Guild Wars 2

Instead of merging servers and potentially ruining their unity and/or identities, you could take low pop servers and simply make them WvW allies.

For instance, ET, DR, & FC would all be Red team together and zone in at the same spawn. Then green and blue teams could potentially be composed of either one or two servers each depending on the populations of the intended servers.

I realize that this would complicate match making, but it solves the problem of destroying established server pride. Instead of losing their identity, a server could begrudgingly accept an alliance with an old enemy for the sake of beating a greater foe.

aeschylus.7120:

+1

Just give us the ability to transfer runes/sigils between our gear (like was available before). I really don’t want to believe my conspiracy-theory friend who has said you’d do this to get more gem sales on the BLTP.

I’d believe this “conspiracy theory”

Bump. Bumpity bump bump bumpsky.

Cool, thanks for responding!

Did they fix this trait? Does anybody know if it works out of combat now?

Please make WvW salvageable… I have so much gold tied up in Runes and Sigils now that I can’t salvage my WvW items by transmuting…

yes please, and wvw gear too..

Only a WvW player thinks a dead guy’s face serves as a great dance floor.

Only a WvW player truly understands the meaning of pwn, merk, and cheese.

Also.. WvW salvage kits, which remove Sigils/Runes from WvW purchased gear (which can not be salvaged or even transmuted with the new wardrobe system), should be implemented. These kits could be purchased with Badges of Honor, creating a potential spending sink for excess badges.

I dunno. But they should implement some kind of item/mechanism for removing Sigils/Runes from WvW purchased gear. Adding WvW salvage kits that you could buy with Badges of Honor would make them more practical.

There is now no way to remove Sigils/Runes from Karma/WvW items. Not cool :-(

Bump. WvW bought weapons need to be made salvageable. Or at least create kits which can remove the runes without any surplus materials being obtained. These kits could be bought with Badges of Honor.

Lets get this thread going so the devs take notice. I have alot of gold tied up in the Sigils of useless old badge bought exotics. You don’t even have to give us globs, just let us buy World vs World Salvage kits with Badges of Honor which remove runes! Problem solved.

I heard that the change where you can obtain extremely cheap dungeon armor in sPVP and then bring it into the PVE realm was coming down the line?

Is this true? What about all of us players who put so many hours into hard dungeons like Arah just to get an armor set? In the future sPVPers will just be able to have the same prestigious armor skins as we do for a fraction of the time/cost?

Please tell me this is not going to happen.

I feel like Mesmers are getting buffed alot. Shatter mesmers really don’t need to be any more cheese than they already are. Esp with perplexity runes.

Darek.1836:

yeah we did some 3v3s iirc. some of you might have noticed me teleporting across the area all night, I had lag reaching up to 1200ms pings for the entire day. I never got to duel ;(

I wanted to duel you so bad but you didn’t notice me! Bastige. Guess you were lagging too hard

Scarecrow.5792:

Shout out to Basic [BS], definitely one of the toughest groups in this tier! Had a lot of fun 1v1ing and GvGing you guys. Also to the [BS] warrior getting naked and spamming the /cry emote on naked Asura….. hahahahahhahahahaha

We love you Scarecrow

Arkengel RaF.9672:

Nuuu ET must be green or I’m never getting into that keep!

Dude, I don’t see FC or ET getting into GoM’s keep any time soon

My best advice would be to transfer to a lower tier. Small scale fights, duels and GvG matches seem much more abundant in T7 and T8. I’m sure in the higher to mid tiers its just not practical due to the ze-ergs being so massive.

BS does this all the time. We look for zergs to fight.

greyblue.4962:

To clarify something: this does not actually bother me, or hurt my feelings, it’s more that I see people try WvW, have this happen to them, and then see them never come back.

ANet seems to be trying to foster a different sort of environment from most MMO’s. People get suspended or even banned all the time for spewing hate speech, and the result has been that map chat is more or less free of that sort of thing now.

It seems like the game could draw more people in if they also fostered more sportsmanship-like attitudes in WvW.

Imagine the following scenario: you’re watching a football game, and some guy breaks a leg in a tackle. Someone on the other side sees this, walks over and laughs, then sits on his face. Does that strike you as the way anyone should act?

Yespls. To the face sitting.

greyblue.4962:

When a zerg rolls over you in WvW and 8 of them step aside to spam /sit on your corpse for 5 minutes, is this the sort of thing that should be reported using /report? What is Anet’s stance on this?

What about everyone else?

My own take is that this sort of behavior promotes a generally bad atmosphere in the game, and is likely to drive away potential newcomers. It seems like the sort of thing that should be discouraged.

Rofl. All I can say is…

Umadbro?

One that note ^ no rangers allowed..

insanemaniac.2456:

but we have such spacious border maps

Theres enough space in the lake. Water duels ftw.

Darek.1836:

Can’t wait for duels tonight
I better see all te guilds I hate fighting! Im looking at you BS!

Duels duels duels. I want more GvG. Hopefully GOM’s BOSS guild will be there again so we can wipe them with 1/3rd their numbers. That was fun.

Had fun dueling and team battling RISE last night behind the GOM windmill.

Oh and as creepy as it sounds, we may have left GOM, but we still live in your borderlands….. dun dun dun

Darkothe.1253:

Ragnarok.4586:

I gotta say, its been fun for my guild seeing our old friends on GoM so soon again after leaving!

They can be your friends again! Just transfer to GoM! We have parties, free beer, exotic dancers and a fine selection of wines and cheese. You know ya’ wanna.

Hah, thanks for the invite, but we had serious reasons for leaving. Also, the transfer was free at the time ;-)

I gotta say, its been fun for my guild seeing our old friends on GoM so soon again after leaving!

titanlectro.5029:

styx.7294:

Sororita.3465:

GrandmaFunk.3052:

Npac.3476:

We challenged all of you.

As long as “all of you” is specifically 5 players. no more, no less.

and NOT scheduled*

*except when they schedule it.

Honestly, PAXA is like a high maintenance girlfriend. She even comes on the forums to tell everyone how inadequate we are =(

See, I thought that PAXA was trying to channel Strong Bad’s essence.
homestarrunner.com/sbsingkittenml

But your theory might make more sense.

Edit: Overactive filter… Use this link. http://goo.gl/ATfFn

Hahaha, you hit the nail right on the head with that one!

Jscull.2514:

Ragnarok.4586:

Jscull.2514:

[Bs] [DN] send me a pm if you get a chance. Like to be able to fight (non carebear set up) without 400 adds.

No thanks dude, you guys are quite annoying to fight. Bunker warrior guardian for CC + a DPS thief in perma stealth.

We don’t set up 1on1 matches. We aren’t about our “image” or “pride”. We WvW to have fun, and frankly, facing you isn’t very fun. Last time I went 3on3 with you guys it lasted about 10-15 mins with no results, until more of my guildies came and your thief just picked us off one by one while when you got low on health you just ran back into your spawn.

Again, no thanks. We’ll fight when we randomly run into you, just like everyone else.

So basically you didn’t like losing. Got it. By the way, find me the bunker spec for warrior that is group spec and let me know. All PAXA members run group specs, our guardian runs buff condition removal… How dumb do you sound saying he is bunker. 3 of us beat your 6… Sorry were not sorry

Edit: My intention was never to take the above approach. In fact wanted to compliment you guys on being some of the most competent well organized group we’ve fought in a while. But then you decide to take the approach you did at the same time xomplaining we run bunker builds which non of us run. Thus my response.

Umadbro? I’ll gladly 1v1 you anytime you like. My name is in my sig. PM me. I shall not however, speak for the rest of my guild, or hide behind them as you seem so fond of doing.

Agreed. 10k badges. I made a thread exactly like this a month or so ago, and people called me stupid.

Jscull.2514:

[Bs] [DN] send me a pm if you get a chance. Like to be able to fight (non carebear set up) without 400 adds.

No thanks dude, you guys are quite annoying to fight. Bunker warrior guardian for CC + a DPS thief in perma stealth.

We don’t set up 1on1 matches. We aren’t about our “image” or “pride”. We WvW to have fun, and frankly, facing you isn’t very fun. Last time I went 3on3 with you guys it lasted about 10-15 mins with no results, until more of my guildies came and your thief just picked us off one by one while when you got low on health you just ran back into your spawn.

Again, no thanks. We’ll fight when we randomly run into you, just like everyone else.

frostshade.3617:

GoM how’s it feel to have your old friends back outa curiosity

Honestly, having TCMM back sucks. I don’t feel like being on the same team as fence-hoppers. But I guess the addition of players won’t hurt, or actually it might, considering 99% of TCMM players are…uhhh.. worthless.

Needless to say, I won’t be running with any of them, or following any of their tactical strategies.

Its only because both NSP and HOD know they can’t beat us head on, so they have to team up. Just take satisfaction in knowing that we are the superior server and they just can’t stack up to us 1 on 1 :-D

Thats pretty serious, maybe you should contact them over the phone.

Bump – anyone else having this issue?

Can you PLEASE fix Elixir U? It used to work great, but now roughly 50% of the time I pop Elixir U -NOTHING- happens. I don’t get quickness or any of the random utility debuffs, the Elixir still goes on cooldown as well. Can you please do something about this in the mar 26 patch? This takes a whole skill away for engineers. Or maybe its just my Engineer, Asuran, using a rifle.

Thank you.

bumpity bump bumpskies.

If you are reading this then you are probably interested in joining Basic.

Basic is a small roaming guild with about 5-10 players that WvW daily. We are interested in increasing our numbers, but not in an unorganized fashion. We would like to run with you in WvW, for the mutual benefit of seeing if we work well together. With that being said, however, we are definitely not “picky” and there is no rigorous screening process for anyone who wishes to join.

Although WvW is the primary focus of most of our core players, we do have guild bounties unlocked, and are working towards guild treks (for those of you who need Ascended Trinkets).

I posted this recruitment message on the forums because it seems that dedicated WvW’ers congregate here. If you are a regular GoM WvW’er, you should know me in game as Mekanos. If you are interested in joining the ranks of Basic (and our elite squad of murderers), feel free to whisper or mail me in game. You can also PM me here on the forums.

Thanks for reading, hope to hear from you soon!

Anyone else having issues with these skills not casting and then going on CD? Its happened to me a few times with BB, where the skill will charge up but never fire. It has happened alot with Elixir U where I will drink the elixir and not receive Quickness + random neg effect.

Anyone else?

We have kits, thats our weapon swap, if engis could switch between rifle and s/p or p/p we would be extremely overpowered.

airstu.2579:

Ragnarok.4586:

airstu.2579:

how can you possibly think changing the requirement to badges will fix things. Pressing 1 in a zerg != skill but boy it does collect badges. Combine that with jp heroes and you have the making of a perfect commander. Fantastic idea.

Wow bro, so you don’t think, that if you ran around in a zerg long enough to collect 10,000 Badges of Honor that you wouldn’t have the slightest idea about WvW tactics and communication? Great argument… /e sarcasm off.

Wow, if that makes a good commander, I can’t wait until next week. I look forward to seeing your zerg commanders push 1 and dominate.

Man, you look into things way too much. The point was, that someone that put in the time to accumulate 10, 000 badges(or whatever time consuming currency in WVW) SHOULD have more experience than someone who just farmed gold in PvE.

REALLY hope that clarifies things for you.

I think they should make each of the 3 BLs topographically different before they start messing with anything else, graphically, anyways.

EnRohbi.2187:

Ragnarok.4586:

EnRohbi.2187:

Ragnarok.4586:

airstu.2579:

how can you possibly think changing the requirement to badges will fix things. Pressing 1 in a zerg != skill but boy it does collect badges. Combine that with jp heroes and you have the making of a perfect commander. Fantastic idea.

Wow bro, so you don’t think, that if you ran around in a zerg long enough to collect 10,000 Badges of Honor that you wouldn’t have the slightest idea about WvW tactics and communication? Great argument… /e sarcasm off.

I think that the majority of wvwers have spent their badges long ago before reaching 10,000.

I know some people hoard them like hallowe’en candy, but not everyone.
I keep only a few stacks in my bank and find things to spend the rest on.
But if the currency for Commander were to be switched from Gold to Badges, it would leave a lot of people who rightfully deserve it who simply don’t hold onto their badges.

The point I am trying to make is this : Commander should cost WvW currency, not currency which can be farmed in PvE or bought on Ebay.

It doesn’t have to be badges. Badges are simply the only WvW particular currency which exist.

You guys are just arguing semantics.

I still think the overarching point is invalid though (As detailed earlier in my posts),

Commander is not a WvW specific feature, or it would simply be disabled in PvE maps.
Anet wants it to be used in PvE as well, therefore, it must be attainable in a currency related to both.

But I’ve already covered all this, so let me bring up something new.

There is NO system that modern technology is capable of, that will accurately determine whether someone is a good leader or not. None. Zero. Impossible.

There is no reason Anet should waste their resources “fixing” the Commander acquisition, when the end result is going to be just about the same that it is now: Bad players will still get Commander icons and it will still be up to every individual to decide whether the person with their icon on is worth following or not.

I don’t know about you, but if I could find a diamond in the 1 square foot of rough, I’d rather do that then search for a diamond in 1000 square feet of rough.

For me, its an issue that revolves around ease of access.

I agree that bad leaders will still get it. But not as many.

jportell.2197:

Make the Commanders cost certain achievement points… This would be interesting because it would make the tag more dynamic especially if they have more ranks instead of just a blue diamond… So a player that does ALOT of camp capping will have a certain commander/title/tag whatever and people that want to focus on nothing but camps (should be more of these than their are.) Can join that persons squad. Then so on for towers/keeps/stonemist etc etc. Someone that knows everything about capping a tower may suck at capping a keep… Some people just blow others out of the water with coordinating attacks on camps.. (5 people from all sides=mayhem). I don’t like the badges idea because it will be even more pve ppl coming in doing JP’s to get their badges then getting the commander tag… I say WvW achievements and nothing else.

This is a great idea actually. I like that. Maybe have different ranks, like Lieutenant/Captain/Commander/General. Based on types of WvW achievements. Love it.

EnRohbi.2187:

Ragnarok.4586:

airstu.2579:

how can you possibly think changing the requirement to badges will fix things. Pressing 1 in a zerg != skill but boy it does collect badges. Combine that with jp heroes and you have the making of a perfect commander. Fantastic idea.

Wow bro, so you don’t think, that if you ran around in a zerg long enough to collect 10,000 Badges of Honor that you wouldn’t have the slightest idea about WvW tactics and communication? Great argument… /e sarcasm off.

I think that the majority of wvwers have spent their badges long ago before reaching 10,000.

I know some people hoard them like hallowe’en candy, but not everyone.
I keep only a few stacks in my bank and find things to spend the rest on.
But if the currency for Commander were to be switched from Gold to Badges, it would leave a lot of people who rightfully deserve it who simply don’t hold onto their badges.

The point I am trying to make is this : Commander should cost WvW currency, not currency which can be farmed in PvE or bought on Ebay.

It doesn’t have to be badges. Badges are simply the only WvW particular currency which exist.

You guys are just arguing semantics.

The key point is not about how many badges the tag would cost. The point is, there should be a Commander tag in WvW, for WvWers and earned with a WvW oriented currency.

Thinking about it now, 2,000 badges of honor is not even close to being enough. 10, 000 Badges of Honor, however, would be in my opinion. I still have not collected that many and I have roughly 15, 000 kills.

-OR- as someone mentioned earlier, base it around a currency earned when capturing/defending objectives.

airstu.2579:

how can you possibly think changing the requirement to badges will fix things. Pressing 1 in a zerg != skill but boy it does collect badges. Combine that with jp heroes and you have the making of a perfect commander. Fantastic idea.

Wow bro, so you don’t think, that if you ran around in a zerg long enough to collect 10,000 Badges of Honor that you wouldn’t have the slightest idea about WvW tactics and communication? Great argument… /e sarcasm off.

Tetra Bug.7134:

Why not influence? Your guild earns it in PvE and PvP. Seems to make perfect sense, guilds choose who should command, and the tab is assigned by the guild to the player. They leave the guild, no more tab for them and the guild uses it on someone else. Seems to make sense, those who have commanders manuals keep them and that’s that.

Tetra, not sure with I agree with this. Some players choose not to be in guilds (stupid because the game is called guild wars). But many commanders may not come from large guilds, or guilds with the influence to purchase a commander tag if this were the case.

Commander tags (or a WvW version) as stated above, should be obtainable only by experience on the battlefield. Seems like Badges of Honor are the way to go.

Oh, and for clarification, I’ve had my commander tag for months, and I’ve been an adamant WvW player on Gate of Madness since launch.

Many people wearing the Commander tag in WvW zones don’t even know where the water gates are on their kitten keeps.

Also, this is the WvW section of the forums, so I’m not quite sure why you are defending the use of the tag in a PvE setting.