Guild Wars 2

.1 difference in rating between Mag and SBI. Oh boy, the tension. Better go hard with
your day crew today, Mag. And tomorrow of course.

Tukmolytes.3467:

No more post for me. So tired of the whining here. I hope girls just play the game and stop whining.

Thank you FC and DR for giving us a good fight this week.

Peace, Out! See you in the battlefield.

Keep calling it whining. You seem to be whining about mythical whining more than anyone else. I’m happy that you are done whining about the phantom whining. See I can say whining a lot too. Must make it true then. Place random winky face here…

Tukmolytes.3467:

Hematuria.4051:

Not sure if you know what the definition of cry is. I was responding to somebody bragging about their victory. You guys can’t touch what SF did in this group. Don’t worry about us giving up. You just keep bragging about how awesome you are when everybody is asleep. I’ve been in wvw since I started 5 months ago. I’ve seen green one week out of that whole time. Still spend hours a day.

Dude, your sleep time is my primetime and my sleeptime is your primetime. Does this makes sense to you? We all need to sleep. We take advantage when the enemy sleeps. It’s that simple.

Should I stop playing when you sleep?

You should face DH. At least against us you can retake everything on your primetime. When we were against DH we can’t even retake everything we lost on both NA and Oceanic primetimes. Did we complain about it? No, DH made us better. We learned tactics and now we are against you guys and we use those tactics. We may have better numbers than you but we cannot do anything about it. We can’t tell people to “Hey, get out we are too many, they might lose! Our enemy might cry foul that we are too many!”

Once again, play whenever you want. The whole purpose of my thread was to draw attention to some guy bragging about the map after most of our population was offline. I’m not crying, I’ll spend another 5 hours tonight fighting in WvW. Take all the points you can, and then brag about it if you want. If you guys feel good, great for you.

KinkyGiraffe.4123:

Goodjob taking SM Ferg, shame about your BL but

Never liked that bloody castle!!!

But dont touch our kitten and your bl wont get flipped

Aren’t your internet muscles big… It helps that you have 50 other peeps to help you flex. Took you long enough to take bay.

Tukmolytes.3467:

Serious mode: ON

FC you have a good number of players. You just need coordination and I think you would be a very good match for us.

DR you got good numbers and good coordination. If you whine less I would love to duke it out with you guys on the battle fields.

Seriously guys, lets play this game. If you win, don’t brag. If you lose, don’t whine.

I think the same is true about some IOJ groups too. All and all we have had some great fights against both FC and IOJ. I couldnt agree more with your last sentence! See ya out there :o)

Quick everyone, Maguuma is through the outer forum gate and banging on the inner, the gates are at 70%.

Finally.. IoJ get their Hills back from us.

VP has been camped in IoJ BL pretty much all day. Had some really good fights.

Cheers IoJ

/salute

SBI definitely wanted to know where we stand..
IMO this matchup gave us a good idea as to where we are, and learned great deal about our strengthes and weaknesses.
I am sure we will use them to improve ourselves in future matchups.
And … seriously I doubt majority of SBI actually believed we can compete against T1 or T1.5(T2 might have been in people’s wish list^.^;) servers except for few trolls/forum warriors who we all have in our servers.

Regards

GavinGoodrich.1382:

Good ninja on the part of VP of our hills. Caught us napping.

Cheers. We have had our eye on it since it got a waypoint

Thanks to Crixus for leading the assault.

/salute

Good ninja on the part of VP of our hills. Caught us napping.

I will say that DR is doing well given the difference in ranking between servers. Every time I check you guys are holding +200 or more ppt.

Guys stop answering to this one – he’s clearly trolling – he’s irrelevant. Won’t give his name since, as any good troll, he would report me for “harrasment”. There is no sense in what he says, except wanting to make us react.

Mags forum warriors may enjoy trolling, but the true ones are skilled trolls, even fun to watch when you are on the receiving end. I mean – they do it in a manner that will always make you smile at the skill deployed.

This one uses brute force – compared SBI to “genital warts”. Said we suck even at orr temple runs. That we have no identity and that we smell like kitten. Are you going to keep biting on his bait ?

Niim.9260:

playard.6035:

Just wanna say this… Most of my old server mates — several small or medium and big guilds — moved to SBI because it was NOT winning easily.

Sounds like crud to me. I think it is more likely a bunch of folks moved there to be the top of the silver league, which would have been the case if ANET didn’t push back the start date. How much ‘not winning’ did you expect to be doing at the top of silver?

This is actually relatively accurate. I’ve run with a number of the early transfer guilds (before many people were even talking about leagues or “crushing” anyone). The first 3 or 4 guild transfers were looking for good fights, and maybe to take us to T3.

Then yes, it did seem like more and more became interested in transferring to SBI. But by then, it wasn’t to dominate silver (which at that time was ranks 13-24), as we would have been pushed out of silver anyways. None of the people recruiting on our side have ever expressed the desire for T1, in fact often pitching that we want to avoid T1. But sometimes you do things and get unexpected results.. The hope is people are enjoying the experience on SBI.

Hi, here’s a shaved llama. Your welcome.

Diamond.1093:

I really fear IoJ’s small man groups, for some reason all of the skill really makes my pc lag. I wonder why that is..

OUTPLAYED

Hello,

Some of you may know me already, but let me introduce myself for those who do not. I am the leader of LEXS (League of Extraordinary Siegers), one of the guilds that transferred from Devona’s Rest to Stormbluff Isle a few weeks ago.

I’ve enjoyed my time so far on SBI and have had a chance to meet some awesome people here. Now that I’ve become acclimated to our new home, I wish to strengthen the ranks of LEXS with new members from guilds across SBI.

First, a little about what LEXS does:
1. Home BL defense, first and foremost.
2. Upgrading keeps and towers.
3. Sieging keeps and towers.
4. Small-man havoc groups.

What LEXS offers:
1. Access to a guild bank for sharing siege.
2. Occasional monetary rewards for upgrading keeps and towers (as cash flow permits).
3. A fun group of people to run with.
4. No rep rules, though it is always appreciated to keep influence coming for +5 supply buffs and such. Joining us on TS is recommended while you are running with LEXS.
5. You are free to come and go as you please, after all this is about having fun!

Ideally I would like 10 additional members for LEXS. If you are crafty, cunning, and enjoy home BL defense, please send me a PM here, contact me on the game, or visit the LEXS channel on TS!

If your current guild has rep rules but you wish to join us, please let me know and I’d be happy to talk to your guild leader (some guilds have already waived their rep rules for us – MUCH appreciated).

Blodeuyn Tylwyth

Hello Harry Come to SBI we would love to have you!

OK heres the deal we’re really tired of our present server that does nothing but flip and trade stuff back and forth all day. We like to claim, Buff, upgrade and siege our towers and Keeps and grind the zerg when it comes knocking. Our server doesn’t. We want to grow but with Like minded Gamers that want to win and have fun doing it. Our server doesn’t so we don’t grow. TeamSpeak is mandatory for our guild and we use our own and the servers TS but very rarely do you see others from our server on the public 1. So we’re ready to move but want it to be a place where we will fit in and have the opportunity to grow to what we once were before the free server transfers killed us. as a side note we do like to roam for small group tactics.

Harry! Please come to SBI, we can use your help! LEXS is quite happy here and the community supports us, both with manpower and siege/gold when necessary. You’ll fit in perfectly and help us as we grow.

You’ll also find plenty of people on the SBI TS.

Daevryk wants you here as well! <3

playard.6035:

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Oh, hi, [OHai] and [SIX] and [havc] and [BOA] and Strix and Rawney and others!

[OHai] salutes you, mysterious person :O

Things are looking quite dandy down here… dandy indeed

Deko Tell Blode soon….

LRRH

Sheesh who did we kitten off..

Going to miss the last day of this match and part of the next one
Thanks to the [One][POV] and [LOOT] commanders, had a lot of fun this week despite the uneven numbers. Was the first thing I came back to after 4-5 months break from WvW and I thought it would suck but it really hasn’t :P

Props to [BÆST] and [DDLG] we faced in a lot of the drawn out fights. Got run over more than a few times on unexpected pushes and banished off a mountain by someone while simultaneously having a cow finisher dropped on my face. Also, thanks to [Hero], during roaming you were one of the few guilds who didn’t run from fights- hardly ever ducked into portals or ran. Good times

Leaving these here;
Misc clips including the dance-off at garrison:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yj4_E3JtBY&hd=1
Summary of my group’s roaming experience this week…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_5Vdm7A1jc&hd=1
The battle for Helm’s Deep (Gandalf didn’t save us T_T): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRP_zzcsVgw&hd=1

Good luck in next week’s match-up everyone, and thanks for all the [LOOT] :P

That was me /wave back atcha! Saw lots of [LEXS], [SBHS], and [RISE] out solo/duo last night. I even saw a few solo Kain. Had some great fights around there! It was a while between fights, but I ended up having some great fights 1v1 and 1v2. I obviously need to improve on my 1337 solo skillz, but it was a blast. I didn’t end up hitting more than I should reasonably be able to handle until the end, I hit your NN camp and I guess a bunch of people had just ported in because, well, I went splat! Days off while working Mids makes for interesting fights. Look forward to more in the future, but unfortunately I work the next few nights.

Good evening everyone,

We, at Devona’s Rest, need guilds who specialize in world vs. world. As of now, we are suffering from a severe lack of coverage and a population shortage. We are vastly outnumbered and have been kicked so many times to the curb. We’ve had small successes in EBG, been cheered on by our opponents, and at times even been lent a hand by player-vs.-environment guilds.

So far, our situation looks abyssmal. One thing though, we’re positive. A lot of my compatriots have that motivation and drive to succeed against all odds. There are nights where frustration sets in, but we’ve learn to deal with it and move on.

We’re looking for people willing to learn. All we ask is that you listen to the commanders whether you think they’re right or wrong. Learn from their mistakes and when you die, learn from yours. Let go of past mistakes and keep striving harder.

Having a quality server and moving up ranks takes time. Devona’s Rest has no other direction to move but up. Please don’t guest on our server and “troll” us. We’re trying to teach and also be taught. It’s not a matter at throwing numbers at the problem, it’s thinking of ways to outsmart the enemy.

Join a good guild or merge with other guilds. Grievance [GVNC], Sempiternal Order [SO], and Silenced Assasins [SA] are some of the guilds who would gladly take you in. Some have existed since release, others are formed by players just to be part of the fun. There are many guilds here to suit your tastes.

I’ve always believe that a commander is only as strong as his weakest link. Even if your a person that just wants to refresh siege or guide Dolyaks to their destination or maybe even drop down a temporal curtain to speed up the group, every little bit counts. We need you! Come to our server. We are the underdog and it gives us a battle hardened shell.

A movie called Pacific Rim was released this past July 12th. It was a bomb here in the U.S., but was a huge hit in China. The movie was lambasted for cliches and bad acting. One of the corniest lines comes from Raleigh played by actor Charlie Hunnam and it goes like this, “Let’s do this, together!” So what are you waiting for? If you are willing to learn, willing to endure, and willing to strive to improve yourself & this server, come to Devona’s Rest!

Guilds:
1. [ZERG] Zerg Inc
2. [SA] Silenced Assassins
3. [TRON] End of the Line Club
4. [SIX] Days of Judgement
5. [RegA] Regnum Ascalon
6. [OHai] The Beastly Besties
7. [ChaR] Champions Reborn
8. [HoD] Hands of Divinity
9. [BRL] Black Rose Legion
10. [RED] Spy Sappin Mah Guild Name
11. [OP] Overpowered is Natural
12. [GEP] Go Easy Please
13. [ARES] Amplified Reasoning
14. [DTGA] Drop Trou Grab Ankles

Edit #1: To reflect correct tag Grievance. (Thanks to Qualm)
Edit #2: Changed Shadow Assassins to Silenced Assassins. (Thanks to prtscrn.3541)
Edit #3: Added more guilds (Thanks to Iceburns)

TeamBattleAxe.3901:

Pentzski.4620:

God kitten , GoM. So many golems.

Judging by your mini-map, that’s quite a good amount of trebs you’ve got there as well. Muni, are you guesting on DR this week? :P

Standard DRBL siege.

To the DR that are upset over being steam rolled by numbers alone, suck it up we have the weakest 24 hour coverage in North America.. I don’t see that changing anytime soon.

Pick your fights and enjoy the ones you get that aren’t 30 on 1.

Some folks were upset we lost our keep in EB, I had a blast had to go empty my bags multiple times… so we lost it shrugs well get it back. Don’t worry about points till our coverage improves… instead embrace the fight.

there are strategic advantages for defending, however the lackluster rewards for anything involved with defending usually ensure it doesn’t happen. sure, there may be tiny handfuls of people who do understand the importance of setting up defense, but they don’t get a whole lot of support, and end up losing gold on the whole thing.

the key to defense isn’t to focus down the attacking players, it’s to take out their siege so that they’re unable to attack. defensive siege placements, if they’re set up ahead of time and maintained, make it so that can be done without taking much damage. this allows for a smaller number of defenders to deal with a larger attacking force. it also gives those defenders another option: to pin the attacking zerg somewhere. they can keep the zerg there, by playing a bit of cat and mouse. let them think they have a chance, but always keep it just out of reach. the attacking zerg focuses on the area, and isn’t available to defend another area. this allows for a couple smaller groups to claim quite a bit of the map even if outnumbered.

however, this isn’t really possible if the areas have no upgrades, no defensive siege, and no defenders. which…. tends to be standard, since there are far more rewards for zerging, and almost nothing for defending. in part, it’s on the players for not chipping in, but there’s a large part of the blame that falls on Anet since they’re the ones who have been adding more and more incentive to zerging. if they stopped adding further incentive to zerging, and really focused on adding incentive to defending and maintaining the areas, as well as taking away the numerous punishments that exist for those things, then more people would be inclined to do it.

From what I’ve seen, there’s little to no reward for being a defender. There’s less risk and more reward being an attacker, especially if there’s a bigger group.

So far it seems that the attackers get the benefits in this case. So I am curious, what is the advantage to defending? Compared to what you have available to you, defending a keep or a point is not really all that advantageous.
-The attackers can use the same equipment you (save for oil and cannons), but without placement restrictions due to structure limitations.

-Attackers can merely reset and try again within a relatively short time period. Making it highly unlikely that any resources are repaired or replaced in time. Especially since they almost always make sure supply is continually cut off from their attack point.

-Difficulty increases the more attackers there are versus defenders. Killing enemies from the keep position gets less and less likely the more there are. Even with powerful spells or equipment. Yielding less and less rewards despite the spike of difficulty.

-There is typically less cost involved to attack than it does to defend. (Siege, upgrades, armor repairs, supply etc.)

-Defender events only grant rewards on making successful kills, that and even if so, gain less rewards for doing so if they failed to retain the keep. Whereas the attackers are almost guaranteed rewards for doing both and merely capturing a point. (Also, escort events are almost laughable.)

In fact alot of the time, I see defense spots usually empty. Simply because it’s far more efficient and effective to counter an attack group with an attack group. With a rare case where there’s a significant strongpoint.

So I’m really curious, whats the point of being a defender? Why should I waste my time, making sure a point is defended when I’m not rewarded for it? If anything, penalized when confronted on most fronts.

So far the new Bloodlust points are a pretty decent start to making defenders actually important, but it still seems like a very far stretch. Even still, I think it still mainly suffers from the same notions as above.

Chiming in on forum trolling: if any member from BEAST has trolled either in game or on the forums message me and I will deal with it instantly(when I see it, screenshots are lovely)

I’ve heard about the great fights on both sides. SHOUTOUTS TO Hard and Core for the great fights (guildies been talking about you guys when I get on to check up)