Guild Wars 2

Bringing in supplies from another map is an entirely valid strategy. In doing so, you are shifting focus away from the map you aim to strike by striking camps in other maps. The enemy turns its attention to the maps that actually show activity going on.

Golems cannot be built in spawn, same as any other deployed siege construction. They can only be built outside of spawn and then walked into spawn. If the enemy is building 5-10 golems outside their spawn and walking them in, then you’re not watching your enemy closely enough. A well-placed trebuchet and some defensive siege can destroy their efforts to build golems, you only need to know what you’re doing.

Any force that throws out a golem army to take a keep deserves that keep. They’ve spent 1 gold (or a LOT of time in puzzles) to get every golem. If they’ve put down an Omega, that’s on par with 5 gold. Any force that dishes out multiple Omega’s is draining themselves heavily on money for the chance to add greater damage to a siege. But this particular issue strays from the point I am trying to make.

War is about outsmarting your enemy, about being informed about your enemy, and about deceiving your enemy. If your enemy watches the dagger in your left hand, he is unprepared for the sword in your right, and further unprepared for the dagger strapped to the bottom of your shoe. Being able to prepare a high offense force without the enemy knowing is part of the advantage given to the people who think carefully about how to strike. Many real life militaries around the world attempt to use this tactic, and it works. World Versus World is a war within a game, and while it is still a game, it is also still a war. Strategy and Tactics are equally as important as Skill and Numbers.

Ramen, there are always going to be a handful who disagree with how you perform. It’s not an easy task to lead and direct people, and more often its a thankless job and you’ll get insults over it. I know this personally because my efforts with the Vanguard often gain me more criticism than what I’d like to admit. All leaders, whether guild leaders, commanders, or other, will get this kind of flak from people who think they have a better idea, but would rather tear down your credibility rather than work hard to prove their own.

Despite all of this, you have a commanders icon, which people look for to group around, so whether you’re good or bad, you’re still a singular point on the map that people can group around. You’re helping our WvW just by having the icon up and ‘doing’ something. I personally can’t vouch for your leadership abilities because I’ve never been in the same map as you long enough to really notice, but you have the icon, and you ARE trying, and that helps, and those who want to tear you down over it are the ones who risk damaging our server further, whether they realize it or not.

Personally, I hope you don’t leave. I hope you can find the reason you need to stick with Ferguson’s.

-Meilin Feigal-

Here’s a crazy thought. Save all the updates for the Friday WvW reset, and just update then. No random build improvements that interrupt the game-play. Heck, call it weekly maintenance with the updates the moment a WvW round ends, and so many people will be happier because of it, because, at the very least, they will know when to expect it. Honest to God, there’s no reason for a mid-game build update unless it is to solve a massively critical and serious game flaw or massively abused bug/glitch/hack.