Guild Wars 2

Has happened to me on my necro. The times I end up not on commanders tag is usually cuz of this happening. This isn’t really new tho….as I’ve had this happen for awhile now. I’ve just gotten used to just releasing all buttons and starting movement over….it’s an annoying slight delay but I’ll take it over disconnecting and such.

FA is still here and kickin’ When Golem night hit…we went in…seen the Ktrain that is was… and most within in an hour or three ended up headin out to EoTM to goof around. We gave this week to the golem lovers. Now its reset time and we are excited to see how it goes.
And Tyrion doesn’t put in many hours at all….You wanna see hours played?….Check out DK from YB. That man will put in days of commanding in WvW.

I’m not on Desolation…but you will see that on any server. Tho, I won’t complain about uplevels. We have whole guilds doing GvG and some may feel thats messed up. I don’t complain about those either… tho it makes some maps crazy to work on, hehe.

Servers having eyes and ears on other servers maps is more of a pain than an uplevel tagging along in my eyes. I have leveled all my characters in WvW. Since beta, I’ve only done two dungeons & have only about 20% of the world map completed. WvW is my home and I enjoy it…not once has anyone told me to leave while running an uplevel.

Look to see what and who you are running with. Its worth it to ask if they mind you tagging along. Look for groups in teamspeak or such that says something like “float channel” or “WvW/havoc open to all” Get in there and get to know your community. There are a lot of us that don’t bite.

This reply wasn’t made to contradict others views. Only to try and be helpful to the OP and such. In the end, its a game…play it the way you see it. Just be ready for others to see it differently.

Keep it as it is….they can still refine stuff. Tho, I’d love to see an Ultima Online in these graphics as a side choice. That was a great source of pvp/pking/guild run pvp events(just terrible graphics in todays standards). But I love WvW the way it is.

Oh god…anti HOPE night was a blast! FA has guilds that like to do that sort of thing too. I ran with a group of hammer warriors/guardians the other night too(i believe that was PRO too). Was fun, even if thats all we ran with. And I think it was PRO that ran an all asura race night a few weeks back. That was pretty funny seeing all of us with the mini golem elite skill being used, hehe.

I wont sit here and tell you to come to our server. Tho if you did….you’d be welcomed in like we have done for any guild thats come here and played an honest game.

I’m sure all servers have suffered some now and then. But others seem more resilient to that. My server for instance…we take a beating…we come back for more. We have lost guilds to other servers from time to time. But usually that just gives us a nice target to look for in future battles… cough cough…HOPE cough cough ;-p

I for one am pretty positive that the Aspenwooders will rally for any occasion that requires a few bustin of heads. ;-)

Ninjapotpie.6973:

Ok so pveing camps solo and then running from actual players is ok but expecting someone to fight you in wvw isn’t. Running a stealth build with no armor but tons of damage is ok or a stun burst build that keeps a person locked down till dead but Condi builds are not and if I don’t like it I should goto spvp.. I guess I could respond with if you want to Pve go to pve stay out of wvw (unless you want to fight) and all builds are viable you just have to learn to adjust to who and what your fighting . Win some lose some. Gotta love the guys/girls that need 4 friends to beat one person. Run in to then in real life too they are called punk kitten kittens. I do agree people have a right to play however they choose because they pay t buy the game so I will withdraw my statement and simply say I DO NOT UNDERSTAND why you would waste time going to a player vs player are to run from a even fight. To me no matter how bad I lose atleast I try… But to each there own I guess.

Really? You just used the “in real life” card? You know, a lot of people play these types of games. Kids, adults, mothers & fathers. From all walks of life and from many countries. And in real life, we are all different. Myself, I call home to the great state of Florida. I carry a sidearm all day every day. We can even defend ourselves to the death against unarmed attackers….and get away with it. Self defense and all. I guess I’d be one of your “kittens”…tho I’d be the one walking away.

As for this “game”, I tend to stay and fight…win or lose. You never know what kind of fun you run into when alone. Tho I’m not really much of a roamer so to speak. Just take it when it happens. I don’t have anything against those that do tho.

What I find funny, is when the enemy has a zerg that’s twice our zergs size…and they run…and it isn’t a baiting issue….they then ported. Just had that happen today too.

Fluffball.8307:

ganeshori.6309:

Whoah!!!! Wait just one second!!!!….. You can walk in this game?

If you’re serious: It doesn’t have a default key, if I remember right, but yes.

Nah…I was kidding. I just don’t use the walk feature in these games, hehe.

Whoah!!!! Wait just one second!!!!….. You can walk in this game?

Yep….our guild leaders tell peeps to let them know in 15 to 20 min, if they want to swap out. We always rotate, unless one wants to sit it out for awhile. I tend to eat n such, while on guard duty.

As for 60 players zerging…. more than likely yer seeing 25 to 35 in a specific group…the rest are usually stragglers…. I.E. free lootz, and bonus Rallies. At least that’s the way it seems in the T2 level of things. Tho there is the rare large ones…but its not everywhere all the time.

We tend to live in a “want it now” type of society. And WvW isn’t that way. I tend to do a lot of different roles…and really only zerg it a few times a week.

yep….a weaker third…. It happens. And this last week, with at Dragon thing going on…im sure there are still those working that, and or…just not tuned back in yet.

Its all good tho, we will be back in the swing of things soon. We always bounce back tho.

I run a PVT build with Hammer/sword and horn….with a longbow for certain situations. Works good for me, tho its all about what yer comfortable with.

I dunno, I think we keep it pretty classy. A lot more smack talk is given to us than we give out. That video a few posts above was pretty good….. but……Most of our big guilds pushed the weekend knowing we could get a big numbers push. So that they could work alts, and do that dragon event this week. Most of what you are seeing is alts/fairweathers that dont normally play WvW, ect.

Personally, most of the guilds that I run with or such…. would not have been caught in a fight like that video shows. We have runners normally watching to see where your zerg is and lets us know when and where your are attacking or moving.

It was still a good move on your part to eliminate the FA zerg threat. Just goes to show that not all of our zergs run tactics well. And tactics is key to winning a fight.

My hats off to you for keeping what you held.

Yep…. working as intended. There are ways to mess with the zerg. In all honesty… More people getting in Teamspeak or what have you. Would benefit you more than not only hurting “your” enemy’s zerg…. but your idea hurts those that are on your side…. So you dont like being in a large group….others do.

dagnabbit…if it stays this way….We’ll,(FA)….will probably be playing TC and DB yet again, lol.

yep…add to that runes of melandru and lemongrass and poultry soup…and you pretty much have conditions wrapped up. Its helpin me survive alot better now….while in the big zerg ball o fun, heh.

Thorson.9218:

ganeshori.6309:

I wonder what on your system is giving you the ability of 90fps. Im running a 3570K clocked to 4.5 GHz, gigabyte gtx680 s.o.c., 16GB 1866 corsair dominator platinum, 250 gb samsung 840 pro ssd.

I doubt its the cpu….both seem to run pretty even in this game….wouldnt think its the cards….could it be that sweet ram yer runnin? what settings you running in-game?, size and settings of yer monitor?

Oh, and Im averaging around 70fps in slow areas….drops to around 40 to 50 with our normal FA zerging….and about 30 on reset night, where we have the actual lag issues here.

I’m running 1920 × 1080, all settings max’d (distance, shadows, player detail, etc).

My only guess would be that it’s a combination of things. My memory is faster so my mem bus is running faster. That has a big impact. The 3770 is also hyperthreaded, meaning it can present 8 “cores” to the app vs. only 4 with the 3570 (yes, I know, there are still only 4 cores….I’m just noting the differences). That might have an impact. Finally, I run NOTHING in the background, not even a browser. I noticed on my old system that every little thing I ran had an impact, so on the new one I just run the game.

I hope that helps.

ya, I think its the ram…our settings are set the same. Still dont think its the cpu…I dont believe GW2 really uses the hyperthreading. Might have to try bumping up my ram a bit….Its pretty good ram…im sure I could get a nice boost on it. Might be a server issue too. Im running on FA up against TC and SOS at the moment…Prior to thakittens be us against TC and DB for a good long while, heh. Lots of 40+ zergs all week long….with quite a few much larger ones from TC.

Get in Teamspeak or some other voice communications with a good commander. And follow exactly what he tells you. There is a difference. Smaller numbers can overcome larger ones. Every time Im in a group like this….Its very fast paced…and crazy fun for the most part.

If your not in some kind of voice communications with a commander. Even if your in some kind of smaller havoc squad. Your doing it wrong. Even if you dont run with a zerg. You at least know whats going on….and where on the map your smaller group can best be used.

Liquid is right……grouping up matters in loot, hehe.

I ran Taugrim’s Run n Gun WvW spec for the longest time. And really enjoyed it as a solo’er. He didnt outshine anyone, but I did pretty good with it. I just felt outta the loop when running with zergs tho. Since it was set more as a single target set up.

Every now and then, I feel that I gotta dust off the ol’ rifle, re-trait… and head out hunting. But its rare that I do that anymore.

Thorson.9218:

loseridoit.2756:

Dear OP,

Are you sure its not your computer?

Anet fixed culling a bit which increase the graphic requirements abit.

In most zerg server lag fest, fps is fine and they can 1 attack.

if you cannot 1 attack, then i wonder if it is your computer?

Post your system spec?

+1

My old system, which I FINALLY got around to upgrading, was horrible in this regard. Small skirmishes (10×10×10), no worries, no lag, just good fun. Zergwars w/ 50+ per side? I’d freeze in place. Can’t move, cast, etc. 5 seconds later I’d get 1 tick of movement. Next tick I was offered to WP cause I was dead. Note that this lag would happen even if I was sitting inside the castle/keep. I KNEW when a zerg was nearby because my fps would plummet.

On my system since my upgrade (Intel i7 3770K quad core overclocked to 3.9GHz, AMD HD7850 grfx, 8GB 2133MHz DDR3, 2TB 6GB/sec SATA HDD), I avg about 90fps in all but the largest zergfests. At worst I drop down to about 30-40fps….and that’s with all settings max’d. If I wanted to improve things, I could lower my settings in those big battles (150+ on-screen), but it’s perfectly playable as-is and wow….at max settings (which I could never use before) the grfx are stunning. Note this is for both fps and skill lag….I just don’t have an issue with either now.

I wonder what on your system is giving you the ability of 90fps. Im running a 3570K clocked to 4.5 GHz, gigabyte gtx680 s.o.c., 16GB 1866 corsair dominator platinum, 250 gb samsung 840 pro ssd.

I doubt its the cpu….both seem to run pretty even in this game….wouldnt think its the cards….could it be that sweet ram yer runnin? what settings you running in-game?, size and settings of yer monitor?

Oh, and Im averaging around 70fps in slow areas….drops to around 40 to 50 with our normal FA zerging….and about 30 on reset night, where we have the actual lag issues here.

ya…there are there….wish they had more to choose from. Im running in WvW heavy pvt gear…..looks ok. But would love to skin it soon. Then again…im a tiny asura…so basically Im the only one that really see’s my armor anyways, lol.

The Fort can always use new recruits! We might not have the numbers of our competitors most times. But we got determination and guts. Our militia aka “pugs” are pretty good. And we have some pretty strong guilds willing to organize and work with other guilds.

So send a scout on over…. we’ll have a nice cot set up under a tent…..and a strong, hot cup a joe waitin’ fer him.

only time I see bad skill lag is on reset night…..Im a tanky beast…soooo…in those worse case times. I just pull out the ol’ Hammer of smackdown and press button 1 and hope for a lag reduction. Still havin a blast at it…reset after reset.

ooops, just found it, hehe.

wow…no other posts. Is there another FA/TC/SOS post elsewhere, that other peeps are posting in and I’m missing?

Im running full pvt….bout 32k hit points….unbuffed. lemongrass poultry soup, superior sharpening stones. Using superior runes of melandru and main hand/ two handed weps have superior sigil of stamina. As pointed out…im there to soak up damage for my team mates. When roamin’ I run Taugrim’s Run n Gun spec.

I do the same for my mesmer…..pvt armor and such…to stay alive and get portals up, ect ect….while roamin…I run a full power/precision/crit damage set up…tossin phantasms out like candy.

Novus still lovin DB?…..I swear we have “wanted” posters of him up all over the place here. If yer a smart DB’er…you’d stay at least 30 paces from him….FA’ers seem to be always aiming in his direction for some crazy reason.

I say leave ‘em be…sure, they shouldn’t out range ballistas and catapults. thats just crazy. You gotta have a siege counter to ‘em. But other than that, I think they work just fine. And Im battling Dragonbrand….those guys know AC use. But it’s all good, there is other counters to em.

WyldKat.4712:

ganeshori.6309:

What there to cry about?

Ice cream melts if you eat it too slow, brain freeze too fast. cry

This is true…you gotta eat it juuuuust right, hehe.

I think its silly that someone would post here that they are actually officially being 2v1. sure it happens, but to say that the two are purposefully doing it in agreement is crazy. So you were on a borderlands and saw two serverkittenting ya. One on one side, the other on the opposite side. Hmmm, if i were FA, I’d be working the other side…in hopes that if TC got in and destroyed you…they by then they would be weak and that we could take the objective from them and securing the points from it.

I mean heck….last night in EB we delt with DB an TC….multiple times with them both at the same area attacking us. Dealing with a former Commander of ours using dirty tactics to get the advantage…dont worry DB, he’s on your team now…so yer safe. Well, safe till he jumps ship again.

But we stuck to our guns…instead of crying here about it. What there to cry about? this is war. Sure, I’d like to see enemy commanders do their job without getting into our Teamspeak, or having an alt on our server. But as for the 2v1, give it a rest already. Everyone gets teamed up against, every day on different maps. You just arent there to see it happen.

Ljiona.9142:

I would like to know the so-called MMO that had better pvp than GW2. Don’t say you dare say that crappy game that had 1 minute 45 second mezzes and 26 second AOE stuns.

Yer either gonna hate me, laugh or be too young to have been there. But Ultima Online had great pvp. Terrible graphics, and it was costly on the person who died. But the pvp was very good. It actually required skill. A man could show up with simple GM crafted(a player crafted item)gear and compete and win in battles. It wasnt a perfect game….it had its flaws. But the pvp worked.

oh I dont know…zergs come in handy. Take for instance Fort Aspenwood. We are definitely up against larger numbers, but we do have our zergs. Now lets say we have a zerg or two kitten ing off the enemy. And lets say 10 little FA’ers take stonemist in the process. Id say that there, is good use of a zerg.

Seigfried.5938:

Dhampyr.2104:

Shadow Gathering.5649:

Proud of FA for its performance against two “Full” servers. Keep up the good work!

This. Even with BT and VK gone, you guys are doing a great job!

Where did VK go?

I believe a chunk of VK went to AGG, or is it AAG? on DB. Who knows… FA is still alive and kickin’ tho.

Laii.2780:

FA and TC 2v1’ing DB you say?

Meanwhile, earlier in the week:
((I don’t think a single FA person ever q-q’d about this on the forums either^ ^. When you get focused, you get focued by both sides often. Happens all the time ~))

Whaaat?…..that picture of the maps is just daily routine for us. Its like a coloring book….we get to choose what we want to paint red….

you were focused because you didnt show. Que or no Que….you just didnt have the numbers half the time to keep either side from running willy nilly to the easier kills. This will happen to any tier and any server….if a weakness is shown….the other two will go for it. If half of FA didnt show up this week and it was TC/DB running strong. You better believe the results would have been the same, except it would be you DB that was supposedly siding with TC. If more people understood this…the whole 2v1 issue would be a moot point. Hell it is a moot point.

Actually on EB last night…I was one of the Mesmers portaling golems around n such. I wouldnt call it “working together” as much as losing golden opportunities. We fought TC when the time was right. We didnt give away chances of gaining points, but just nilly willy attacking red names as we saw fit. Now as Im saying this, I wasnt a commander or leading anyone. This is just how I saw it and how the build up to battles came across on teamspeak.

We seem to do well for the most part on a zerg vs zerg basis. But we cant match TC spot for spot, map for map….as far as people and resources go. Even more so if DB was in the game at a higher population count. And that there is your peoples problem, not ours. If your people dont show for the fight, or defense. Then it becomes a scramble for the other two sides to get the easier points to gain from…. rather than bumping heads and gaining less.

Its not us working together. Its both servers using their brains and getting their jobs done. As for seeing TC/FA dancing together….or not fighting. Um…hello, its TC, they roleplay…they Yak parade…..ect ect… Sometimes, just sometimes….even the enemy needs to blow off some steam. I got 14% of the world completed…barely anything done in pve. All my time goes into WvW. So when I need a break….goofing off with the enemy sometimes helps out. Or oh lets see……a friendly duel or two now and then. TC’s cookies and FA’s Army grade coffee goes well now and then.

But dont think that means we are buddies or such. We will be killing each other and playing dirty tricks as soon as the coffee buzz wears off.

Ah what the hell….I cant keep it a secret folks. TC paid us off to work with em. They are the Lanisters….what can I say. We gave in, you caught us red handed…. Guilty as charged.

I actually think it would be funny if we grouped up with TC for a day. Split that map down evenly. DB would see a type of pain that would be with them for a long long time. But it just wont happen. We like to fight each other too darn much,(TC & FA) we wouldnt last 20 minutes before one of us or both of us were sneaking in behind to get an advantage in on the other.

But the “tin hats” will always see it that way, no matter what.

I think it was the day after that, that we delt with the likes of TC zergs in places like pangloss on one side. Only to be attacked by DB zergs on the other side. Which, if you had your tinfoil hats on…would mean that we were being 2v1’d by TC & DB of their choosing. Personally, id say it was just a coincidence that the three of us ended up there at the same time.

Wait….so we are supposed to be buddy buddy with TC? You mean the other day we wasted most of it Try to take DBBL garry from them,(at least 6 attempts). And being brutally slaughtered by them many times. Was actually working with them? I honestly think would could have gotten a better points gain elsewhere if that were the case.

Im in agreement with the one up, one down system. You win, you go up one spot….theres is an ultimate winner in every tier…so they all go up one….the guys in second place of all tiers stay right there in the blue spot. And all those in last, all go down the next tier. and of course the top dawg in tier 1 stays right there till he gets knocked down.

It would be an easy implementation to do…and if it sucked…after a few tries…then go to whatever crazy idea is next.

Quenta.2978:

Jski.6180:

Arkard.3970:

With the new WvW ratings change, other guilds might join you guys… although not necessarily to another server >_<

That is the thing i do not get about BT mainly why leave before a major update to the match up. I am fearful that they are kind of shooting them self in the foot because they are moving to a world that has Q nearly all the time they are just simply going to have a harder time getting into WvW. I have no idea what being in a T1 world will give you over being in a T2 or T3 world.

Reposting what I said on the FA forums this morning:

It is not with a light heart we made this decision. For most of us, our fun in this matchup had dwindled so much that many were considering leaving the game. However, none of us, as individual players, were yet ready to throw in the WvW towel. So we were left with a hard choice:

Leave the server we love and enjoy the remaining days of WvW somewhere else, or remain on FA and suffer the slow bleed out of players from lack of fun.

For the health of our members and guild, we have elected to move somewhere else. We have nothing but the utmost respect and love for our battle brothers on FA (don’t listen to our forum warriors). Our decision has nothing to do with FA; its a result of ANets stupid WvW decisions.

It will be with a hesitant hand and heavy heart that I will have to change the intro of our videos to say something other than, “Fort Aspenwood”.

But in the future, when BT continues our tradition of excellence somewhere else and people ask how we do what we do… I won’t say it was T2 tactics. I won’t say it was T3 tactics.

I’ll say it was Fort Aspenwood.

Much love to you all and keep on kicking kitten .

- Jon (Quenta)

Im glad to see this post Quenta. Loved seeing you on the battlefield. Love running with you. And your videos always put a smile on my face. The Christmas one is very much near and dear to Aspenwooders that have seen it.

I did not know that this was the reason for the leave. And now I feel that I must take back my previous posts. Which was more on selfishness on my part. I wish you BT’ers the best. And will gladly honor you in battle. Tho, in the future if WvW gets going in the right direction… and whatever server you choose, ends up stale. Fort Aspenwood’s gates will be unlocked and open for your happy return.

Sgt Rock aka Brokenhead Bob

As I posted that, I do feel that I gotta say. I do have alot of respect for BT, VK too, just dont know them or have fought with them as much as I did with BT. So I sucks and kitten es me off to see them leave, if this is the truth. I would follow BT into any battle at any odds. Win or lose, I would feel good about what I did to contribute.

But I wont bandwagon to some other silly server. Did Darkhaven for Beta 1…..been a Aspenwooder ever since. And we’ve made it to the upper crust… there are only 5 other servers above us, out of the whole NA set.

So if ya leave, ya leave. Better luck elsewhere I guess.

If BT or VK leaves…then they leave. If you cant handle the heat….buh bye. You either have pride in your server or home as I like to call it….and pride in your community. If not, oh well… no love lost then. Those of BT or VK that chooses to stay…or any other guild…. hell any single player that chooses to stand and fight. My utmost respect goes out to you.

I dunno, yer holding us off pretty good right now. How many more people do you think you need?, sheesh! That said, I’m still ubber happy with FA. We are a stubborn lot, pain and loss only makes us want to try harder. Tho I hate all this pve stuff that keeps a good chunk of us from participating in wvw when they bring it out…“kitten southsun crap”.

Not thakitten would let us dominate, since TC is huge on that pve thing too. But we would be bringing much more pain to the table. And with that said…we would still the the lowest populated server competing, hehe.

Chewy.9263:

ganeshori.6309:

sorry guys…I had to

As long as you’re still hitting the Wagonbrand I’ll still be happy =D

I planned on that last night…tho it seemed TC had their garry on DBBL. I think I gave up and defended DBBL Hills n such after the 6th failed attempt against you guys. Sheesh!!! you TC’ers were determined to keep that garry.

sorry guys…I had to

come to Fort Aspenwood and you can “wave” at her. Plus you’ll be able to get on whenever ya feel like it…except on reset night, hehe.

Jski.6180:

Jayne.9251:

Jski.6180:

Dhampyr.2104:

Jski.6180:

Well it looks like FA is done for this week and more then like T2.

Um, what?

FA may be done on the scoreboard, but that’s more due to coverage gaps than to attitude IMO. Been in WvW all week, and when FA is there, they’re THERE. I consistently see the PPT swing heavily in their favor when they’re actually on the field.

And as for them being “done” in T2… barring the May 28 ranking shakeup and how that pans out, they’re far from done in T2. They’re currently more than 100 Glicko points ahead of Mags, and that lead is increasing.

FA isn’t going anywhere, and I’m glad they’re not.

I think things are going to get a lot worst for FA soon it sux but we will try to have fun before it happens! Also during bags are still bags you guys are good to farm.

Hang in there FA. It’ll sort itself out.

O i will i just hope others will too. I think it will sort itself out just maybe not at the T2 level.

FA aint going nowhere…well, except for the new ranking system that is. Anyone thats been on FA since launch or before…..knows we’ve been in alot worse situations. Its these negative nancy’s that come off the server boats while we were in T3/T2 most likely. Quit being a negative nancy and go out there and kill someone. After that….go break some stuff. We will survive this….and at the very least, learn from it.

Not sure why the other servers think Fort Aspenwood needs to scramble to recruit players from other servers. Ok, ok….we aint dominating right now. I still dont see the need for some massive influx to one up the other two servers. Now dont get me wrong, I’m all for players choosing to come here on their own free thought. And glad to see Jenar and the TVB team land on our shores. And any other group that chooses to.

I also believe that Fort Aspenwood is known well enough…. that guilds and even the “lone wolfs” can see if we are worth the blood, sweat and tears to sign his or her makers mark. To swear an oath. To defend the homeland with honor and duty.

Ok, I may have got carried away there, hehe. But really, I think we are doing fine…and may pull a few supprises on ol’ TC and DB in the next coming weeks.