Guild Wars 2

[26.11.2012] Current match-up: Blacktide vs Vizunah Square vs Arborstone

Today can named like “Day of the golems”. There were armies of golems, and all borderlands were token many times. During all day we defeat around 30 golems and built as many. In the morning with help of 10 golems we smashed VS conrner on Eternal, but we lose it fast, but we upgrade SM and all day it belongs to us. At 4pm another one golems raid to VS corner, but those time we defend it. All day we have hard battles. As a result we take all Arborstone, and leave their here with VS. And keep other two borderlands and big part of Eternal.

Our global strategy began to bear fruits. Attacking VS, less Arborstone, but night cappers done theirs business. Arborstone overtaking VS, what it mean for us? They have more fights versus each other. In weekdays they have more such fights, in weekend they saw us as their main opponent, but now they compete between each other. And Arborstone really have chance to take 2nd place. And now we think that they have some cunning plan.

Situation at 7:30 (GMT +4)

[25.11.2012] Current match-up: Blacktide vs Vizunah Square vs Arborstone

We continue going very closely to VS. In the nights Arborstone take a lot of points. Actively creating idea about french alliance, which as minimum doesn’t attack themselves, and as a maximum coordinating and fighting together. Despite this now we can see that we can fight versus both two french servers.

In the morning our emphasis was on VS. Till 2 hours (to 8:30 msk) take all VS borderland, despite theirs opposition and hard battles for any tower. At that time Arborstone took another two borderlands. French people impress us with theirs desire to winning, they ready not to sleep in the night and wake up early morning for their goal. But it didn’t prevent them to lose Arborstone borderland today. One player build omega golem, for not to losing him we built 5-8 alpha golems and take upgraded map till hour, despite to defence in all towers.

The war should be like war in this week. Last two weeks were boring, but now we need to concentrate our energy and increase our power. But we need to state serious decline in all BT guilds. From one point of view it is pity but from another world changed and we need to take this and continue fighting, with new challenge and it is most important.

Situation on 8:30pm (GMT +4)

[13.11.2012] Current match-up: Desolation vs Vizunah Square vs Blacktide

Almost all maps belongs to us, in contrast to yesterday during all day we have income over 400 points. Most difficult moment was in early morning. In last night Red Guard leader could not command our server forces, and all maps strongly sag. Till the morning nightcappers income was around 500. In this situation you can see how important are all BT guilds. Only in 12am we got advantage and return night and morning losses.

During all day we are jumping on all maps, upgrade and kill everything. Start working on organizing parties on maps from allies, which would really help us. Everyday CiR with well organized several peoples help us with defending BT borderland. Balkan legion going to join us, and today help us with defending one of borderland. Nugos from case to case make such parties and regularly fight on morning/day. On allies parties we mean micro powers, which should control supplies, mobs events and defend some objects from little groups. Seems that is not so important, but it is so, because our zerg don’t need to jumping to defend all objects on maps from little groups of enemies, as a result we take much more income.

Situation on 7:30 pm (GMT +4)

[12.11.2012] Current match-up: Desolation vs Vizunah Square vs Blacktide

Monday passed with Blacktide domination. In the morning we were glad about our online, but later it felled down and we lost income from 500 to 300. However we were leading during all day, in the evening opponents restored balance with constantly good battles.

Oddly, but in the evening as soon as we capture map, Vizuhan left map and went to another, without any attempts to retrieve towers. So we followed them on new map, they left it too and etc. We don’t know it was just a coincidence or it was their strategy. Thus we captured VS and Desolaton, CiR’s excellently hold the BT.

Ruin didn’t take points on the night. We have the impression that all our enemies already surrendered. So we confidently going to win, and it is very important moment. What will be later? We need to prove that Blacktide is single and unconditional leader of EU servers. Not for one match, but for long time and here is the huge danger. We will show all that we can solve all dangerous problems. So war just began, we need many moments to improve and it will be very interesting to see how our enemies would drop us off from first place.

New video from evening battles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8EuaM_4UbuU

Situation on 8:30pm (UTC +4)

[10.11.2012] Current match-up: Desolation vs Vizunah Square vs Blacktide

Today went excellent, we even doesn’t expect so good score. Now there are difficult battles on all maps. In the morning Ruin was defeated by us, despite online around 50 peoples. Vizunah Square loosing even in prime time, we think they are slightly better than Elona Reach. But may be later they can surprise us and we didn’t saw their real power. Desolation doesn’t surprise us, the same old Ruin. So we expect that problems will begin in weekdays. Ruin have night prime time, even if other guild decide to have a rest, then Ruin fight in their prime time and they will have tens of thousands points. If we relax and will have insufficiently people, we quickly move to second place. We are glad that it seems that we will have a good gap in start of weekdays.

That funny to read official forum, where Ruin wrote that they are glad to see new international server on tier 1, and with our help can drop Vizunah Square out of tier 1, and Desolation place on summary not the main goal. Vizunah happy we stay ahead of the Ruins and revenge them for French losses on last week. All are happy. We happy too, we have first place. Idyll =)

Situation on 10:30 pm (UTC +4)

Scribbles.7493:

I chuckled at that NPC quote in the picture you posted.
Pretty accurate.

I didn’t saw this words, but it is really truthfully =)

[05.11.2012] Current match-up: Elona’s Reach vs Blacktide vs Riverside

Now there are strange loss. All upgraded keeps on all maps, excluding Elona borderland, werre lost, and later we particularly intercepted back. Elona borderland fully belongs to us. From midday we have strong pressing on Eternal, Riverside and Elona were not fighting themselves only BT. Almost all day we have 500+ points in 15 minutes. But at 9-10pm all started, there is rumor that Elona and Riverside made alliance, like in Eternal.

Nugos controlled Riverside borderland from 1-2pm, they said that they even in weekdays they start on 10am with little forces. But even this is very big help in morning-day war, which is very important, and we would be very happy if there will be another one morning-day guild. How longer we can pressing opponents, so later theirs zerg can get together. If we lose one tower for only half hour, then they would rally in midday.

Situation on 11:30 pm (UTC +4)

[04.11.2012] Current match-up: Elona’s Reach vs Blacktide vs Riverside

We confidently moving forward. But, how I said yesterday, it will be more interesting what we will see in weekdays. However, Monday is day off for us, so it won’t be indicator. Although europeans will go to work and we won’t have so excellent cover for night time. So we can do conclusions only in Tuesday.

Its important to understand that BT now is unstable, and we got queries on weekend, we don’t see it for a long time and out new allies don’t expect it. Our new allies from Far Shiverpeaks have big pressing from some members who don’t like transferring to BT. And many other problems that can made BT weaken. However, we have good results, and it is very important to many and many. We can rate BT in 1-2 weeks and will see can we rise to tier 1.

From practical point of view, all that we need for good war in tier 1, are few american guilds. Or we need to strengthen our morning online and need to take advantage to Ruin, at least for 4-5 hours, to take full control on all maps at the midday. Beside this we need to cooperate with untags, need to lead them in voice. This we could teach from Elona.

In summary, now situation is very good, all guild in BT do what they can. And we have to laid out on the 200%, even if we think that match result is clear.

New video: Xaoc – [04.11.2012] Clashes Compilation
http://youtu.be/_tNJ7jL7Gio

Situation on 11:30 pm (UTC +4)

Triffek.9268:

any reports for new match?

Don’t worry =) reports posting here on the next day morning, so if match begin in Saturday report post here on Sunday.

[03.11.2012] Current match-up: Elona’s Reach vs Blacktide vs Riverside

It is very nice, that first day passed so well. Our new and old allies laid out on the full. Nugos fighting from the beginning of the match. As a result we almost all time we were first on points in 15 minutes. All maps were very good, despite Elona’s zerg. Earlier we hadn’t got abilities to cover 3 borderlands when opponents have zerg, and slowly lose towers and keeps, but today we hold on very well. In the night Nugos conquer important objects on Elona’s borderland. On the Riverside’s borderland we, CiR and Nugos were defending all map for a long time. Our main power was in the Elona’s borderland, in the evening european guilds and GF and Thun join us here. As a result despite this, map defending now.

Query on BT and Eternal was 30 minutes, Elona’s and Riverside – around 10-15 minutes. Tolerably to weekend with massive refill.

It would be very interesting to watch our abilities on weekdays (we don’t think that weekend is main factor, but it is very important). Many guilds endeavor in weekend and sometimes they lacks sufficient strength to fight well on weekdays, and here beginning another war,with night losses, full upgraded keeps and towers in the morning and etc. Even sunday is pretty different to saturday.

Video: http://youtu.be/8v7XUCNwE00

[31.10.2012] Current match-up: Elona’s Reach vs Far Shiverpeaks vs Blacktide

In our battle with Far Shiverpeaks we won in advance.
We prove that our evolution model is good enough. Primarily for ourselves, secondary for all russian community. We are zerg with big time covering and we should pride of this. We made model, what cannot make another russian guild. But we should understand our weak sides. Our organization and skill are not so good. Big staff turnover, people constantly changing. It is very hard to use new tactics and rise skill, when every week there are many new people and many people left game. As result average guild skill is not so good and of course we work hard on improving those moments.

As for our current match, now we haven’t got priority to attack Far Shiverpeaks, the same way for them. It doesn’t mean, that we attack only Elona’s Reach, it mean that we will fight such as usual, without any priority, but it cannot affect to current week results.

New video:
Xaoc – [31.10.2012] – Blacktide Garrison Defence. Far Shiverpeaks atacks
http://youtu.be/dXaIif4wZAU

Situation on 11pm (UTC +4)
Blacktide have query; Eternal, Elona’s Reach, Far Shiverpeaks haven’t got queries. There are many free slots.

[30.10.2012] Current match-up: Elona’s Reach vs Far Shiverpeaks vs Blacktide

Today report is very short. Outrun to Far Shiverpeaks 22k, confidently have advantage on points in 15 min, except evening. In the morning Elona had good zerg and prevent us from taking more points, but we take first place on points in 15 min.

New videos:
Xaoc – [30.10.2012] Compilation, mostly with Elona’s Reach
(early post by BrutalPenguin.9017)
http://youtu.be/rSXPYmE0Kq8

Xaoc – [30.12.2012] Epic Bay defence
http://youtu.be/wxoLMoC47Mg

Situation on 1am (UTC +4)

[29.10.2012] Current match-up: Elona’s Reach vs Far Shiverpeaks vs Blacktide

How you can see, day was very successful! We recover 6k gap and outrun Far Shiverpeaks. But at 5-6pm Elona and Far Shiverpeaks left us only 130-150 points in 15 min, and Far Shiverpeaks began overtaking us. After AprillOne’s squad came to Eternal and situation became better and Elona took some Far Shiverpeaks keeps. So, we think in the morning outrun to Far Shiverpeaks will be around 3-4k. If more, then it would be perfect. So, first week day acquitted our expectations. If in tuesday would go like monday we could make conclusions about match up results.

Undoubtedly Far Shiverpeaks is good, organized better than we. But our system expect huge online even at the cost of organizing, we interesting in result score and we can’t do this if we would make only several hours event in day. They fights very good on such events (at theirs primetime) but it not enough to top positions in ladder.

Situation on 9pm (Moscow time, UTC +4, CET +3)

[28.10.2012] Current match-up: Elona’s Reach vs Far Shiverpeaks vs Blacktide

Second war day with Far Shiverpeaks ended. There were more mutual attacks, as soon as one of us attack, another attacks first one, so we constrain each other.

From epic moments: 2-3 hours defend tower nearly Far Shiverpeaks teleport, at that it wasn’t upgraded. It was attacked with: 4-5 trebuchets, simple zerg staying in one point, many rams and catapults. It was amazing how long we defend this tower from “elite” FS forces (GF, Nugos). =)

Gap was in normal limits, in the morning would be around 6-10k. Glad that FS cannot get gap to us. We expect more resistance and gap from they. But exclusions we will see in tuesday.

And some interesting screenshots.

[27.10.2012] Current match-up: Elona’s Reach vs Far Shiverpeaks vs Blacktide

It was an epic day, we go rather good. Expect more loss of points at night, but Far Shiverpeaks get ahead on 2k, that is we were side by side. We won back points difference, but in 18-19 we again start losing points, because EU guilds not wake up yet and we cannot control all maps.

Battles were very complicated. For us is rather good that even in weekend day we not lose too much points. Now it is early to make some conclusions, and we look in gap on the morning. If Far Shiverpeaks fights on the limit of their strength, then they not impress us.

Funny moment was in Bay, we and Far Shiverpeaks made mesmers portals behind opponents. But our portal was 1 second earlier and we won this battle. Mesmers portals is excellent feature, but late afternoon we noticed that opponents rarely use portals and often fails with them.

Screenshots says more that words.

Guys, it was clear from the beginning that WvWvW will be “War of time zones”. And some server that can cover 24/7 online would be one of the best. Is you cover only few hours you will be in 20+ position, if – 5-10 hours 10-20, if – 10-15 you go to top 10.
In this game it doesn’t matters you nightcapping or taking points in primetime, because:
1. Primetime is different for different players, here is no primetime to all server/people.
2. Primetime points have same weight as night.

There is no sense to discuss primetime, let’s discuss a war carelessly on time zones.

[25.10.2012] Current match-up: Riverside vs Blacktide vs Seafarer’s Rest

From morning all was good, 1:30pm we have 450+ points/15min, but then it got worse. Is was an interesting situation, in the night Revierside activated and capture almost all maps and almost catch Seafarers (10k gap). So Riverside got a chance to take second place, and as for us – now we are spectators, our mission now to prepare next match up. Nothing will prevent our victory and position in ladder, even if we leave wvwvw, but of course we won’t leave wvwvw

Some new videos:
• how to take SM in 60 minutes: http://youtu.be/2Q3muxPweTU
• and extension: http://youtu.be/2Q3muxPweTU

You write: " they are of no worth without accurate time relative to Greenwich". I try to explain you how to convert CET to UTC.

About anoher one: “it its not 10 pm here but 10 am (gmt +0)”. As I said earlier, screenshots in reports was made at 10pm not when I post it.

What is not clear?

soul.8617:

Probably you posted this screen cutted at bottom because it its not 10 pm here but 10 am (gmt +0).
And as of other screens posted here, they are of no worth without accurate time relative to Greenwich. And all the assurances about that is the CET time are only leaves without figs.

Difference between CET and UTC is +1 hour.
Moscow time is CET +3 and UTC +4.
10 pm in Moscow:
* in Berlin (CEST, UTC +2) – 8pm
* in New York (UTC-4) – 2pm

[24.10.2012] Current match-up: Riverside vs Blacktide vs Seafarer’s Rest

Today went on schedule and we continue preparing to epic battle with Far Shiverpeaks. It may be that 3rd opponent in next match would be Elona Reach and Desolation goes to tier 1. We slowed down upgrades rate and saving our money, so loss more points, especially afternoon. Yesterday ~66k, today ~73k in evening despite loss of points.

Situation on 11pm

[23.10.2012] Current match-up: Riverside vs Blacktide vs Seafarer’s Rest

Second week day passed, as for us it was excellent. Preparing to next one of most epic match for us. With high probability we can say that next match would be versus Desolation and Far Shiverpeaks. From one point of view nothing special, just another step to 1st tier. At another point of view it would be extremely important match, in which find out which russians population server is the best. It can be said, this matchup would be battle between Blacktide and Far Shiverpeaks.

So, today we were best on matchup again. On afternoon we lost towers on Seaferer and Riverside borderlands, but after two hours all maps were blue again. In the evening we have 300-350+ points/15min, despite the fact that it wasn’t our base time.

And some ours awesome videos:
- epic battle in hole: http://youtu.be/g_4DPwqUl5I
- tower defence on eternal: http://youtu.be/Wb15OOSgNT4

[22.10.2012] Current match-up: Riverside vs Blacktide vs Seafarer’s Rest

For us Monday was an excellent day on points, but most of the day was so boring. Till 8pm on Seafarers borderland nothing happens, but after… We defend all 3 keeps, but unfortunately we lost garrison. It was very nice to warm-up after boring day.

In the morning with help of 7-8 golems we took SM and downgrade almost all Eternal (only 1 keep and 2 towers persist), it was a good sign. After this NoLimit, Health Potions and some untags successfully defend SM till 10-11pm.

Seafarers and Riversides borderland as usual hold well, but Blacktide fell. If speak at overall, we don’t relax and start preparing to battle with Desolations and Far Shiverpeaks. Today our current opponents were inexpressive, on first failures they gave up, but in the evening they gathered and showed good fights! And at overall this are very gaily.

Our video with some interesting moment on Seafarers borderland:
http://youtu.be/raTnbp-CksY

We post screenshots as a result of our day, such as day report. As a rule around 10 pm (moscow time, +3 CET).

If you interesting what happens now, here is screenshot with current situation. Or you can use http://mos.millenium.org/matchups

[21.10.2012] Current match-up: Riverside vs Blacktide vs Seafarer’s Rest

The second day was pretty good. We spent a lot of money, but it was worth it. All three borderlands at 5 pm still were ours, only some towers began to fall. As a result, yesterday gap in points from Riverside was 14K, today – 18K now and is growing.

One of the most epic moment today was fight on garrison. It was 5th hour of borderland defence. Suddenly, in TS one of commander says: “Our garrison on Blacktide was attacking, outer water gate is almost fall”. Due to teleport on keeps we catch to garrison when Seafarers were in lord room. Many of us fell, but resurrects here, because, only in few moments, teleport on garrison was unlocked, but this was enough for us. So in some measure we defend garrison with luck.

Video from one of our party
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ICtzNuP0OT4

Now it is very important how war goes during whole week.

Some our videos from last week:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bcc8jA7VUug
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tdpSnmPucvM

[20.10.2012] Current match-up: Riverside vs Blacktide vs Seafarer’s Rest

It was an epic day. Thanks to our new wvw hardcore guilds, now we were finally able reach full capacity on one or two maps and not disperse forces on all maps. This was amazing. Screenshots say more than words.

One of interesting moments. SR build 8 siege golems and were going to attack garrison on Seafarers borderland, but they were not lucky to meet us and also golems were ahead. After 30 seconds: 4 golems were destroyed, 4 golems with low hp were saved, but we not seen their after.

Another excellent moment was when we took Riversides orb, they built here over 30 sieges. We destroyed them with several mesmer portals. And after while transferring orb we repeatedly safe it with help of portals.

One time we asking allies to built some golems. They seriously strive and if we would wait 30 minutes they would built 15-20 golems =)

Its early to draw conclusions. Usually we loss in point on weekend, but today was excellent day!

We noticed your great improvement after wensday, it was almost impossible to repeat our wensday hit and you are winning deservedly.

I think next time we will be more stronger and try to solve our loss of points at night, our night nearly US prime time. See you soon guys!

[18.10.2012] Current match-up: Blacktide vs Augury Rock vs Desolation

We not led on points today. And now two borderlands are almost empty, it all happens because we had decided not to invest 30-50g in upgrades in the morning. Tower and keeps often intercepted, untags left two borderlands and went to Eternal and Blacktide where upgraded keeps were. Other maps were empty and enemies upgrade keeps there, what interfered us to capture points. For sure we can, but it would need big resources and we start preparing to next match.
Our allies were good today, actively jumping into our portal and help us destroying enemies, it only need to write it beforehand. May be it is impact that we have more guilds on the server. And let they haven’t got theirs commander on maps and run after commander icon, but now they know what to do in combat.

Situation on ~ 23:00

Merlin Dyfed Avalon.5046:

Always like reading these.
And i believe these reports deserve a subforum.
keep it up.

Glad to hear it =)
And it would be really cool, if many servers write reports.

[17.10.2012] Current match-up: Blacktide vs Augury Rock vs Desolation

After a great day yesterday, today was not so good. It was started in the morning, almost three hours Ruins fought with us and prevents us from taking anything, except few towers and supplies. Finally, at 9-10 hours our quantity was comparable with Desolation and we equaled on points in 15 minutes. Then we went ahead in people and points/15min despite three Desolation’s orbs. So today we went to 400+ only on 3 hours later than yesterday.

During all day, fights were not so swimmingly. In the middle of the day suddenly Augury and Desolation went out big zergs, that we hadn’t seen for all week. Ran here for three hours and downgrade almost all our towers\keeps, which we upgraded in the morning\afternoon, except two keeps on the borderlands. Then, as usual, event was over and we back to 400+ points. After few hours (in the evening) they came again and it was pretty hot.

[15.10.2012] Current match-up: Blacktide vs Augury Rock vs Desolation

Overtaking Desolation and Augury on point in 15 minutes. But the transfer of active guilds from Gunnar is still far from completion, but the effect is already visible. We are glad that finally can interact with someone, not only in the evenings. In the morning (about 10-11 to MSK) CIR countering Desolation. In the evening ThUn (which partially transferred) help them. DkR and HRY are in process. Now so much depends on how we can compensate nights sags. We are pretty sure that new BT guilds keep and exceeded scored points. We look forward to meeting with Kodash and Seafarer. In the morning Seafarer was around zero. In the evening we should not sag. It’s likely that next week we’ll have the operation “Retribution”. For this week it is difficult to make predictions, the Desolation have very powerful American guild that countering our morning rush and we have a tangible advantage only to 12 hours. At the same time in the evening, we had push them and unlikely sag at the beginning of our night. So in any case the chance is still there. However, our new allies promise to reach their full capacity to next week. Now they have organizational work and reshaping the guilds. We will try to intensify further in the arena of international politics.

Score speaks for itself (~21 in MSK)

About glitching it not good and its not so bad.

But despite this we doesn’t support methods like this. We are big guild and cannot control everybody, and sometimes something like this can happen.
But our leaders doesn’t encourage such things.

UPD
It is necessary to add, that we repeatedly seen some not so fair play from our opponents, but it is war, and we try to win despite this. Of course if it was not so disbalansing. Because it’s clear that allways and everywhere there are somebody who can substitute another players.

[14.10.2012] Current match-up: Blacktide vs Augury Rock vs Desolation

Today was not so good. In the morning Desolation decided not to go to sleep and stop us. As a result, there were some upgraded keeps, which we cannot capture. Unfortunately their primetime gets against our early morning. Of course we capturing, but cannot take all, which we lost in night. Let’s see what will be on weekdays.

By fights, for all morning we were fighting with big scratch. All keeps actively defending and wore tag Ruin. Then I had to go for almost the whole day. Big problems with balancing forces on maps. On one map zerg, on another void, sometimes vice versa. For this reason we lost so much in upgrades. As a result, there were few upgrades, what complicate our life then.

About the good news, some active guilds going to join us on Blacktide. Some of them fought with us today on Blacktide borderland coordinating with our small squad, others now watching and going to join in the end of week.

What for last week, thats was great! We liked this match up with GH and AG, especially weekend and start of the week.
Thanks for you guys. Glad to see you again.

[13.10.2012] Current match-up: Blacktide vs Augury Rock vs Desolation

Not so good day, now (19:30) we have about 200 points in 15 minutes. How it was? Epic! For long time we didn’t have so fun. With Gunnar was a great feeling of moral satisfaction from success, but here was a fun. Spent in battle 14+ hours without a break, so I remember all in fragments.

Early morning: Desolation have big zerg, that beat our mini Zerg. But we slowly begin to correct the situation. Take little corner on one of the maps and begin to strengthen. Fighting there lasted about hour, we have only 50-70 points in 15 minutes, which we scrabbled with great difficulty. Gradually enemies collapsed, we begin to send troops to other maps. Desolation can’t longer control everything and begin crumble. At 10am they went to have a rest. We saw around 50 people, and in next few minutes no one. 3 quiet hours, for which we have time to downgrade almost all maps. Only 3 keeps resist.

3 hours passed and enemies gathered. For a few hours we take 400+. Till 6pm we held first place at least 90% of all time. Desolation was not as scary as it seemed in morning.

Desolation defend supply ?amp in 20-30 people setting there over 20 sieges. 3-4 mesmers portals, that immediately appears in all sieges, and they fell. It was epic.

During all day I received reports from borderland commanders: we were attacked by almost 10 golems (and at least 2 were superior), lord rooms defending for hours. Sometimes we were defeated in lord rooms too.

Thanks for all. I thought that everything would be much worse and harder. Of course first day is not an indicator, but it is clear that we can get at least the second place. Also we have chance to take first, but it will be much more difficult than with Gunnar.

[11.10.2012] Current match-up: Gunnars Hold vs Blacktide vs Aurora Glage

The day went according to schedule. Now we are having the advantage over Gunnar 40k, over Aurora 120k and we are leading on points in 15 minutes. In current situation we would rise to 7th place in the world rankings (in forecast). Hard to say what is better to enjoy it or better start from the 9th. 9th place likes better to get more rating points, but 7th place looks very good. As Aurora would goes down (forecast -5 to 15th), so we rise up (+4). In any case, our new objective to foothold in a new trio and if all goes well rise to next.

Server’s ladder position doesn’t shows skill of server players, it shows server’s force at war in general conditions. If servers wants to have fun on battles, that server can play on weekends and enemies primetime, but it doesn’t mean that this should be the determining factor for all another. If you wanna be the best, you need to pass hard road to top. And the more servers understand it, the more interesting fights we get and its fights would be not only weekends.

Also I need to note, that GH is great opponent and I really want to meet you again, especially if our battles would be fierce during all week. And as for AG its not weak server (and have some strong guild), but in these matchup its seems like they are too relaxed.

Scribbles.7493:

If things continue like they do now, it looks like Blacktide will win this matchup.

It kind of saddens me to see WvW develop in this kind of way, though. This isn’t a war at all. Not when people can win by avoiding conflict and fighting NPC’s instead.

If you think it’s not a war, that just means you cannot war all 24/7, but such war is very difficult. But in our ladder positions there aren’t any server that fighting all 24/7. Such as Blacktide you avoiding avoding conflict on yours time, and capping when we sleep, and it greatly helped your win in out last match.

lepri.6504:

I only care about the Fun, and it was most fun at the weekends when we had equal opportunity regarding game time. During weekends GH is very strong and can beat most servers which seems to better night/morning cappers and winners. I do not blame them, there is not a single defination of Fun afterall.

If wvwvw would be only on weekends that would be quite another battles, all would lay theirself out only during this days, but we have what we have. And we all fighting in same conditions, if you seek only for fun in weekends, you never rise to top.

Xasapis.9237:

You can’t take towers with 30 people when 160 are on the hunt. Maybe once with a surprise attack and then you’ll lose it in the next 5 minutes. All you can do is cap supply camps. Thing is, how much fun is that compared to put a fight vs actual people and maybe hold an objective or two for a bit?
In both cases you’re going to lose, in the first you’re just annoying and not really having fun while in the second you get some fun out of a bad situation.

What I"m saying is already happening anyway. EB has the most 24/7 coverage of all bgs, since it’s the most balanced of them all, so it also has the most upgraded towers/keeps as well. People are ok to chip in when there is a remote chance that they won’t lose stuff because noone is around.

You are too categorical, game is not only running between points. You can use your strategic thoughts, test new strategies and use that one witch can give you more. Always there are something to improve

PS and I want to remind you, that we loss GH some weeks ago. After this we had some difficult matches and we made some changes and improvements. Of course our advantage can be attributed to GH weakening. but i don’t think so.

Xasapis.9237:

I disagree.
When a server does not have then numbers during a certain time of the day, it makes no sense dividing into even thinner numbers in all fronts and thus losing on all of them. 30 people on all four battlegrounds vs 160+ will always lose and be spawn camped. If though those 30×4=120 concentrate on one bg, then they have some sort of fighting chance vs 160, even though they are still outnumbered.

The bottom line is that you play for fun and when the odds are impossible it stops being fun and people naturally go and do other, more fun stuff.

You reasoning correctly, but if you have only 120 and enemy have 160+, its rightly that you would lose. But you have got options, and with 4×30 group you can take mush more points that in 120 vs 160. If you cannot do this you would lose, and it would be fair.

About fun, it’s game, but strong guild have a goal(s). And reaching that goal is what is really fun. =)

lepri.6504:

What GH lost was not points, it was the will to wvw and fight. This is happening for sometime, when we are winning players swarm the borderlands and when we are losing on a specific map they simply do not join or try to join the map we are winning. This is general trend, even participation rate on dedicated guilds decreases. We lose will to fight very fast. Because of this reason we could not take back Blactide assets fast enough. We did this when we were winning but when Blactide dedication increased ours declined.

Night/morning cap is unfortunately a viable strategy but people can work against it. We all know Blacktide primetime presence is much lower but do we have will to take map back fast enough when we see their lead on the map?

All points on all maps equally valuable, and if you can defend only one borderland, enemies would have another 3. And if enemies hold 1,5-3 maps this mean that he is stronger, because its more difficult and would fairly win.

Lets consider another option, you hold 1 map and enemy contentrate their power in this map, you will have good fight, but another 3rd server will hold another 3 maps, and first 2 servers will have a big loss.

As result if you easily hold 1 map, you should attack another maps, otherwise you lose.

[10.10.2012] Current match-up: Gunnars Hold vs Blacktide vs Aurora Glage

Another good day. Although today war significantly more active than yesterday. In the afternoon some enemies have events and we sag to +400 points in 15 minutes, later come back to +500. And slowly subside again now. It will be interesting to see what they will show at night. We got over 30 000 points advantage.

Today there was several epic battles. One moment, stretching for 2 hours, is the powerful assault of our Bay in Gunnar borderland. Enemies attacked our Garrison walls and cover their trebuchets, but despite this we break over 10 units. Once they break internal wall, but we stopped them at the Lord, such as they have stopped us in the morning. Then the counter attack and all the sieges fell. In next attack they we so angry that set 4-5 trebuchets and 3-4 catapults. And of course they could not finish their =)

[09.10.2012] Current match-up: Gunnars Hold vs Blacktide vs Aurora Glage

Today had a excellent day and it finally proved that it is possible to compensate night sag with morning online. You should have to understand that with only morning battles impossible rise over 5-8 top. We retrieved 12 500 that missed on night, then 10 000 gap (which was earlier) and went out to 9000 advantage. Here is the first place! If Gunnar sharply not intensify, we will have a very good chance to take first place with wide margin.

All borderlands should be fully upgraded to 1-2am and generally we upgrade their, and it costs us a lot. Spent 50+ guild gold and this does not include gold spent by guild members. But 5-6 upgraded keeps with siege weapons give us a great advantage in the afternoon and even in evening. As many money we investing, so longer we hold a big advantage.

Asolar.6274:

Coming from GH and trying to defend against your early morning rush (on all 3 maps, yep i was the yellow asura necro. SUN) i think your server will win because of this, whoever can night/morning cap before prime time have the biggest advanges. So far we have taking it back keep by keep in the day/evening time, but lets see how the work days goes.
I had quite a few good fights againts you guys, hope to have more thou out the week. o)

Its looks like a time zones war, and we decided to gather on the early morning, because its not really to retake sag on primerime (this is not entirely true, sifarer’s rest showed this last week). But GH have night zerg, witch wecan not stop before sunrise =)

[08.10.2012] Current match-up: Gunnars Hold vs Blacktide vs Aurora Glage

Today took just gorgeous day and for today I can put a solid A, all Xaoc and Blacktide. From early morning until the evening held the advantage in the end turned out to compensate all night and catch up with Gunnar and overtake 5000 as for the same time yesterday.
According to our guilds. Happy heard that NoLimit actively attack Eternal. Health potions with WIC in the morning kept all Blacktide for long time. In the evening WIC coordinate with us on Aurora borderland. Xeno Tavern (polish guild) with us in TeamSpeak, and in broken English we coordinate with them on Gunnar borderland. Slowly worked out the actual mechanisms of coordination between those who really willing to fight, and not an agreement on papers and forums. The result today is regularly captured by 100% as a whole map of Gunnar and Aurora. Eternal was stable.
Second day actively engaged WvWvW in Xaoc International and act independently. Accustom people to the WvWvW event, but yes, there forces not so massive as russian Xaoc. So it’s like that we will be needed to buy Squad commander’s book to international Xaoc. I think this is the biggest breakthrough. In Xaoc international enormous potential, given the number of people willing to step in and take every day.
In general, last day left the most positive impression.

[07.10.2012] Current match-up: Gunnars Hold vs Blacktide vs Aurora Glage

Sunday is traditionally a good day for us. Consistently high online on all maps, but even on Sunday in primetime can go to the borderland without queries, at least for one. In the morning there were a few difficult fights with Gunnar’s defenders that per night gained a very good advantage on points and dug in many keeps. Only by 10:30 defeat all upgraded keeps on all the maps. And in one of keeps even lost 40 minutes and had back again after hour. But this time, we came up with five golems and castle quickly fell despite fierce defense. Defenders upset and went to sleep =)

Poured into upgrades 30+ gold in the morning, and received 5 keeps with waypoints, so for a long time we protect them. First keeps began to fall only to 6pm in Moscow and provides us with a good advantage. Of the interesting things, we well coordinate with the Xeno Tavern on Gunnar’s map and captured the entire lower part of the map completely knocking out Aurora.

[06.10.2012] Current match-up: Gunnars Hold vs Blacktide vs Aurora Glage

As usual, the first day of the match the most difficult. In the morning zerg everywhere, but the enemies clearly nicely. Aurora, promising to defeat us, in the morning on the third place, although the gap on us and small. Gunnar on the first, although their separation is still not too critical, though not small – 9000. Let’s see how active they are at night. And how much we will be able to dominate in the morning to make up for sagging. In our last match with Gunnar and Aurora we have a lot to win back the morning weekdays. In the evening there was a swing here.

On maps, holding a piece of Gunnar and Blacktide, there are two big our group. On the morning, Squad Commander of the Health Potion drove people on Eternal . As a result, all day Eternal is stable. Morning jumped on all maps and kept keeps on all three, managing to beat anywhere. By the middle of the day gave Gunnar Castle. Aurora looks quite pale, Gunnar better for them.

[05.10.2012] Current match-up: Seafarer’s Rest vs Blacktide vs Baruch Bay
Today well fought, better than in previous days. Never sink to 100 points as usual. Weekend effect, more Blacktide people the maps easier to gain the necessary weight to attacks. Most of the day worked on all maps in microgroups of 5-8 people and helped take allies keeps and coordinated the work. We met Xeno Tavern guild. They fought on one of the maps in the middle of the day, we took it all and then Xeno Tavern with allies kept the whole map decent time.

Closer to the 5pm we attacked by Obskura guild on Blacktide, so our jump stoped and points became gradually creep down. Obskura well coordinated guild strong guild, but global strategic thinking not so good.

Good day, and really enjoi it. Good score all day, a lot more people, a sense of closeness weekend.

Harkain.5189:

Honestly prime time fighting is all that matters with an emphasis on fighting. Who cares if you can hold and manage night/early morning pve capping with little or no resistance.

It’s only a matter of time before anet does something about odd hour cappings what will you do then to gain back points ? pve capping is not tactics its a resort from people who cannot contend on the field of battle.

If Anet make it, we make some changes for us, but now we use that strategy and sure that it is best choise for us and of course we always attempting to improve it. If Anet make wvwvw only for primetime, it would be quite different game. Also I should say, that such war not so easy, that you think.