Guild Wars 2

Vaxx.3178:

TGSlasher.1458:

Don’t worry, us elementalists are in the same boat. Also the elementalist forums seem almost dead, 10 posts a day, usually QQ or new players. Anything not QQ is answered with Ele is dead.

WTB bug fixes and pet performance enhancement for next patch

So its bad that I leveled and geared my Ranger, and am working on an Ele now? LOL. <—— sad laugh btw.

My main is a ele… After being nerfed over and over and over and over, I decided it was time to move on and came to the ranger.. just my luck that it is the other most hated class by Anet. I’m thinking it may be time to move on to another game… bg anet

Anything that promotes small group play or open field combat is good in my perspective. Atleast the new points don’t involve PvD.

And to the people saying they added sPvP in WvW… take a look around. The whole WvW map has always been capture and hold points. Some just have walls around them.

Anything that promotes small group play or open field combat is good in my perspective. Atleast the new points don’t involve PvD.

And to the people saying they added sPvP in WvW… take a look around. The whole WvW map has always been capture and hold points. some just have walls around them.

Anyone know this? I am curious to watch.

Khayoss.2019:

Video games, especially of the fantasy variety, actually DO define what words mean. That’s the entire point of them. Guild Wars 2’s tagline is “Enter a living, breathing fantasy world.”

Sad thing here is that the name of the game Guild Wars isn’t even reflected on in the actual game. Ironic right?

But on topic, I roam all the time on my elementalist(my main) and it is just a fact that classes like the warrior and thief will always be able to disengage you unless you are smart about your cc usage. Even then it requires some luck. Their mobility is just ridiculous. I wouldn’t say that people being able to disengage a fight is a ranger issue directly. At all. Because most classes deal with this same issue as well when 1v1. I think it comes down to this, just like Anet nerfed Ride the Lightning to where it doubles the CD if you don’t hit your target, they need to implement some penalty to abilities like rush that is meant to be a engaging ability not disengaging. In my opinion, this would fix or atleast help the OPness of some classes ability to disengage in WvW. Just a thought… Anet you did it to one class, why not do it to all?

Durzlla.6295:

jpnova.4572:

I have been away from the game for several months and am touching on the possibility of a Longbow Ranger again. Last time I did, it wasn’t a viable set up.

I am looking to try Power and Crit based builds.

Spirit: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQJATRjEVV1NVeVg2Bgli9CkpQRGdPKl0TrQJSA-jEyAYrARQAoCQJviox2GKiGruGT5SEVbwLiWtQAjGDA-w

Wilderness: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQJATRjEVV2BWKWo2Bgli9CszgTL5MUkRA-jUxAYrAl8KiGbboIas6aMlLRUNA-w

Full zerker’s gear, I might mix some Cavalier’s gear in. I intend to carry two LBs one with Sigil of Bloodlust the other perhaps a damage or crit chance boost.

Signets have been working AMAZINGLY well for my LB build, been running LB + Sword/Dagger (in pvp) with sigs, build is 30/20/0/0/20, it’s been giving me some really good success, and i’m enjoying it greatly, takes out spirit rangers pretty well too which is always a plus!

I’m interested in seeing your build. Do you mind posting it?

Thanks for all the positive posts. So I think what I am going to do is level my ranger to 80 and use LB/GS as my main weapons. I want to build a power/crit ranger and am interested to see if anyone has any builds they could suggest for this in WvW. I am thinking something like 30/30/10/0/0 with zerker trinkets and valkyrie/knights armor and zerker weapons. I don’t know what this would come out to but I am trying to find a balance between high power, precision, crit chance, and crit damage. With 16K+ hp and any kind of toughness that I can gather up.. Will use consumables for toughness or vitality probably.

I need help in at least getting a starting build going though so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Can anyone suggest a good GS/LB build?

Hey guys, I have a few questions regarding ranger in WvW. First of all, I want to tell you guys what I am going for. I am trying to figure out if the ranger meets the playstyle/qualities that i want in a class for WvW. The qualities are below.

Great DPS on single target
Good Cleaves
Good at range and melee
Good Survivability
Good Mobility
Decent utility (more of a roamer than a grouper)
Decent CC

I have leveled my ranger to 60 and I actually enjoy him a lot, but after coming to these forums and reading about the ranger in WvW and having the negative dmg % for having a pet that will always be dead has got me questioning the ranger as the best option for me. I don’t mind pets, but I wonder/am doubtful about their usefulness in small scale to large scale battles. I also don’t care for spirits(except maybe frost) so please don’t suggest a spirit ranger for me!

The one other class I am considering that I think would be close to what I am looking for is a warrior with Rifle/GS or Rifle/Sword&Shield. The high damage on rifle is appealing to me, but it kind of lacks a second weapon set that I really like. For the ranger I am thinking I will play with either LB/GS or GS/Sword&Dagger. I absolutely love the GS and Sword/Dagger abilities as a ranger which is part of the reason I have gone so far with it, but I am afraid that this won’t be a viable decision at 80 in WvW.

The only reason I have come here to dicuss this is because I do not have the time to level two characters to 80 and if the warrior turns out to be the better choice then I’d rather change now then later.

So what are your thoughts on Ranger vs Warrior when taking into consideration all that I have said as far as my playstyle preference and qualities that I consider important in a class?

I’d like to mostly hear from people that have had experience with both classes in WvW, but will accept all input! Thanks for your responses.

kiba.2768:

almost 1800 hours on my main guard that only uses gs//1hs/sh.

i don’t think i need to talk about the merits of gs/1hs. ret, leap, tele, etc….

i find shield invaluable in w3 for small group and zvz. 1v1 it is not so good because the long cd can really screw you if you don’t time 5 correctly. 4 really shines in small groups because the added protection is amazing for your party. i always trait for honorable shield because it allows me to take a zerker set without losing as much armor.

one of my favorite moments to relive every chance i get is defending(or taking) hills. pile up a party of guards and leapfrog on the bridge from lord’s room all while covering each other with 5. pop stability beforehand and use it as a phalanx would be used. you will not only push everyone without stability OFF the bridge, but make way for your zerg to push through to take or defend lord’s.

i also use it with certain terrain to hilarious and advantageous effect. if you’re running a medi build, JI to target near cliff and 5. game over and you’ll run off laughing. if you’re fighting near a cliff or bridge, you guessed it. 5. wait for them to pop stability and you’re set. it can also buy some time when setting up rams if people are ranging from walkways.

i never leave home without it and it never leaves my rotation of weapons be it sword or scepter.

Thanks for your response. Can you tell me what traits/armor you use?

akamon.2769:

i find shield immensely useful in WvW/PvP (heck, even in PvE i can find it useful and fun). plus, hard to beat the sword and shield look. ; )))

i remember seeing a guide using sword/shield here on the forums somewhere. will try to dig it up for you, but definitely useable.

Awesome, that would be a lot of help if you can find it!

I’m curious about making a guardian and wanted to know if a GS and Sword/Shield weapon combo is ever used or if there is any builds that utilize this combo. I mainly WvW so I need answers that focus around that. I’m looking for a DPS guardian build that utilizes the shield as defense. Along with GS and sword for damage output. Let me know if this weapon set is even viable because I have yet to see a guardian build on any of the stickied topics that utilizes sword/shield.

Zoij.3498:

I too went for a planty theme. Not sure if the illumination dye is overdoing it and I should just go with the pure green with the desert rose as highlight.

That is actually one of the best looking sets I have seen. Well done!

panda the chop chop.4712:

it all depends on how you want to play, for instance you can Aoe an area and just keep doing that, or you can choose one target and see him through to death(; it all depend on a teir 1 what ivedone was stay on a focused aoe area, on my ranger i used piercing arrows so regardless of who i hit its passes through and hit more one target on a lower teir their are still alot of great effect to aoeing no matter where you are but youll have the chance to have a more personal and skill applying feeling than just running back and forth stacking might, applying boons, stability, and aoeing as large groups or zergs you can get a real feel of 1-10 man small teams where your skill is actually what you would need to determine who to target and when ect. ect. hope this help a little with these two scenario to have an idea of what way to target

Thanks for your response, but I am not talking about who or when to target someone or how to AoE for that matter. I am talking about the actual mechanic of targeting. Is there a better way to target an individual in PvP(WvW) than left clicking them or tab targeting??

Hey guys, I just have one quick question about targeting in WvW..

What do you guys do to target individuals while fighting in WvW? What is the most efficient method???

I have tried tab targetting, but I always get the annoying pets and it seems you can never get the actual target you are aiming for. Clicking is another option but it hinders your movement along with players being hard to click because of so much movement on their part. I need some help here. I am finding myself getting very frustrated when it takes me so long to target the player that I want. Any advice would be appreciated.

HALP! O.o

Do yall have suggestions on what utilities to run on a rifle warrior and what is a good secondary weapon set to compliment rifle?

Would yall say that rifle warrior is a fun weapon to play or is it bland and boring? I am trying to decide between creating a theif vs warrior. I have tried them both in sPvP but can’t really scope what it is going to be like in WvW. I like that the rifle is unique and not many people play it, but I want it to be engaging and fun to where I don’t get bored of it quickly.

Chris.3290:

I would actually recommend TC, as they always have some people on (just not large mega-groups like the other T1 servers).
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Waiting for the veins to burst on the foreheads of the JQ guys who saw that I called TC T1.

Hah, thats fine with me. You guys can fight BG and SoR all you want. I don’t miss it.. We were always outnumbered in T1 anyway. Although outnumbering t2 and t3 is rather boring. I miss the JQvsTCvsX matchup… That week was the best WvW

Ok, so far pretty negative towards rifle. Anyone else have any other opinions/builds on rifle warriors in WvW?

Hello battle beaten blood thirsty warriors.

I play a elementalist as my main, but am interested in possibly taking a warrior to 80. I have become interested in playing a class that uses rifles and I was thinking that Engineer would be the class for this. But once I looked into their rifle skills, it seemed their “rifle” was more like a shotgun. So I looked to warrior.. It seems the warriors rifle skills are more of what I am looking for. I have seen some warriors do some crazy damage with the rifle which intrigued me. So I wanted to get the warrior community’s opinion on some things.

Firstly, I love to WvW so my questions are based around this and hopefully your answers will be solely for WvW.

I am interested in what you guys think about the rifle as a primary weapon in WvW(viable?). Also what would you guys say is a good secondary weapon set that compliments the rifle? I heard Rifle and Axe/Shield is good?

Can yall recommend any builds that focus on the rifle?

Any pros/cons to rifle? Or why other weapons are a better choice in WvW?

Thanks in advance for your answers/advice!

JJBigs.8456:

These people are not fully reading your post. Blackgate is the only true answer. Do not listen to their propaganda. If you read the recruitment forums, ALL those serveres mentioned above have SIGNIFICANT coverage lapses and have significant organization problems. Jade Quarry is far from 24/7 coverage. You will be left with no one to play with in outmanned maps during several hours. SoR admits having population issues during SEA and during EU good luck finding a group that’s actually tagged up unless your in a guild.

Blackgate is the only server with 24/7 coverage, that accepts pugs, doesn’t tell you to get on TS or run X build that I can honestly say you wll be happy no matter what time you get on to play. Also the other servers suffer from ~100 PPT at times, or even ~150 ppt, which makes things not fun. Do you really want to only own your garrison in borderlan and EB and nothing else having serveres trample over you?

Fun WvW with coverage = tier 1, which exludes many. SoR is decent but admittly themselves lacks coverage. BG is the only server that fits your criteria.

Fun wise, I have never played on it, but TC seems to be the most relaxed, chill, “type in map chat happy”. fun server but still suffers coverage issues . i.e. outmanned

I didn’t want to go down this road, but… this is such bs. In my opinion, BG is the last server you should transfer to, unless you like longggg que times, and blobs and blobs of zergs that continuously outman your opponents. There is little to no skill or reward for joining BG right now unless you just want to mindlessly follow a zerg around and press 1. Yes maybe they have better coverage than any other server and currently are winning t1, but trust me when I say there is little to be gained in joining a server like BG (in its current state).

There are plently of other servers that not only you would benefit from, but the server would too. JQ is one of those servers. We do find ourselves outmanned quite a bit in some borderlands, but that is because we constantly fight against two stacked servers, BG and SoR. That does not mean we have low numbers, it basically means the others servers are running at full capacity(with ques). Being the underdog in T1 and still putting up great fights is rewarding in itself, but JQ also has a great community with dedicated WvW players. We have a bunch of WvW guilds, and even more skilled WvW players to assist you on the battlefield.

In short, OP, If you are looking for a server that is rewarding AND also meets the wants and needs that you mentioned in your post, go with JQ.

covenn.7165:

The only thing celestial gear accomplishes for our class is making us mediocre across the board.

which is what we are with any gear..

Lowercaserocket.8924:

I’m looking for a server that always has a strong wvw presence as i do not have a set time from i can play in. I am also looking for a server that will be fun to play on with not a bunch of kittens running around saying oh you are not running this build then you are a scrub …. i just want a server i can hop on and play for the time i have and still have fun doing it with it always being populated in wvw

I play on JQ and it would definitely fit what you are looking for. We always have active players in WvW. This is a similar reason that I transferred to JQ and I haven’t ever looked back. The community is great as well. You can’t go wrong with JQ! Also, other than reset days we usually have ~2 maps that aren’t full during NA primetime.

You can always be a 0/10/0/30/30 support/tank ele, but expect to hit like a tree twig waving in the wind.

Personally I like the 0/15/10/15/30 build. Has a bit of defense, with a good amount of offense. It is a little more risky than the first build I mentioned though.

I run D/D by the way.

S/D is good as well if you want to be bursty. If so, run a 0/30/10/0/30 or 0/30/0/10/30 build.

Xunleashed.5271:

Hi, I’m very exeprienced with builds and have like every ascended kind of trinkets. First thing: if u need critical damage, get it from trinkets and not from armor/weapons if u aim best effectivness of items. Second thing: the more celestials you equip, less power you have. So having all celestial gear means that you will have very low base damage (ignoring condition damage). New celestial armor is very stat-effective too.
As conclusion, try to stay on 1900+ power using all celestials you can, remember that you have foods to help you with that.

Thanks for your reply. In your opinion, would you go with all stat trinkets over the celestial armor? Or would you say they are about equal? Also, can you go into any more detail on the armor combinations you use to achieve the stats that you suggested?

Kodiak.3281:

With the new Charged Quartz items there’s no way I’d buy them for that many Laurels. The Charged Quartz rings are like 1-2 stat points off even if it’d take 25 days for a full set.

Are you saying that just because of the cost of the item or because you think the more more specialized trinkets are better? I am less worried about the cost, because even if it is hard to obtain, I still want to work towards a goal. But, if you think it is just not worth it at all then do you have suggestions on which trinkets you prefer? Thanks for your reply!

It’s time for me to buy some Ascended Trinkets for my D/D elementalist and was wondering what everyone thinks about the all stat ascended trinkets.. My current build is 0/15/10/15/30. I mainly roam/solo in WvW and am trying to get my gear in order. My armor is 4 PVT and 2 Zerker(major water,sup water, and sup fire runes) 2 knights daggers with bloodlust/battle sigils, all knights trinkets with valkyrie gems. Thinking about other runes, at least changing fire out for something else. I am interested in divinity runes but they are so kitten expensive..

So, are all stat ascended trinkets worth it, or is it better to choose the trinkets with more specialized stats? I am also getting more and more curious as to how the celestial armor will compare to more specialized armor. I am really looking for the best way/suggestions on how to optimize my d/d elementalist for roaming in WvW! Any help would be appreciated!

Hey guys,

I main a elementalist, but am interested in leveling a ranger. I was just curious, is a Axe/Axe Ranger viable in PvP, specifically WvW? I only PvP so I really don’t care much to hear about how it is in PvE. Axe/Axe just sounds like a awesome weapon set, but I never EVER see a ranger playing with this set up. That is probably a sign that it isn’t any good, but I want to hear your opinions before I jump to any conclusions.

Renxian.6982:

This idea just came to me and it isn’t fleshed out, but I had an idea. What if Anet utilized a combination of NPC nodes and dynamic events to force battles to take place on multiple fronts. For example:

Using Eternal Battlegrounds as my basis.

1. Add four new NPC nodes called Bandit Camps. These camps would be organized like a meaner supply camp (The idea is for these to absolutely not be solo-able, but only require a small group to capture). These camps will not have any sort of claimer buff, meaning they can be flipped immediately after capture. These nodes would also NOT SHOW CROSSED SWORDS WHEN ATTACKED.

2. Upon capture of a bandit camp, bandit teams will set traps (such as supply traps) in random locations in their sphere of influence, ambush enemy dolyaks, sentries, and players, and dispatch a Champion (or very strong vet) to friendly supply camps in its area of influence.

3. Upon a team capturing two or more bandit camps, the bandits will randomly spawn a dynamic style event utilizing a champion and hordes of bandits to attack a random enemy tower/keep in a breakout style event except, these npcs will build and man siege and actually flip a tower if left alone. This Champ Bandit will remain in the tower until it is killed or the camp it is from is flipped.

4. The Bandit Camps themselves will not have any PPT value.

5. The Bandits will “tax” any location under their protection reducing the amount of supplies delivered/shipped (they are bandits after all). The “tax” will scale dependent on your team’s current PPT.

The idea behind this is:

1. Incentivize small group tactics by giving them objectives with real, large scale, tactical impact and making the objectives less zerg friendly due to no permanence and no indication of it being under attack. Trying to hold these with a blob will just find you losing them as fast as you can cap them, while they offer 0 ppt.

2. Incentivize active defense. The camps themselves can be lost without warning if not watched. In addition, the random tower siege means that the other two servers must actively defend their towers from the bandit attacks AND from ninja attempts from the other servers.

3. Impact. These camps are powerful. A havoc group able to consistently control them can significantly impact the overall battlefront through supply starvation of opponents, widespread sentry flipping, stronger supply camps for their own team, delaying reinforcements, and even snagging towers.

The main problem I see with this is that inevitably this will make the strong, stronger and the weak, weaker. Some of the match ups are already so skewed. This would only make it worse..

Think about it, the server with the most people will control these camps the majority of the time for the shear fact that they have MORE people. Now, what do they get for having these camps? Additional mercenaries(npc’s) to attack their already out numbered opponent? Those out numbered servers are already hurting, but now they would have to fight against npc’s taking what little points they own? Also the fact that they can be flipped instantly just destroys any chance that the out numbered server would benefit from the camp for a considerable amount of time.

I do like the idea of trying to think of ideas to break the zergs up a little though. It would be a awesome idea if all the servers were all perfectly balanced. ><

kartana.3769:

Wait! This is a d/d topic but he just talks about s/d and staff post patch. And the build he posted is 0/0/20/20/30 but he talks about 0/30/10/0/30. And are those s/d and staff builds for PvE solo or dungeons? Did I miss something?

I think we are all a bit confused on his post as well.. I’m thinking if dapheonix gave up on D/D then it’s all over :[

Contiguous.1345:

I play D/D Ele in a guild. Understandably, I get a lot of pressure from the more hardcore members to swap to staff.
Selfish of me – but it ain’t going to happen.

The staff weapon is way too slow and combined with a lot of ground target skills it’s slow AND clumsy. When protected by melee, it’s OK but if it gets caught alone and focussed it’s dead. And that happens all too easily in a fast-moving fight. Especially if you’re actually TRYING to stay around the edge.

What I do find is that with appropriate condition-removal, I can keep moving and dodging through a fight in such a way that I take surprisingly little damage. At the same time, the offensive capabilities with attunement swapping sigils and traits do a lot of damage.
My biggest problem is picking up all the loot bags as they drop. :P

The D/D Ele has one particular skill ‘Churning Earth’, which is truly devastating to a tight group of enemies. Played right, it’s very difficult to counter despite being a slow, channelled cast. For that alone, I think a D/D deserves a place.

If you don’t mind me asking, how do you gear yourself for GvG as D/D? Do you run full PVT?

Hey,

I am just curious if D/D elementalist are beneficial to GvG fights around 20v20 to 30v30. I joined a WvW guild that runs GvG recently and they instantly had me switch to staff and prefer all their elementalist to run staff. I know staff ele’s have static field, AoE heals, massive AoE Damage, and don’t have to be up close to do anything, but I strongly prefer the D/D playstyle over staff. Are there any elementalist out there that can shed some knowledge about the benefits of a D/D elementalist in a larger small scale battle?

I am currently working on gearing my D/D Elementalist with PVT armor for Guild Groups in WvW, but was curious about buying another set for solo/smaller battles. Daephonix suggest full knights armor in his guide with knights daggers and knights trinkets(with valkyrie jewels). Is this still viable or do people prefer PVT over everything these days in WvW? What are your thoughts?

Elementalist:

Signet of Restoration:
– This skill now has its cooldown reduced by the Signet Mastery in PvP.

Here are our changes for this patch. Lots to discuss here… . .

I am starting to think that server population is not based off the number of players that are currently online. I think that it is based off how many accounts have claimed that server as their home server. Therefore, the only way to transfer to a full server is if someone transfers off or deletes all their characters on that server. If this acquisition is correct… I just wouldn’t even know what to say.

Can anyone confirm or deny this? If it is correct that would mean people that are inactive on but have claimed a full server as their own count towards the population??? So a server that is listed as “full” could really only have a very low population of people that are active? What the kitten!

The reason I think this is correct is because I have heard of two people confirmed that have transferred to a full server during prime time. Also I have checked multiple times during off peak hours ~4am and ~7am and the server is always full. There is no way its full at these times. Plus even the lowest populated servers still say Very High at these times… No way.

Godsend.3815:

Wolfaen.9461:

zhonnika.1784:

The last time I saw us drop to Very High was fairly late, server time. I would check as late as possible, as it tends to drop off around that time. Failing that, early mornings. Good luck. I wish anet would just increase server pop already

Thanks, i’ll get on eventually!..

What I don’t understand is, how the hell is SoR not Full, but JQ which seems to have a lower population in WvW atleast, is ALWAYS full? Are there just that many people on JQ that are PvE focused? Plus I hear people saying that JQ doesn’t have huge population outside of NA yet it is full 24/7.. Not sure if it is a bug or what, but it doesn’t seem right to me.. Ahhhh! :<

We are fortunate to have numerous and committed group of active WvW players, though we have our fair share of pvx and pve only population.

Some have stated that there are certain times throughout the day where JQ will not be full.

Does anyone know what times throughout the day that JQ typically is not full as stated above?

Saelune.5316:

Full doesnt mean you cant enter, just means you may end up in an overflow more often. Unless transfering doesnt let you transfer to full ones, Ive only guested, never transfered.

Yes, when transferring, they will not let you transfer to a full server, but they will let you if it is at Very High population. The population status goes by the number of people that are online I believe, so it will fluctuate from Full to Very High depending on that number. However, I have seen some of the full servers go to Very High, but not Jade Quarry.. So I was just trying to see if there was anyone experienced with this that has done it before and what time they were able to transfer.

zhonnika.1784:

The last time I saw us drop to Very High was fairly late, server time. I would check as late as possible, as it tends to drop off around that time. Failing that, early mornings. Good luck. I wish anet would just increase server pop already

Thanks, i’ll get on eventually!..

What I don’t understand is, how the hell is SoR not Full, but JQ which seems to have a lower population in WvW atleast, is ALWAYS full? Are there just that many people on JQ that are PvE focused? Plus I hear people saying that JQ doesn’t have huge population outside of NA yet it is full 24/7.. Not sure if it is a bug or what, but it doesn’t seem right to me.. Ahhhh! :<

So I am trying to transfer to JQ and have been for the last few days, but have yet to see it drop to Very High population. I have checked it constantly during the day and even have checked late at night ~5am and early in the morning ~7am, but with no luck. I have seen other Full servers at Very High during these times, but never JQ.

Does anyone know of a time span when JQ would be akittens lowest population? I guess I may have to resort to checking every 30 mins or so from 3-5am. I would think this would be the down times of the server, but I don’t know. I don’t understand how it could be full all day and all night.

Any suggestions???

I am working on transferring to JQ, but am having trouble catching it at the right time when it is not full. Any suggestions on when the best time is to transfer?

Title says it all.

I am looking for a ACTIVE WvW guild that runs in groups daily(at least most days). I am a 80 Elementalist ready for action. My hope is that I can join a guild that is organized and uses strategy and tactics to win every fight possible. A group that moves as a unit and overtakes camps, towers, keeps, etc, but also is good at open field combat. A guild that will assist their pugs when needed, but isn’t afraid to go outside the zerg and make a difference when the focus of the enemy is elsewhere.

If Maguuma doesn’t have a guild on this level then I will consider transferring, but I would have to have a really good reason to do so.

PM me or post here if you are interested or have any suggestions for WvW guilds. Thanks guys.

Sounds like a lot of fun and what I’ve been looking for in a WvW guild. I am not on JQ currently, but actually have been looking to transfer there. However, I noticed someone said you guys play during Euro and Oceanic times? I play during NA hours.. Do yall have a presence during NA Primetime?

Straegen.2938:

I left T3 because of the heavy zerg nature of the servers. If that is what a player likes, then that is where a player should go. Finding skirmishes in those top tiers can be difficult and small groups will routinely run into 30+ roaming around flipping. If you want the best of both worlds, the mid tiers have a lot to offer.

I really don’t like EBay on the forums, but for a T5 server they really do run a lot of tight WvW focused guilds that I would deem hardcore. Rekz may be kittens on the forums but they run a 20+ man zerg that is as good as I have seen. They also have guilds like GF that are fierce in their skirmishing. GH keeps players in camps and calls in their larger cavalry very well. Very organized and they have some really good players. That said a few do frequently behave very poorly on the forums which IMO reflects poorly on their server overall… sore winner comes to mind and reminds me of Maguuma when they are on a tear.

On these T5 servers, is WvW dead when its not prime time? I am really looking for servers that are always active.

Thor.1756:

My guild recently recieved a handful of players from Kaineng and their consensus was that wvw on JQ was way more fun than on Kaineng.

Right now you’ll always be able to find a map without a queue, and the maps that do have queues typically do not take longer than 5-20 minutes.

Outside of EB, pretty much every zerg will be led by a guild group and be on the community t.s. to organize and cooperate, at least during NA prime. Often, we will not just have a single large zerg ball but rather split our forces into two separate groups, 1 group led by a larger guild running a pin and leading the militia, and a smaller guild group of 20 or so to cap separate objectives, and collapse to the main group when necessary.

After the trouble with some of our larger guilds JQ is looking for some warm bodies to fill the holes left, we still have all of the skill, leadership, and coordination that kept us in t1 for so long.

/end of sales pitch

That sounds pretty kitten spot on for what I am looking for and probably exactly how Anet intended WvW gameplay to be like. Honestly JQ has been my top choice from the beginning so this helps in my decision if I choose to do so.

Pretty good sales pitch if you ask me..

Chris.3290:

More exciting or more rewarding? If massive scale battles are your passion, then yes.

If a battle where your individual contributions matter more, then stay away from the top tiers.

I would be more into a battle where my guilds contributions matter more. Meaning I don’t want to roam alone and I don’t necessarily want to be a part of huge zergs all the time, although I really enjoy it for a good while. I would say doing a ~30v30 fight would be my favorite sized battles.

FearTheAmish.8730:

well if looking for servers that aren’t full but still have large WvW guilds check out Ebay we have the big 4 here. also the most active community out there, and you avoid the t1/t2 drama.

http://www.ehmrybay.com

I have a question about lower tier servers after reading this.. Is it possible that lower tier servers should actually be in a higher tier, but are not because they have been restricted from the rating system that is currently in place? Do yall think there will be a huge shift in tier WvW servers once the new system as been implemented for awhile? In other words, some servers are playing above their tier skill level while others are playing below?

Thanks. Looking forward to the new system.

So I know I am probably setting myself up to get flamed here for considering a transfer, but I may be transferring to a T1 or T2 server. The main reason behind this is because the server I am on seems to lack hardcore WvW guilds. There really just seems to be a bunch of karma trains everyday with the occasional guild groups. This can be fun, but I am looking for a server with more WvW focus guilds that are strategic and make a difference outside your usual zerg. WvW guilds that run groups everyday, or at least multiple times a week.

So, I know for a fact that T1 servers have lots of WvW guilds, but I am curious to know, is it rewarding to play on these servers? In other words, is it worth it? Say over a T3 server where there may not be much que times, but lack GvG? Is every BL and EB full during NA primetime 6pm-11pm CST?

I think Jade Quarry would be my choice if I decided to transfer to T1. Probably Tarnished Coast if I did T2. I just want to hear what you guys think that are already on these T1 servers.

Why is it that Maguuma can win the WvWvW matchup over and over, but receive negative rating on the leaderboards? Seems very backwards to me..

1. Game Modes
2. Arena’s
3. Rewards.. + Make it not possible to get duplicate PvP locker items unless it is dual wield weapons. (I only have like 10 PvP locker items but have received 4 duplicates already..)

Hello,

I am currently leveling a D/D Elementalist and wanted to find out your opinions on armor stats/sets that are good for a 0/10/0/30/30 build. Once I hit 80 I will almost exclusively run WvW and some sPvP(Basically very PvP focused). This will be my first 80 so I don’t have access to a very large amount of gold, but wanted to see if yall had suggestions on armor sets that I should try to pick up as my initial 80 set. Then some suggestions on higher tier sets.

I am a relatively inexperienced/new player so I may not be familiar with all the abbreviations that yall will be throwing out so try to be as specific as possible! Correct me if I am wrong but I think the most important stats for a D/D Elementalist are as follows: Power, Crit Dmg, Toughness > Precision, Healing Power > Condition Damage. This is basically where I stand on my knowledge of armor stats. Until now, I have just been trying to make sure my armor is up to date with my level and not really worrying too much about the stats.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Thank you guys for all your responses! I think I will stick with my elementalist and probably give a Thief a try after I hit 80. I just love the diversity and uniqueness of the D/D elementalist that I don’t know I would find in any other class.