When will the whining stop. <face palm>
Are you a wvw player?
Crescendo fort is the only person here who actually answered the question correctly. In short those are not wvw classes, you’re a detriment to the team.
Hehe. B—- Deep!
With all the stress right now.. enjoy!
https://youtu.be/fDhkd8rxewM
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Arena Net’s lack of care for WvW
When is the Commander loading bug going to get fixed in wvw? Guards will dissapear or weapons and takes 5 minutes to respawn. Frustrating.
most of the legends left a long time ago
a lot of chest thumpers now
I honestly don’t believe this. I think the best players are the ones you currently are seeing now. RED GUARD looked so good because they understood the meta at the time when no one else did. Coupled with the fact that EOTM wans’t around so you had a lot of uplevel nongeared cannon fodder being mowed down as well that made them look good. People forget that massive fact.
NA Legendary guilds currently that are around atm? ONS, BORP, KEK. Borp and Kek are shoo ins since they are a collection of whos who, thus they’re naturally good. I think pound for pound the best guild in the game atm is ONS. Where as BORP and KEK are bandwaggoned allstar teams, ONS actually earned their spot. TW would be up there too if they took the game serious again.
I think guilds that deserve shout outs are in no particular order MR, VX, Jekz.
Hey, im a bad youtuber that just recently uploaded a video to address the topic of class roles for new wvw players. Basically give you a quick snapshot of what to expect for each class in big fights. This excludes roaming.
Enjoy
The PPT fanboys are strong here.
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How the kitten do you people even enjoy this kitten?
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I don’t know. I guess when anet sees 75% of the players in wvw are on guards, they feel a nerf is in order.
And who’s fault is that?
+ For gods sake, allow WvW players a way to get ascended armor by playing WvW.
Another “This is what is wrong/right with WvW, so do this” thread. On the whole, I do think getting to the action bit is correct. Combat is Guild Wars 2’s greatest triumph after all. Some of the others ehhh. I already gave my opinion on what I felt was needed for WvW here: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/wuv/What-do-WvWers-want/first
I put in spoilers as to not scare people away, even though I literally covered everything I could possibly think of:
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My long answer to OP:1. Matchups/Servers:
A. The big issue is going with a 1v1v1 matchup that takes all the cons of a 1v1 and gives only “the illusion of variety” as a pro. Snowballing still occurs, and as is seen now, we end up with a squabble for 2nd place with two middling (or less) servers matched to a giant. The elephant is that the servers themselves could never handle a full three way fight.
B. People’s concerns with server identity. I will get hate for this, but merging should have occurred over this linking concept that requires upkeep from ANET. The idea of community would actually shift to the Guilds themselves. See Guild Wars 1.
C. Coverage/population balance, that comes with people’s initial interest in persistent pvp modes. I see this more in NA servers, but this idea of persistent doesn’t take into account peoples’ actual playing time. A huge chunk of NA will play for a 4-6 hour time-slot, and end up losing everything outside of that prime-time (the current score system only masked it up better). Lastly, there is a chunk of players in off hours who are not even matched up together, but inadvertently caused this disruption in coverage.
2. Maps
A. The only variety you will get from this game-mode is through maps. It is what directly affects player behavior. Making new maps is always an option. Because of the 1v1v1 we are limited in options for maps that are balanced on their own. The current three copies of the somewhat asymmetrical Home Borderlands systems fails since it relies on a balanced population 24/7 across all of them. This relates to coverage, and the 1v1v1 matchup so you know how systemic these issues are.
B. Circular-ish map design lends itself to Ktraining. With a 1v1v1 you will almost always get some form this. It is clearly apparent in Eotm. In the past it was performed in the Home Borderlands on Friday, and during the initial release of notaries it was seen on Eternal Battlegrounds. Even in non-full ktrains the third lowest server’s common option is to attack unoccupied objectives of the two larger teams (the basic Ktrain).
C. Switching to 1v1 maps offers more flexibility, and allows for a better scenario in case balance is necessary. If you were not here before, the initial Alpine-Borderlands underwent revisions (about 3-4 times), in addition to Desert Borderlands. To put it bluntly, the center of the asymmetrical 1v1v1 is cursed. So cease it, and transition towards 1v1.
3. Game play Loop
A. WvW has not aged well. One way is the siege playstyle, and how it is heavily inconsistent. Firstly, is the balanced battle over an objective that takes up most of a guild’s raid. Secondly, the ktrain where the objective is unoccupied. Finally, the off hour nothing where no side has much of any presence. Another systemic link is because had there been population balance the players once stuck in off hour would be fighting others. In addition time to siege increased by feature creep and progression: tactivators, passive guild upgrades, shield gens, cannons, and still trebs.
B. Separate balance for WvW. This is in hopes of facilitating future balance while making the fighting experience more valuable. With this long term decision it should in theory let balance be made by the potential WvW team.
C. Progression is a concern that is going to sound counter intuitive. The way it was handled in WvW could be considered feature creep since it was to appease people. There is also the gear itself where optimization requires even more time spent outside of WvW. Taking a step back, I think it is better to say people want recognition for their in-game achievements not necessarily statistical advantage. Too much statistical progression is a barrier to entry for new players, who will go to Eotm and probably stay.
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Chinchilla whattup man hope all is well
I am trying to move my 100 man guild to fill the gap in coverage Black Gate has between 10:00 and 10:15 PST during NA. Whom do I contact?
what games were you guys playing in the 90s?
Meridian 59, UO, EQ, Daoc etc
EQ.. Daoc.. great times.
I am trying to move my 100 man guild to fill the gap in coverage Black Gate has between 10:00 and 10:15 PST during NA. Whom do I contact?
what games were you guys playing in the 90s?
I love and hate this game. The only game mode I care about is wvw. It’s the most epic pvp experience I’ve come across. Arena net I know you and I haven’t seen eye to eye and you like to ban me frequently but for gods sakes please consider the following
Remove or severely weaken barriers to combat such as tiers of walls and gates, siege etc.
Remove gear from wvw. Replace it with the pvp system. Old timers will not like this but I think if we want new blood in Wvw we need to adapt. Let it have the trinket weapon and sigil selections. It makes it easier for new players to come in and change the metas around quicker
Bring back a season with the grand finale at the end. Make it based off of kills vs points per tick.
In game voice comms, with commander having priority speaker.
Increase base run speed of players
Increase base damage of melee attacks
Close down smaller servers, merge into larger servers and open up more BLs to accommodate the population
Lastly…. kill eotm. Let me spin it to you this way, you are having wvw compete with it self for player base. You want low level players to get into actual wvw because it ultimately bodes better for that community besides the issues that may cause.Excuse the grammar and formatting this was done on a phone. Shout out to muscles molasses
The maps need to be smaller too. They need to be about 1/10 the current size. And increase map population.
Also, do away with most structures and dump PPT and any territorial control based scoring. PPK all the way!
WvW is BlobvBlob.
Lemme guess, you are on Blackgate, right?
You know im on blackgate, you were on blackgate too in XVX. I like the fight aspect of the game. I dont have a problem with the hard points, what I have a problem with is the hardpoints becoming a massive timesink and barrier to the action.
Waiting for the ban lol
ayy lmao, my sides. At this rate i wouldn’t be surprised.
To everyone else – I hear you, I know some of these ideas dont sit well but i’m thinking long term growth not maintenance like we are in now. I’ll drop this too — think about WoW PVP, they basically took gear out of the equation and it’s experiencing a massive Renaissance of activity. I dont think WvW can do that due to the different way stats influence (i.e. condis) which is why I said leverage the PvP system of giving different base spreads.
Anyways, im like leonidas at the end of 300. Im ready to get wrecked by another ban.
I love and hate this game. The only game mode I care about is wvw. It’s the most epic pvp experience I’ve come across. Arena net I know you and I haven’t seen eye to eye and you like to ban me frequently but for gods sakes please consider the following
Remove or severely weaken barriers to combat such as tiers of walls and gates, siege etc.
Remove gear from wvw. Replace it with the pvp system. Old timers will not like this but I think if we want new blood in Wvw we need to adapt. Let it have the trinket weapon and sigil selections. It makes it easier for new players to come in and change the metas around quicker
Bring back a season with the grand finale at the end. Make it based off of kills vs points per tick.
In game voice comms, with commander having priority speaker.
Increase base run speed of players
Increase base damage of melee attacks
Close down smaller servers, merge into larger servers and open up more BLs to accommodate the population
Lastly…. kill eotm. Let me spin it to you this way, you are having wvw compete with it self for player base. You want low level players to get into actual wvw because it ultimately bodes better for that community besides the issues that may cause.Excuse the grammar and formatting this was done on a phone. Shout out to muscles molasses
This is why we can’t have nice things. PVP players changing wvw . What’s next? Let the nerfing begin again.
“The only game mode I care about is wvw.”
I love and hate this game. The only game mode I care about is wvw. It’s the most epic pvp experience I’ve come across. Arena net I know you and I haven’t seen eye to eye and you like to ban me frequently but for gods sakes please consider the following
Remove or severely weaken barriers to combat such as tiers of walls and gates, siege etc.
Remove gear from wvw. Replace it with the pvp system. Old timers will not like this but I think if we want new blood in Wvw we need to adapt. Let it have the trinket weapon and sigil selections. It makes it easier for new players to come in and change the metas around quicker
Bring back a season with the grand finale at the end. Make it based off of kills vs points per tick.
In game voice comms, with commander having priority speaker.
Increase base run speed of players
Increase base damage of melee attacks
Close down smaller servers, merge into larger servers and open up more BLs to accommodate the population
Lastly…. kill eotm. Let me spin it to you this way, you are having wvw compete with it self for player base. You want low level players to get into actual wvw because it ultimately bodes better for that community besides the issues that may cause.
Excuse the grammar and formatting this was done on a phone. Shout out to muscles molasses
Hi all,
Wanted to give a quick tip video for new WvW commanders or those considering. Thank you.
There’s some emplacements you can’t hit. Furthermore just because you can attack them doesn’t mean it’s right
Haha I love that phrase thanks in advance.
Hi everybody, latest film study can be found here:
Take care!
Dragon Hunter build discussion per request:
Thanks everyone. Enjoy.
Due to the high popularity of these videos and positive feedback, i’ll be posting the video series in this thread until ANET locks it for whatever reason. Hope you guys enjoy.
Hi everyone, thanks for stopping by. Wanted to drop the latest official Phat Seals video, here I am doing a film study/play by play on a raid clip. This is intended for newer commanders, and most definitely one tool out of many to keep improving. Watch GvG’s, listen to great commanders, and run with different WvW guilds to keep getting better!
I have a variation of this, maps taking forever to load in and I would dissappear my self. .. and terrible FPS in WvW.
As title says, since patch 64 bit client has been having low fps in WvW.
my 2 cents.
Also – big shout out to people giving me great feedback and advice, thank you guys. Enjoy ladies & gents
Hi everyone,
I released a new commentary video on my summary and reaction of the latest ANET Scoring poll/post. Check me out!
fix the 6 minute loading screen when your in wvw? I get graphical errors, only happens after the patch..
Hi Everyone,
Wanted to share a birdseye view I recorded of a fight between Blackgate and Tarnished Coast. TC was running very solid and was able to fend off several attacks.
Hi everyone,
Thanks for stopping by again. Enjoy the latest.
(I’ve been struggling with the freaking music for some time now, but have been able to tap into some great music. I’m new to the whole youtube/twitch thing and reading your comments. Thanks for all the love and support guys)
Hi all, new Phat Seals commentary video —
Where are all the female commanders at!?
What you guys are really missing is the fact back then no one really knew what they were doing, i.e. the flame engineer and sloppy large fights.
Now, the builds/gear really tight and the groups skill level is high. Thats why fights dont drag on that much, because commanders know what classes they need to use to hit hard.
Hi all — well it wouldnt be fair if I just show nothing but highlight film, I know we primarily lost the majority of those fights.
The music situation is tough, still combing through some free copyright music. Thanks everybody for the feedback, take care!
Hey guys I talk about this in my latest video check it out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMoY-_-8Nt0
Hi all, enjoy!
Good luck guys!
Hi Everyone, I’d like to share my thoughts on the current happenings on Anet polls and my ideas for possible wvw additions
I’m a tier 1 fight commander from Blackgate. Enjoy!
If you think seals are cute, join blackgate.