Guild Wars 2

No thank you. If you dont like it stay off it. I love it.

What about a blend of Solution 1 & 2 except instead of allowing guilds to choose their server they are placed on a server group based on their guilds skill rank.

The Breakdown:
Create a new ranking for WvW Guilds where the more kills they accumulate and the more territory they take the more points they earn. Make it based on Players representing that guild and allow players to choose their primary WvW guild which has a 7 day cooldown.

On the guild side add a new WvW tab to the Guild UI that shows each players contribution toward the overall guild score. Show the number of wvw rank, captures, kills, and points earned by each along with the guild total.

Guilds can then be ranked based on score and distributed among the servers based on performance so that player skill and a guild’s ability determine where they end up. This would negate the need for server transfers and allow arenanet to automatically build a better algorithm that matches players skill over player volume.

Much like you do already for sPvP. This would allow similarly skilled guilds to compete against opponents that would be on equal footing rather than against titans that outskill them. As they learn and get better at the game they would progress to the more competitive battlefields.

So:

A new guild with a 0 guild score would start on the bottom playing other guilds with a low guild score. As they earn more points they would move up the ladder giving them more engaging fights.

The best of the best would be at the top fighting it out for first place while the players learning the game would be on bottom learning the mechanics in a friendly environment.

Seems to me that both Option 1 and Option 2 can be blended to make another option that would benefit everyone and do away with the constant rise and fall of server communities. Let competitive guilds compete and have their moment of fame. I for one would like to know who the best guild in the game is and it would be really neat to see some ArenaNet hosted livestreams broadcasting some of those best of the best fights. That would make WvW exciting.

To Clarify:

Tier 1 = Servers 1-3 = Guilds Ranked #1-30 Guilds (depending on population)
Tier 2 = Servers 4-6 = Guilds Ranked #31 – 70
Tier 3 = Servers 7-9 = Guilds Ranked #71-120

Keep in mind ArenaNet would have better data available and my numbers are just a rough idea and would in no way be relative to the actual pairings.

Mercenaries of Rall are ready for battle! Looking forward to seeing who we fight with next.

still passing out kits if anyone needs one

Do you need a mama elephant and a daddy elephant to make a war elephant? :p thats an interesting new “trade skill”

Any chance we can see some of these implemented. They could be a lot of fun to provide alternate siege mechanics.

All of these would be usable like Stealth and Supply traps

1. Deployable Barricade – Destroyable
2. Bear Trap – Temporarily stuns or slows opponents with light damage or bleeding
3. Explosive Trap – causes a 360 knockback and damage when stepped on.
4. Debuff Trap – When stepped on removes boons from surrounding allies. Same radius as supply trap.

This would add some interesting mechanics to WvW using a system that’s already in place. It would just need a bit of physics and attach a model to the Barricades which are already used in other areas of GW2.

I once chased a blackgate off a cliff as a princess. They just shouldn’t have skills. I say leave the tonics take away the skills.

Everyone knows the story of Sanctum of Rall. We had a glorious start, a dramatic internal war. We’ve seen first place, we’ve seen last place, we fought our way all the way back to tier 6 when server linking hit.

At first we hated it. We grew attached to Dragonbrand our first foster parent. They were an awesome group to play with. When the second match hit we were paired with Fort Aspenwood which was a pretty drastic change over Dragonbrand. During our time with FA DB would suffer a terrible internal war and be gutted just like SOR was back in the day. They went from Tier 1 to now struggling vs Tier 4.

This is where we noticed that while being a mercenary server kinda sucks in the fact youll never be able to build a lasting relationship with your paired server and youll be expected to change voice coms every 8 weeks. It does have some distinct advantages.

1. We have no Glicko rating – we are ranked by population not scores.
2. Doesn’t matter what happens we will always be paired with a tier 2 server, unless our population rises then well be paired with a tier 3 server.
3. We get a front row seat to play along side some pretty great people from all servers. We will face foes as allies and later as frenemys.
4. We watch the constant rise and fall of servers from a distance without it gutting our server. Politics and Egos are left for the glicko scoring servers and were left to have some fun.

So in hind sight life on Sanctum of Rall post server linking is actually pretty awesome. Great fights nonstop, get to learn from all the greats and play along side them, and we dont have to get involved in petty political games. We just go out there and fight and enjoy the spoils of battle.

If your looking to be locked in at T2 and take vacations to T1 and T3 occassionally this is a great place to call home. No winning, no losing, just nonstop battles everywhere you turn. Its like having the best parts of gw2 without all the uglyness.

Just my 2c perspective on server linking from one of the mercenary servers perspectives.

Just because the poll doesn’t get the answer YOU want, doesn’t mean it doesn’t get the answer WE want. Your opinion differs from that of others. Polls do work, and they are actively pushing these polls in game to encourage people to vote.

I personally liked the desert borderland when we were Tier 6, and I LOVE the desert borderlands now that we’re Tier 2. Population made the world of difference on those maps. I miss them and can’t wait to be back in the desert. Just because I enjoy the Desert BL map doesn’t mean we should have ONLY the desert bl map. There are others that love the Alpine Map. I believe we should have a mix of both. Then everyone wins.

Fact: Some people like to zerg and have massive zerg v zerg fights on a smaller map
Fact: Some people like to out maneuver their opponent, move unseen, and fight in smaller groups.

There needs to be a compromise for both styles of players. Both borderlands bring joy to the table for different people. Why prevent people from enjoying the game by limiting it to one.

We previously voted on what map rotation we’d want and most of us said 2 Alpine 1 Desert. What’s wrong with that concept? Everyone wins.

Brother Gilbirt, those badges can be converted to badges of tribute which are highly valuble on the tp. Its not hard to unlock a full path. Usually takes about 4-6 hours of wvw to unlock a full track. The badges of honor are not wasted. Theres a lot you can use them for.

We need wvw badges :p to go with our shiny names.

OBS would do the trick nicely for free. I use it for all of my streams and youtube video productions. Google the Open Broadcast Software Project. Lots of addons. You can record locally or broadcast to another location.

Hey Everyone,

While server pairing is great and it’s nice to see some life in WvW. The prospect of constantly changing allies really makes life hard for the little guys.

I’ll be honest. Right now I (on Sanctum of Rall), feel like an Orphan. We got placed in an awesome foster home (Dragonbrand), however the day will come when we’re sent back into the system and shoved into a new foster home. What happens if we end up with an Abusive foster parent? Who are we as a server at this point? Every time the matchup changes we end up having to go to new voice coms, new server websites, make new friends and allies, and right about the time we feel like we belong, wham there we go again back into the system.

You’re leaving us but 1 choice to jump to a bigger server if we don’t want to be passed around like an orphan. It’s not a very uplifting thought. We just grew fond of the people were allied with and I know personally if I get paired up with some of these top servers, it will kill my desire to wvw at all.

I hope that moving forward there is a better alternative, because those of us on the bottom 12, really feel disconnected and discarded. Having to uproot everything every few months is going to get old really quick.

Tspatula.9086:

Oh I may have to log on tonight just to read the map chat… oh the egos of some of the server leaders and guilds who “run things” on their server getting paired up with past enemies or just other leaders….. The outright culture clashes are going to be phenomenally entertaining…. “Get off my map Scrub!, half my guild is in que”, “No you get off!” etc……

And I foresee Transfer Wars 2 on the horizon.

I know that all too well. for the first year of this game we were told to stay out of WvW until thursday. lol. Not going back to that anymore. If someone doesn’t like it they can suck on a tick tak. I’m playing bloody WvW regardless what they say. I came to this game to play WvW and it’s really the only part I enjoy.

Gaile Gray.6029:

What? You have purple. That’s all you need!

Ok, I really don’t know if there’s an option to add colors or a plan to do so. But just in case, what would be on the wish list? Keep in mind the tag should be visible on the mini and world/overhead map, so it might be best to suggest bold, non-metallic, non-transparent-ish colors.

Can you pop the idea of making your guild emblem your commander tag? It would be awesome to look at your map and know what guild is running where or at least the guild of the commander running. Would make for a great commander alternative using art already in the game.

I will be out in WvW tonight representing SOR. Whoever we get paired up with let’s Party! Will be nice to see some action once again!

Any chance to see both borderlands as part of the big picture? Maybe 3 desert and 3 alpine surounding eb? Could be cool especially with whatever population soluton you come up with.

You have mail Varneylaw

Been rather quiet lately. Anyone needing a welcome kit?

Hey everyone!

Some of you might have caught my fog vs caduceus manor challenge video on youtube. Well Ive been asked to put my mesmer to the test once again. This time in the form of Fractals.

The Challenege:
Can Foghladha’s Mesmer Build Complete a Fractal Alone?

Watch it live at 10PM Pacific on

• Twitch: http://gsch.info/twitch
• YouTube: http://gsch.info/youtube
• Beam.pro: http://gsch.info/beam

Side Note: I have yet to ever step foot in a fractal and am largely a WvW player only.

Still sending welcome kits. Feel free to request one

Players with < 1000 Achievement Points Only Please
(My kit’s wont be useful for characters over 30)

Also when hot launched and the new guild system came it the logs were purged as well.

I find sometimes during patches and server crashes the log gets cleared. Its not 100% reliable.

Im gonna be away the next couple days for the holidays. Drop a line here and ill welcome kit ya when i get back. Merry Christmas everyone.

Any chance we can get Last Login added to the members list?

You have mail Wukong Enjoy!

Ill be roaming queensdale tonight come say hi!

Just remember thats one guy out of 7 million :p not all of us are jerks

Love these changes. A step in the right direction

I missed the broadcast : ( thought it was today. Wish twitch had chat logs. Hope everyone enjoyed it!

Boxes are your friend. Then its a matter of searching for the 1 pixel that allows you to place it.

tribble, Welcome kit sent your way enjoy!

Shako, sent ya a PM

Mostly Harmless: Mesmers are a ton of fun. I run a rather unconventional build, but as a commander in WvW and a Tank in Raids I can live through anything. My tip for any new mesmer is equip as much Toughness & Vitality gear as you can get your hands on. Find your grove and as you learn to dance then replace it with the stats you want to focus on. Unless you want to be a monster tank like me ;D.

My Spec is:
Chaos: 1, 2, 3
Inspiration: 3, 2, 3
Domination: 2, 2, 1
Weapons: Greatsword, Scepter/Focus
Gear Focus: Wei Qi (Ascended) Vitality, Toughness, Power

Skills: Signet of Ether, Blink, Null Field or Portal, Feedback, Signet of Humility (use when enemy is at 50% health, they usually run and die after that)

Power: 2,158
Toughness: 2,037
Vitality: 1,779
Precision: 1,320

Unfortunately elementalist is one of the classes i have yet to explore. Ill ask around and see if any of the eles i know can help ya.

Raidcall closed down its US support team.

Free Cloud Based Solutions

Discord – no download required. Web based. Requires download for push to talk. Great for community events.

GameVox – available on Mac/Win/Linux. Web integration. From the original mumble team. GameVox is the official voice com of Gaiscioch who previously used ventrilo, teamspeak, and raidcall. Great customizable skins. Familiar controls. Works with overwolf.

Bumping for those hungry souls waiting for lunch.

Greetings Everyone,
The Gaiscioch [GSCH] Family has included a 12-Page Real Life Adaptation of some of your favorite GW2 Recipes in it’s latest Gaiscioch Magazine.
Check out the Guild Wars 2 Cookbook!
http://gsch.info/mag-i7-p52
Enjoy!

Greetings Everyone,
The Gaiscioch [GSCH] Family has included a 12-Page Real Life Adaptation of some of your favorite GW2 Recipes in it’s latest Gaiscioch Magazine.

Check out the Guild Wars 2 Cookbook!
http://gsch.info/mag-i7-p52

Enjoy!

Still sending welcome kits. Ping me if ya could use one!

Greetings,
While most things in HoT’s Guild Expansion require a lot of teamwork and that’s understandable, there are certain things like Guild Siege that are completely out of whack.

Cost to Produce 1 Guild Arrow Cart

• Scribing: 8g 47s 96c

Recipe:
5x Badge of Tribute (70s or 150 Badge of Honor)
3x Arrow Cart Blueprints (2s 31c)
5x Steel Reinforcing Plates (7g 75s 65c)
- 3x Steel Ingots (27s 63c)
- 1x Linen Supply Sack (1g 27s 50c)

• Commendations: 4 per 12s + 3 Commendations
• Trading Post: 70 s

Trading Post Price for Superior: 16s 50c

For a 10 Supply Difference between Superior and Guild I think the cost to produce is vastly overshot. It is much more efficient to either buy them from the Trading Post, use Guild Commendations, or just use Superiors. This should be the optimal way for Guilds to Acquire these and it should be something Guilds want to do.

Just checking in making sure all the new players are taken care of. See you all in Queensdael!

Greetings Vanillexhope,
I will send you a private message about us. This post isn’t meant to be a recruitment avenue. I want to avoid turning it into one.

Sorry for the delay, hopefully it’s still useful. Niioxce and Ruffsta you both have mail. Enjoy!

Bermuda.5478, what level is your Engi? I can throw something together that’s useful for them

Just doing my rounds Welcome new people!

Silk you have mail waiting for you.

As a side note, I’ll be traveling on business for the next week so I wont be able to send any welcome kits. But be sure to reply to this message with your Character Class and Level and I’ll see if I can shoot you off something when I return! Have fun everyone!

Here’s a short tribute clip I made to show off some of the most awesome jumping areas of Guild Wars 2. Enjoy!

Free Running in Guild Wars 2 with Foglhadha.2506
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylgZbFNQyzI

You have mail (in an awesome impression of his AOL voice). Enjoy finster