Guild Wars 2

zen.6091:

As someone who has been weighing ET, DR, or AR, I am curious what made you choose ET. All three of these servers seem to be roughly equal and have good communities, and I’m about to just put three names in a hat and draw.

When I came to ET about 8 months ago along with my small guild, we were looking for a lower tier server where the few of us could make a difference. We transferred from AR back when they were a mid tier server and AR, BP and Ebay had been matched up for about the 100th week in a row. We shopped the lower servers and ET just seemed to have a lot of people eager to give info and were very welcoming.

Since then, obviously AR has dropped but seems to be back on their feet again. In recent matches ET, AR and DR have been very even (our recent matches ending within a few 1000 points of each other). AR and DR seem to have a stronger NA presence and we have a stronger EU/Oceanic presence.

I can really only speak to the quality of the people of ET, but I feel like there is a close community of us that just have a really fun time together. There are a tight core of people that seem to be on day in and day out on TS that are very good at all aspects of GW2 play. There are solid commanders, and I think because ET was at the bottom for so long, there’s a core of committed people that will fight it out no matter what the odds are.

I’ve really enjoyed being on ET, and I know if you decide to come to our server you’ll be warmly welcomed…

Hope that helps answer your question…

Thanks!

-Vyce

Just about a week left for free transfers… If you’re shopping around for a new home, come check out ET! Feel free to chat with us on http://eredonterrace.enjin.com or hop on our TS channel to get a better feel for who we are.

We’d love to have you on the team!

Welcome! Glad to have you aboard!

Helzy.4036:

I hope you guys do get some transfers so next time we face you we actually have someone to fight.

I thought it was a great fight last time we matched up… neck and neck to the very end. How ’bout we bury the hatchet and acknowledge the strengths that both AR and ET have…

Peace!

-Vyce

Sirendor.1394:

Would Eredon Terrace welcome a small EU-time guild mainly for havoc/small scale and ninjaing? Would you say it’s a good home for roaming?

We’d welcome you with open arms! We actually have a decent EU presence, and that means that your guild can go and ninja other objectives while the enemy is distracted defending against our main force. We have a very good communication on TS for coordination of this sort of thing.

As far as roaming goes, I often times run around solo with my Ele and grab camps (and even a tower once) and take on any baddies that happen by…

Anyway, we’d love to have you on ET if you feel it’s a good fit for you!

Please let us know if you have questions or need any other information.

Thanks!

-Vyce

KarlusDavius.1024:

I sincerely hope arena net take damage away. It amazes me the comments here that say it’s the only viable defence. I would throw down a counter to your counter but I feel it will fall on deaf, lazy ears.

Please do give a counter… it’s good to have conversation about both sides. However, so far there haven’t been offered any good options other than “get on some AC’s” and “use supply traps”.

As others say, ACs just don’t do the job. Superior rams can get the gates down before they’re destroyed and the zerg can just keep healing the rammers.

As for stealing supply, that works fine if you’re waiting in the tower before the zerg gets there, but most of the time (especially on my server where we sometimes have just a handful defending) you have to respond to swords on towers, and the rams are already up when you get in… stealing supply makes no difference.

It just doesn’t leave any good defensive options if you’re fighting outmanned… I’d be happy to hear if you have any other suggestions than the above.

insanemaniac.2456:

Vyceloch.1285:

insanemaniac.2456:

what is the source of this rumor

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/wuv/wuv/Cannon-destroying-rams-through-gate/first

I wanted to get it out there to Anet that I don’t think it’s a good idea, if the rumor’s true…

that post was unsubstantiated to my knowledge
feb 14 RU and this one dont mention wvw.

additionally, there is a precedent for the devs to make no balance changes during the season (but throw that out the window if the feature patch comes on the 18th or 25th). they arguably didnt stick to those guns with the much hated toxic crap in season 1, but no bugs were fixed, no wxp mastery lines were added, etc etc… and treb functionality would fall under that sort of thing.

i remain skeptical.

I hope you’re right! I just thought it was important enough to comment on in case it was true…

insanemaniac.2456:

what is the source of this rumor

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/wuv/wuv/Cannon-destroying-rams-through-gate/first

I wanted to get it out there to Anet that I don’t think it’s a good idea, if the rumor’s true…

KarlusDavius.1024:

That’s the POINT! Nothing should be impossible! It should be tough but never impossible.

I’ve said a number of times that it’s NOT impossible to take out the counter trebs in a tower… there are several ways to do so, and I’ve done it many times. Scout the tower. Oh, look, a door treb… let’s not place rams until we take it out. Use any of a number of methods, or, if you can’t figure out how to, go with catas. Using a door treb is no more simple or broken than using an AC, or ram or golem for that matter… why reduce the complexity of siege strategy?

KarlusDavius.1024:

Apologies but your wrong. Two superior ac’s in good positions can take out any rams at any door.

With your logic, then, why wouldn’t the 2 superior ACs be considered “broken” and unfair?

The difference is, with the treb, 1 person can make a difference in defending a tower if they plan ahead, spend 100 supply (often times running back and forth to a camp for 10 minutes) and watch the map. My guess is that you’re on a high population server and get mad when people stop your karma train.

There ARE ways of taking out trebs… you just have to be smart and plan ahead. Don’t you think that’s more fun than just “throw down rams… take tower… rinse… repeat….”?

KarlusDavius.1024:

Finally! It’s about time.

People need to learn to siege towers better. It’s a Broken mechanic. Always has been and I’ll be crazy happy if this change happens. Don’t get me wrong, I’m HAPPY for poison to still apply, that’s clever, but just damaging through a gate is a bad thing.

Learn how to place arrow carts, supply traps and how to destroy rams the proper ways rather than a cheese, non counter play mechanic. Stop them building rams in the first place and your life will be far easier.

Just saying it’s a broken mechanic doesn’t make it so… creative treb placement IS a way to “siege towers better”. If you’re smart, you can counter nearly any defensive treb. What makes this game interesting is having to think ahead several steps of strategy to take an objective (as someone said above, chess, not checkers). With the power of rams with mastery without the treb counter, zergs will win… one dimensional and boring. An AC (even superior) just doesn’t do enough dps to destroy the rams before even a reinforced gate goes down. And outmanned servers often don’t have the manpower to babysit and be there before the zerg arrives to steal supply and prevent the rams from being built. The way trebs work now, it’s an equalizer. It gives us small servers a chance, and it makes defending fun. Again, please don’t take this away, Anet!

Thanks!

Bertrand.3057:

It would be a terrible idea to do this. Right now it’s the only defensive measure if your server is outnumbered off hours, and even then this doesn’t work against omegas.

There are ways for a few people to counter omegas, but if they take away treb damage on rams at gates, there will be very little chance of being able to counter a zerg attacking a tower or keep. It will remove a key defensive strategy, and will make for a more boring game, IMO…

I’m part of a small WVW guild that transferred to ET about 8 months ago. We were leaving a server that had a lot of infighting and wanted a place where we thought we might be able to make a difference, so we looked at the lower tiers. We all guested different servers and asked about transferring, and I happened to guest ET. As soon as I started asking around we were enthusiastically welcomed to the ET WVW community (something that we didn’t find on other servers we shopped).

We are extremely happy that we chose ET! Following are some of the things that we’ve found make ET great:

- Fantastic community of WVW players (not a lot of drama, and everyone’s friendly)

- Great use of TeamSpeak to coordinate (I hate using map chat to warn of an incoming attack while I’m running away from 30 incoming enemies, or trying to spot for a treb through map chat)

- Fantastic leaders that coordinate well (most of the commanders are on TS, and they work great together… most of the commanders we have are top notch at strategy and tactics)

- Server small enough that you can make a difference (not only do I feel like my small guild has made a difference, but ET is very responsive when I call out threats and respond quickly)

- ET small enough to not have lag/queues (tired of laggy zerg-fests and long queue waits? This hardly ever happens on ET)

- ET is a stable server (being in last place for so long has weeded out the fair-weather players, so ET is filled with people that will fight hard even against long odds.)

- ET is moving up! Over the past several months we’ve been competitive with bronze tier servers, winning 6 of our last 9 weeks… we even had 695 ppt this week!

- ET is FREE! Come join us March 18-27 for Free! So, if you’re consider transferring somewhere, we’d love to have you!

We welcome you to ET! Come join a great server, you won’t be disappointed!

Apparently there’s a rumor that Anet is going to remove treb damage to rams through gates. I think this is a horrible idea because as a lower tier server that is often outmanned, this is usually the ONLY way we can hold a tower against greater population servers. Removing this would take away a key part of defensive strategy and take a lot of the fun away from the game for defensive players like myself.

Please Anet, do not do this!

I’d be interested to hear other’s opinions on this…

Thanks!

3 manned hills… So, at least we have that going for us.

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I’m part of a small WVW guild that transferred to ET about 3 months ago. We were leaving a server that had a lot of infighting and wanted a place where we thought we might be able to make a difference, so we looked at the lower tiers. We all guested different servers and asked about transferring, and I happened to guest ET. As soon as I started asking around, WarLord (IOM commander) immediately messaged me and enthusiastically welcomed us to the ET WVW community (something that we didn’t find on other servers we shopped).

We are extremely happy that we chose ET! Following are some of the things that we’ve found make ET great:

- Fantastic community of WVW players (not a lot of drama, and everyone’s friendly)

- Great use of TeamSpeak to coordinate (I hate using map chat to warn of an incoming attack while I’m running away from 30 incoming enemies, or trying to spot for a treb through map chat)

- Fantastic leaders that coordinate well (most of the commanders are on TS, and they work great together… most of the commanders we have are top notch at strategy and tactics)

- Server small enough that you can make a difference (not only do I feel like my small guild has made a difference, but ET is very responsive when I call out threats and respond quickly)

- ET small enough to not have lag/queues (tired of laggy zerg-fests and long queue waits? This hardly ever happens on ET)

- ET is moving up (we’ve gone from rank 24 when we joined to rank 20. We’ve consistently gained in evolution nearly every week over the past several months)

- ET is a stable server (being in last place for so long has weeded out the fair-weather players, so ET if filled with people that will fight hard even against long odds. We’ve been matched up with a bunch of higher servers recently, and we get a lot of comments about how they are surprised at how tough we are at ET)

We welcome you to ET! Come join a great server, you won’t be disappointed!

Steve Whitley.8359:

Yep that’s how it went down (@sioux I remember seeing you on the ar/eBay threads).

I know one of our commanders (and possibly small guild) came to ET. I hoped they kept their guild name but if you happen to see davitlee online say hey from AR and tell em to get online so we can collect their badges

We’re JAWA now… unfortunately, we have not had much of a chance to play since transferring due to RL stuff for most of the guild (Davitlee’s cries and makes stinky diapers). I’ve probably been the one that’s played the most since we moved to ET.

Even before ALS and others transferred, we were talking about moving to the lowest tier to get more skirmish fights rather than 24/7 zerg-fest… (although SF has numbers that seem to match mid servers that we used to fight with AR). Then, when things started to fall apart at AR, we figured it was a good time to pull the trigger. I’m surprised how fast AR dropped down to tier 8, though… I knew things would be rough when our main guilds left, but I thought it would be months, if ever, before ET would be matched up with you.

We really liked a lot of you all, and I’ve been only focusing on SF this week (haven’t stepped foot into ARBL). I think we’re going to have a really good matchup when it’s us, AR and FC… I’m looking forward to that.

As far as you collecting our badges, when all 5 of us JAWA guys are on, I’d like to see you try… just make sure you bring everyone left on the AR server with you.

Take care, and good luck to you all on AR!

Setun.4368:

Questionable ability being able to hit our arrow cart where it’s next to impossible to target if you’re not in the tower itself. For shame AR’s kitten guild, for shame.

Hey, that’s me! I actually made the forums! I’m famous!

BTW, Dragon Tooth is not line of sight. If you back up just far enough, you can target the arrow cart on the hill, so yes, next to impossible, but alas, not “literally” impossible.

So, I’m not that ashamed. Sorry.

Peace!