Guild Wars 2

Roland, you seem unreasonably angry at Tarnished Coast over a part of the game that should be fun. Did you transfer from there? Did they kick your dog? Did they say mean things about your sister?

I’m glad I’m not anywhere near leadership on any server because the more you go on the more I do want to talk to TC about an alliance. Seriously, take all the hot air you’re wasting here and go get your precious lead back – TC is supposedly too busy stomping a mudhole in our behinds to bother with you. (I can’t check)

How are things going anyway? A-Net should set up out-of-game displays of the scores and graphs that update every tick so I know what I’m in for tonight!

I think as server leadership begins to coalesce and people get to know their usual tier matchups (Hi TC!) those of you who get butthurt over perceived teamups/lack of “honor” might want to find a more structured experience to enjoy. One built right into the game, perhaps?

If you Ehmry Bay people spent as much time in game as you do crying on the forums about it, maybe you could actually help your team. As of now TC has woken up and last I heard is pushing our poop in while I’m stuck at work. That sure is a teamup right there!

As I said before, expecting your enemy to fight on your terms is naive and silly. You really should get that thought out of your head if you want to continue participating in Wold vs. World. If you want everything to be equal and even and “honorable,” sPVP is for you. It’s really very fun!

I’m really curious to see how the weekdays go in terms of figuring out how to balance server time populations. I had a whole lot of fun last night and I hope we have more back and forth over the week – capturing stuff and having battles is what makes things fun!

Eolirin.1830:

Yeah, interesting tactics all right. shakes fist

We’ll get you back for that, eventually

Oh, out of curiosity, are you guys able to maintain near constant stability buffs while in that death ball? I’m still a bit unclear on what does and doesn’t obey the 5 person AoE limit; if you can maintain stability, I’m not sure there’s a non-siege counter to that, and I think that tactic maybe needs a bit of a nerf. If you can’t, then there’s a way around it, and, annoying as it is to deal with, I’d be upset if they took it out.

Honestly, that particular one I don’t know – I came into the battle towards the end of that tactic being used, and just followed directions to stack up without really knowing why. As a Guardian I’m used to just using my own stability-givers so I didn’t really notice. Maybe someone who was there earlier could chime in, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they don’t!

Note to Conspiracy Theorists: EB is not the only map there is! As a TC player said above, Maguuma and TC have been fighting like crazy on TC borderlands. Tonight was really fun even though we (SFD) were using some “interesting” tactics! There’s no alliance, at least from our point of view I think – kicking the crap out of each other is fun for all sides.

On a general note:
You do realize that making and breaking alliances, be they formal, informal, etc. is … kinda part of the way the three-sided system works? If people are going to get butthurt every time it even LOOKS like there’s a teamup, it’s going to get tiresome. We have a lot of great commanders on all sides who are not going to shy from using tactics that some people might not like. That’s how war works! It’s not always honorable, and expecting your enemy to fight you on your terms is just naive and silly.

Props to TC for bringing on the fights tonight too, I had a great time!

I’m assuming this is the last fight before going into Arah. Really? Okay, the three mechanics or whatever are somewhat interesting. however, I play a guardian. A melee character. Is it really necessary to have to run all the way across the arena in different directions every time the mechanics switch, along with at least one of the mechanics applying a slow? Sure I can use swiftness but come on.
Next, the HP of the boss could be cut in half and the fight would still be challenging with a few tweaks of the mechanics. Now it’s a boring slog where when you get bored after 10 minutes and screw up dodging the bullet hell part and get downed, your idiot companion won’t even res you. You get killed, start again front checkpoint and – look at that, you get to start over.
I even had the fight bug out as I died in the bullet hell part – the two lesser eyes didn’t despawn and I had to start completely from scratch.
Many, many people have discussed your approach to “difficult bosses” being more HP. That is not the correct solution here. I know people have completed this, and I have no problem with it being challenging. Right now it’s just boring and buggy. The fight should test your ability with the mechanics, not your stamina to keep up with it far beyond what is necessary for fun difficulty.