Guild Wars 2

I’m quite aware of that. I can’t seem to decide if a female voice would be so irratating for me or not. .

I ended up hating my female sylvari because of her voice. =<

I’m just curious as to why people chose their genders on their Asura.

I’m making a new elementalist and now I’m debating if I should make another female (who is a ranger) or make ’em a male one.

I’m more concerned about the voice acting, since I would prefer to have my little asura friend sound awesome as s/he/(it?) blows them up into smithereens with dragon tooth. I’m currently leaning towards getting a male one, but I like female asuras too and most of my characters are female. (Save for a male Sylvari mesmer… Because Plant Men are awesome.)

No, don’t tell me to get a sex change later, because that’ll result me in changing his/her/(its?) name as well. (Plus moneh is an issue.)

Danke.

I’ve been trying this build out in SPvP and TPvP! I’ve never had so much fun with this as much as ever! I’m actually addicted to PvP on my mesmer almost as much as my guardian. xD

I should try Scepter/Pistol as well, but I’ve been rockin’ with both Staff and GS. I love the utility on Staff skills!

Anyway, I’m using the same runes, but I am using Sigil of Leeching for the 2-handed weapons and the same sigils you used for Sword/Torch. Since PvP is quite different than WvW/PvE, I’m using a Berserker amulet with Rampager’s jewel in it.

It did take me a few matches to get used to the playstyle, but it is reminiscent of being an assassin hidden in plain sight to get a burst out. I’m still trying to get Sword 2 to work to my favor, because I always miss with it.

Anyway, thanks so much for the fun build!

If SoR doesn’t get into T1 due to the same match up right now, it’ll probably stay T2 with those guys. =P

Salluks, this is because SEE is probably doing a blackout to get some guild transfers in right away. So once this is all settled, you’ll be able to see what kind of prices you’re going to be paying at to get in.

But I’m also relegating to the population is in terms of pve vs wvw ratio is as well. Using your example, that means that FSP is in a lower tier bracket because most of their population is just content with their PvE content and doesn’t really care much for WvW.

Sunspots.9861:

I proposed this idea a long time ago and it got shot down pretty quick, but I’ll put it out there again. Why not a faction based set of borderlands completely unrelated to the greater wvw where people can just jump in and play on randomly distributed teams. Most of us don’t really care about the overall score, we jsut want to get in and have some fun. It could just be overflows on top of overflows as long as the numbers were equal.

Kinda like the snowball game back in Wintersday? I’d like that, to be honest. And have capture the flag too.

salluks.6017:

kreese.9461:

The problem here is that the EU and US are separate systems – if you are on a EU server you can’t guest on a US one and vice versa – so to make this happen they need to remove that barrier which i would like for them to do but don’t see it happening soon

I don’t know much about technicalities but it doesn’t seem to be a problem in a lot of other games using this system.

Right now ANet has set this up so that EU and NA are on separate systems. Eventually this will be fixed, but with what you’re saying is that this REALLY shouldn’t be a problem.

Factions would allow a server (or players, if it was implemented on a player-wide basis), to not worry about coverage at weird awkward times like oceanic for NA servers and NA for EU servers, since they will be sharing the same player base selected from the servers set up in the current faction.

What the OP is saying that we have factions and not servers. It’s like Horde and Alliance in WoW, or something like that. (Making an assumption, so hit me on the head if I’m wrong.)

Instead of having so many factions, there should be a league of teams or something like that, and servers will be rotated there based on tiers and stuff.

ie) Desolation, YB and SoR in a team league called Vigil’s Watch, while SoS, IoJ and HoD in something called Ascalonian Keepers. The factions will be led into their own map and server time where they can WvW for points and stuff like that.

(Again, I just threw several servers together. GG)

I like this idea but it does really need fleshing out.

Being from SBI, I can’t help but say we’re also in the same boat as you. Your feelings have pretty much reflected how much I feel about this.

All of our WvW dedicated guilds left since, like you, our player base pretty much content with PVE content, and that they have realized that in order to be competitive, they gotta swim with the big guys.

Just gotta keep going with what we have, right? Besides, I’m only hoping for a balanced match up once things settle down.

Yeah, you’re right. They didn’t join SoR for winning, they actually want the excitement of being in T1 again.

I can’t really blame them. The issues that SBI had were very faint and unrelenting, but the whole free transfers ending just accelerated the whole thing.

In truth, I can only speak for myself when I said that SBI is just tired of the unbalanced matchups we’ve been going through. We just no longer have the motivation or the numbers to keep up with other servers. It’s probably better for us to drop tier and rebuild, with what we have left anyway.

The only question is, will it do so? We seriously hope not to be like HoD.

I’d also prefer a balanced T3/T4, even though SBI got decimated. A lot of us wanted to drop in tier in order to rebuild and refine what we have learned so far.

And because we’re tired of having zerg vs zerg each time, since a lot of the guilds got burned out. I think that’s the mistake of all these guilds transferring made; the fact that they decide to try to own the server as if it’s their own, but WvW has always been a dynamic monster that can’t be tamed.

D= So that’s where all the pinoys are. I was kinda curious where they went.

SBI is most likely T4 material for sure. If it’s best case, it’ll fall T3. Worst case is going into T5.

Either way, I’d like taking a break from the game that’s all about who has the biggest zerg.

I seriously support this, being a warmaster myself.

another shameless bump xP

just transferred to the server this weekend, my advice refrain from making the same error im sure SBI is a nice server but wvw community and thier play ability is a mess.

serious i made a large error in my judgement so take heed. so far after few days of this the next 5 days before i can transfer again wont come fast enough.

argue bicker and fail is all i can see gl SBI

Just remember we are STILL recovering from losing A LOT of our guilds and WvW presence recently, starting back when WM left. Give us some time to recover from that. This is still a very delicate time for ALL servers, so consider that.

And because of this, a lot of people are still QQing about all the server transfers right now.

Gannicus.4132:

Perhaps if you wanted to do more than to follow a blue icon around meaninglessly for hours on a map, you should come join SBI.

I hate to say but that is completely uncalled for. We used to have a few havoc squads running around mostly coming from smaller guilds, but they also left to join the bigger action in bigger servers like JQ and SoR.

And neither of those guilds have people sporting commander icons.

Jayne.9251:

Star Lancer.2901:

Jayne.9251:

Tallis.5607:

Urrid.4593:

I don’t want to win I want to enjoy the community we had. Splitting TC into VoIP and not VoIP has been something I’ve opposed since day one.

I will still be around hoping for good things come February but the state of our WvW community and the state of the game is not helping.

Go ahead and yell at me in game I’ve put in my weeks and months.

Can I hug you instead? :-)

I think that TC’s problem is that some people want this to be a T1 WWW server, with chains of command and common communication networks and daily meetings and what not.

Most of TC is not like that. Most are a group of people for who WWW is fun by itself by itself, not just when we win.

Lately there has been attempts by some to become a pro-WWW server. To be a pro-server you need (due to game mechanics) a zerg-only mentality where people follow orders.

This is never gonne happen on TC. The sooner everyone in TC realises that, the better.

So, no, Coral, I won’t yell at you for voicing the opinion of alot of people on this server. I will yell at your side.

We can make signs and stuff!

Can the signs have bunnies on them?

I ain’t TC, but can I have buttons with ponies on them?

There’s nothing more menacing than an angry rabbit. Ask Monty Python. /nod

Got that straight.

Desterion.6407:

It was a mistake for it to last more than a few weeks after release. The announcement 100% killed isle of janthir. Many of us were happy to continue fighting then the announcement hit guilds had a snowball effect of leaving the server. I don’t expect it to ever recover.

This also killed SBI here. I think we’re in the same boat.

Jayne.9251:

Tallis.5607:

Urrid.4593:

I don’t want to win I want to enjoy the community we had. Splitting TC into VoIP and not VoIP has been something I’ve opposed since day one.

I will still be around hoping for good things come February but the state of our WvW community and the state of the game is not helping.

Go ahead and yell at me in game I’ve put in my weeks and months.

Can I hug you instead? :-)

I think that TC’s problem is that some people want this to be a T1 WWW server, with chains of command and common communication networks and daily meetings and what not.

Most of TC is not like that. Most are a group of people for who WWW is fun by itself by itself, not just when we win.

Lately there has been attempts by some to become a pro-WWW server. To be a pro-server you need (due to game mechanics) a zerg-only mentality where people follow orders.

This is never gonne happen on TC. The sooner everyone in TC realises that, the better.

So, no, Coral, I won’t yell at you for voicing the opinion of alot of people on this server. I will yell at your side.

We can make signs and stuff!

Can the signs have bunnies on them?

I ain’t TC, but can I have buttons with ponies on them?

Thanks for your support guys. <3

I should definitely put We were in T1 somewhere, but I’m a bit lazy to say otherwise.

Skysophrenic.6378:

I propose more golems – make 20 of them on all sides. Then have a 3 way with them. Golems vs golems vs golems.

Make this with CANDY CORN GOLEMS.

WE NEED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

Lauren.3061:

gvaughn.4163:

I present to you, Humans, Charr, Norn and Asura alike, the very attitude that is poison to a population and an attitude which, I feel, is poisoning WvW.

Hmm… Sylvari got left out here too. Though I imagine that’s maybe because they are resistant to Zhaitan’s corruption!

Ha, but they turn into risen grubs when killed. I DON’T KNOW HOW!

Oh my god, this is probably the best way to think of it! We’re actually get balanced!

This is from SBI, who is currently falling from T2.

If we do fall from T2 and possibly end up with you guys, I’m actually looking forward to this!

I just want to ask all you TCers since I do want to wander into your RP community. Is it possible for me to do so with guesting? =P

I really don’t want to transfer from SBI, but I do want to see where most of this happens.

earendil.1290:

What would have been the alternative ? Suddenly drop the bomb and have people tied to the place they were ? Do you think this would have been a better option ?

The only thing I would have liked would have been New content first, paid transfers after. Maybe the new content will hurt servers with higher populations – so people choosing to Xfer would have been aware of.

QFT.

If ANet had handled this differently, as in to put in new content first, people would reconsider why they are transferring in the first place. The new content would mean “Oh, we should stay here because have more chances of getting it”. People are transferring because of the current meta without knowing what the new shinies are.

In essence, they are really are hurting themselves, but I do think ANet handled it poorly.

I guess this goes for the same thing with all the QQing about AoE, since it now reflects the current zerg mentality of WvW.

Hi guys, Stormbluff Isle here. We’re now looking for new guilds, smaller or bigger ones, to weather the storm we are now facing through and take advantage of the current free transfers to go with the future.

To all our current brothers and sisters: I salute you. You’ve been with us through thick and thin and held your chin up high despite all things going against us. (Psst, help me recruit people!)

To those who have left us: I wish you luck in your current endeavours. You will always be our comrades at arms, even if it means that we will now start chucking swords at each other.

Now to the potential recruits: as you may have seen, we’ve just lost a lot of guilds that were our WvW presence. We are also calling out to current guilds in SBI who are looking for a new dimension in their game. Our falling from T1 and perhaps T2 is not saying we have thrown the towel; we are still fighting. I see this as an opportunity for anyone who wants to make their presence known in the server, whether you are a small guild or a big one. In fact, we are looking forward to making our server known that we can wreck faces even with the outmanned buff on. If the current trend is going, we might not even have to face giant zergs all day, every day!

So what does the server offer you?

• With the current influx of guilds running towards other T1/T2 servers, their queue times will be outlandishly bleh. In comparison, our queues won’t be as bad then! Like I said, we lost a lot of presence in a lot of places. This is your chance to shine!
• A great community with the mentality of constantly growing and the “never give up attitude”. This is what earned us the title of being underdogs, but remember our bite is just as hard as our bark.
• Our players know how to pvp.
• We have a lot of dedicated commanders. We never give up.
• We NEVER ever encourage cheaters! We’ll report them on sight!
• We promote on being friendly and mutual respect. Props to our opponents, for giving us the best fights everywhere!

As I have said, if you are reading this and are looking forward to glory in WvW, this is your chance to shine! We will be waiting and looking forward to fighting with you with open arms.

If you’d like to see our server website, join us at Stormbluff Isle . A lot of our info is right there!

Looking forward to seeing you in the mists!

Maladon.5760:

earendil.1290:

SBI here.

First – the guilds that moved from SBI to SoR (Mord, Yaki, Syn, SSQ and the rest) were always great and dedicated people – nothing but respect and admiration for them.

I’m sure these guys are all good people. However, SBI as a server…all of us, participated in the losses that landed us in Tier 2. Now it’s time to suffer the consequences of those losses and start rebuilding but instead we’re hit with a mass exodus of our players. To add insult to injury, many of them have joined our current enemy. I agree with earendil in hoping these people find what they’re looking for but there’s nothing about this that I can respect or admire.

Sometimes you just have to take your medicine. That’s what those of us who are left on SBI are doing. The fact that we’re having to take extra doses because of our deserters is just something we’re going to have to choke down. I honestly never would have predicted the level of defection we’re experiencing but then again, when you’re winning everyone’s a team player. No worries though, we’ll still fight the good fight and hopefully get some stability in the near future.

The only thing we gotta do now is to recuperate and recover. And stay true to what we are.

SBI may no longer be a true pvp server, but we’d show that we’re still here kicking some kittens.

It’s kind of sad that most people would disregard this whole thread because they can’t spend a few minutes digesting what they just read and try to understand what is being posted.

Risingashes.8694:

I agree with what you’re saying. My change was really only focused on reducing the frustration of bags of loot.

Rewards should really be focused on objectives rather than kills, the problem being rewarding kills is important to avoid people gaming the system or just ignoring enemies, but at the same time rewarding support also tends to easily lead to mix-max behavior where people will go around AE healing people when doing such isn’t actually helpful.

With that, I do believe that the general consensus is that the badges must be redone in concept. Maybe set a fixed amount of badges for completing objectives so that all participants get it too.

^ Maybe not. Take what I just typed with a grain of salt.

A lot of these I seem to agree with completely. It’s hard to hotjoin in WvW because it’s either boring (if you’re winning) or your server is getting steamrolled.

That and walking across the map to help defend or joining a zerg is boring.

I do think that flipping certain camps should give more reward though.

And another note: if your suggestion for rewarding kills is implemented, how would support-geared characters get their fair share? Right now the current system really supports people who gets exp because they tagged someone.

Otherwise, I really like a lot of your post and hope that ANet would eventually implement (not holding my breath) some of these in the future.