Guild Wars 2

wads.5730:

Actinotus.6410:

wads.5730:

Le Rooster.8715:

wads.5730:

Atiar.5469:

Niim.9260:

So out of random curiosity, why does anyone play on SoS? Seems like such a lopsided server. Big off hour population, small NA population. I could see playing NA there because you would always be in a target rich environment, but I haven’t encountered many on SoS that really seem like the type to appreciate that situation.

The server doesn’t have the population to be competitive at higher tiers, and they have this huge off hour population that never fights anyone because no one in these tiers has much of an off hour population.

Seems incredibly boring for the off hour folks.

So USA is real time and the rest of the world is grouped into “off hour” ?

….

this is a NA server. so yes.

Are there any Australian servers?

no, that’s why any time zone other than NA time zones on NA servers are considered “off hour”.

Considered by whom? Not by Australians, New Zealanders, Fijians, Japanese, Singaporeans…

that makes no sense. if i played on a euro server, i would not consider my own time zone prime time. i would realize that the times when i’d be playing would be off hours of the server time.

how hard is that to understand?

I would’ve thought prime time is determined by the time zone of which the server has the largest amounts of players active, making SoS prime time different from maguuma or ebays.

Darius Glazkov.9750:

Elcron.1208:

How about that classic one that’s been around since launch… Any eta on when the party ui will be fixed in wvw?

Which? There are several! :p

What is broken on the party UI besides duration of boons currently? I don’t think I’m aware of any issues with it.

You know the one! You only drilled it into our heads to leave party before logging off :p

Being unable to kick offline people, or even online unless they’re standing somewhere close to you. Unable to invite people from friends lists or guild chat (also noticed I can’t accept friend requests in WvW so it goes beyond just parties whatever causes this issue).

Let’s talk about bugs huh?? How about that classic one that’s been around since launch… Any eta on when the party ui will be fixed in wvw?

As far as I can tell…. No, not without switching to the map and susing it out.

However I was only on for 10 minutes to investigate the patch and /ragequit when I found out my server had all 3 bloodlust bonuses, so maybe there’s a way to tell.

Sol.4310:

I fully understand the +150 stats is hurting these kind of battle’s and I agree they should change it.

Regards to GvG, I don’t believe that 20 vs 20 requires much skill in term’s clutch plays, skilled reses, player’s calling targets and calling clutch spikes. You will never see top tier game play in such big fight’s. I do understand it require some level of skill, builds being key factor but outside of that, all you see in that video is group following there leader (Targeted) around in a ball dropping combo fields and spamming skills at random targets which is basic game play. Where is the advanced PvP game play in that video???? 10 vs 10 would be ideal, at least then it require allot more tactics and skill.

A) Judging by your guilds in your tag you havent GvG so how would you know whats involved (correct me if im wrong)
B) That video is 5 months old.. GvG is completely different from back then
C) In relation to what you listed as “skills” that is all happening during GvG. The guild leader is constantly calling for bombs and people calling for rez

Back to bloodlust… Terrains great buffs a fail
#freehabib2013

inb4 thread gets locked because OP mentioned GvG

Edit: In response to " I’m sure you have no idea what hell is going on from viewers point of view, you can’t see anything bar massive spam of skills and zerg ball.
I’m from Australia… if went and watched the Superbowl i would have no clue whats going on… by default should i say NFL requires no skill?

This thread is now cancerous

Doesn’t want to be labeled, labels himself as THE WvW community.
However there are guilds that do WvW and don’t GvG soooooo yeah….

Bleed.7052:

Indeed, that is what bother me, why do you expect that Anet takes into consideration the GvG community, that itself shows no consideration to the WvW community ? I have been many times on WvW where we only needed 4k points to get back, hence our major guilds are busy WvW’ing, this is what i dont like about GvG, there are some player’s that are massively involved on WvW, ditching dozens of gold for siege blueprints, scouting towers for hours, and then a guild who could’ve helped them is just sitting on a map, procing queues for their own fun, i find it quite egoistic, the only real solution for GvG is a brand new gamemode or a submode on sPvp. I know i have hyperbolised some points but that is just to explain my point of view, dont hate on me because i am not on the gvg fan boat, i’m just trying to have a correct debate.
(Excuse my bad english )

I wouldn’t say the GvG community shows no consideration to the WvW community, they just want to get their own separate platform in order to stop these arguments. And there are also a lot of players in these GvG guilds with hundreds of siege blueprints (For example I know ME has hundreds of each blueprint in the Gbank for everyone to use let alone what each player carries on person) so I’m not sure about this point your making. And yes GvG players do take up queues but there’s nothing they can do about it, and you say we do it for fun (which is true) so who would be so ignorant to deny gamers fun? It’s quite stupid.

Zepher.7803:

Esuni.2498:

Move the queue out of EB please zepher, then players would gladly go there to get rid of that buff, if the buff is not there atleast

it is a separate map, have you been there lately?

You have to queue for EB to get in there, the question is have YOU been there lately?

Bleed.7052:

I have nothing against GvG, but it sickens me that you guys are trying to calibrate WvW around GvG instead of just continuing to ask for a GvG mode(Which will eventually happen ), i know you have been asking for this for months, but things are getting the good way, slowly, but they do, so expect GvG and stop trying to speak for all the WvW population :/
EDIT: @Vena.8436: It should’nt, normally, but queues on EB are always high so it is not a solution anyway, GvG’ers should just, like someone suggested earlier, move to the lowest tier servers, it is better for them and for those servers, in waiting for a GvG mode.

It’s not that we are calibrating WvW around anything it’s that anet are implementing these changes while not considering the impacts it could have on the GvG community (or they are and ignoring them) either way the obsidian sanctum will most likely be the only solution but it’s not a good one because of the queues and the terrain.

Also moving down to lower tiers is not a good option either because these guilds still run WvW every day and the lower tiers will be boring. It will take a lot of cooperation between guilds to move everyone down the ladder in order to have some even fights.

x per fection x.2096:

Ark Vs Zn 15v15 (Scrim)

http://youtu.be/h4br_NpTsP4

Thx for the fun Zn, much better than mega blobs and skill lag.

Oh noober what have they done to your necro :o where are the 5k death shroud bombs??? But seriously the condition build looks to be working pretty well.

Good job to the moderator who moved the thread to this sub forum. Expect an uproar for your mistake.

Auri El.1032:

This weeks match in a photo: part 2

Lol that’s an impressive TC blob that’s behind you at the tower! I agree completely explains this week.

Cufufalating.8479:

Sounds cool but I am pretty sure all that would happen is a large guild would take each of the keeps, AC it to all hell and never leave it.

We’d be left with pretty sure the same problem.. the largest guild wins (which is really not different to the largest server winning).

I can’t think of a guild that can consistently field 20+ 24 hrs of the day. So at some point they are going to lose it.

Sarrs.4831:

Interesting. So if it does happen every season, we can probably expect to see a reset every 2 months, assuming season length doesn’t change.

I can’t remember whether I read it already somewhere, but when the season starts, will there be a moratorium on new WvW updates?

I would be fine with this, as long as they don’t add new masteries.
Which they said they will stop delivering WvW content while the first season is on.
You edited just before I quoted haha, yes I can’t remember where I read it but I believe they said WvW updates while stop coming out.

I’m mainly against permanent WXP points becuase I’m one of the few people who (regrettably) invested in oil mastery.

However if anet doesn’t want people resetting their WXP points all the time, why not use laurals to reset them? Perhaps 7 each time which means in theory can only be reset once a week. I know some people don’t use these anymore besides making money, and even stockpiling them (I’m on 50 myself)

This is great, only real problem I see is the multiple instances being created. What if half your guild is stuck in one and half stuck in another? Would also make it difficult for rival guilds to consistently face one another, however the randomness sounds awesome.

Someone I know from Texas was getting <20ms on NA servers and now gets >200ms on the European servers.

Whats up with this week? Are no guilds confirming GvGs on the website or are matchups just that bad?

Disturbed.4685:

IDK if the “orb” bonus will carry over to the JP, any1 know? also,the place w/ the shallow water makes it hard to see AoE rings, and the other place might have a few too many terrain issues(especially 20v20). also i’m on Ehmry bay so when we get stuck in a top tier we dont have a keep.. lol.. i found 3 other spots that have some potential… try to visualize the windmill spot as if it was walled off and the spectator area didnt exist.

pay no attention to my other monitor….

Don’t know how I missed that area… also yeah I tried testing a few skills in the water and thought it could add more options in terms of “plays” (for example maybe a hidden portal flank? idk)

An Eternal JP GvG is going to be a hammer warrior’s worst nightmare but compromises have to be made if orbs are going to ruin the current state of GvG.

Disturbed.4685:

any1 tried using the eternal JP as a place to do the matches?

After seeing this I thought I’d check out the JP to try and find a suitable place to GvG. Besides the fact there’s still the issue of a queue during most servers prime time (although it may be our only option after Orbaggedon hits us) I found 2 particular, interesting spots.

First is a stream of water in the first area, its not deep enough to swim in and is relatively flat and long, its the most similar area to the windmill as I could find.

http://i.imgur.com/jk0HwKR.jpg

Second is a weird quadrant also in the first area which has a short, flat (somewhat) strip of land to the right half and on the left half includes some terrain and obstacles. Its different to the current land GvG is held on but I think it holds potential for sharpening the meta but not everyone likes change and I doubt many guilds would agree to use it.

http://i.imgur.com/I1PkWX1.jpg

No fair coming from the land down under I’ve had to get up at 9-10am for any GvG I’ve ever done.

Argis.7049:

ME vs NS GvG from ME’s perspective. Awesome fights NS!! Thanks for bringing it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mks-UeNGtDg

This has got to be the most fun I’ve had since launch of this game. It took us a little while to warm up but those last two matches were super intense and certainly got the adrenaline pumping, I can’t stop watching it over and over. Thank you NS for giving me the GvG I was hoping for, you’ve come a long way and keep on improving.

Kalidri.5427:

To the Maguuma General from [BURN] who kept Lake from us single handedly for an exasperatingly long time with one wall missing. We miss you and adore you. You can come back any night and hold Lake all over again and we might not even mind.

Hands up This was me, however you’re giving me too much credit the tower lord carried me for sure :P still was lots of fun nonetheless.

Naytron.7831:

Comprissent.3856:

[ME] looking for GvG this week, contact me

NA evening, 10v10 up to 15v15

I’ve sent a challenge in gw2gvg.com (:

Been waiting on this rematch for a while now

wads.5730:

Tricare.2946:

x per fection x.2096:

Some footage from last night, I have 5-10 more minutes of video but will just mix in with stuff from later in the week. Enjoy.

http://youtu.be/wD2Lw8VZM1s

I’m not going to lie, the best part of the video was watching you not click your skills…. other than your elite.

he’s still screen shakin

He’s still kicking their butts

This is the last time i solo build a catapult in eternal…

http://i.imgur.com/Gus1rP1.jpg

A clerics Elementalist can slow a roaming thief down till help arrives or (and I don’t know since I don’t play one) a thief can perma stealth the yak to safety however can’t swiftness the yak.

kerona.3465:

No.

Not your thread.

Come on Oby, I know you secretly love hugs

This build is fantastic and I love the potential, only negative criticism I can come up with is that its too “fragile” and needs the perfect conditions to out dps the meta warriors. Ran a PuG CoF1 speed farm with all the elitist warriors and unfortunetly could only get a max 8k 3rd swing there was only fury and might applied also no burning so my ascended amulet is a wasted infusion slot still great and loads of fun

Hey, my friend has had a ticket open for 7 days and its still not resolved, would love to get a reply so he can get his account back thanks.
Ticket id: 130327-001576

critz.1620:

Elcron.1208:

BlackeHawke.9025:

Hired Assassins [HIRE] a 450 man oceanic guild, has just transferred to Ehmry Bay. I will be looking forward to seeing what the Yak’s Bend/Maguuma Oceanics have in store for us.

You guys have definitely already proven yourselves…. Now before anyone says oceanic is PvDoor you need to play against these guys. I was hiding in west keep of maguuma borderlands when I see a HIRE ele standing beneath me seemingly afk so I let it slide. When I move out to switch shift with another Mesmer sure enough the ele follows me quietly. Soon enough I out run her, but then I notice 2 others have joined her for the chase. Long story short it was 40 mins and about 5-6 HIRE players later that I was caught. Loads of fun with you guys since it seemed that everywhere I turned you had someone posted to catch me, very impressive co ordination!

Are you the Maguuma mesmer? All of us were impressed and we thought that you were using some hacking there. You wasted several mins of our time chasing you :/ Seriously, share us your build. We like need 6 people just to hunt you down in circles :O

btw, I’m the mesmer there who almost killed you but then, you suddenly portaled away :O

Haha yes I remember that I thought I was a gonner for sure! I’d be more then happy to share my build/talk mesmer with you guys if I ever managed to run into you again, which is most probable since I’m Aussie! You never know. From now on you’ll have to sweep your west keep a lot harder next time now I know what I’m going up against

BlackeHawke.9025:

Hired Assassins [HIRE] a 450 man oceanic guild, has just transferred to Ehmry Bay. I will be looking forward to seeing what the Yak’s Bend/Maguuma Oceanics have in store for us.

You guys have definitely already proven yourselves…. Now before anyone says oceanic is PvDoor you need to play against these guys. I was hiding in west keep of maguuma borderlands when I see a HIRE ele standing beneath me seemingly afk so I let it slide. When I move out to switch shift with another Mesmer sure enough the ele follows me quietly. Soon enough I out run her, but then I notice 2 others have joined her for the chase. Long story short it was 40 mins and about 5-6 HIRE players later that I was caught. Loads of fun with you guys since it seemed that everywhere I turned you had someone posted to catch me, very impressive co ordination!

If you can get 10 people to stack on a blue dot idk how you guys arent at bottom in WvW

Thank you Anet!!! Im certain all the people in the middle of keep sieges will love these changes! ON RESET NIGHT….

Bunzy.8674:

You already have more coverage then both the servers you are versing at the moment and you need more.. interesting.

Ever thought they’d like to be back in tier 3 and be competitive? Please think before you post.

morrolan.9608:

Rhyis.7058:

Dear [TOG] guild from Yaks:

Couldn’t take east keep in Maguuma borderland legitimately so you had to glitch into it? Seriously? And if you are gonna do it, at least learn to defend properly.

Given Maguuma’s use of exploits this is a bit rich. Anyway as one of the players ported in so far as we know the mesmer had been hiding inside since the previous assault on SH. If you’ve got any evidence of anything different then please provide it.

Whats funny is that we did the exact same ninja job on SH in YBBL just minutes earlier. 2 SH ninja jobs within 15 minutes of each other.

So you admit taking a portal into east keep, claiming the Mesmer has been hiding for 10hrs plus. You’ve also stated that you took the keep within 2 mins which is not possible with 4 rams on that reinforced gate.

On a side note I love how you take pride in taking back that wooden keep in your bl with no one inside

P.s you guys seem quicker to reply on the forums… Feeling guilty perhaps???

Same.4687:

If it’s “your” siege you should be able to claim it. Works like that with every other piece of siege weaponry.

Well no, golems are the only piece of siege that you can’t kick then out if you’re the owner

Love how easily people confuse “trolling” with sabotage

Pretty hilarious name I’d admit… Unlikely he’s from yaks bend tho…. And get that score board out of my face I don’t need to know you have a wooden SM and coming last if you are seriously concerned about spies/trolls

Welcome to Tier 4,
Where maguuma has ‘superior tactics but lack the numbers and deserve to win’, Where EBay are constantly getting double teemed and like to let everyone know about it, and where Yaks Bend are dipping their toes in and recovering after dropping down from Tier 3.

Relentliss.2170:

Sunspots.9861:

So is it fun in that matchup Yaks, or do you miss t3?

Been fun so far. Getting lots of badges. The only server I collected this many from are those scrubs from TC.

Well there goes my optimistic view on a typical Yaks Bend player

saiyr.3071:

Thieves should get greatswords. Who’s with me??

Oh if this happened id just quit gw2 now, cant compete!!

I’ve found Mendons so easy to hold when the gate goes down…. idk why my server is like
“Hey need help at Mendons”
“Don’t worry about it that tower it sucks”

And you play Guild wars for realism?… Right.