Guild Wars 2

Has anyone managed to actually find where you can get these recipes? I’ve bounced around checking the different faction vendors but I haven’t seen a single Trailblazer anything, save for rare weapons. I’ve played through the story and got a single piece of Trailblazer as a reward, but unsure how to proceed as I’d like to make a few pieces of armor if possible.

I was going to go get some coffee and a muffin this afternoon, walk out to my car, battery is dead. Blackgate saw us painting the BL green and actually physically sabotaged my car. I checked my brake lines – all cut. It couldn’t have been the ex-wife, it had to have been Blackgate.

First Blackgate gets a new guild ZD which their guild utterly just destroys 3 time zones. They only play in 1, but that doesn’t matter – it’s one of those “inbetweenzy” ones. And another guild from awhile ago – but it matters now, it didn’t before – does now.

Blackgate isn’t even Tier 1. It’s Tier 0, or .5, I don’t know I’m not a creative person, I only work here. Can’t believe this is happening. It used to be balanced, but BG got a whole bunch of guilds like totally a bunch, like oodles, el grande numero. SOR has become the Spartans. Blackgate now has 24/7 coverage, which is apparently, 24 more hours than SOR does now.

Like everyone, I’m here for the fighting. I don’t care about winning or losing, its just that — I stop playing if I’m not, well, actually winning. Because I love the fights. It’s a ploy, a tactical time-out used to instill confusion in the enemy’s ranks.

electriette.8952:

so the fact that there are exits is an excuse to be a kitten? please do tell, i’m genuinely curious.

Curiosity is a curse isn’t it!?

Dedelta.5018:

If this post aimed at the exits it was merely to point out that a particular guild claims to roam doesn’t. I’ve never seen them stand on their two legs when im out solo roaming or running with a few guildies

Typically Mesmer clones aren’t considered full fledged guildies.

Dedelta.5018:

Don’t preach roaming if in fact you don’t solo roam or you roam with 5 or more.

Sorry we aren’t roaming around an empty map, standing on two legs fighting the air before us. The warning label clearly denotes that Blackgate is not responsible for people who do not use the other 2 exits of their spawn.

Sanduskel.1850:

Get over it and fight.

Salute to a Fighter!

This is the attitude so many have claimed to champion and now that things aren’t going well, have disappeared. I personally appreciate Sanduskel’s fighting spirit and wish more of SOR had it. Instead of what we are witnessing now. The fact is, that the second things changed – the bulk of SOR’s forces disappeared completely.

As some have said you can’t judge SOR by a few of their more vocal forum goers. However the fact that the second Blackgate caught up, so many failed to return is very telling. You guys can make as many excuses as you want – but have some fighting spirit. Otherwise what is even the point? PPT?! Ugh horrific!

Cliques.3947:

Eth, The chicken has crossed the road, I repeat the chicken has crossed the road.

Acknowledged 31OCT2013.

Execute Order 67.
Deploying X-Cuse Monger Device.

SOR is here for the fighting not for the PPT. I guess I’ll have to just assume that fighting also included champion farming in PvE. Because it seems like most of them have disappeared. Thanks for the lag reduction though guys, your absence has been very good for roaming.

Starscream.7803:

That means PVT and clerics gear and the guild spec.

And that is exactly what the Guardian in the video I posted is wearing. Mostly Clerics, with the exception of 3 trinkets being PVT. I doubt your build is too far off as well.

Starscream.7803:

Its how the meta is, yeah the lag and over zerging is a pain, I freely admit that, but when running in large groups it comes down to surviving. Boons, healing and not rallying the enemy are as important as damage. The holy trinity may not be here, but roles for support, condition removing, stunning etc have been put on classes for the group to become effective.

You should spend time researching the Guardian class, and specifically the healway build. It is strong both for group and solo play – the video you won’t click on is a healway guardian beating people in outnumbered fights. When you say your build is holding you back, you can’t expect sympathy from people who know that isn’t a legit reason why you can’t kill roamers. Which is what that video proves. And as Veretta said, its bad build optimization on your part.

Some roamers understand the dynamics of group play.

Starscream.7803:

attempts

Did you watch the video?

http://youtu.be/LwlGXBv1tc8

What do you mean by Deäd Weight?

Starscream.7803:

because I am trolling the hell out of you?

I actually thought being a troll involved more than putting the word “Troll” in your signature. Thank you for correcting me.

Starscream.7803:

big boy

I appreciate your honesty and that you won’t “QQ” as you put it, when you get ganked. I’m sure you’ll just be too busy in those big boy fights you mentioned, spamming empower and your 1 button. The major leagues. You’ll get skill lag, but your veteran anti-lag 1-smashing skills have been honed well over the years. Fighting on a scale us lesser-being roamers have no experience with. We’re just little league amateurs jealous of your incredible power. Every NPC in the world will have umlauts inappropriately placed in their names in honor of your achievements.

Starscream.7803:

wierd you are jumping in with the roamer crowd.

It sure is weird right? That every single retort you make is a “Na-Uh You Are!” Again I stand firmly by my previous posting regarding originality-level age-ranges. Especially when dealing with someone as intellectually stimulating as drying paint.

You’ll eventually find yourself alone – your blob too far away from you, your guild mates too busy killing an NPC to assist you, as the darkness surrounds you. That is when we shall come. We’re the ghosts in the attic. The whisper in the cellar. We’re waiting for you, and your PVE skills. You’ll make excuses of course – my build, my gear, but it won’t matter – your juicy bag of loot containing the game’s estimation of your worth, twenty seven copper and a white level eighty axe, will be ours.

Starscream.7803:

scraping the bottom of the barrel a bit.

It was deemed as a necessary evil considering we were dealing with the originality level of an eight to ten year old. Enjoy your PvPPT, here’s an apple juice box.

Starscream.7803:

I think this is a SoR report of BG players. Your spy network got our documents ><

Sorry Sir but I don’t have permission to give out the names of the individuals our network has observed. Maybe you’ll be able to check Wikileaks in a few years. It’ll be under the IRON section. OH SSSH—— OH DARN, YOU SNEAKY Decepticon! You got me to tell!!! ERrrrrr! You!!!!!!! I’m telling Megätron on you!

celeron.3469:

Personal note: Please comply.

The Cake Has Been Baked. I repeat.. The Cake Has Been Baked.
The Man Has Smiled. I repeat.. The Man Has Smiled.

Charlie 1 reports immediate engagement with contacts. They appear to be mindless PvPPTers. Be advised containment has been breached. Levels of fail reaching critical mass. Reports show they do not even fight other players unless they are in zerg form. Individually they are slow, and somewhat stupid – but together, they form some kind of super blob. Though at an individual level they are weak, together they continue to remain weak – there’s just so many of them! Reports just in! Bravo 7 (a 2 man squad) just trapped about seventeen of them in a tower. They are all spamming /laugh for some reason. We’re hoping to catch one alive so we may better understand their alien psychology.

Dark Catalyst.1028:

Why?

Here’s the rub chief, the why no longer matters. Even if they for whatever reason stop their plans for Ascended armor, there still are ascended weapons. Every tier of gear should be accessible via WvW. WvW has been punished in terms of gear progression every time. This trend needs to stop. It is no longer why, and now “what”. As in What Anet needs to do is allow WvWers access to these new gears without requiring a massive investment in PVE land.

No one has to worry about new stuff if they just want to show up and have fun, but considering the amount of power creep from all these ascended stuff + eventually armor, and from my perspective as a roamer, getting access to a level playing field is important.

Ascended Armor when it comes, Weapons, etc, should all be available from WvW. The amount of badges it requires + gold can all be determined – but even if it is very grindy, it still should be available.

The AFK time-out is quicker than PVE, while you are inside WvW. I could have sworn it’s roughly 15minutes. Where-as PVE, you can be AFK a very long before getting bounced.

Edit:

It does kick afkers, but as with anything, there is a loophole/workaround. You can set macros to click skills every couple of minutes or whatever and then the system doesn’t know whether you are afk or not.

And this.. if you see someone AFK for a very long time in WvW it could very well be fishy. Reporting a player who hasn’t moved in WvW for a long time could be warranted.

gebrechen.5643:

I’m fine if Anet resets the league and make a fairer schedule.

We’ve got the green light guys. Thank goodness we finally received approval.

Your idea is just too restricting, in an already overly restricted game mode.

Malik.6781:

learn how to act in wvw faster.

Whether your intention with this thread is genuine or not; I’ll proceed as if you are. So you randomly choose high ranking people and give them the option to become Commander – which now means Guilds can’t have their own Commanders, and Roamers are now forced to join some high ranked Commander (whom is likely a zergling in the respect of that is the fastest way to rank).

Speaking from a roaming and small group roaming perspective – this now means I would have to join a Commander, not follow him – because I’m going to be roaming, and hope he doesn’t kick me out of WvW for not playing along.

Newbies? What happens when a Newbie makes a mistake, like taking supply from a keep and then get kicked by their Commander? How does that help them learn?

You can only be AFK for a limited time in WvW before you get kicked, significantly less time than it takes to be timed-out-for-AFK in PVE.

And in what way would this reduce spying? And trolls – is the solution to trolls to remove them from WvW?

Conversations like this make me miss more hardcore open PVP worlds/mmos. Because if I didn’t like you, I could kill you and take your stuff and go about my business. That’s a great solution for trolling, or spies. A lot better than “kicking” them.

And so what happens when there are less than 5 Commanders, say 2, and both Commanders already have 20 people in their “squad” and yet more people show up to play?

You still haven’t provided why you feel this would improve WvW.

And what if I want to roam as a small group of 4 or 5? Am I supposed to just join a Commander for the sake of not being kicked? Even though I have no intention of following them? Again you say you aren’t forcing people to play the game your way, but you’ve provided nothing to this conversation except trying to defend your idea. Which is all the more ridiculous as you haven’t even given any “why” reasons yet.

Malik.6781:

Arguments so powerful.

What do you even mean? You didn’t make any arguments yourself. Why do you want this? What would it improve? What would it change? Why? And based on your post, the “Why” must be:

Everyone who plays in WvW must be a mindless blue icon following zergling or they need to be removed. Only my style of play should be acceptable. Anyone who spends 100g should be able to kick someone from the map, because you can do it in PVE. However to make this fair, the WvW servers will somehow calculate which people are allowed to Command. Using magic, because this is a 24/7 game in which players are constantly coming and going. There isn’t enough blobbing and zerging, I demand that everyone zergs. You guys should feel lucky that I didn’t go with my original thoughts, that if you don’t join a Commander’s squad, your game automatically uninstalls itself. Never mind the fact that if there ISN’T a Commander online, WvW would be unplayable. Ignore the man behind the curtain. Aliens.

Right?

Everyone keeps saying this is the same old, same old. While yes we have all seen examples of lag, something has changed.

I personally noticed this prior to even the leagues coming out. I feel like they changed something. The main difference between then and now is that the lag isn’t just bound to being near the zerg.

Before.. Zerg vs Zerg vs Zerg, skill lag, generally unplayable for those nearby – people far away experienced the lag, but to a much lesser degree.

Now.. Zerg vs Zerg vs Zerg the entire map lags everywhere. The nearby folks are lagging the same, but you can be completely away from the fighting and have similar skill lag.

I guess from the perspective of those who commonly zerg, there is almost no difference – but for me, someone who roams, the difference is dramatic.

gebrechen.5643:

Ethurian.3751:

gebrechen.5643:

[..]we didn’t make that schedule nor do we like it. So please don’t blame us.

Yes because this thread is obviously about blaming JQ for the schedule. Afterall JQ develops Guild Wars 2.

Read the posts from many of the people here, especially BG players and try again.

What a stunning observation. Can you please provide at least two specific examples of individuals saying this is JQ’s fault?

gebrechen.5643:

[..]we didn’t make that schedule nor do we like it. So please don’t blame us.

Yes because this thread is obviously about blaming JQ for the schedule. Afterall JQ develops Guild Wars 2.

Niim.9260:

You are preemptively QQing because JQ might win a gold dolyak finisher

That isn’t of concern to me. Some trivial token of server-stacking-status. All I’m saying is, given the circumstances, say for example… that there are 6 servers in Gold League, with 3 of them particularly strong, the scheduling could have been better.

It certainly wouldn’t make any sense trying to control the one thing ANet has the easiest control over.

I don’t play for PPT or Server Ego Farming, I was simply making the point – as even stated earlier, that this kind of scheduling is a disappointment for the first season of leagues.

Niim.9260:

considered ‘easy’

The disparity between T1 and T2 is not something that could have been balanced without forceful intervention from ANet or the playerbase. The disparity between the T1 servers themselves, in the form of scheduling, IS something that could have been done. Or I should say, done correctly.

You are missing my point. Though you are still making a solid point of your own, in that there is a disparity between T1 and T2 – but I don’t know what to tell you. I wish Gold League was just the top three. But it isn’t. The real competition is between the T1 servers. Surprise! But to see even /that/ competition basically ruined because of the poor scheduling is the point. The only fair competition that /could/ have been for Gold League.

And besides from what I hear, TC completely owns shop on T2 so there isn’t much balance there either.

Niim.9260:

I guess I miss the point.

This is bigger than JQ. JQ will likely get a free win out of this yes, but that means nothing. The point is that the leagues could have been more interesting than this, more fairly balanced. When one server, regardless of who that is – is given a significant advantage, it takes lot of the allure of what ANet what was trying to do with leagues, away. It basically shows they did not look at their own metrics, at least to any real degree during scheduling.

Even if you are playing just to have fun, you can’t really argue that for at least some people, knowing you are basically destined to lose can take some of the fight out of them.

For me, it was the Bloodlust stomp nerf. That spark to small group/roaming was excellent and to see it overturned so quickly did make me feel disappointed. I still play because I enjoy the fighting – but you must understand that things like these two examples can put a damper on the fighting spirit.

JQ may take first, but it won’t actually mean anything. I’m still more disappointed by the Bloodlust stomp point nerf. That’s what really bugs me.

Monadproxy.3489:

how is the points on stomp an issue for zerg v zergs? if a 30man zerg is wiped, im pretty sure only like 4 of them got stomped. Who stomps people in a laggy zerg fight? lol

Exactly. Stomps mostly affect those who attack the tails of zergs/stragglers, roamers and small groups (or lawl “havoc” teams). If an entire zerg got stomped, that would be a feat within itself.

Bloodlust – Stats? No.
Bloodlust – Points for Stomps? Yes. 1 for 1, 2 for 2, 3 for 3. Why?

Because it promotes fighting, small group fights and roaming.

The thing that I find to be the most sad about the general tone of this thread is that the bloodlust buffs have been a way for the out-manned servers to gain an upper hand through skill in arms.

Bloodlust stomp points don’t reward PvDoor – which WvW has already been continuing to reward – over and over again.

I just don’t understand. Is it that you guys really only PvP for Karma and the majestic rewards of killing keep Lords?

T1 this, T1 that – blah blah blah. Own your game. Fight, get better – can’t beat a zerg three times the size of yours? Stop playing their game. Stop giving it up for free. Stop blaming Bloodlust, and realize that Bloodlust is the saving grace for you, not the nail in the coffin.

The people who don’t understand the strategic value of bloodlust stomp points, must not be roamers. It’s the only explanation that makes sense. And if that is so, just go about your business as usual. Those who truly grasp this topic are people who can actually think beyond the immediate bubble of their server’s Blue Commander Icons.

Engels.8537:

..everytime I see 30 guys taking a camp I know its MERC or RIOT[..]

Because now I feel bad.

Anomaly.9327:

Sorry, I don’t RP. According to this forum TC is a great RP server – I recommend you transfer there.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Roleplay-server

Aren’t you embarrassed by your friend’s post? I mean he literally posted a screenshot of about-equal numbers. And your guild keeps using ‘that’ word “zerg”, I don’t think you understand what it actually means.

Motivate yourselves. Maybe then you can finally enjoy the game.

Anomaly.9327:

I love editing quotes, to add further evidence to my obvious stress management problems. I’m a good engineer but my group, my pride, my team – my guild, has yet to learn how to take on larger numbers. For example, that one stream where it was a 6v4. They stood no chance. I’ve personally seen those oPP guys killing folks in a zerg, sometimes as large as a 3:1 ratio, I am just frustrated at my peers own inadequacies.

You want this, don’t you? The hate is swelling in you now. Take your condition weapon. Use it. I am unarmed. Strike me down with it. Give in to your anger. With each passing moment you make yourself more my servant. It is unavoidable. It is your destiny. You, like your father, are now mine. Good. Use your aggressive feelings, boy. Let the hate flow through you.

Greek.4396:

Hai! !

Aww, how could you be angry at a face like that? So adorable!

At first I laughed, but now, as I thought of what to reply with – I’ve become somewhat depressed. Depressed that these people consider that screen shot to be a “zerg”. And sad that they post a screen shot with at least 12 teammates on their screen and then proceeds to count the bodies of the BG folks, which, unsurprisingly is less than their 12. I wish for one moment you used this anger and frustration in a good way and took it as the fuel to empower yourselves to improve and fight. Even if you are truly “outnumbered”.

I don’t care if you change cooldowns but the “reorganization” of skills is completely stupid. I don’t care whether or not if they’re in order of CD or not, are you going to do this EVERYTIME you adjust sometimes CD? How about we institute hard-mode? Where all your skills change everytime you swap to a weapon, your auto attack now could be 5!

“Improve combos” What an absolute fluff reason for moving the skills around.