Guild Wars 2

Nabrok.9023:

Bad that it happened, but I did have a lot of fun taking the orb back on Dragonbrand border. Even if I couldn’t see half the people I was fighting. So strange being downed and then seeing a finishing move spike hit me with nobody around.

It’s nice to see that I’m not the only one. Many times during that fight, I would only see 3-4 people and charge in daggers flashing … only to see about 30 or more rendered a few seconds later. They were probably shocked – or bemused – to see me attack their entire horde solo. Sometimes I made it back into the keep before dying, other times I was turned to paste in a matter of seconds. I think we defended that keep from invaders on both sides for almost a full hour before it finally fell … fun times, circumstances notwithstanding …

Hux.8739:

Ummm where did you take history? Wars were fought in line formations with varying tactics until a certain invention made this impractical, not ambushes or choke points. For those of you interested this was the invention of the machine gun. It took several decades after the initial invention to be come a practical battlefield weapon but once it was made effective it completely changed the way people fought.

So unless your suggestion is to add machine guns to WvWvW, There will be paving packs. Having said that, I think we are already starting to see the impact of well used siege weapons hold off far superior numbers or being able to assault a keep without even being near the doors.
Frankly myself and I’m certain a great number of others have already scoured the map for proper treb placements and counter placements of Mortars. This Hasn’t escaped you has it? I know, I know, I’m a pompuskitten and you shouldn’t listen to a word I say. Take care guy.

Oh man, I am all for giving Engineers a Vickers machine gun!!

The Romans were always outnumbered by the Celts – they didn’t resort hit and run, guerrilla style tactics, they were extremely organized, and tenacious. Organization, discipline, and good tactics will beat an uncontrolled mob 9 times out of 10

Zynthetic.2954:

Hi, I’m part of TC’s night crew in Eternal. How can you think that there is an alliance between servers when the whole map is green?

Screenshot was taken at 2:30am EST, or around then.

Also shows that all 3 servers weren’t letting the other teams get a foothold in their own borderlands overnight.

Wow, EB’s night crew was busy – I logged off at around midnight EST, and we had almost their entire borderlands captured. We took garrison, Cliffside, and EH … fought to defend each for a little bit, and then I went to sleep. Kinda surprising to see us lose it all in just two hours!

I play on my level 18 Mesmer alt, and I actually have more fun with him than on my 80 Ranger. I don’t get thrashed nearly as bad as I thought I would, and am actually somewhat useful. Like some of the other posters mentioned, find a way to be useful, run supplies, man siege, and go with groups – don’t be a hero.

The best part about being low level in WvW is that it only costs a few copper to repair instead of a few silver … so your mistakes aren’t quite as painful in the pocket

I don’t know what the other matches are like, but this feels like an even match-up, which is a nice change. We’re a little bit ahead on TC, but there is a real ebb and flow and there doesn’t feel like any side is dominating. And there have been some truly epic battles! Lots of fun so far, in my view

I’m on TC, been in WvW most of the evening EST activities – there are no alliances. What we do have are opportunists, and those exist on all sides. If we see one group taking a beating somewhere, we exploit a weakness on the other side of the map. The other guys do this also – there is no communication or coordination with any of the other realms that I am aware of.

Phara Miu.2816:

They should have never ever put PvE stuff inside a WvW zone…
Not only does it add to the already horrible queue for people who only play this game for WvW.
But seeing 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 people around that puzzle is game breaking not to mention your server is down with alot of force.

I have no respect for pve players inside a WvW zone that do not contribute to battle in one way or another.
Maybe of it was 1000vs1000vs1000 it would be diffrent story, but missing alot of people inside WvW has a major impact in balance.

Agree with this 100%. In TC we lost a tower because there were about 15 people trying to take out the grub – which is literally a few steps away from the tower under siege – instead of rushing to its defense. I was truly embarrassed with my realm in that moment …

I play on TC, and when it’s peak time in the US we put up a decent fight – it just seems that we lose everything overnight when everyone is asleep. I don’t know how DB was ranked below us on the rankings – personally, I don’t know what value the ranking process held when they were still allowing free transfers, as it seems meaningless with people and guilds being able to move freely about. It seems to me they should lock transfers down before any kind of ranking process

3400 Attack? Wow, all of a sudden my Ranger feels … inadequate …

My problem is that I out-level the quality of mats required very quickly, such that crafting is mostly worthless. I can get an orange longbow on the trading post for 40 silver, or grind huntsman for 2-3 gold, so I’ll pick the former. I have to play my low level alts to get mats for my main so he can level up the crafting skills. At level 75, I’m making level 30 items so … eh

I do mostly wvw, and I like to run with an Axe/Warhorn and Longbow. I very rarely get to the point where I’m just doing white damage. I start with the warhorn Call of the Wild, toss a Winter’s Bite to slow them down and cycle through Hunter’s Call and Splitblade. Then I switch to Longbow, apply a Hunter’s Shot and then Rapid Fire. I might toss a Barrage to slow them down or Point Blank Shot to keep them from running. Also, I’ve found Point Blank Shot to be a great situational ability – I’ve knocked people off cliffs, or just knocked back a pursuer when I was at low health and trying to get away.

Let me say that I am only 61, and am still (yep, even still) experimenting with weapon combinations and playstyles, so if you’re going to tell me that Shortbow is better, I’m not going to argue – but I’ve found that Axe/Warhorn and Longbow complement my style the best so far. Maybe I’ll switch by the time I hit 80, we’ll see