Guild Wars 2

Why worry about balance when the royalties from GW2 China almost equal the money made by NA and EU combined. If anything, when profits start slipping bad, expect NCsoft to step in to get their board to examine the cause of the decline. Until then, Balance is not a top priority. Profit is.

Kigera.9584:

JQ really wants TC’s garrison, lol. I can’t even go to the restroom with all of these repetitive attacks.

Urine Jar. Enuf said

From a JQ perspective of TC, i will say you guys are going to have a super good time during NA.

And to TC, congrats on moving out of Limbo state. You guys deserve to fight in tier 1.

May the best server claim the prize of a gold medal.

-Fuzzy wuzzy the ele

Oh, AND LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!!

oh and this happened to me the last day when i got steamrolled afk beside bay by bg.

WHo fights in EoTM??

JQ

Havent you heard, rangers were given super powers this patch.

There is a 1 second delay right before signet is active after becoming passive

Mortars are used by the Asura to insert said asura and fling them onto the other side of the enemy for ambush techniques.

I have been playing with many build types in the last 3 months just for giggles and fun for the DnD ele after 2 years of boredom

• Builds

DnD
02246 , 00266, 02066,02444

So for Builds the most efficient cantrip based build is 02066.

The “Lets have some fun” is 02246 with the incredible auras all day long and Signet of water and earth with LF just for LOLs.

The 00266 build is going to rob you of perma fury but give u almost perma protection with cantrips and is a build that is used also as much.

Other builds will apply but these are the tested and most used among dnd eles in wvw.

• Gearing

When you first start you will be having a mix of clerics,soldiers and valks.

Now as you progress , you first get rid of all your trinkets. Replace the entire set with celestial that you can get from laurels or PvE.

Once all your trinkets are celestial head on over to get your ascended back piece. Go Berserker on that.

Now after this is where u must do your own homework on what you want with your playstyle because trust me, its a pain to redo the rest.

Following that , get your ascended armour i.e. if unsure go all celestial though i like them to be 3 cav and 3 knights

Weapons should be celestial or if you feel like a risk taker , 1 celes or 1 berserker or both berserkers.

Please note, take very good care before making the armour and weapons. Hard to redo them.

• Stats

This is an area that cannot be agreed by there is an average consensus on the issue

1. Healing Power – ~500

Healing power doesnt scale that well for eles. Is there a difference between 1000 and 500 healing power, yes, but not as great as you think.

400(Lowest)
500(Average)
700(Great)
1000(significant diminishing returns)
2000(Really?)

1. Power

You want to aim for 3000 with stacks

With Stacks and buffs—>

2500(Lowest)
2700(Average)
3300(Great)

1. Crit% and Crit Damage

Crit% should be ~30%(50% when you count in fury)
Crit Damage ~ 180%

20%crit/170 crit damage(Lowest)
28%crit/177 crit damage(Average)
30%crit/190 crit damage(Great)
80%crit/220 crit damage(Things go Boom but you may also die in a boom)

1. Armour

This includes toughness

Average is 2.5k for a DnD

2.4k(Lowest)
2.6k(Average)
2.8k(Great)
3k(Wait, whos the tank in your group?)
3.3k(Really?)

Im not sure why folks cheat in MMO.

The multihack is pointless.

You play in WvW for relaxation. Thats why they are called video games.

Play DnD

in WvW we still kick kitten , but gone are the days when 4vs1 was easy. Now most 1v1 are easy but 2v1 is becoming much harder.

Folks are getting better in wvw

But every spank /gank grp needs an ele for effectiveness

Many folks have gone from

0/10/0/30/30

to

10/10/0/30/20

with the same boon duration gear but now have increased their crit with crit stacks.

i.e. I have with full stacks, 47% crit and 2000 pow 20316hp , 30% boon duration bonus, 40% attuenment recharge bonus.

Cantrips vigor regeneration has also been nerfed.

Congrats to JQ on their victory. The question now is, who will win second place? My money is on FA (by Money i mean 10silver, yes im poor)

SFShinigami.2015:

Dear his Papal Glory, Saint Mancus of the Malhavoc, I pray by the beard of Jedsus this message reaches you. Once again we have been sidetracked on our long journey home to the beautiful shores of Jed Quarry. Last week Captain Kelo of The Lady Seafoam Antonym marooned us in between the lands of Fort Aspenwood and Dragonbrand, and his excuses dripped with ulterior motives, now this week we find ourselves AGAIN marooned, this time at the hands of Captain Thorich of The Red Seasniffer of the Proletariat between Fort Aspenwood and Maguuma, though, to be honest I believe he is just after some Magswag #yolo420.

With each supposedly accidental crash our rebuilt ships get smaller and smaller and I begin to wonder if random chance will somehow prove more successful at returning us home than these recent converts who call themselves Captains. In the meantime, we will again snuggle the citizens of Fort Aspenwood fiercely, we have gotten to know many of them well, they are very receptive to the word of Jedsus Chris and upon our crash landing, some even joined our dance party. The Maguuma citizens, however, I have heard are a rambunctious lot, sneaking up on you in your sleep riding their Maguumy Bears to steal all your swag for themselves.

Once again the banner of The Holy Church of Jedsus Chris of Saturday Feints will pierce the heavens as it did upon the founding of church with the first Saint of Destruction, Lord Hoschi at the Great Eiffel Tower of Vegas and like before we shall not falter, and we shall not fail.

Jedmen.

Attached: Foreground: The Lady Seafoam Antonym, Background: The Red Seasniffer of the Proletariat

Operation “Convert Maguuma” has began

RTL in WvW must either have the distance increased back to 1500 OR the time reduced to 15/30 sec

Burl.9567:

Vash.9183:

SykkoB.9465:

Crimson Riddles.3892:

SykkoB.9465:

Crimson Riddles.3892:

SykkoB.9465:

Voicer.8239:

Tyaen.5148:

Voicer.8239:

…
Actually is funny to see all this posts from SoR, you guys are having a blast now that you finally beat BG right? …

http://mos.millenium.org/na/matchups/history/83

http://mos.millenium.org/na/matchups/history/79

http://mos.millenium.org/na/matchups/history/75

http://mos.millenium.org/na/matchups/history/73

http://mos.millenium.org/na/matchups/history/71

Do you have any one that show SoR against BG withouth JQ?

tbh all a 1v1 shows is a servers holes in coverage

BG has the upper hand in SEA compared to SOR , SO they can tick high in that time and then push from there into EU like BG does

now BG vs JQ

BG and JQ sea both very strong, BUT BG has the advantage durinng EU compared to JQ

now for BG/JQ/SOR

BG sea gets matched by JQ, and BG eu gets matched by SOR’s eu. So as u can see the 3 way of JQ BG SOR is the closest thing to even as it can get

in wvw coverage wins, and in 1v1 coverage becomes an even bigger advantage

SoR has the upper in EU and NA EST, we don’t have the upper in SEA. SoR has a huge SEA population and can compete but JQ demoralized your SEA to the point of no return.

BG’s strongest time has always been NA PST & Oceanic, and even then it’s an uphill battle.

im srry but u gotta be kidding me

BG has the largest sea POP of all servers, followed by JQ who is followed then by SOR the list goes on from there.

and i agree SOR has an advantage during late eu and na est. BG’s eu gets a big hand for ur sea.

SO again like i said BG and SOR counter eachother in the EU, JQ counters BG in SEA, and all three counter eachother in NA and Oceanic since most r NA or early SEA get on for that timeslot

plzz stop trying to make it look like BG is some weak underdog server, when u have prob the best coverage of all as it shows from when its BG vs SOR or BG vs JQ

Now in terms of coverage wars it goes in ranking BG then SOR then JQ and down. But u have to count in morale boosts, like JQ is having and it shows they r playing amazing.

and SOR’s sea coverage is far from demoralized its the same it always has been minus a few here and there aka fairweathers or ppl who got sick of the game and quit

Lol BG’s SEA isn’t even close to being as big as JQ’s and quit acting like SoR’s SEA is tiny.

compared to BG’s and JQ’s it is smaller, its not tinny i think SOR has the 3rd largest sea

and BG’s sea is bigger then JQ’s just look at the last time u guys faced eachother 1v1 or the last few weeks BG/SOR/JQ matches

SoR actually has more SEA than JQ. ATM just gets tons of PuG followers.

Uhhhhhhh……so PuGs don’t count in a server’s population now. Since when did this rule go into effect?

JQ has multiple SEA guilds. And thats not including the international guilds.

JQ TS also has a chinese speaking only sub channel. The co-ordination is amazing and when there is a need for the entire full force to funnel into a given map , I strongly suggest BG and SoR stay away.

SoR SEA force is not great and BG SEA force are greater than SoR forces but i am not sure about quality.

JQ has both the quantity and quality.

JQ, simply the Best !

Having even 1 wvw forum is pointless when Anet devs avoid the official forums for reddit.

Our wvw forum “specialist” is as useful as earmuffs during a summer day

Your update

No greatsword. Please close this thread.

And remember this FA & TC, everytime you pwn a [RE] member, you make fuzz a little more happy inside /hugs

Not much difference in skill except in tier 1 we have to learn how not to get too greedy because a zerg could be right around the corner.

Very well said.

If you would like your guild added to the list pls provide the details in this format to Jed

[Guild Name] [Guild Website ] [Contact Person ] [Timezone ] [ Average number of active players at any given time during your timezone] [ Guild criteria ] [ Play style ]

Teamspeak details and if you need a teamspeak slot for your guild are managed during transfers.

And Welcome to JQ

/Hugs and Love

Avadore.4196:

…see reply to this below

There was population and converge imbalance back in DAOC. In those days it was not server VS server but between the 3 different realms.

I’m surprised no has pointed out the main difference is that DAOC was not a conquest game like Guild Wars 2. The winner was not who had the most keeps but who can get the more kills. DAOC had no AOE cap and had long duration crowd controls that a small group (8 man) could take out large forces. It was fun and the imbalance was not as a big of a deal.

Couple of things for having more keeps were access to the huge dungeon of Darkness Falls, which at times it was great to let the other realm have so if your inside you could RvR with a never ending respawn of enemy players.

• I would love Darkness falls in GW2. Once we get rid of EOTM. Or maybe convert EOTM into something like darkness falls

Another was to add more super high level guards for the Relics which granted large damage bonuses depending on how many you had.

• Guards in GW2 are just way too soft. Except seigrazor. Might be good to have a system where the underpopulated server in that map gets a signifiant boost to all yaks and guards.

Problem we see in Guild Wars 2 is the current game mode is conquest and the majority of the rewards is for taking keeps/towers. Unlike DAOC the rewards were to killing other players.

• Not Really true. GW2 gives WXP for taking both towers/keeps and players. DAOC gave us RealmPoints(RPs) for doing the same. The difference is the higher level abilities you got from daoc which made u more superior to a lower (rank) player. Yes i know in gw2 we have only 2 real usefull player v player masteries, and i urge Anet to increase those 2 to more.

Let us not forget that Anet is trying their best to make GW2 WvWvW better than DAOC RvRvR. This will take time and perhaps bring alot of players back.

autoduck.2837:

Anet’s goal was to punish the X/X/X/30/30 “BUNKER” DD Ele build but what they are doing in fact is destroying the zerker dd ele which is in no way OP. This RTL nerf will severely limit the viability of all non-bunker dd ele builds.

Anet, what is it that you want to do? Do you want to reduce the effectiveness of the cantrip dd ele? Or do you want everyone to stop playing the Elementalist all together?

If anything they are encouraging bunker builds.

Nothing substantial until after summer. Yes refinement from here until then. Anet works like clockwork so if anything expect 2015 for next major WvW content.

Primarily because gone are the days when a person could fight 1v3 with ease if well played.

Now everyone has good gear, knows how to trait well and knows how to play their toons.

However if you really want solo fights , organise a fight club at the windmill.

But I do encourage everyone to practice solo roaming just to gain experience.

if you are looking for fights in the new bl, then u are at the wrong place

Haziq.3907:

Wow even after all the transfers into BG , JQ is still winning. It must have alot of dedicated WvWers , or just too much players lol.

JQ players are dedicated, friendly and are commonly mmo vets.

lol. I will tell my GF tonight thats its not my fault , its “Skill lag”

In NA T1 – Its 24/7. So anytime is the best time.

You need to have good timing on rotations as well and you will also need to dodge consistently like a rabbit on steroids. All this while playing with combo fields.

You want an easy mode kill everything toon go play an engie or warrior, otherwise skip the DnD ele.

switching to 10/10/0/30/20 now from the usual 0/10/0/30/30 builds. So far i like it. RTL nerf sucks at times but if that is the final nerf to the ele i can live with that.

Score Update with my new celestial color scheme and ascended gear(yes finally)

Simonoly.4352:

Plus it’s fun defending non-PvPers from the JP gank squads.

BG if you want to join the Sith or JQ if you want to join the Jedi

BG if you prefer Klingon or JQ if you prefer Vulcans. Live long and prosper.

BG and JQ have equally good roamers. So does TC.

All have fun and cool communities.

Having friends on both, I really cant say. But i do know that JQ has a lack of numbers during the 8hr NA timezone.

I have not had the pleasant chance to run with WARD yet (due to time difference) but from what i have heard, you guys are really good.

I shall ask my ministers to investigate this matter immediately.

BG,JQ,TC are the current big 3 in order of largest overall wvw population.

SoS , FA ,MAG,DB are the medium 4 in order of largest overall wvw population.

But the truth is WvWvW is suffering a type of post season depression. This one is much worse than the one faced after season 1. All servers have been hit by a number dip , so even though the server may be full, the actual wvw population is looking down. Maybe Anet could give us a wvw population count like they did in the past to show what is really happening?

As we wrap this week up

I would like to congratulate the Gold Medalist BG.

I would also like to congratulate SoR on their never ending ambition in T1

To JQ, You have done very well Under the given Circumstances

May next reset be filled with fun,challenge and above all, respect for all Tier 1 Participants.

/Salute

I guess the only good thing for wvw were the changes made to some of the classes and that they kept EB.

Thank kitten for eb!

Devon does not have the final say. Mike does But Anet is a very flatline structure, similar to valve, and their Main goal is this : TO MAKE MONEY.

Anet is venturing into this F2P model with tf2 store like items for the very first time on such a large scale. If anything, GW3 will come maybe in 10 years, or never. DX 11.1 GW is already in the pipelines.

Anet is also venturing into cloud computing with a game engine that was BUILT from scratch. Almost eveything in Anet gw2 was built from scratch

For those that want to know how much money Anet has made and their likely trend

http://sg.finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=036570.KS#symbol=036570.ks;range=10052010,12082013;compare=;indicator=volume;charttype=area;crosshair=on;ohlcvalues=0;logscale=off;source=undefined;

Most of NCsoft RnD aare allocated a budget of 7% of NP . They make a gross margin of ~27%.

Their shares are trading at PE of 18 , while not a good indicator is quite bullish.

The company has sound financials and ALOT of let me put it bluntly, money.

Anet is under extreme stress to perform. It is just Mike does not fully realise the potential of the WvWvW market, but hey, Mikes job is to make money, not tickle our fantasy.

http://sg.finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=036570.KS

Heres a historical chart of ncsoft

May god bless Anet and make WvWvW , a legend, just like what DAOC did for RvRvR

heh i got click baited

[Re] hunting today was fun.

I feel satisfied.

Thank you Anet.

Level a PU mesmer and run grey Armour. You will be fine

fivekiller.1432:

JaredKincade.9761:

So, I have a question for you then. Its similar to a philosophy question I’ve heard once.

Say there is a naval ship, named Enterprise. Every time she goes back to port, a piece of the ship is replaced. The mast one trip, the rudder another. Until eventually she’s made up of entirely new wood. Then each piece that was taken from that ship was put together into a new ship. Which ship is the real Enterprise?

So a guild comes from another server and 100 people come in the transfer. When it gets to its new server all its officers and members are from the old server. Over the course of five months players come and go and the guild builds and grows. The officers and leaders slowly quit and are replaced with people that didn’t come in the transfer until there are only one or two original leaders.

Is that guild still a transfer after that long?

The original ship that is made up of new parts that is named enterprise is the enterprise.

and ya the guild is still a transfer.

that was easy!

I thought the enterprise was made from composite materials capable of warp 6 ?

Kryyg.8576:

PredatoR.5247:

gratz BG on your win this week, you guys came out hard and kept swinging.

Its still anyones game mate.

VBK.6325:

JQ #1 at running away XD

You mean running away to collect the bags you guys dropped for us

Hammer warrior. You will fit in well in solo, or small grps, zerging, blobing, gvg, and anything else. Hardest class to master would prob. be an ele

You cant go wrong with

Armour set – celestial

Weapons – Anything from zerk to dire. Up to your playstyle

Trinkets – cele

Mythic had Orbs(relics) for over a decade now with little problems. Maybe just copy them?