Guild Wars 2

NSP needs an OCX and SEA crew. You guys lose so much overnight. I hope you find them, because your server would definitely be something to be reckoned with.

mist.9807:

Ark Bladesteele.2943:

Johje Holan.4607:

So HoD. At some point this week both of us (I’m SBI) should get together and try to take YB Waypointed T3 Bay or Gari.

It will be a glorious battle.

Sounds like fun. I’m in. YB loves to waypoint our keeps (It’s been a long-time thing between DK and us, dating back to S2 when DK swore he’d waypoint and hold our BL for the entire last week and we took it all back in a few hours).

It apparently upset him so much that he glitched into our citadel and destroyed all our omegas. I know I’ve heard people say he’s sorry for doing it and blah blah blah but it’s not like he’s ever hit up our shoutbox or whispered the person who spent half their day building those omegas to say it or anything. Not even a post in the unofficial forums — he’s left that to NotRealDK who, frankly, is a total jerk.

I actually know the guy who built the golems – I was in his guild. And despite popular assumption, DK did send our guild gold as compensation. [Unless of course we’re talking about two different instances =p]

As for those wanting to take our keeps idk. Last time I was there none of them really had any siege. In fact, HoD’s keeps have more siege than ours – granted they belong to YB but that’s besides the point.

It was two separate instances then. The golems that were destroyed that day were built by myself and Lollie, a woman and one of our resident BL defenders and one of the nicest people you’d ever meet. She was crushed when they were destroyed. I was just angry, really.

gennyt.3428:

I’m not even in the matchup, I’m just here for the sauce. Stock up on disablers, omegas and sup trebs guys!(I’m not even joking)

Trust me, I know. It’s not the just the first or even second time we’ve fought YB and perhaps not the last. It’s gonna be interesting alright. The rain of AC fire alone should be epic.

mist.9807:

Ark Bladesteele.2943:

Johje Holan.4607:

So HoD. At some point this week both of us (I’m SBI) should get together and try to take YB Waypointed T3 Bay or Gari.

It will be a glorious battle.

Sounds like fun. I’m in. YB loves to waypoint our keeps (It’s been a long-time thing between DK and us, dating back to S2 when DK swore he’d waypoint and hold our BL for the entire last week and we took it all back in a few hours).

It apparently upset him so much that he glitched into our citadel and destroyed all our omegas. I know I’ve heard people say he’s sorry for doing it and blah blah blah but it’s not like he’s ever hit up our shoutbox or whispered the person who spent half their day building those omegas to say it or anything. Not even a post in the unofficial forums — he’s left that to NotRealDK who, frankly, is a total jerk.

I actually know the guy who built the golems – I was in his guild. And despite popular assumption, DK did send our guild gold as compensation. [Unless of course we’re talking about two different instances =p]

As for those wanting to take our keeps idk. Last time I was there none of them really had any siege. In fact, HoD’s keeps have more siege than ours – granted they belong to YB but that’s besides the point.

It was two separate instances then. The golems that were destroyed that day were built by myself and Lollie, a woman and one of our resident BL defenders and one of the nicest people you’d ever meet. She was crushed when they were destroyed. I was just angry, really.

gennyt.3428:

I’m not even in the matchup, I’m just here for the sauce. Stock up on disablers, omegas and sup trebs guys!(I’m not even joking)

Trust me, I know. It’s not the just the first or even second time we’ve fought YB and perhaps not the last. It’s gonna be interesting alright. The rain of AC fire alone should be epic.

party buddy.4956:

you ’ve got more siege than people to use it,

If that’s not YB siege, nice troll SBI.

Welcome to hell SBI, we’re glad to see you. -HoD

Sadly you are probably right. How many ACs you got in there?

A few shots of my sylvari “frost knight”/“I will devour your soul” Warrior look.

Scoobaniec.9561:

Ark Bladesteele.2943:

A lot of things look silly. Like a bow that shoots friggin unicorns. I don’t really care, as long as I personally enjoy the way something looks. Desert or not.

Different opinions, diffrent tastes I am more into fire stuff in general and actually..it fits charr unlike ice ones that are created for norns.

Of course. I like to run a sort of “frost knight” look with my Sylvari (glint’s gaze mask and matching blue glow) so Frostfang is a perfect fit for me.

It was proven by a dev using an extremely high resolution and multiple monitors to grant him a high FoV that he was not even able to look over the wall of NWT, let alone target anything with an AC. The people doing this are zoom hackers. If they are ever called out on it, they will say that they’re just running windowed with a wide horizontal resolution/short vertical resolution or running multiple monitors or, as one guy once claimed, a single 4k 60" TV that allowed him to do things that no resolution in the game allows.

Johje Holan.4607:

So HoD. At some point this week both of us (I’m SBI) should get together and try to take YB Waypointed T3 Bay or Gari.

It will be a glorious battle.

Sounds like fun. I’m in. YB loves to waypoint our keeps (It’s been a long-time thing between DK and us, dating back to S2 when DK swore he’d waypoint and hold our BL for the entire last week and we took it all back in a few hours).

It apparently upset him so much that he glitched into our citadel and destroyed all our omegas. I know I’ve heard people say he’s sorry for doing it and blah blah blah but it’s not like he’s ever hit up our shoutbox or whispered the person who spent half their day building those omegas to say it or anything. Not even a post in the unofficial forums — he’s left that to NotRealDK who, frankly, is a total jerk.

A lot of things look silly. Like a bow that shoots friggin unicorns. I don’t really care, as long as I personally enjoy the way something looks. Desert or not.

Here you go. And a bonus Howler.

It’s difficult to see in the first screenshot, but the arm that holds Frostfang is encased in ice.

the krytan assassin.9235:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQNBMhJ6kKR6CxKPwzDoDxAbBF6/OBCAVrQ6NYE6AA-TVSBABb8AAu4IAE0+DmpE8KlfRcCAqU9HAOEA5pPgUA+o1C-w
new meleetrain meta! you can also switch warhorn for shield for extra block

Thx anet for kittening up our WvW

I lol’d. Zero stability, instead using -stun runes and food. Unheard of in current WvW but may just happen. But keep the warhorn to cure movement conditions and you’re gonna need the vigor from WH 5 because your butt is gonna be doing a lot of dodging!

Dredd Spirit Caller.4082:

Phantom.5389:

Stability was not and never was out of jail for free.
-> Boon strip = no more stab.
->Immob -> counter stability.
-> Slow/chill -> pass throught stability.

And for a group to have permanent stability. You did need to grab more than 1 guard per party (that is without counting boon strip or other random factor : out of range to receive buff because the guard in your party or you got picked off/your guard died).

with revenant we got stability spammer and anti condition spammer
no GWEN team but GWER team
lol

More like GWERN, possibly. Necros are still valued for their ability to boon corrupt and drop into plague form. Not to mention their decent health pools thanks to DS and fear CCs, which will likely come into higher play with the changes to stability. We’ll have to wait and see how readily available the Resistance boon will be before we can make any judgments about how will affect gameplay.

Our last matchup had SoS rolling 15-20 man groups to escort dolys to our hills the first couple days. Yeah, it happens.

Vermillion.4061:

Reanne.5462:

Well aren’t I the idiot, I had no idea HOD was so awesome – Anet feels since we kicked Sea of Sorrows kitten so well, they matched us up with Yaks! everyone should jump on the HOD bandwagon, we’re movin on up…

HOD Leached off NSP, not SoS

Since SoS actually lost glicko in our matchup, not gained, technically we ate the glicko from both.

People have been asking for ways of “blocking” conditions as WvW roamers for ages. This is a fair compromise, IMO, especially with the big hit that direct damage players took from the ferocity change. I’m looking forward to seeing how it plays out.

I own Frostfang, so I am of course biased. I love its on-hit FX; makes it feel really devastating. I’m also partial to the Mistforged Axe and the Corrupted Axe.

People stream WvW on twitch all the time. Maybe your server has someone that does so. Pop it on your second monitor. There’s your stream.

Good luck getting any dev attention on this one guys. I’ve made over half a dozen threads about fixing/improving Howler and I have never seen a red post in any of mine nor anyone else’s. There are literally hundreds of posts about this that have never been answered.

I’m not kidding. A simple google search turns up nearly 500 posts.

Back to the OP, I will always tip mesmers offering ports (I gave the mesmer porting for the Mawdrey JP 5g) unless they explicitly say no tips. I have a mesmer myself and have completed all JPs, but never ask for tips. I like to think of it as giving back to the community.

(I also love jumping puzzles, so I may be biased)

The Henge! Come join us in [STRM] – The Raging Storm where we love taking servers to town during OCX.

Kilger.5490:

Dont forget game bugs, may not even be the players doing.

Using game bugs to your advantage is an exploit. It is almost the very definition of the word. Every once in a while someone says “it’s Anet’s fault for not fixing the bugs!” True, it’s partly their fault, but anyone who exploits those bugs is a cheater. Period.

They never put exploit fixes in the patch notes. They are always stealth fixed. Anet has a very strong aversion to admitting when they’ve made a mistake.

If EotM is the future of WvW, I don’t want to be a part of that future.

Tom Gore.4035:

Ark Bladesteele.2943:

It takes as long for a Ranger to activate their 3rd downed skill as it does any other class. And pet revives are not instantaneous. So far as I know the only instant revive (can be traited for 100% success as well) is Warrior Vengeance.

Vengeance is not a revive, it’s a temporary buff/debuff that kills you when it runs out. You can remove it by killing (not just downing) an opponent, and this is what can be traited to 100%.

You still need to kill something to rally completely, so if there are no mobs or NPCs around a smart player will just kite you until Vengeance runs out.

In zerg fights you are pretty much 100% guaranteed to gain a full revive from Vengeance as long as your side is killing a significant amount of players, and you’ve at least tagged some of them. Even WH 5 will count as a tag because it inflicts weakness.

We are still looking for people! While we currently are not able to beat SoS or any of the 4 T2 servers that seem to drop into T3 whenever RNG rolls the dice, we currently have the highest score against them than any other T3 server in the recent past. We have both OCX and SEA coverage. Our NA prime is strong. We need more to fight for the Henge!

Yep, it’s an illusion thanks to the circular base. I wondered if you might be right so I tested it myself. The way the base moves makes it look much faster than a regular treb, but it’s not.

Personally, and this is just me, I still think rally is a silly mechanic. One person drops an aoe or mass CC, hits a ton of people, that person dies and suddenly all those downs just pop back up? I’ve never liked it. I wouldn’t mind a trial period without rally to see how it plays out.

Sounds like your video card dropping the model from memory, or simply a bug in the game. I’ve personally never seen it happen, so I’m guessing it’s quite rare. I hope you don’t have a hardware failure, because that would suck. I’m assuming your drivers are up to date? Did you monitor your video memory to make sure it wasn’t maxed?

It takes as long for a Ranger to activate their 3rd downed skill as it does any other class. And pet revives are not instantaneous. So far as I know the only instant revive (can be traited for 100% success as well) is Warrior Vengeance.

Overall, not bad. The divinity rune gives you +68 to all stats, though, which is really not a huge boost. I think you would be better served with Hoelbrak or Melandru, or if you’re really keen on being the ultimate condi clear machine, Trooper. Pack is also quite good as a power rune. I might also suggest going 0/0/4/6/4 instead of 0/0/2/6/6, so you can get that extra toughness and ferocity and run, well, lots to choose from in that line, but:

a) Purity: drop a condition every 10 seconds. Can’t be interrupted by CCs.
b) Strength in Numbers: grant the rest of your group an extra 150 toughness in combat.
c) Retributive armor: get a solid 7% of your toughness back as precision; make those hits count. You’re looking about an extra +6-7% crit chance from that trait.
d) Try mace/shield instead of sword/focus! Focus block will only stop 3 hits and those 3 hits will often go fast. Sword is okay, but lacks symbols. If you do decide to give it a shot, you can roll Mace of Justice for an extra 250 healing power or Honorable Shield for extra toughness and reduced CD on shield skills. If your focus is on healing and condi clear, MoJ is an obvious choice. Honorable Shield sounds a bit selfish but the knockback and detonate on shield 5 to heal is really quite nice.

Also, drop two-handed mastery. Unless you are wielding two handed weapons on each set, stick with Empowering Might or Writ of the Merciful. WotM requires you run more symbols, though.

You need a bit more vit, although your toughness is subjectively quite good. If you’re worried about dropping 2 points in Virtues, might I suggest Bountiful Maintenance Oil as your utility instead? It’s what I use, and I find it far superior to Master although yes, more expensive to make and can’t be bought or traded.

I would also like to mention that you are losing a lot by not going a full 6 in Valor, because you don’t have access to AH. AH will often save both your life and your party’s life unless you feel you have enough healing ability without it. AH+PoV is a very powerful combo for a shout guard.

My small-group roaming build:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fVEQNApeRl0ApWotCxfH8DNBDRk1P2ZnjXHdEA-TlDEABh/AAeSZSUKNwUVACOCAgqEaLlgKqWBCHCg20Ekz+DAcCAaUFF30CQKgylZB-w

Not enormously different than yours, but I can’t live without AH. To each their own, though. Oh, and drop the battle sigils. You’re not getting much out of them. Go for instant bursts like Air, Blood, or Fire. You will deal a lot more damage, and since your battle might can’t be shared, 4 stacks is barely enough to justify their use.

Good luck!

Arius.7031:

But Dh has the better name, objectively. Clearly all HoD must move to Dh.

(also HoD gud sevr 10/10 recommend if not moving to Dh)

I admit Darkhaven is a pretty cool name but we get to say fun things like FOR THE HENGE! What do you guys say? For the… dark? For the… haven?

Lol jk DH is a very good server. We really enjoyed our close matchup with you last time.

Sounds good! Come on over!

Nope.

Greetings all. As many know, HoD has been slowly growing over the last several months and are now in Tier 3. We have many open WvW guilds for individuals, and would welcome any other guilds that would like to join. We have a friendly community, including oldschoolers, newcomers, and those in between.

We are trying to get T3 into proper standing again. With the dirge of the 4 Tier 2 servers having such a drastic effect on Silver league, we feel a similar drastic move is in order: take Silver back. If it continues this way, the next time a WvW season occurs there will be only one winner in Silver, and we know who that will be.

Join the Horde! Community TS, weekly theme events, and fight nights. It will be a challenge, but we have never backed down from a challenge in the past. Help us take T3 back!

ManLove.2457:

Ark Bladesteele.2943:

ManLove.2457:

Uhhhh if i did my math right, that would require 5440 power. That’s calculated with the 33% dmg loss from WvW.

Yeah, exactly. That calculation would look more realistic with 260-300 retal per hit. 400? No way.

If the OP was in EotM, where retaliation is bugged. then the required 2700 power is reasonable to reach 400 dmg.

What’s an EotM?

ManLove.2457:

Uhhhh if i did my math right, that would require 5440 power. That’s calculated with the 33% dmg loss from WvW.

Yeah, exactly. That calculation would look more realistic with 260-300 retal per hit. 400? No way.

It’s not worth it to make anymore with the existence of Syzygy, obviously, but back in its original day, it was quite worth it (when Syzygy and other celestial amulets didn’t exist yet).

Whoa, who’s doling out 400 retal in WvW? That’s a LOT of power.

Mag is currently roflstomping in its matchup. It’s looking to be possibly the second largest blowout of the week in NA, and you can’t find a commander or guild? That seems… odd. I mean, look at the scores:

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

Somebody is clearly playing a lot of WvW.

Doomdesire.9365:

Strongest possible build if played to the highest skill level when roaming is P/D thief, hands down. You can 1v2, and 1v3 fairly regularly, with the occasional 1v4. You should never lose a 1v1. The amount of conditions being put out + stealth + SA heals is extremely powerful.

Sadly, probably correct. Although I daresay you might have some issues going up against a regen/condi ranger running LB and s/d. With rapid fire tracking through stealth and the might stacking potential, plus the insane regen, you’ll end up with 20 stacks of vuln and 20 stacks of bleed + cripples, poison, torment, all sorts of crap that like p/d thief can be applied and reapplied in seconds that would be difficult to deal with.

A good nerf would also be to lower the limit from what is it, 55 I believe to something more reasonable for omegas. Like, say, 5.

Rimmy.9217:

Coyote.7031:

Which saves me on some bag space for the time being.

If bag space is getting tight and, assuming you don’t want to splash out ten gold for a twenty slot bag, consider running some fractals. You can buy the twenty slot fractal bags fairly quickly using the fractal relics (dungeon tokens) you get.

Don’t need 10 gold. Buy 3k candy corn and turn them into cobs then buy a halloween pail (20 slots). At current TP prices, as long as you place a buy order, it should only cost you about 3.5 – 3.75g per 3k corn.

I fully enjoy playing a melee Ranger with LB as backup. I will generally only swap to LB if the person starts losing the melee fight and starts to run, is ranged themselves, or I want to get a hilarifun kill by PBSing some poor sap off a cliff. Hunter’s Shot is pretty good for stomps, too.

But you can pry my sword+dagger or axe from my cold, dead hands (also, remember to turn off autoattack if you do use a sword. If you don’t, it’ll likely get you killed).

I would say no, not necessary, at least not the armor. They mention that they will be having more “powerful” infusions in HoT, though, and the only things you can infuse are legendaries and ascended. I would say the current defensive wvw infusions are fairly nice to have when clearing camps (a full set of defensive infusions on your armor/any trinks that take them could mean a 10% reduction of incoming damage against you, for example) but not really necessary.

Sorry, but you solved nothing.

I’m a player who prefers WvW. I’m really not into PvE at all, but I totally respect those that are. I understand, etc, etc…

My biggest complaint, and a really big complaint, is that I have to go to the PvE maps to get to 100%. Why do I have to do it?

Etc, etc.

It would, however, stop tourney tanking. Population changes happen often, well outside of tournaments. I’m not talking about locking transfers, I’m talking about locking leagues, so that one server from a higher league (Gold->Silver, Silver->Bronze) doesn’t end up destroying other servers from a lower league. Does that make more sense?

Enforcing the 7 day WvW lockout also ties into this. If they go Swiss-style again, there’s nothing preventing people from transferring week-to-week to end up on the server that reaps the most rewards.

Don’t combine glicko with Swiss-style, don’t allow transfers mid-tourney with no wvw lockout, and lock leagues before the announcement so nobody has any way of tanking downward to guarantee an undefeated season.

Just 3 things I’ll throw out there.

Everything he describes exists on our T4 server. “Transfer up, all the lower tiers suck because your commanders don’t stop to revive people (WHAT?!) or whatever” and the stacks of other falsehoods he claims about lower tiers should be ignored for what they are: false.

Commanders who line up specific parties and rely on skill calls are guild commanders. It’s integral to running proper zerg-busting and knowing exactly where your (likely smaller than the zerg you run into) group is at. There is a ton going on here, including positioning, precise skill rotation, etc, that doesn’t exist in pugmanded zergs because it’s essentially impossible.

This is an entirely different style of commanding that I feel mr. devils doesn’t understand.