Guild Wars 2

This bug is terrible. Whenever I try to knock out the Asura guard in the Season 2 story “Meeting the Asura,” it just doesn’t plain work. Nothing happens. I cannot continue. I am stuck.

This is very bad, Arenanet. I purchased all of the Season 2 content to help you guys. If this isn’t fixed soon, I will have to ask for a partial refund.

500 gold reward to whoever find Charrcat.

Reward to be given to Charrcat when Charrcat come back.

styx.7294:

Alright, someone has to explain AD/BSTY/NoQQ to me. How are you guys not in one guild? It’s like I never see the guild tags apart!

Stylii hit it on the mark, but I will say a few more thingz (words words words) because I can’t pwey WuvWuv right now.

Our three guilds are open field fighters, roamers, "small man," however you’d like to call it. Sometimes we play seperately, usually there is a mix of us. We only play for kills* and for good fights.

We all have different origin stories. [NoQQ] was not native to DR and actually used to be enemies with DR in the multi-week DR/FC/KAIN matchup last year. In a strange twist of fate we transferred to DR. Since then, by some organic and eventual process, we’ve become BFF’s with [Bsty] and [AD] since they were fellow roamers.

The main reason why we’ve kept the seperate tags is we completely lack bureaucracy. We’ve talked about having one guild a little. But if we had one guild, who would be the leader? What would be the name of the guild? Etc. We have no idea.

We just like to kill things. Charrcat especially. Spending time to not think about killing red names is like...not breathing...air...to us. And...breathing air help you kill thing!! And kill even more thing!!!! So breathe air good thing, right??

No, not again! Get out of my mind, Charrcat!! Must resist urge...PVP kill...death murder...pancakes...

Anyway, our structure consists of a bunch of people who have become friends and who love to play together.** We love to fight against the odds and fight skilled players. This is why we love NSP and GoM so much, and we thank your many open field fighters for it.

Charrcat actually use two claw for once to count number of actual skilled guild name. Yay!! Oh wait, don’t speak Charrcat, no Charrcat this time, not in this post, no...

Each of the three guilds has brought something unique into the mix, too.

[NoQQ] - Originally brought a lot of Elementalists as well as a couple of team leaders.*** Stylii pushes all of us to improve our game. Jezri posts humor-based videos with the Youtube channel NoQQPVP. Home of the Charrcat.

[AD] - The largest guild I think. Originally fielded an insane number of Guardians, still fields our heavy armor a.k.a. Space Marines. Oozo posts nice videos as well (RaggokOozo). Humorous and vocal in VOIP. Also, largest source of ADQQSTY’s forum trolling (when applicable).

[Bsty] - Has some of DR’s best fighters, hands down. Also has some incredibly polite Korean players. They taught us true hit-and-run. They have nice Youtube videos from namkaeng a.k.a. "Gae Ko" (YouGotOwnedTT) and Crank King (Bpro5). M Black, despite being a single target profession Thief ninja assassin, reportedly has over 60K WVW kills.

[NoQQ] has really enjoyed being on DR now and is thankful to all you guys who have made things great. Too many to name.

There, I’ve made a wall of text.

Charrcat hungry.

*Reiseiji and Gab Superstar sometimes post about servers, PPT, and siege, but we tolerate their heresy.

**Our organization is "One Piece nakama" in mega nerd parlance. (-200 coolness points for Larks.) We don’t actively recruit, either; only people join our crew once they’ve endured a 50 episode story arc.

***As we don’t use commander tags or guild bureaucracy, we call them "drivers."

Charrcat very much liked many DH and many IOJ in DR BL. Big battles much destruction fighting rampage blood killing explosion death slaughter destroying*. Except even better because it one zone without annoying Eternal Battleground treb cannon siege interruption every five dead bodies.

Many cat treats all for Charrcat, Charrcat has a happy. Also save valuable time in find stuff to kill. Charrcat hate doing lots of cardio, even with much Swiftness boon and red Gatorade**. Much prefer fast food convenience, what other Charrcat friend call "target rich environment."

*BLOOD FOR THE CHARRCAT GOD

**Unfortunately not come in blood flavor

Charrcat hope thread more fun, last thread boring sometime and very mean. Charrcat show picture, it sum up last thread kinda maybe. Last thread like picture but lots more mean, like blood everywhere and destruction mean, but without fun of blood everywhere and destruction. Charrcat think you understand meaning.

Now Charrcat like play with food* like next guy, but Charrcat not understand disrespect food. It is food you eat. Yum. Some like laugh, dance, and sit on food, other like debate with food on forum, Charrcat not understand but each their own. (Although this do give Charrcat fun reading sometime, but not lately, not enough blood and pancakes.)

Charrcat think we know each other better now, should say more nice thing or interesting thing or OINK thing, because these thing more fun.

Hmm...what Charrcat say...

Charrcat know Rina [SE] Guardian good.

Charrcat see guild that Charrcat actually remember**, like [Abys] or [SE] or [HARD] or [GRIM] or [PD].

IOJ and DH fight Charrcat more in open fields. This may not seem compliment, but if you had fight SBI or some server like them then you know should count your blessings.

Charrcat think these good thing...to say but uh....Charrcat not know...how express...feelings well...

Anyway, Charrcat just want you know not all of us*** very mean. We like have good time and kill all the things. Only thing we do and have done and have much fun doing it. We love to kill you. After all, you yummy food. Sometime have good fights. For this, Charrcat thanks you from bottom of heart.

Charrcat hungry, need WuvW. BBL.

*Kill Red Name Players

**Head injury when was babycharr make thing hard and hurt to remember, especially with many more title text on screen

***Charrcat and friends, sometime mistakenly called ADQQSTY rather than Charrcat and friends

Wizardauz.3761:

1V1 ME BRO!

P.s. – i missss uuuuu

Charrcat misses Echo and Emmys and enemy friends of past, please come back.

Charrcat been therapy lately because attempt detox WuvW cat treat addiction. (Not really work but try anyway.) Doctor recommend Charrcat try new hobby like art pictures. Charrcat draw picture to express feeling, you are Charrcat BEF, BEST ENEMYS FOREVER.

Charrcat embarrassed to show, try get better at art Crayola picture. Don’t show to IOJ, they already mad at Charrcat from Charrcat kill many IOJ family.

Dynnen.6405:

This is how I felt as we were wiping that massive DH zerg outside DR BL Hills keep.

Charrcat glad cullings over.

So many cat treats!

Attic.1562:

Sage.5843:

Over the microphone (VOIP), use a calm voice and be simple and clear with your commands.

“Physician, heal thyself” eh Larks?

Not sure what witty comeback to do with this one my friend. Take two of these and I’ll post a comeback in the morning.

styx.7294:

Liked this post!

Rob is just a grump. Handy summary for people growin into leadership and somethin to reflect on for even those who are seasoned! =)

Rob’s post made me laugh and he has a nice point.

Rob says leaders come from leader material, which is true.

Styx says as a leader, there’s always something new you can learn.

Also, thanks.

Oozo.7856:

Miku Lawrence.6329:

What do you mean by a team? A group or a zerg?

The comments are tailored for a group of 10-15.

I used the term ‘team’ to refer to anything, actually. A group of 10-15, a guild, or a zerg all work. (ADQQSTY tends to run in the 10-15 range, minus random pugs who decide to spontaneously follow us.)

If everyone is in the same VOIP channel and listening to the team leader and each other, then many of my tips qualify. Some of the other tips are more oriented to philosophical or principled things a leader-type person should consider, things I’ve learned over time.

Dawdler.8521:

I would add something to it… pick a suitable class/build as a leader.

This is a very good point. I personally play a Bunker-style Elementalist for this reason and I love it.

Pvt Frosty.6973:

1. is missing a little explanation as to why it is important to stick together, should anyone be wondering on the benefits of (what my guild has come to call) the “blob zerg”.

Yeah, if you lead with a ton of numbers, sticking extremely tight knit can take advantage of the 5-person AOE cap and boon effects.

Oozo.7856:

Great article, Larks.

Thanks buddeh.

Sovereign.1093:

Nice, may I post this to my World’s thread?

Sure thing! (EDIT: Just say it’s by Larks or something.)

SEVEN:

As a team leader, you will follow the rule of “KISS,” or “Keep It Simple, Stupid.”

Always keep your goals, instructions, tactics, team organizational structure, and outlook as simple as possible. Make it brief. If you are teaching your team new things, don’t give them the manual, just focus on one or two things at a time per play session.

EIGHT:

As a team leader, you are an opportunity seeker. The better you are at spotting opportunities, the better you will succeed.

When engaging in WVW opportunities:

Always sneak up on your enemy, even if it takes the long route. Avoid getting spotted by the enemy since they will usually use VOIP or type a warning. Using line of sight or diving underwater can hide your team as you travel.

Always flank your enemy, either with an attack hitting their side or rear, or by splitting into two teams to flank.

Always use terrain against your enemy. Choke points or hills/trees that can LOS an enemy will help you against superior numbers.

Always know a point to retreat to for your team, whether it is a hill, a corner, a Portal, or a tower.

Always “extend out” an enemy force that is both powerful and vastly outnumbers you. This is done by moving your team away while baiting enemy players to chase you. When the enemy gets spread out because of the chase, turn and hit them, because they are easy targets.

Always use the enemy’s urge to fight you against them. You choose the battle and the battlefield, not the enemy.

Always check three things before engaging in battle: your terrain, enemy numbers, and enemy guild tags. Is the enemy a skilled, coordinated guild or just random players? Are you fighting on advantageous terrain? Are the enemy numbers manageable for your team?

Always get the first strike on an enemy team, it really helps.

Always listen to suggestions by your team members. Sometimes they will mention an idea you never thought of, and then you can turn it into the next course of action. On the other hand, don’t be afraid to say “no” to an idea you don’t want the team to do.

Always pretend to know what you’re doing and be in control, even if you aren’t.

Always know what professions you have on your team. You can think up good plans or use abilities like Portals or cross profession combo’s to get a one-up on the enemy. (I would list many great examples ADQQSTY uses but I think it would be better for our opponents to figure this out for themselves.)

Always take priority in rezzing your downed teammates, either by a normal rez or by a spike.

Always calmly say your name and location when you or a team member gets downed so you can get a rez.

Always consider downed enemies as bait. When enemies try to rez their downed comrades, they can make a perfect spot for a concentrated AOE attack, thus downing even more enemies.

Never directly engage an enemy force that vastly outnumbers you in the open field. Terrain, “extend out,” or flank opportunties will help you overcome this challenge.

Never order your team to “go deep” into an enemy force when you see a ton of red circles on the ground at a single point.

Never attack a large enemy force when they are backed up by good siege, such as more than one ballista or cannons. Find a way to take out the siege or fight elsewhere.

Never engage an enemy force on terrain with zero advantages unless you are sure you will win.

Never assume whenever possible. Assumptions about the enemy can be wrong. Get real battlefield information.

Never just say “incoming” on VOIP. It is unhelpful information. When enemies are coming, always briefly say “incoming,” direction, numbers, and if they are an organized threat, their guild.

NINE:

As a team leader, you will want everyone to stick together.

This is a simple thing to do but it is difficult to master. ADQQSTY does it by designating a “driver,” someone for everyone to follow. Putting a target marker on the “driver” can help you see where the leader is.

Additionally, getting spread out can become an issue. For example, when you want to retreat, you can have your team rally on you first and then retreat, that way everyone stays together rather than get picked off one at a time.

Using VOIP for all team members is an absolute must.

Staying together allows your team to guide its DPS and it also makes it much easier to quickly revive downed team members.

TEN:

As a team leader, your number one job is making sure everyone is having fun.

Tell jokes, laugh, and be gleeful. Make sure everyone is having a good time. Getting victory is one thing, but remember, having fun is always the most important thing of all.

*ADQQSTY is an alliance of three “small man” roaming guilds: [AD] , [NoQQ] , and [Bsty] .

Someone on the DR forums suggested I post this in the WVW forum, so here it is.

I haven’t taken a leadership sort of role in PVP until Guild Wars 2, so in the past few months where I have been “leading” (acting as one of ADQQSTY’s* “drivers”), I’ve learned some new things.

For those of you aspiring to be a team leader in WVW (especially for you roamers out there), hopefully this information will help you out!

“Ten Things I’ve Learned About Being a Team Leader”

ONE:

As a team leader, you are the team and the team is you.

You are the focal point of the team because people look up to you for your charisma and confidence. You are a good team leader if people get motivated to play when you get online.

The team is also the focal point. The team should get credit for doing good work and are the main reason why you succeed.

On certain occasions, you have to be flexible and follow the team. Sometimes you may want to go X direction or do X thing, but the team is going Y direction or doing Y thing—sometimes, go with the flow with what your people want, that way you will stay together rather than split up.

TWO:

As a team leader, experience is your resource for gaining the confidence you need and for making awesome decisions.

You gain experience by doing WVW a lot. You gain experience by watching how other team leaders function. While leading your own team, you also gain experience through defeat or by trying new things.

Players who beat you are your teachers.

Most teams understand that as you act as their leader, you will sometimes lead them into blunders while you learn. The team must follow the designated leader despite this so that everyone stays together.

Over time, awesome decisions will get you victories. Victories will earn you your team’s confidence. Your team’s confidence will make you a great team leader.

THREE:

As a team leader, you will face “leader’s melancholy.”

Sometimes you will feel bad about your performance or about your team getting wiped. A good team leader battles such feelings and continues to lead their team despite hardship. Rage quitting never helps and discourages the whole team to continue playing.

Revel in challenges. This stuff will always be a learning experience.

FOUR:

As a team leader, you will have to handle drama issues and be diplomatic. Your job is to network and get to know people.

Avoid drama with players and always keep your doors open. Closing doors with players means fewer opportunities.

Never yell or demean your team members in game chat or voice chat. Never vocally place blame or complain about your own team. People don’t like being put in a negative light. People will not be as willing to follow you if you are negatively critical to them.

On the other hand, it never hurts to give your team feedback when the team needs it, but be nice with it.

FIVE:

As a team leader, you will be nurturing to your team.

In PVP, team members can be excitable, not know what to do, or might get frustrated at times. Over the microphone (VOIP), use a calm voice and be simple and clear with your commands. Avoid angry or desperate tones.

A calmly and politely stated “Please clear comms” when there is overwhelming chatter can do a lot.

It is fine if there is a lot of VOIP chatter during a battle as long as it is all “on topic.” You know your team is nicely focused on a battle when they all speak “on topic” about the battle and give relevant bursts of information.

Compliment your team and certain players when they do something awesome. Whisper a team member personally when they truly deserve it.

Be a helpful and benevolent force.

SIX:

As a team leader, you will be quick with your decisions and decisive with your commands.

Once you gain enough experience, you will have the ability to quickly make a decision based on a certain circumstance or encounter. If you know the enemy is planning X, you can react with Y to ensure your team doesn’t get killed. If the enemy has X numbers, you will know how to use Y to defeat said numbers.

You will learn to think one step ahead, or consider future events like a Chess game.

You must be decisive in your commands. As a team leader, your job is to set an overall goal and guide the general tactics of the team. You want to say, “We will do X” rather than “Do we want to do X?” to your team. It is fine to ask for suggestions, but do it sparingly. Indecisive leaders who ask, “Should we do X?” over and over will make team members uneasy.

Sometimes briefly telling your plan will help your team so they know what to expect. You can say, “We will go here to do X and then we will do Y.” Your team should always be mentally prepared.

Luzano.6983:

I can’t count how many times I’ve been Judge Intervention bombed by 5 Million ADBStyNoQQ Guardians to be Ring of Warding’d and just spammed knockdowns and holds. AND THEN ANOTHER GUARDIAN just loling at the doors to towers with another Ring of Warding. Fun times.

We have so many Norn Guardians/Warriors that I call them Space Marines.

Last night we had at least 3 Guardians and 1 Warrior that I can think of instantly.

Charrcat has a happy. Kills cat treat again. Was WuvW withdrawal one week. Bad super long time for Charrcat. Lots of sick. Cat barf everywhere. Doctor recommend Charrcat not fight red name or operate heavy machinery because of sick. But Charrcat short attention span go battle anyway. Withdrawal cure.

Charrcat must had PVE forever for legend weapon. Forgot what mean be mist warrior and kill things. Charrcat want be rainbowcat with staff thing. But long time get. Charrcat thank help from friend people for help from people for staff thing.

Need only precursor now. But Charrcat not sure if get cats on mars with space mission first or precursor get first.* In meantime, Charrcat take out frustration on fun Emmy Bays and Beeps.

Lots loot from cat treat though. So not so bad!

Good fights ECHO Emmy Bays others tonight. Fun times hope have more fun.

See everyone tomorrow!

-CHARRCAT

*Good send regular cat in space first before Charrcats, better safe than sorry

Hello Emmy Bays!

Charrcat very happy to see you.

Charrcat know Dindin* and Oozeman** yipe complain and make bad word about cullings and AOE things and zerg mentalities*** and lawn mowers**** in all the WuvW thread. Spread word of badness game mechanic.

Unfortunately say badness to enemy cat treat make thread bigger always and maybe waste of time. Charrcat not agree with drama post method which why Charrcat not post very much but make Wuv thread Sunday paper anyway for soap opera listing and ego boostings (am hypocrite).

Charrcat have tiny brain admittedly not super good at video game. So when sometime lead ally team like last night sometime do stupid thing, like build siege be stationary (BAD) and think counter portal, when forget Mes people can Blink Mass Invis.

Ohhhhhh. /MrPlinkett

Mobility betters.

It all learning experience. Charrcat never do this in Wuv thread before until now, but give [GH] ego boostings: ADQQSTY got butt kicked SE camp. Charrcat fault. Bad territory to fight but want fight anyway. Could have done betters. But now have learning things. Charrcat excited. Not think [GH] bad, do like [GH], because they have big brain than many guild server, good to fight.

So happy to see FTF ECHO GH and other again.

Had good fight last night want good fight some more.

With love and rip your face off,

Charrcat

*Dynnen
**Oozo
***Server mentality where zerg + sieging + take-and-hold > good fights
****Yum Cat Treats

Are you part of DR? Want to know the truth? Register at dre.guildlaunch.com today, DR’s official WVW website.

VileStrainGaming.6091:

Thanks man. I will have to tweek it more next time. Just learning how to make videos.

Next up: GRIMPI BIMPI THE MOVIE

CHARRCAT can’t wait. <3

DEAR EMMY BAYS,

CHARRCAT misses you very much, please come backs you were so cool to fight and wars so great, CHARRCAT cries misses Echo people and GH and FTF people and Rainbow Unicorns and SBI not good cat treat. Bored.

Please come soon would love kills you again.

WITH LOVE AND RIP YOUR FACE OFF,

CHARRCAT

CHARRCAT thanks FTF and EB for impromptu-ing’s Fight Clubs. Much fighting. Much training learnings. Good time. Then game update.

Cat nap sleep.

Sumwun.3846:

I’M WAS SO HAPPY MINE CUT OWN FINGER FOR BLEEDING ON PANCAKE TO THROW TO CHARRCAT FOR JOB GOOD DONE. GOOD CHARRCAT. GOOD CHARRCAT.

Om nom nom nom nom. CHARRCAT THANKS YOU.

CHARRCAT agree. Nice kind gentle good WVW thread and match. Good fights. More good fights. Cat treats.

Also see DR COMMANDER do things. DR TS. Impressed. CHARRCAT not sure if would like DR, but think DR nice now. CHARRCAT sorry for kill many DR family. Hope forgive forget, please don’t hurt CHARRCAT.

Eat blood and pancakes now. Favorite. Bye.

DarkElvenChic.2618:

Hehe, I got here Dec. 14th and didn’t really recall them. I was here when Kain was still the “red team” or actually in the lowest rank in the NA tiers, after DR’s departure from t8. Of course, I’m about as absentminded as it gets. Soooo…that could be my fault. Okay, it’s probably my fault! Shhhhhh!

Accidental epic trolls that lead to free badges FTW!
<(^.^<) (>^.^)>

CHARRCAT quite sure we were Ehmry at the time. Edit: Or ferg’s.

CHARRCAT needs to know team better! TINY BRAIN!!

DarkElvenChic.2618:

Some of us were a little confused on the guild name yeah…pretty sure you killed one of our warriors b/c he was too busy giggling at that name! ^.^

NoQQ went KANGING → Ferguson’s → Electronics Boutikitten Ehmry Bay → Devona’s. Long story. Through at least Sept to Nov, maybe mores, KANGING was tiny baby server.

Weeks back, on Ehmry WVW at least three people ask NoQQ “WHAT IS A KAINENG?”

Now they know.

Dhampyr.2104:

LOL were you part of that DR group, dude? You guys were handing it to us for a bit at the northern camp. That was some fun stuff. Kinda sad that you messed up my duel tho. xD

DEAR KANGING PERSON,

IF DR group was AD/Bsty/NoQQ/LARP people, then CHARRCAT apologizes for interrupting the duelings. North camp fights tonights was much fun, thank you.

CHARRCAT pretty sure Gab Superstar not DR.

WITH LOVE AND RIP YOUR FACE OFF,

CHARRCAT

P.S. CHARRCAT’S NoQQ guild name not actually troll, guild began on KANGING server and was there long time before change server. Was in DR/KAIN/FERG T8 time. But in current match-up NoQQ guild name sound really funny.

Skarloc.2569:

Four Score and Seven Years Ago Amazing

Dear Fergmuson Defendors,

CHARRCAT APPROVE THIS MESSAGE. ALL HAIL OUR GLORIOUS LEADER.

With love and rip your face off,

CHARRCAT