Guild Wars 2

The worst part is. HoD/SBI nearly thrashes the other servers by two and a half to three times their score, we PPT for 160+ 90% of the week long, we dominate them in open field.. yet they gain rating, and we lose rating, almost like whoever is in charge, doesn’t want us to go up to Tier 3. yet they speak of trying to “balance” the glicko!

SERIOUSLY?! Yet another week… of boring, Karma Train hell. Going up against servers that are dead in comparison to our activity, because Arena Net is screwing with the game glicko. This is doing more harm than good. We completely destroyed tier 3 two weeks ago, and we are obliterating Tier 4 to the point that we are literally Karma Training Tier 3 keeps in our sleep. The most resistance we get is from two or three brave souls abusing the hell out of arrowcarts.. Anet you are ruining the game, we worked hard to get to Tier 3. To retain our position in tier 3 against Mag who were trying to operate a 24/7 Ktrain, and to destroy both Yaks Bend and Sea of Sorrow’s when they came up. Only to have our hard effort thrown down the trash. Bumping Crystal Desert up instead. The fact Arena Net physically added glicko to two of the Tier 4 servers, causing us to drop to tier 4 when another Tier 3 server had less glicko than us, consequently causing us to further lose glicko is wrong.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/wuv/Glicko-Rating-Manual-Adjustments-7-29 Take a look. SBI/HoD had MORE Glicko than Sea of Sorrow’s after the adjustment was made. It should have been Yaks Bend, Storm Bluff Isle, Crystal Desert. But no, Storm Bluff Isle was the server to get dropped… even though Sea of Sorrow’s had LESS rating than we did by 65 points, and less rating than the inflated Crystal Desert by 19 points.

I get that CD was higher in it’s previous match up. And in consequence lost a lot of that glicko when it hit tier 4.. But once again, Anet why did you have to screw with it to the point it was a 4v3v2…. 7 servers, in one tier….. BALANCE it out. Actually send your developers into the field on a daily basis, look at the coding / players who actually play WvW. Get real statistics and BALANCE IT! DON’T ARTIFICIALLY INFLATE THE SCORE BEYOND AN UNREASONABLE EXTENT AND THEN CONTINUE TO DO SO! How the hell is SBI/HoD still losing glicko when we more than trash our current opposition by two to three times their score. In all three aspects of scoring. Points per kill. Capturing. and Holding. I think this is beyond a joke, and it’s not funny.. it’s boring. It’s killing the game, many of us World vs. World players, purely play Guild Wars 2 just for that one game mode, which seriously needs a real fix and a huge re-evaluation.

Now as angry as I feel, due to being on a server that got dropped due to arena net tampering with the glicko. Turn your attention briefly to Dark Haven, Ehmry Bay, Sorrow’s Furnace, Gates of Madnes and Ferguson Crossing. Sorrow’s Furnace is the only server out of all, that haven’t lost their fire, and still will try to Ktrain or work things by being the back cap heroes they are, because thats all they can do. Heck on a good night, they siege up, and play point protect harder and dumber than Yaks Bend did, just lots of siege that can be easily taken out with a little elbow grease. Dark Haven has one guild of 10-15 players that run maybe 3-4 times a week tops.. If that even, last week we only saw them twice…. The morale of these servers is so low that 99.9% of their WvW population is in EOTM, because atleast they have a chance of winning fights in a map where it’s just zerg/blob v zerg/blob 24/7. In reality it’s killing the population of these servers, people are transferring out initially because it was a 4v3v2 and now more people are transferring out, because SBI/HoD is too blobby for them.. So not only has this royally upset many people in our server / pairing. But it’s demoralising the other servers to the point that you can cram five or six servers into each pairing and only one will show a population and even then nobody would play.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/wuv/Where-Do-I-start

In Short. Please fix it.. Stop messing with the glicko and give the rating system a good overview..

We would also appreciate an explanation and an apology if Arena Net could actually reply to this that would be great… this whole situation, because some idiot decided it would be a fun idea to artificially mess with the score based on opinion and biased statistics due to the last pairing, instead of actually taking everything into account. Hell I am sure if Arena Net paired SBI/HoD up with Sea of Sorrows and Crystal Desert. We would outright stomp on them, literally kick them all the way back down into Tier four ourselves, and Ktrain them until they are “artificially” stuck there. I’m not saying this out of salt, I am simply laying it out as a fact by comparing the guilds and coverage that our pairing has to offer, versus that of CD and SoS. As players, we don’t want favouritism, we don’t want RNG to mess it up and cause our hard efforts to go to waste. Our opposition don’t want to be Karma Trained 24/7 because our coverage is almost five times theirs… This is doing more harm than good and it needs to be made right again. ASAP.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/wuv/Anet-Seriously-STOP-Screwing-with-Glicko

I am sure there are more posts I could make references to about this, but I think I’ve made my point clear. We want a fix, a solution, an apology! We want WvW to be fun again!

Before you read any further; We are looking for genuine human beings, not just yet another drone or random name on our roster. Our main goals are focused on improvement and teamplay with the means to reach our different goals along the way. So applicants should have their mindset focused on being a part of a team instead of being a solo player / roamer.

A little about us: We are an established and growing community of dedicated Realm vs Realm orientated players bringing Hardcore minded Gameplay and Fun together! Our members need to Have the will to improve at the same time whilst enjoying the game that “We” want to play with the mentality to excel at all aspects of World vs World, pushing the limits of what we can achieve every time we play.
Redemption has always been a force to be reckoned with, in multiple games across multiple tiers and servers. Our members have reached far into the game’s mechanics to learn and understand its combat systems; through extensive research, theorycrafting, and hands-on experience. This gives us a competitive advantage over our opponents. Furthermore, we have a strong understanding and commitment to a vibrant and dynamic community within our guild, as some of us have fought alongside each other for over a decade.

Our main goal: is to gather like-minded players and form friendships from all over the GW2 WvW scene that desire a competitive knowledge base for long-term endeavors such as future MMO Realm vs Realm or Faction vs Faction in our RvR focused community.
Being a multicultural community, our diversity of members and ideas is what makes us unique; our common goal of becoming a top tier RvR community is what brings us together and separates us from the other WvW guilds in the game.
We raid daily during the EU time zone at 1:30pm UTC/GMT and three times a week during late NA/ Early OCX at 1:30am UTC/GMT. (Server Time.)
The majority of our players are open field WvW and Zerg-busting driven but we come from all walks of life and share in the glory of victory and sometimes harsh reality of defeat.
We PPT, fight, and occasionally have been known to GvG. We aim to improve and achieve high standards of skill, no matter what and how we decide to play.
We are currently looking for dedicated World vs World players of all skill levels who’m desire to fight together daily and improve consistently. We have fun, lively, friendly yet intense players filled with energy and hype! Who just dream and love nothing more than farming bags by the dozen. Much like the zerg busting guilds of old.

We value loyalty and dedication from our players. This does not relate to time played in the game, but rather how you play, who’m you play with and what you do with your time. We don’t require you to just live up to our expectations off the bat; but we do desire to recruit people that are pushing to exceed their own as Improvement is what we strive to achieve every time we rally on the borderlands. We are aware that new or casual players do exist; we hope they enjoy their time learning and fighting in WvW with us.
If you join, you will be expected to show up to scheduled WVW raids if you are online at the time. However they can start earlier and/or last longer.
We have a trial phrase in the guild, which generally lasts a month. This is implemented for two reasons. So we can see how you perform as a member of our community and so you can see how well you fit in and get a feel for the guild whilst giving you the time to adjust to how we run.

Basic Requirements:

*The ability to put all personal drama aside and put teamwork before anything else. Do not create any unnecessary drama.
*Must use Discord for closed raids and Teamspeak3 for Open Raids. Working mic and Vocal Call outs are preferred but we don’t force everyone to talk. Just make sure you can listen, and try to warm up / build up confidence in your own time. We would LOVE to hear your voices / sexy accents. Not only does it really help make calls in combat but we want to get to know you and you us and be a better part of us.
*Communication is important in raids but also before and afterwards – any issues you have are to be addressed and solved. Criticism may be given out after a push, that being said we desire our members to have good pre-emptive communication abilities.
*The ability to take positive criticism or ability to give that criticism to help your fellow guild mates improve and gain further mechanical knowledge.
*Must have the ability and mentality to work on oneself, whilst working among your peers to further improve your own level of skill.
*Use a guild recommended or approved build. Synergy is extremely important. Roaming, PvP, PvE builds will be denied. If you are suspected of not running a guild build, you will be asked to link your build and provide a screenshot of both your traits and your gear.
*Our members should be high spirited, driven and motivated, no bringing the team down!
*The ability to switch from Casual to Hardcore in a pinch and maintain composure whilst still having fun Our members need to enjoy and get an adrenaline rush out of kicking kitten .
*90% Rep: Loyalty is something we heavily enforce and push on. Be proud of the guild / community you are a part of!
*If you are online during our raids, guild meetings, theorycrafting and / or guild activities, you must attend.
*If you have the ability to Record/Review Raid, Activity and GvG footage, please do so if possible.

Now if you managed to read through all that, and you would like to know more; feel free to Apply even if you think that you are not good enough. If you have the right mentality, then Your will to improve is the most important thing we are looking for. Join us for some test raids and maybe you can join the guild, if you impressed us. Are you trying to constantly improve your gameplay, communication and teamwork? Then feel free to Apply Here Or contact me in game.

[WoR] – Wrath of Redemption has recently transferred to [NA] Ehmry Bay. And are looking for like minded, solid individual players who’m wish to join a “Casual Hardcore” Guild with a strong emphasis on GvG, Fights and Zerg Busting to bolster our raid roster. This being said, if you like bags. Bloodshed. And Debauchery. Then we are looking for you.

For more details, please view our application form:
http://goo.gl/forms/VoYRMZSwb2
If you have any further queries, please message me in game. I will gladly respond to any questions or concerns you may have.

Hopefully this can also improve the mentality of some servers and guilds in WvW.. if a Dev chose to run with my guild.. I’d honestly love to hear feedback and advice directly from them to improve the way we run and operate in and out of WvW. And I can see how the Dev’s would also be able to hear and see us clearer. Especially if they were on voice comms with us. Actually listening to us communicate, lead and joining in.. That’d be amazing to actually have the Devmods work with the guilds to bring the servers and communities together once more. To make WvW even more fun and exciting than it is. Being able to take all our feedback, questions, requests, opinions etc. into consideration for future changes and updates. I think this is a really good thing to come to GW2.. I’ve seen a few Dev’s around.. even have a few I’ve duelled with and done PvP with.. It sounds like a bit of a pipe dream so to speak… but maybe the Dev’s could use this to repair the attrition that has come to the game and the players could learn from the Dev’s to enhance the game for their guildies and their server. Every little bit counts right? I look forward to the results of this.