Guild Wars 2

Sleep != Fear.

It’s not collusion Sparkles, it’s strategy. Trust me, nothing was going on. We went to the south and took down the door. We rushed in and had no idea ET was on the other. We said “there’s two treb’s of theirs, let’s go take them”. We rushed in and then 30 of them rendered on us. We all backed off as a server and let ET push. When ET finally got down from the trebs, we sent a strike force, led by FoTN, to assasult their siege. We downed it all and then joined the main force.

So, of course you didn’t see us attack or fight them (though it did happen in a couple small skirmishes), but the major battle that could of happened didn’t because we decided as a server to let ET do the dirty work. Think what you will, but there was nothing happening. And don’t sit there and act like maybe the “big guilds” were the only one’s involved.

Arcturus.5846:

You have unspent skill points/traits.

I’m undecided, thanks.

Do your thing.

Dimok.6187:

Except only Henge out of that list continuously beats ET. Henge is the only server anyone on ET is really concerned with.

Funny, that’s the same consensus on SBI, lol.

I play a guardian, full support with shield/mace and staff and traits/utilities. I get constant bags of loot. There is no different in my guardian over my elementalist or warrior. Maybe you’re playing it wrong.

Get involved. Tow the line. Do your job.

VicSkimmr.3216:

so many people go for the skinny builds, it’s the body builder physique that’s where its at (males at least). it makes your gauntlets HUGE and the proportions seem so much better.

Fatty. :P

Le sigh. Please read other posts, and notice the developers understand that this is happening. Unreal.

I am one sexy little dude. My milkshake brings all the girls to the yard.

No one said gear wouldn’t matter. Everyone said gear will be equally obtainable for even the average gamer.

Melphina, it’s like you’re saying that I joined after the game had been out for years. I played the beta for 6 months before it was released, and I was playing the game the moment it came out. I was level 15 when I first did RvR along with everyone else that was that level.

Again folks, I’m not talking about class balance. That will work itself out, or never will. I am talking about this server score crap. Psy put it a great way by calling it what it is, an e-sport type system. It’s ridiculous and out of place in this type of system.

And for anyone else wondering. I am not a server jumper. My guild chose Stormbluff Isle the day the server list was released.

It’s the same gear. Invaders. Doesn’t change. sPvP has the different looking gear.

If you are sitting back and waiting on your long cool downs to support your team, you are doing it wrong, and badly.

Ravnis.5476:

Meh, all this removing queue talk sounds like is “My server has a bigger pop so i should get more people to zerg with” to me.

Also I recall DAoC RvR was completely and totally unbalanced until peopel started their own “gentlemans rules” 5v5 matches.

Zerging is what RvR/WvW is all about. You zerg the main force, and send small groups to defend important points on the map, create bottlenecks, etc. Zerging is not a bad thing. If you want more “structured” PvP, it is available to you in a nice package.

Sometimes you feel like a zerg, sometimes you don’t. I have my days where I want to just run with the crowd, and some days that I want to take supply camps and skirmish.

Cazio.2137:

Phaedryn.3698:

DAoC RvR was unballanced? I’m not sure what RvR YOU played, but that wasn’t my experience at all. Yes, some servers had realms that lost population leading to them doing poorly in RvR for some time, but that is the nature of such games and it is temporary.

The biggest issue with the queues in GW2 is that it makes it difficult to impossible to organize, coordinate, and respond in a timely manner to changing situations in the various borderlands.

I’m not sure what OP faction you played on but for those of us on the Underpowered factions it was unbalanced. Then again nostalgia is a wonderful thing and there is a lot of it going on in this thread.

I played all 3 factions, on 3 different servers (obviously). You are complaining that the faction you played on was “underpowered”… how so? Abilities? Server size?

Meh, I played all three faction during prime-time and had a char up to rr5+ in each. This means I was experienced. My Hib Nimue server experience was less stellar than the others. We were constantly outmanned, outgunned, and outplayed. We did make it through, and we did form alliances. That is the point.

Some days in PvP are good, others are bad.

Again, I am not talking about the balance of server size, or the balance of classes. I am simply saying that the point system sucks, it needs to be removed/replaced. Keep it hidden.

Cazio.2137:

DAOC was just as unbalanced as WvWvW is in GW2 today. People just tend to forget that part of DAOC.

Hrm, I played on Percival, Nimue, and Guinevere. I don’t know what “unbalanced RvR” you are referring to. Do you mean Alb, Hib, or Mid would dominate a server? Sure, they did, and took turns doing it. That’s when the other two forces would team up and crush the powerhouse. This happened ALL the time. That is what makes 3 faction PvP work so well. I could care less if one side dominates, this isn’t my issue. The issue is that WvW’s point system is discouraging and leads to people crying about unbalance. Who gives a rat’s petootie if one server is dominate, come back and crush them with alliances made over forums or by other means. The way the game is designed leads to people crying too much. Man up, take backs your orbs/relics, and then defend it.

My guild was dominate on Percival Mid. Blizzard contacted us as a guild and gave us a blanket invite to their alpha testing of WoW. We ran the largest and most successful alliance on the server Mid side. Even a year and a half after the majority of us left, the alliance and guild still held strong. THAT is what this game is about. (we are all old now, and most of us have multiple children, so times change)

Oh, and I editing to add Alliances and Alliance chat to the list. This is of UTMOST importance.

Yes, I would agree. The queues are a bit pointless. I was going to add this as one of my changes, but chose not to. I don’t see the point in them. The zones are huge, and some 100 v 100 would be stellar. I remember the slideshows that were gate defenses in RvR. I don’t think it’s a bad thing. It seems entirely low right now, especially with how large the maps are.

I don’t mind it being damaged, but it needs to be less damaged per death. Money isn’t easy in this game, that’s the real issue.

Well, I am not sure what they would want then. Holding keeps and orbs should be the entire point of WvW, but not for “points”, but rather for the glory. The point system is discouraging.

If I ever use it, I don’t call it “Hundred Blades”, I call it a “Yoda”. Same thing with my Line of Warding on my guardian. I don’t say “line of warding” or whatever else. I say I’m “gandalfing”…

“YOU SHALL NOT PASS!” – This is entirely hilarious in WvW. People running into it and falling down.

The other day I actually was using a greatsword in WvW and found another asura warrior. We both used Bull’s Charge at the same time, headbutting each other and both of us falling back. Same thinking, we both stand up immediately and begin to Yoda each other. Was hilarious.

I made this into a couple GIFs actually, though I actually don’t use the greatsword much. I use a hammer, longbow, sword/shield, axe/shield, and dual axes. Have a good one.

Hey Asura, I just met you,
And this is crazy,
But here’s my waypoint,
So port to me, maybe?

Awesome! This, as others have said, is what WvW should be all about. Congrats! Now buckle down and hold on to it for as long as possible. Kudos!

Return to a DAoC style RvR system.

ADD GUILD/SERVER ALLIANCE and ALLIANCE CHAT system! I can’t tell you the countless times our entire alliance would stop what we were doing and make our way to Svasud to defend on a Call to Arms. Do you know what it’s like to see a line of 50-100+ people making their way to war? IT’S FREAKING AWESOME!

Remove all queues. People will deal with the lag here and there, the zones are big enough to support it.

Make the Orbs the central point of WvW.

Give us a “Camelot Herald” type of a system/web page/in game webpage that lets other servers/the world know who has the orbs, etc. This would create even more server pride because you don’t want people to see your orbs in the hands of others.

Make controlling your own orb even more valuable. Make it give server pride.

Make them give a PvE bonus, making them invaluable. As far as I understand currently, it’s just a WvW bonus. Make it game wide.

Maybe give the winning team a bigger PvE bonus after the 2 week cycle they won. Give major incentive to make the WvW orbs worth the time and effort.

Whomever has the orbs the longest gets the longest bonus. Maybe all servers get a bonus, but it uses the length of owning an orb(s) as the coefficient for the length of the bonus’ time.

Maybe make some armor available only to the servers that have the highest score that they can transmute to for the next round. Maybe make Champion Points that can be used to purchase them.

Give us RvR titles. So, instead of “Stormbluff Isle Invander/Defender” people would see “Stormbluff Isle Wayfarer”, etc… Gear + title = awesome Wayfarer.

Give us special server titles based on WvW points earned.

Keep the points internal. We don’t need to see them. All this does is create the “Chicken Little” effect of “The Sky is Falling”.

I am loving the server community. I think it is doing well, but there needs to be something less demoralizing and better implemented.

This isn’t real life. In real life a ballista would down anyone in a single shot. These are anti-siege weapons, and giving them the ability to kill people in 2 shots pretty much makes them overpowered. They are meant as support. You have multiple ballista, how about you get together and mark targets, work together. If you are alone, then you shouldn’t be able to hold off the keep solo. You should be able to slow progress, but not rule the keep. I think they work fine. We’ve used them successfully in every siege or defense, I don’t see your problem other than feeling like you can’t one or two shot people as being weak.