Guild Wars 2

Love And War [LAW] was founded primarily as a Guild Wars 2 gaming community that has been around for over 3 years. If you enjoy being with a chill group of gamers in a long-lasting guild, then give us a look and come join the fun!

Our guild is constantly evolving and trying out new things, depending on the mood of our active players. For our members, it’s not about what’s your focus. Long-term Guild Wars 2 players will do it all because this game has done an amazing job seamlessly incorporating all that it has to offer and made it highly accessible for everyone.

Instead, our guild puts the focus on us, and what we can do together. Because playing together is what creates long-lasting relationships and a friendly environment that can be enjoyed for many years to come.

Guild: Love & War [LAW]
Website: LoveAndWar.shivtr.com
Twitter: @LoveAndWarGuild
Facebook: Love And War
Server: Blackgate – NA Peak Time
Type: PvP, WvW, and PvE
Culture: Social & Casually-Hardcore
Guild Upgrades: All Upgrades Maxed – PvE Buffs 24/7
Guild Missions: All Missions Unlocked
Voice Comm: Teamspeak

Some history and unique details of Love And War:
- One of the first members of the IoJC and the founder of the IoJA.
- A loyal and veteran member of the Blackgate War Council since Jan ‘13.
- Coined the term havoc or havok squad, which is now widely used in the GW2.
- Our members participated in most, if not all, of the NA/server/world’s first events, such as the Triple Trouble, Twisted Marionette, and the revamped Tequalt the Sunless.
- Organized many unique guild and public events, such as Suicide Darts and GW2’s first public Quaggan Parade. We still think that Anet secretly saw our epic Grand Quaggan Space Odyssey event through Orr and turned it into Guild Rush!
- Some of our members participate in LAW meetups. Real-life karaoke is always a blast!

To join, please be sure to check out our website and make sure we sound like a great fit for you. A peak of our rules:

Twitch & Youtube Channels:
http://www.twitch.tv/fate_aeternitas
http://www.twitch.tv/toff499
http://twitch.tv/New_Trier
https://www.youtube.com/user/Sortitio/videos
https://www.youtube.com/user/nightshade499/videos
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu6byylswPG7OG2wFTXg5lA/videos

Love And War 2015:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGi7M2S1BKY

The Leadership of LAW

Guild Leader
Fate Aeternitas

Field Marshal
Toff Spiritblade

Guild Officers
Criina
Morrigan Wolfe
Sarathiel
Summer Mists

Apply @ http://loveandwar.shivtr.com or contact us in-game!

• • • FOR LOVE & WAR ! • • •

Love And War [LAW] was founded primarily as a Guild Wars 2 gaming community that has been around for over 3 years. If you enjoy being with a chill group of gamers in a long-lasting guild, then give us a look and come join the fun!

Our guild is constantly evolving and trying out new things, depending on the mood of our active players. For our members, it’s not about what’s your focus. Long-term Guild Wars 2 players will do it all because this game has done an amazing job seamlessly incorporating all that it has to offer and made it highly accessible for everyone.

Instead, our guild puts the focus on us, and what we can do together. Because playing together is what creates long-lasting relationships and a friendly environment that can be enjoyed for many years to come.

Guild: Love & War [LAW]
Website: LoveAndWar.shivtr.com
Twitter: @LoveAndWarGuild
Facebook: Love And War
Server: Blackgate – NA Peak Time
Type: PvP, WvW, and PvE
Culture: Social & Casually-Hardcore
Guild Upgrades: All Upgrades Maxed – PvE Buffs 24/7
Guild Missions: All Missions Unlocked
Voice Comm: Teamspeak

Some history and unique details of Love And War:
- One of the first members of the IoJC and the founder of the IoJA.
- A loyal and veteran member of the Blackgate War Council since Jan ‘13.
- Coined the term havoc or havok squad, which is now widely used in the GW2.
- Our members participated in most, if not all, of the NA/server/world’s first events, such as the Triple Trouble, Twisted Marionette, and the revamped Tequalt the Sunless.
- Organized many unique guild and public events, such as Suicide Darts and GW2’s first public Quaggan Parade. We still think that Anet secretly saw our epic Grand Quaggan Space Odyssey event through Orr and turned it into Guild Rush!
- Some of our members participate in LAW meetups. Real-life karaoke is always a blast!

To join, please be sure to check out our website and make sure we sound like a great fit for you. A peak of our rules:

Twitch & Youtube Channels:
http://www.twitch.tv/fate_aeternitas
http://www.twitch.tv/toff499
http://twitch.tv/New_Trier
https://www.youtube.com/user/Sortitio/videos
https://www.youtube.com/user/nightshade499/videos
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu6byylswPG7OG2wFTXg5lA/videos

Love And War 2015:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGi7M2S1BKY

The Leadership of LAW

Guild Leader
Fate Aeternitas

Field Marshal
Toff Spiritblade

Guild Officers
Criina
Morrigan Wolfe
Sarathiel
Summer Mists

Apply @ http://loveandwar.shivtr.com or contact us in-game!

• • • FOR LOVE & WAR ! • • •

Can’t wait, GW2 needs some more celebrating with HoT announcement!

Thanks for the kind words, Amor!

http://www.twitch.tv/loveandwarguild

OMG IT’S HAPPENING!!

Lots of people already coming in, better catch a taxi soon before map gets capped!

As retweeted by the wonderful folks at http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/, please be sure to join us for the Quaggan Parade in Lion’s Arch, hosted by LAW!

When: May 25th
Time: 9 PM EST

Details here: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/community/events/US-Quaggan-Parade/first#post5085543

Follow Criina @ https://twitter.com/Serafi_Priesty for details and https://twitter.com/LoveAndWarGuild for more events!

List of Public Events that our guild may host: http://loveandwar.shivtr.com/forum_threads/2133048

Our guild events are so good, our close friends in other guilds often start hosting them too! They say imitation is the greatest form of flattery, and it’s absolutely true! <3

Thank you all for the help, support, and the recognition that works towards making our guild and our community great Legendary!

• • • FOR LOVE & WAR ! • • •

Be sure to join us for the Quaggan Parade in Lion’s Arch on May 25th, starting @ 9 PM EST, hosted by LAW!

DETAILS ON THIS POST: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/community/events/US-Quaggan-Parade/first#post5085543

Follow Criina @ https://twitter.com/Serafi_Priesty for details and https://twitter.com/LoveAndWarGuild for more events!

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-BwHJ1x_4Dc8/VVkfDUPeheI/AAAAAAAAADA/wiV0goDBBJ8/w424-h549-no/Optimized-Quaggan%2Bparade.pdf.jpg

I’m ready with my 22 quaggan tonic!

Join the discussion: http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/36b6ms/public_event_quaggan_parade/

Sungak Alkandenes.1369:

Nice to hear you guys are alive and kicking. Probably short on gum again too. ;-)

For anyone on the fence about this guild, give them a shot. Fairly relaxed (yet serious) group, even when in the middle of utter chaos. The kind of folks I really wished I had found in an Eve corp – probably would have liked their form of PvP better.

Shorah and good luck everyone. o7

Hey Sungak, what a pleasant surprise to see you again! Thanks for the kind words, we really appreciate it. Be free to stop by and give us a shout anytime, the door’s always open to you, no matter where you are in your journey.

Peace! <3

We’ll be having a huge raffle drawing on Easter night, so there’s still time for that! LAW will also be hosting another guild PvP night this Monday to sharpen our skills, strengthen teamwork, and to have fun!

Stop on by and see if you’ll be a great fit for LAW. We’ve been here since the start of GW2, and together, we will continue to build one of the greatest guild that this amazing game has to offer!

Picking the right guild or commander will drastically change how you WvW.

In a havoc squad:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM7qoVuegq4

Supporting a zerg as havoc:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27fY4CLHrLk

Large, open field fights:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94xohRxtsOo

Here’s a video of our commander in BG taking on 1v2, both TC & JQ:

If you love to WvW, join LAW and come wreck havoc! :D

If you love to WvW and do work, we invite you to join our Havoc Squad. As a guild, we aim for objectives, the overall strategy of the borderland, and go after points-per-tick whenever possible. Whether we have 5 or 25 guildmates on the field, we believe that every player can make a difference for Blackgate. While it’s tempting to all queue one borderland for the best zerging experience, we are very fond of our outmanned buff and love the thrill of outsmarting zergs that are 3x our numbers. Please feel welcome to learn more About Us on our website.

If you are a serious WvW player, we invite you to try out for out Vanguard Squad. As a specialized Havoc Squad focused on teamwork and party composition, we enjoy smashing straight into a larger zerg and decorating the landscape with their bodies. Any guild can call themselves a zerg bursting guild by having a numerically superior force. Only LAW is willing to repeatedly face imminent death, with the goal to overcome it! Learn more about the Vanguard Rank, as well as our other Advanced Membership Ranks.

Finally, LAW is a great place to be introduced into PvP. It may not be easy, but you will get better with us if you stick with it. We often have PvP related guild events as well, with chance for even the most casual players to learn some great prizes! We may try to post some videos in the future, so just take a peak at one of our dueling events for now:

In celebration of our LAW WS chapter and in our excitement of meeting brand new people over the last few days, Love And War is once again publicly recruiting! Whew, been almost 10 months! Around since open beta, Love And War is a merit-based guild with a fun and friendly community.

Join before June 11, 2014 (before our second open guild meeting this month) for:

Accelerated voting rights: We want to hear from you, a new voice! After this month, we will go back to our normal recruiting schedule and trial members will not have full membership powers until their promotion.

Due to an upcoming new officer election, it’s a great time to simply jump in and easily get to know your new friends! By the time the chaos ends, it’ll be like you were always at home in LAW!

Join us for WvW tonight!! To tag along and see us havok, /w Toff Spiritblade

DrLight.9760:

Interested in joining – I play fairly frequently, and have 3 crafts at 500 and 3 at 400 – can I arrange a time to guest on your server and chat?

Yes, when are you available? Or if you would like, mail or whisper any of us in game. If we’re online and available, then we’re more than willing to chat!

Most of the officers are active during the evenings, NA time, and you can find me on early afternoon at times as well.

Loving the quality of players applying from the forums!

If you like to WvW and do other stuff in between, check us out: http://youtu.be/zM7qoVuegq4

If you’re new to WvW, don’t worry – we’ll teach you… or at least break you in !

Just a few more info and perks of being a [LAW] member:
- All official members in good standing can vote and influence the guild
- All official members in good standing can propose a new issue or change
- All guild officers are reviewed and then approved only after a majority vote
- Positive environment and member empowerment (e.g. any member can create events)
- Cooperative society and voluntary events – great for mature, independent players
- “Take a penny, leave a penny” honor system in regards to guild resources & usage
- Adept trait manuals, character bags, and other help & tips available to new players

While we can’t necessarily hand-hold every new player that joins us, our guild – Love & War – is a friendly, social guild, and we will strive to help our loyal members advance and become more familiar with the game. LAW has many experienced players in all aspects of this game, and we are more than willing to help and share advice. And as a friendly community, we are always looking for new, long-term friends to join our ranks!

If you’re a long-term player, then you will like it here. Take us for a spin and please, please try to get to know us – exactly what and how much you get out of us is also up to you.

Join us today and have a place you can call your home!

Guild: Love & War [LAW]
Website: LoveAndWar.shivtr.com or tiny.cc/LOVEWAR
Server: Blackgate – NA Peak Time
Type: WvW/PvP/PvE/Social Events/Missions
Play Style: Active, Social & Semi-Casual/Hardcore
Guild Size: 375-425 – Constantly Updated
Guild Upgrades: All Maxed – PvE Buffs 24/7!
Guild Missions: All Missions Unlocked
Voice Comm: Private Mumble & BG Teamspeak

A free transfer would be amazing. At least, I’d like to see a reduced server switching cost, seeing that it costs about half the game’s price!

ColinJohanson.2394:

This is totally our fault, we dropped the ball on this plain and simple. We planned to have this messaged ahead of time to be fair to everyone, communication broke down between those who knew it was supposed to be messaged, and those who were supposed to message it and it simply didn’t happen.

As game director this is ultimately my fault first and foremost, and I’m sorry for those who potentially lost some karma as a result. It is our policy to message these kind of changes ahead of time with lots of warning, I’ll do everything possible to make sure this doesn’t happen in the future.

I’d recommend not using your karma consumables yet, give us a day or two to try and see what options we have available to help mitigate the issue.

I’m amazed how fast you guys decided on the options regarding karma consumables. Instead of a day or two, it only took a few hours, past business hours no less.

You guys are awesome!

GrandmaFunk.3052:

This is the silliest thing Ive read all day.

This was the most pointless thing I’ve read all day.

Why even bother?

While this is a welcome change (simplification, freeing up space, etc.), the issue with the patch was probably that were was no warning beforehand. It was unprofessional.

Karma boosts has been a core aspect of this game since its release and the recent update is a big slap in the face for players who bought karma boosters, guild officers who bought bonfires for guild karma parties, and the many players who have been saving up karma in assumption to use it with an once integral feature of GW2.

How does Anet choose who takes advantage of a core feature and who doesn’t? With RNG? For customers to be subjected to a major, significant change in the form of an immediate, radical implementation due to mere whims of the developers – to say it kindly, it’s hardly fair.

A heads-up would have at least given players the opportunity to be on equal footing with other players who has used it even a day before the change.

This reform was poorly executed and it doesn’t look good to the peasants players.

DevonCarver.5370:

We will not be changing WvW ranks or WxP to be account bound. However, we are going to be implementing a host of changes that should make this seem less like some sort of punishment(a categorization I disagree with entirely) and more of a character progression system. The first step is the liquid WXP that is being added to the rank up chests which is account-bound. We are planning additional systems as well. Hopefully, as we continue to announce some of those changes, you will be happier with the system.

Thank you for an official response to this. As a player, I’m glad to have an official response. Maybe now players can stop with all the hoping and speculating and move on.

It’s still disappointing news, since it gives the GW2 community an impression (which Anet may rightfully perceive as unfair) that the developer really doesn’t really care for WvW’ers (kind of like a “let’s give the nagging WvW players a never-ending character-bound treadmill and be done with them forever” impression). It’s already very difficult to get the more casual and PvE oriented players into WvW to contribute to their server’s ranking, but the WvW progression system has been further discouraging.

One reason is because to many players, it feels like the gap is increasing more and more, especially for players who love to switch around and play more casually. It shouldn’t bother people, but a sense of forever being a lowbie does seem to affect morale. The low rewards, the slow pace of WvW leveling, and the lack of WvW bonuses earned across multiple characters doesn’t help.

Another reason is because for some players, the WvW progression threadmill seems a bit unreasonable (at least 9,945 levels per character, a minimum 1,150 levels per character to level all upgrades, and an ever-increasing upgrades category [sometimes within existing categories to require even more leveling]). For the typical GW2 player (i.e. players who don’t WvW as a profession), even upgrading one reward category seems dubious. And to repeat this for each character? Forgetaboutit! Why bother participate in WvW beyond personal objectives (e.g. monthly achievement) when I can use that time to farm in hopes of getting a precursor?

Then again, I can understand why from a developer’s perspective, why a character-bound WvW progression system was preferred and strongly disagree that it’s a punishing system. It’s just the nature of where gamers stand and where programmers of a live MMORPG stand, and that gap in perspective will naturally only widen as the game matures.

Also remembering that the gaming industry is still a business, I imagine that there are also an external factor/pressure/encouragement involved (Q: Where’s the business at? A: PvE/temp content/new skins/gem store/etc.). Even if the lack of financial incentive is disregarded, I can only imagine that from a game developer’s perspective, WvW is seen as a creative gold sink, like just a little something extra for players to do and spend their gold on.

Now there are some really dedicated (crazy?) players who bragged about farming a hundred levels or so on the former Orb of Power veterans and don’t care either way, but that’s a story and a rant for another day.

I’m very impressed by the OP’s sleight of hand here. I very much agree that other stat combinations besides one offered by zerk gear is viable and agree that it’s overboard to call other combinations selfish unless that group specifically asked for it or it’s agreed upon before the run.

However, the real topic and defense is MF gear. I strongly disagree that MF gear is not at all selfish. MF gear is selfish in nature because it contributes absolutely nothing to the group and removes huge chunk of stats that actually affect a dungeon run (from my understanding, MF takes the primary stat slot). By definition, MF gear is selfish. Which is fine, actually.

It’s true that Anet did put MF into the game and players have the right to use them. However, let’s not bother with the rationalizing and taking the high ground on using MF gear. If you’re using MF gear, then just be honest about it. Man up and admit that you’re bringing less to the group in pure terms of mathematics. Skill is relative, but I’m not convinced that a highly skilled player would defend MF gear in any way except in that it gives sole benefit to the user in terms of loot. Now can you still perform well enough with MF gear if you’re skilled? Of course. But assuming all things are fair, your output in terms of contribution will be less.

If someone in the party is using MF gear, the other members of that party now have to do more than their fair share of the work. That’s all fine with a group that all wears MF group, or if you’re casually playing with a group of friends who are in this together. But to join a random group and expect to be carried through by non-MF users absolutely is selfish. Only way to get around that is by simply being honest from the get-go and to admit that you’re going to be using MF gear.

I would be completely fine with that. If not, then I would be the one to leave as you did your part and I can now make an informed decision.

Did you guys say Blackgate?

Take a quick look and see how we sound: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/guilds/guilds/BG-Love-War-LAW-Recruiting/first#post2123272

We’re an active, established guild that’s been around since the game’s release. We know our stuff. If you’re looking for a laid-back, active guild, then give us a call! Our contact is right on our guild thread!

Love & War is once again recruiting! We’re an invite only guild – please contact us or apply on our website! One of our leaders will speak with you personally, one on one, and will help get you on board. Please visit our website to see our rules and policies.

Join a guild with a fun, social culture and a competitive and competent leadership! Guild leader is a working adult, on all three leaderboards (PvP/Achievement/WvW Server), ex-pro gamer, a dungeon master, highly active with nearly 3k hours, etc. GW2-focused guild (not a multi-gaming community), been around since the start. (Very old thread: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/guilds/guilds/Love-War-LAW-Now-Recruiting)

Most of our officers are highly active and competent as well (most are dungeon masters). So if you’re sick of joining a guild run by real life friends/cronies who can’t even PvP, WvW, or dungeon properly, this is the guild for you. This is a mostly adult guild with mature members. Drama queens, QQers, ragers, bigots, jerks with big egos, etc. need not apply. We are an EQUAL OPPORTUNITY RECRUITER. Just be respectful of others, be willing to learn, and understand the value of teamwork and cooperation.

Fun, casual, positive culture. Mid-sized guild with active roster purging – why say yes to a 400 member guilds with only 20 members online/repping? We’re PvX because we’re good at everything. Since we’re a GW2 guild, why settle for just one aspect of the game?

Core members are semi-hardcore, but we play for fun and do mess around at times (we do have a dungeon etiquette guide to avoid issues between casual/hardcore crews). We do view this game as a social game, not a job! Now we are social, but we can’t necessarily hold your hand and babysit you – we’ll help you, but please try to hold your own and make friends! We’re friendly, so don’t be too shy!

MERIT-BASED GUILD! LAW is now expanding and is currently looking for qualified members to join our leadership team. Our members are encouraged to step up and become well-known, respected guild members!

Guild: Love & War [LAW]
Website: http://loveandwar.shivtr.com or tiny.cc/LOVEWAR
Server: Blackgate
Type: WvW/PvP/PvE/Social Events/Missions
Population: 170+
Play Style: Active, Social & Semi-Casual/Hardcore
Guild Upgrades: VI/VI/VI/VI (@ Max) – PvE Buffs 24/7
Voice Comm: Mumble & Server Teamspeak

Please contact an officer/team leader in game or on our guild forums:

• Fate.5961
• Sarathiel
• Godric Retlek
• Toff Nightblade
• Miss Mixie
• Spriggin
• Little Worethis
• Chocolate Truffles

We may be open to small guild mergers with the right guild (culture & community is our focus). We are also looking for strong, reliable allies for WvW (note that while we do at times have big numbers to zerg, we highly prefer smaller, organized, coordinated, tactical plays involving multiple kill squads).

I find it interesting how quickly the point of discussion became overlooked and the person became the focus of criticism. I understand that an argument against the person can be fun and a great way to boost self-esteem. However, this is the official GW2 forums, not 4chan. Conversation should be welcomed and appreciated. If you disagree with any of my points, I respect your opinion. Make a counterpoint to the argument rather than respond with intolerance towards a person for daring to say something you might disagree with.

My point was very simple: There is a concerning trend of the daily achievements being lengthened. It is an issue, as it does little to improve the gaming experience and only results in an implementation of a time commitment requirement, which takes away time in the game that I prefer to use for something else (such as playing with guildies).

Never once have I mentioned my own skills or abilities in regards to the topic, nor have I implied that players are no longer capable of finishing their daily achievements.

I am not telling you how to play this game or what views you must have. Neither should you.

IronPlushy.4256:

I’ve noticed no matter what an mmo company does people will complain. If the dailies were easy people would complain they’re too easy and require no effort, if they’re hard people complain they’re impossible, it might not be worth the time to accommodate every single player in the game.

I agree that it’s difficult to make every player happy.

For this particular change, however, players were punished by a small group of players complaining that the PvP daily was easier than the PvE daily (which has progressively been getting harder and more specific). A better solution would’ve been to get down to the source of the resentment – that the dailies are long and tedious.

Why not 30 kills instead of 50? Why 40 kills in certain specific zones instead of any map? Why take away ambient creatures from all kill categories and create a new category for just that? That sort of forced, pointless time commitment requirement is what makes the daily achievements tiresome.

Arrow.3856:

Lvling is seriously not a grind but end game material like spvp and dungeon skins/wvw achievements things like that need to be time consuming to keep ppl playing. Think about it. If it was so easy and you were able to get everything a week after new patch was released would you stay for the duration of the patch?

Also although it might seem like its a huge grind for you alot of ppl get through everything quickly. For daily players it still isnt enough. Anet doesnt say if you dont play what we offer you will miss out on getting an item which will disadvantage you huge. You can play pve or pvp or just stand in lions arch doing nothing. I think a little grind is good because at end game no grind means end game. I hope I explained myself.

Surprisingly, I agree that having some progression is a good thing. I do disagree with lengthening the daily achievements categories (10 points captured instead of 3, 2 tournies won instead of a tourny game played)

Diversity can be a good thing, as it can help players experience more of the game (making such implementation meaningful). I would stray from forcing a meaningless grind for the sake of the grind, however (adding a minimum time worked requirement with the addition of diversity).

Jhart.9625:

How many posts do you need to make for this? Maybe less whining on the forums and you could get the dailies done. It is not like they are required anyway.

I fail to see how your flaming adds value to this discussion. “It is not like they required anyway” is hardly a counterpoint. I apologize if reading this thread is an inconvenience, but I hardly recall asking you to stalk me.

Daily achievements are indeed required to attain certain things, such as the Laurel currency.

My thread addresses a concern felt by many players who share the same concerns as I do. It’s a shame that many people choose not to articulate their opinions in public (and just remark in game chat) to avoid belittling responses from young, hateful, or immature group of people.

Think Ewon is saying that he plays for the achievement, but the increasing additions of achievements and also making them longer (for 1 point) is making it less fun.

Personally, I’m not worried about the achievement points, but I do wish Anet would stop making it take a lot longer to complete each category of daily/monthly achievements.

Not everyone plays the same way, which is great about this game. PvP isn’t the only thing I like to play. Also, I understand that some people enjoy the extra achievement points.

So yes, please create more options to do the dailies, but without increasing the time commitment. This way, I can spend that extra time (if I have it) to enjoy playing the game the way I want it.

Is that an unreasonable viewpoint?

The PvP daily achievement requirements has been excessively increased (and way out of the way to complete outside of light, normal play). If anything, the PvE daily should’ve been lessened or more streamlined/generalized (say, 30 daily instead of 40 kills in Kryta and Ascalon and a bunch of ambient kills).

I’m very concerned that the development team is implementing ways to make this game more of a grind or adding more time commitment components with every major patch, contrary to the original philosophy of this company prior to the game’s massive success.

Perhaps the time commitment issue doesn’t matter for some of the younger crowd or those with a very flexible schedule. However, I already have a boss and a domestic partner taking my time away from my free time. I really don’t need my (favorite?) gaming company to micromanage my life, either.

There’s so much to do in this game and I like to play both PvE and PvP, despite my busy life. Why not allow me to play what I want, when I want to?

This should stay a fun game, not become stressful, boring grind!

I think it’s too bad that more grinds and currencies are being added every other month, contrary to the original philosophy that this company used to back. But going back on words isn’t new. Look at what happened with HoM, a promise that was virtually kicked into the gutter after years of hyping it (and keeping GW players at it).

My concern is that the powers above have lost their ways by being too focused on looking through what’s essentially the eyes of god, except this one is suppressive, micromanaging, and too high up in the sky to be able to see things at the ground level. Patch up all the fun, ignore all the bugs, and increase the amount of work. Make GW2 a second and third job.

Game theory is getting played out. All this progression just further discourages the everyday players from helping out the overall community. The scale keeps tipping further towards personal progression. This is not a good thing. All I can do is hope that my favorite game crew will take a look back at their roots and put just a tiniest bit of work into improving the overall community, which in turn will make loyal players want to play for years and years. And by community, that doesn’t mean a handful of charming favorites from the beta days who are all talk and have little knowledge.

Additional grinds like this makes only makes the good people wonder, why even bother? Let’s all just submit to this trend and just play for ourselves, until we burn out and go on to another game. Why do anything that will help and grow a community, when I can continue to focus on myself? Maximize my personal interest by farming, take advantage of gem sales that can’t be afforded by community-focused players, then scorn and laugh at all the Anet supporters, casual players, and newer players who will have to buy gems with real cash to deal with inflation and catch up to the increasing grind, of course while secretly cheering on exploiters, scammers, and botters who couldn’t care what game they play (I’m talking about you, map chat). Just stop caring, burn out, and move on to something else. It’s an outlook as depressing as this rambling post.

Guild: Love & War [LAW] (http://loveandwar.shivtr.com)
Server: Blackgate
Type: PvX/WvW
Population: ~120
Play Style: Active & semi-casual/hardcore
Guild Upgrades: III/IV/IV/IV
Mission Goals/Interests: All
Info: Highly active social guild (~50% login rate, frequent roster purging), recently transferred to BG (~1 mo). AoW IV to be completed in ~2 days/Pol IV ~3days – first mission by start of next week. ~10k influence gained a day. Raising funds for books.

Looking for strong, reliable allies. Will not consider being absorbed into a guild, as LAW is a highly actively, organized, and structurally sound GW2-focused guild (LAW is NOT a multi-gaming community). Quality over quantity: this is non-negotiable.

May consider small, well-planned mergers with small, highly effective guilds (or active guilds willing to adopt an organized framework). Guild cultures of both parties must mesh well (friendly, mature, active, and diverse or tolerant/respectful of differences) and supportive of a merit-based organization. Leadership support of voice comms is a must.

We don’t know how it’ll the new patch will be, but judging from current trends of adding more work, I see a HUGE issue with WvW progression: This might further create a divide between WvW and PvE players, while turning off players who still do a bit of WvW.

There’s already progression for the hardcore with titles. What many WvW servers need are incentives for more players to do their part and participate in WvW. A flat reward system or some daily/monthly incentive seems to make more sense (preferably something that helps in PvE). More participation is wanted, because all those PvE farmers get benefited by WvW players (but certainly not vice versa, inflation being the obvious).

WvW progression, if done wrong, will turn of the more casual WvW’ers because of possible elitism and the sense of hopeless unattainability that may result from the update.

For the sake of leniency, I’d like to suggest daily resets being at midnight local times, or there being a Grace Period for daily achievements for players stuck with odd times (7PM for EST, NA players). This gives very little time to complete achievements for enthusiastic social gamers who has enough on their hands jugging whatever life throws at them. (5-6PM being out of work time, leaving about an hour, + random guild commitments for social players/guild leaders).

Laurels is a GW2 currency that cannot be “made up”, as the clock is always ticking. A small, tiny grace period of 1-2 hours after the reset time to make up for it (which can be extended by Anet on major patch days), and perhaps less importantly, maybe grace period of a day for monthly achievements (as monthly achievements are also reset at an odd time during the 30th or 31st of the month).

I’d like to suggest these, as this will add slight flexibility to accommodate the ever-changing schedules of everyday people. I’m fortunately to have the game on to chat for a few hours a day, but my actual playing time is stricter, especially depending on the fiance (and I’m sure it’s the same for many adults).

At the least, I’d like to request leniency on major patch days. I’ve lost out on laurels on the first day it came out due to connectivity issues, and again today (tried connecting for two hours). And I’ve heard people were getting 3 laurels today, which is adding insult to injury.

Please take this little suggestion into consideration and give us some leniency. Thank you.

It’s a strange update. Players who are able to log in and completed daily before the patch are getting 3 laurels. Players who can’t log in will probably get 0 laurels.

I strongly wish Anet would focus on increasing incentives for [PvE] players to participate in WvW (or punish them – why give the leechers of the servers world bonuses earned by contributors), rather than focusing on new ways to bring in grinding and potentially scaring away newer players further with this new system (progression, visible ranks, abilities, etc.).

Some recent guild screenies! From our recent guild meeting, we plan to start putting together videos and will try to remember to take more screenshots of our play. As they say, the only things that remain are pictures and memories.

WvW Screenshots
Alone, we tend to enter the weakest borderland and create a foothold or rack up as many points as quickly possible for our server. With allies, we work towards the overall strategy, whether it is seiging a point or distracting the enemy elsewhere.

Before and After - bottlenecking a larger zerg.
Winning ~10 vs ~30-40 at a tower
Small raid party distracts SoS while allies set up trebs; TEST soon backs us up!
Creating a foothold on an empty BL for the server
Entering a map and directly attacking the Garrison while preparing sieges for the Bay
Counter trolling EB Puzzle
Capping the last tower
Love & War’s Cheerleading Squad!

PvP Screenshots
Random Tourny PvP Pics In-house 5v5
Mixed tourny team, LAW members still on top

PvE Screenshots
20+ guildies gather in LA for Halloween!
Public event for the secret boss!
Messing around in LA
Lost Shores guild event (the overflow with the most guildies)
Gathering people for the Bloodcoast boss

I think a lot of people may benefit from class switching, with the cost of gems.

Hello JP,

I am always on the lookout for quality players like you: a gamer who strives to get better, a proactive guild member who desires to be part of a team. Your lack of MMO experience won’t be a problem, because I’m confident that by playing with our experienced team, your own skills will be elevated far beyond that of the average player. This will happen, not because we’re necessarily amazing teachers (a few of us are), but because of your own great attitude and sense of teamwork.

As you’ve caught my interest, I’ll absolutely attempt to contact you in game and see if our guild will be right for you.

See you in game!

Just for reference, we reconnected the next day.

In case I’m away, I’d like to list a few more contacts for future potential candidates:

• Rehki
• Godric Retlek
• Gordon Rand
• Toff Nightblade
• Spriggin
• Miss Mixie

Thank you for your interest!

Our guilds will never give up, and our alliance will only grow stronger.
The JANTHIR Alliance is now the single, most powerful NA presence on the IoJ.

The JANTHIR Alliance prefers to enter a losing borderland and
smash right into its enemies.

@Cover Girl: Yes, TL is still around.

Hey Jerry, I think you might be the player we’re looking for. But judge for yourself if we’re right for you: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/guilds/guilds/IoJ-Love-War-LAW-Now-Recruiting

If you’re interested, give me a shout in game. I’d love to have a quick chat.

- Fate

I suggest a consumables quickbar:

1. To encourage use of consumables
2. For easier management of consumables
3. To save some inventory space
4. To encourage more players buy consumables

Layout: 4 small skill slots above your utility skills. Hotkeys would be F5-F8.

Interface: Users would be able to drag a consumable (potion, utility, food) into one of the four quickbars. The consumable will disappear from the inventory and be stored in the quickbar unless one of two things:

1. The player removes the consumable by dragging it back into the inventory
2. The player removes the current consumable with another consumable

Thank you for your time and consideration!

Hey Braydra, it was a pleasure speaking with you earlier. I’m definitely up for meeting your friend and see what he thinks of us. Going from just our conversation, we’ll probably mesh pretty well.

Deimos.2794:

Greetings, we are a group of 5 (semi) mature RL friends looking for a home on IoJ.

We all have an 80 toon and are looking for a fun group of players to do pretty much anything GW2 has to offer. We enjoy PVE, WvW and SPVP.

No drama queens or any such sillyness. Feel free to hit me up ingame if you’d like to chat a bit and thank you for your consideration.

Venmyr

Hey Venmyr, I like that your group likes to enjoy all that GW2 has to offer. LAW is a GW2 focused guild so there’ll be plenty of PvP, PvE, and WvW going on with our group. Hope we can chat to really get a feel for each other. I’ll be on all week after 8PM EST/5PM server time.

Oreoz, I think you’re exactly who we’re looking for: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/guilds/guilds/IoJ-WvW-Love-War-LAW-Now-Recruiting

We’re an active, mature, and still growing mid-sized WvW/PvX guild on the Isle of Janthir. with a very cool community. If we sound interesting to you, give me a call here or in game.

Cheers!