriors

I believe we have one of the most skilled rosters in the game, so all applicants should know their class, know the classes they fight against, and should be able to contribute to the roster as a strong member of their class.

Apply at http://www.gw2hope.com/apply

[HOPE] vs [PYRO] – 15v15

Final Score: HOPE 4 – PYRO 3

Video has some of our comms that definitely represent how intense the GvG was, maybe a little bit of nerd rage too.

ohhhhhhh top 5 now, huh?

looking forward to our gvg next time we’re matched up in that case

Nihevil.8024:

Thanks for the bag donations tonight in ebg HOPE, too bad you left the map fast, well not really cuz you guys were worth like no wxp. :/

OHHH THE INSULTS DOE, BURN!

Ahhh you mean fights like in this 25 vs 60 fight?

Buffy.9246:

From this video all I saw was sos blob vs bg blob.
We all know bg is full of zerk pvers…so I’m not impressed.
Also love how they shifted from blob v blob to blob v 15 tc and said how awesome they are. Lols.
Sos sayin t1 blobs but that’s all sos does in T2… Don’t see difference.

did you leave your brain somewhere lol? i’m happy many people are taking this video seriously

This video shows some of the secrets of the Tier 1 Giants! Unfortunately, this warrior PoV is still learning to click his skills right, but with practice he’ll be weened off his old keybinds and fit the bill for a T1 player.

We are still looking for extremely skilled thieves and mesmers! Our roster only has 1 thief and 1 mesmer, so there is definitely room for you in our starting GvG lineups.

It takes a lot of dedication and practice to get the synergy we need between our mesmers and thieves, so we are looking for dedicated players. PM Me if you have any questions or apply at http://gw2hope.com/apply

wtb account bound wxp

well actually, it’d just be nice if Anet showed they had a semblance of a direction actually planned and backplanned for WvW

miracles happen….. ?

It’d be a shame to let this get to the next page since this thread has kind of given identity to our community’s playstyle for the better part of the last 8 months or so.

We haven’t released many videos lately, so here is one from some of our recent fights against mainly PYRO and Choo and some other Mag/SoR guilds.

We are still in HIGH need of Mesmers and Thieves. If you’re interested PM me with questions or apply at http://www.gw2hope.com/apply!

We went there on the opening night, and it showed promise that it would be active and used; and honestly it made us nervous that the old BL’s would become a deadzone.

We haven’t gone back since then because of all of the PvE content and buffs/debuffs each side has, but whenever I hop in, there are zero orange swords, and no semblance of activity.

Anyone actually join an active EotM match during NA prime lately? Just wondering

Is this lag going to be fixed by the time the Season starts? There was almost no skill lag for 2-3 months, but the past month has been horrible.

When seasons start, the achievement hunters come back out, and with more people on the maps, the skill lag will take absolutely any fun and playability out of WvW.

As a guild we are in a very good place right now, fielding very consistent numbers around 25 nightly. We have a high need for dedicated mesmers and thieves!

• 1-2 Extremely skilled, dedicated Mesmers
• 1-2 Extremely skilled, dedicated Thieves

PM Me in game if you have any questions or apply now at http://www.gw2hope.com/apply !

Ahh Fiorvante, you missed any endorsement from me or the rest of FA?

From the Fort Aspenwood Community: Please, if you land in an NA guild, let us know and set up a fight with us. We can’t wait to t-bag you.

“I play ele for Seventh Legion!!!!!!” – Fiorvante, every day ‘13-’14

Come on now walnut! We’re just joshin with ya brah!

I didn’t recieve a single ascended ring until last week. Two days later I got another one. So two in 2 weeks. Another member has gotten 4 in the past 3 weeks. Before that? nothing.

Rank 900+ on combined characters and those were the first two for me. Look at you anet! Must’ve bumped up the rate and showing us WvW’ers some love.

lol

Lots of fights upcoming this week in NA. According to those arbitrary rankings lots of top 10 fights this week.

#2 Agg vs #6 NS - (Wednesday or Thursday)
#2 Agg vs #7 APeX - (Wednesday or Thursday)
#3 Ark vs #5 HOPE - 10PM EST on Thursday
#4 PYRO vs #5 HOPE - 10PM EST on Wednesday
#5 HOPE vs #16 TW - 10PM EST on Tuesday
#5 HOPE vs #18 VR - Final: HOPE 7 - VR 0

I’m sure guilds will be streaming for those of you that still have interest in the GvG scene. Should be some really interesting fights.

He posted them earlier it looks like:

http://www.gw2wvw.net/topic/results-week-1-na-guild-power-poll

Interested members are welcome to apply to the guild, but as of now all applications are being put on hold until positions open up.

We do, however, have ONE position left for a dedicated and outstanding mesmer. All interested mesmers should apply at http://www.gw2hope.com/ and feel free to contact me in game with any questions.

lol no..we’re not really

if maybe small non-NA guilds want to come, there is room to bring a little extra balance between servers, but things are good right now. Don’t even consider us if you are NA right now

Just realized you’re from CD, so there are definitely things you can do to fight those guilds. I can’t think of a single guild in those tiers that can run numbers like that without uplevels or at least a handful of awful players. Just don’t try to be heroes and take the melee head on. Peel the apple..aim for the middle of their group, push to the back line, focus your dps on spots where you can cc them, don’t pointlessly stand in their dps, and keep moving.

If you are doing all that and still having problems, you have issues with your builds. Make sure you have enough sustain (boons, cleansing, blast finishers+waters, or in-combat heals), and enough damage. If you’re taking on bigger groups, you have to take them out chunk by chunk, and you can’t do that with wet noodle builds.

Most of these responses are a little delusional.

Haro.6758:

Here is a video of [SG] Shadow Gypsies [JQ] range dps group, we had some melee’s, taking on two very good open field very tank heavy guilds [Agg] Aggression and [EP] Everything Purple.

http://youtu.be/R9XMagzAVQI

You guys have just as many and/or more people than Agg/EP in this video.. And they aren’t running as two guild groups, that’s Agg with some EP, or maybe EP with some Agg. Kudos I guess, but that’s not really impressive. Looks like you guys had little to no coordination, and just kited them with your numbers. That’s strategy yeah..but where’s the coordinated bomb?

To the OP:

The bottom line is that it depends on the guild you’re fighting. If its one of the more experienced GvG guilds, chances are, you aren’t going to beat them with significantly less numbers. Fights between good guilds are already hard enough with even numbers, when you start getting into a difference around 10 or more, you just won’t have enough to kill them. You can take out pugs all day, but when it comes to a coordinated guild, 9 out of 10 times you just have to have comparable numbers.