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Hey Exo, Just started a new guild, about 3 weeks old. it is pvx and no hard and fast focus yet. I’m on IOJ or what’s left of it and I do WVW, but I’m not sure how many others in the guild are on ioj or do WVW. At this point I’m just trying to build the member base and then plan activities around what the members like. We are always happy to have 1 more. the guild Is [Our]
JCKinz.2305
IOJ is always looking for more. It would be the best 500 gems you ever spent.
Working on wvw armor track for the full set. TY for the loots
My WVW Fun (The ramblings of an IOJ madman) -your results may vary-.
TS (Teamspeak) with a group of people having a good time Fighting, capping, defending and lots of joking around.
Stealing a cap or beating back a group trying to take your stuff or their stuff back (even better), while being as big pain in the kitten to the enemy servers as possible.
The Merge “my observations”.
The Good:
JQ has been welcoming to IOJ
It’s been nice having a reason to defend again. Toward the end prior merge IOJ just didn’t have a cavalry coming to help (NA time anyway) if you were defending. So there was no reason to defend because nobody was coming to help.
The Loot (I’m working toward the new WVW armor right now)
The BL changes, not as good as the old BLs but better none the less.
The Challenges: (first world problems)
JQ seems to be going thru some restructuring
For some of my fellow IOJ folks it feels like the sense of community is going. For them it’s like well I don’t see IOJ on any of the maps so… and I get it, it’s a loss of identity for us for sure.
Two TS severs. I bet almost all the servers are having this same issue.
Coverage issues; seems like little if any thought was given to this prior to pairings
The short term nature of the server combo: If this is a merge just call it that and move on. Then we as players can work to make it a community.
If not, well… I just don’t see how it will work out in the long run. My guess is the smaller severs will move into a bigger communities that have kept their names. Right now it feels like we as smaller severs are just going to be moved around kinda like the farm team. Sometimes it will work out and sometimes it won’t.
If you’ve read this far God help you. So here is part of my fix and wish list.
What Anet can do: (I do appreciate the work so far)
Sever merge: is only a short term fix but if it’s the new normal make it a permanent merge and move on. None of this changing every 3 month stuff
New Player Pipeline is a 1000% must: (then you wouldn’t need server merges because new blood could fill open spots)
It used to be map completion. I’m sure more than a few of you like me found wvw when we did map completion. I know the arguments for and against and I’m not saying the only way to get new people into WVW is map completion. There needs to be some draw for new people to come and stay at least for a few hours over a few days. It would also be helpful if they needed to interact with the community and get help etc… I can remember a bunch of times we helped someone take a tower or keep just because they needed it for map completion.
Skill Balance and gear balance: My Pet Peeve
Would be great if armor helped with those condies, Just saying. Nothing like having around 1k gold in PVT armor and getting 1 or 2 shot dead when you light up like a Christmas tree from condies. Large groups can handle the clears but small groups it sucks unless you run the cheese builds or constantly switch your build around.
Stacks. My other Pet peeve
This isn’t PVP, players who have been in world for a while should 100% have an advantage. Bring back stacks.
Ranks.
Make them spendable on something for those who have maxed out. How about guild cats or omega golems or something good like that. Or even an increase in WVW magic find. How about every 10 ranks is 1% increase.
And remember pay no attention to the man sitting in the corner in Garri mumbling to himself about how things used to be. Sooner or later I’ll get over it or they’ll put me
in a home whichever comes first.
With Love Asher Zar
Cmdr for Lost Guild runs, Tag for Pugs, general Havoc and pain in the kitten for enemies and friends alike.
um, you know, I doubt Tier 1 servers will notice anything after merge. The last tiers are so completely empty, even adding whole server from last tiers won’t make any difference for top servers. It WILL be big deal for those players who have stayed on those empty servers, pretty much whole WvW as they know it will be gone.
yea I agree I’m on IOJ we have about 40 or so regulars. Not sure how we would be welcomed on a new server. I don’t see waiting in huge Que’s to play.
If Anet fixed the problem with a pipeline for new players to experience WVW,better loot, and the old BL’s back we could probably rebuild the server population on our own.
If True is a Bad Idea.
Lets say for a second that all the other WVW changes they are planning work out. Then WVW is a place people want to come back to. Now there is no where to go but over populated servers no one can get on. Bad Idea.
The way to fix the population problem isn’t by making fewer servers but by making WVW a place people want to check out.
Bring back Old Maps, Increase rewards and bring back WVW for map completion(or some other thing from Pve) so there is a pipeline of new players.
[Lost] Lost Souls United.
we do stuff:
We like and participate in most aspects of the game.
Many on Server IOJ,(not required for guild membership). We run WVW for those on IOJ.
Age; most range between 30-65 (18+ required)
TeamSpeak; (REQ) (Just have for guild related events.) Our TS is active all day and very active in the evening. We don’t type much.
We try to be respectful of each other, helpful and have fun.
Conversations in TS can be adult themed (18+) (euphemisms abound), but we ask members to use good judgment.
Equal opportunity: no “harassment” based on race, age, sex, sexual orientation, religion, mental or physical handicap. We joke around a lot but no one should be made to feel constantly uncomfortable or unwelcome.
contacts:
Leader : majimajic.2760
Leader : nkragick.7643
Recruiter: JCKinz.2305
If there were only 5
1) Maps
a) Go back to old maps or
b) Rework new to make smaller or add more Waypoints. Keep WPs for Keep owner.
2) Reintroduce Map Completion (Gifts of Exploration) this is a necessary pipeline to bring new players to WVW experience.
a) It can be hard for those on small servers to get full map points in a reasonable time. it could be done on number of captures. Example 10 camps, 8 towers, 2 keeps, maybe 1 SM. That could be achieved in few days even on an unpopulated server.
3) Remove Auto Upgrade.
a) Make upgrades for camp free but timed interval.
b) Reduced cost for upgrades based on yaks in system and timer interval but someone must fire them off and it must cost something. This promotes some level of ownership for keeps towers etc.
4) Reward chests for wvw events. Defend, filp npc ,etc.. scale with level of difficulty defender sm keep tower npc flip it should include currency silver gold etc..
5) Lord /supervisor drops. Much higher rate of siege drops including all superior siege. Tagging can be cost prohibitive for small guilds and groups. Do away with fragment drops or make them convertible to siege.
6) Add HOT Exp track, not everyone wants to endlessly farm the new areas for exp.
a) Make HOT mastery points an extremely rare drop from lords. This way the WVW only players don’t feel they must run Pve content.
7) Gliders. Who knows it might entice those who haven’t bought the expansion to do so if they see all their guildies flying around.
8) Balance builds, why spend all the time for great gear if it does nothing to help with endless condition damage.
9) WVW specific events advertised in open world. With special rewards like chance to purchase Chest keys, 20 slot bags, finishers with event tokens
Not like the brazen Dragons of Tyria fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our Sand-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty Garrison with torches, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-Waypoint
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild walls command
The desert-bridged harbor that twin Keeps frame.
“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
With silent gates. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden waypoint!”
Adapted from “the New Colossus” to answer the question of why to come to IOJ
The Dark Times
During the Dark times the fall of IOJ, has been undeniable and unending. Loss after loss the bleed became a hemorrhage. Her army’s broken, her lands pillaged and plundered at will by her enemies. IOJ has fallen into darkness as despair creeps across the shores.
A small group of fighters has done their best to stay in the fight and keep hopes flame alive. But even the most loyal and determined can do only so much before they fall to overwhelming numbers. Some have fled to safer lands; some have fallen never to return or be heard from again.
Now we few stand alone in the darkness, beaten, discouraged but not broken: a small few against the invading masses, striking when and where we can and holding out for…
The New Dawn
Out of the ashes the Phoenix arises.
The time has come the signal fire is lit. The call for aid sent. Who will answer? Who will lead this land out of darkness and despair to rise again in the New Dawn?
Will it be some new band of adventurers or will the sons and daughters of IOJ return home and deliver her from the hands of her enemies?
Ok lets say the issue is 100% with Verizon.
why would we the users have to work this out with them. As I don’t have the expertise or all the info necessary to solve this i would think it would be in arena nets best interest to work to resolve this with verizon as FIOS has huge customer base.
I have only been on the server for a week now. I do like the game but to be honest if its this much of a pain the butt I will just find something else to play.
Areanet please step up and take the lead on solving this issue.
this happens around the same time every night. If it was DSN It would be all day long.