Guild Wars 2

With the change to Righteous Indignation coupled with the change to Retaliation (Supervisor will only get hit by 5 Retaliations instead of 25 per Supervisor attack) supply camp raiding @ 4 mins and below will be the new meta for PPT as they will be almost impossible to take back before PPT reset.

Having played solely zerker Necromancer since launch (1900 hours) 30/15/0/5/15 would be my recommended optimized bare minimum build.

The remaining 5 points is purely based on user preference:

• Curses (2% Critical chance, +3 Bleed +5 Poison damage /sec)
  (VIII) 15% quicker Warhorn skills and 4 second AoE Daze on Warhorn-4 and perma-swiftness on Warhorn-5.

• Blood Magic (+500 Health, +690 DS-Health, +6HP Regeneration boon /sec)
  (I) 15% quicker Dagger recharge for Immobilize on Dagger-3.
  (V) 32 Health & additional damage on critical hits.
  (VI) AoE 2.6k heal for teammates on DS-4.

• Soul Reaping: (+5% Critical damage, +1132 DS-Health)
  (IV) 20% Faster Spectral Walk for big LF boosts & perma-swiftness
  (IX) +0.65 second on DS-3 Fear & Staff-5 Fear.

For everyone asking, yes the 15% karma boost from the infusion stacks with all boosters (for a maximum of 90% or x1.9 karma) and works on all Karma Jugs (making the daily 4,500 Karma Jug give 8,550)

I spent 840k Karma (and Karma from the box’s too) whilst under x1.9 Karma on Lost Orrian Boxes and earned 40g 56s & 112 Obsidian Shards in total.

Score update @ 11:30AM GMT

Spectral Grasp actually has about 1400 range, its just a slow moving projectile that doesn’t home in on the target which makes it really unreliable at long distances and small terrain differences causes it to only pull the enemy until it hits that point.

Zenyatoo.4059:

Yup see. Posts like this is why SoR cant have nice things. I honestly feel sorry for guilds like Choo who have to deal with server-mates like you.

I just find it amusing that you, a Jade Quarry player, are complaining about being out-manned during NA prime-time.

I would prefer a combination of the current ranking system and total WvW population over the course of the week to determine final scores & rankings.

Almost 2 pages w/o a score update, this T1 thread is right on track!

I think a lot of these weapons are intentional for WvW use mainly because a lot of the stronger environmental weapons (such as depleted crystals) cannot be used inside WvW but others (such as gears) can.

This leads me to think that the developers decided what was balanced in WvW use and what was not.

Either that or the developers are lazy… you decide.

They are re-assessing the rewards given in WvW during the February-March update, I’m sure increasing the Badge of Honor drop rate will be included in this overhaul.

Cactus.2710:

It’s simple. Botting costs ANet money … exploits don’t.

I know at-least three dozen people from my guild & server who have quit because ANets lack of communication or fixes for bugs and exploits in WvW.

Score update from a freshly ninja’d JQ garrison

Nuked.2360:

Man the time’s I’ve caught some of your guild’s exploiting in the past week outnumber the time’s I’ve heard/been told or even seen any other group exploit. Once again you lost one yak and your making a huge fuss about it. I honestly could understand if you lost a spawn tower that was halfway to fortify like we did last night (While the walls and gates were intact). But you didn’t see us come to the forums. Grow up seriously your acting like this is your first time in WvW.

CDS exploiting? Video or it didn’t happen… lol. Also this guy killed several yaks, important ones going to a garrison that wasn’t upgraded. You need to man up and grow up and stop supporting your exploiting guild members.

kefro.9312:

This is why wvwvw will die all population on wvwvw is at 1 server. Ithink it passed the point of no return.
If this dont get any better, when ESO beta comes gw2 will die for sure cause their wvwvw will be balanced by numbers so no more band transfer on the wagon to make better coverage

Makes me laugh people are already referring to other games as the “GW2 Killer” Dejavu over the past 6 years anyone?

elderan.2638:

Nice zerg that just flipped SM, of course you could only do it while it was 2v1 and when our coverage was lacking, oh well at least we passed you points wise.

Its OK dude i feel your pain, We over at SoR server only ever lose to huge enemy zergs hacking whilst abusing culling and outnumbering us whilst being 2v1’d during our weakest coverage time with most of our wvw population fighting the grub, or else we would be 1st place right now…

or something like that…

yea…

Score update!

There was no update, reset or change to the rankings. Everything is carrying on as usual.

Was having so much fun in JQ Borderlands with CDS and TW until the FPS boss crashed my PC, now I’m stuck in a 3 hour queue.

Score Update @ 3AM GMT

Sorry to bust the OP’s bubble, but i took the time to add up the scores myself and they tell a very different ranking.

The ironic thing is even with your obscure way of awarding points SoS still isn’t the #1 server.

Using a typical point system (3 points for 1st, 2 points for 2nd, 1 point for 3rd per Tier 1 position at the start of the week) the actual ratings are:

Season 1 Winners (29th September – 2nd February)

(1) Jade Quarry – 40 Points
(2) Sea of Sorrows – 31 Points
(3) Stormbluff Isle – 25 Points
(4) Henge of Denravi – 8 Points
(5) Blackgate – 6 Points

Congratz Jade Quarry for being Season 1-US winners!

Dem trebs…

Score update @ 8:30 AM

Artists impression of the score update from JQ’s side.

Thats one legit acronym, i had to Google it to find out more about this rule and its background workings…

“Season” imply’s there will be multiple score resets. This will be a one-off reset because of paid transfers starting.

“In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers” – Neville Chamberlain

Sorry to hurt your ego SoS player.

Newest, latest and greatest best ever score update. Loving the close matchup.

Purely player preference, but heres a stat breakdown:

Knights

• 224 Power
• 315 Toughness
• 224 Precision (15% critical chance)

Soldiers

• 315 Power
• 224 Toughness
• 224 Vitality (2240 Health, 2688 – 3494 DS-Health)

Judging by the video his setup is 30/20/20/0/0, seems a standard Power setup but aimed at AoE rather the burst.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fQAQFAWjMaV6hbaa87JAJFPfN0jd115IFFPMA;TEADIA

brogarn.8723:

Oh… that looks fun. Standard question: what’s the build? And how the heck did you have 46k HP at one point? Something to do with Plague Form I’m guessing…

Also, I was surprised to see you using Plague instead of Lich like most Power necros I see.

Plague Form with Chilling Darkness dominates in Zerg fights.

Kraigan.6057:

I agree, I think the culling is worse since the most recent change. It seems consistent with what I experienced in the December trial of this change. It negatively impacts my enjoyment of the game.

That would be because ANet probably didn’t realize that having every character load a default preset toon before loading there actual toon means culling is on every player reported to your client now were ad beforehand they just had to load 1 enemy character look per enemy reported to your client and not 2.

People don’t seem to understand that the only change to culling made was the time it takes for them to actually render after they have been reported to your client, meaning a large zerg of enemies will still take longer to render as they are being reported to your PC at the same time.

Culling system before:
1. 40+ Zerg enters your screen invisible. (1 second)
2. 40+ Zerg is reported your client as there (5 seconds)
3. 40+ Zerg begins the render process (5 seconds)
4. 40+ Zerg is fully visible on your corpse.

Culling system now:
1. 40+ Zerg enters your screen invisible. (1 second)
2. 40+ Zerg is reported your client as there (5 seconds)
3. 40+ Zerg begins render process as a default character texture & hit box (2 seconds)
3. 40+ Zerg begins render process of actual toon (5 seconds)
4. 40+ Zerg is fully visible on your corpse.

The only change they made was giving people who have been reported to your client as there but haven’t rendered yet a default character look and lowering the time it takes to render before it actually loads there actual toon. So that seemingly 5 hour “fade in” of a player only takes acouple seconds now.

I have taken the time and effort to find this video that describes exactly how to play when in WvW and it comes down to Zerg vs. Zerg. Please bear in mind it is quite a complex video and includes all the highly tactical information that can be found in Tier 1 match-ups.

Your welcome!

The seemingly overriding theme of Tier 1

Score update @ 5:45PM GMT

Score update @ 9AM GMT

Best.Reset Night.Ever.

RALLIANS

RALLIANS

aaaaw yea, i assumed it would be something Misc after seeing loafs worked in there too.

Thanks!

Did it look anything like this:

I found an SBI ranger doing a similar thing 2 days back. He would vanish completely with no kill credit or loot and return 3 minutes later which leads me to think he had to close his client down and reopen.

So i was messing around with these four items and found out that any 3 combination can be placed in the mystic forge together. These items are low level food buffs.

2 of these will also combine with the food buff Loaf of Bread which leads me to think it might be a blue food related recipe rather then a Norn themed item.

It is not any of the following:

• Glob of Ectoplasm.
• Crude – Master Salvage Kit.
• Mystic Coin.
• Crystal & Philosophers Stone.
• Norn related food / alcohol drinks.
• Tier 1 to Tier 6 Dusts.

Anyone had any luck with this particular recipe?

Whats going on TC? SBI have 500% more in PPT then you do. The tides are turning…

For Borderlands:

• Easiest keep to take would be Bay. Outer walls can be trebbed from miles away and the inner walls have high disadvantage so they can also be trebbed from far away inside the walls (or outside from the southern camp)

• Hardest keep to take hands down is Hills. Cannons from inner defend a lot of outer gates, and the passage to the lords room becomes a wall of pain when correctly placed ballista’s and arrow carts are set up.

For Battlegrounds:

• Easiest keep to take would be Blue Keep. The outer towers are easily sieged and can be set up to treb both outer and inner walls.

• Hardest keep to take would be Red Keep. It has high advantage over all the towers and outer gates with a lot of cliff-sides to place siege.

Score Update : 11:40 AM GMT

These are not the candy corns your looking for.

Score update @ 9:45AM GMT

Woooo go SBI you got dis!

Moderator.9532:

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Oozo.7856:

Looks more like a port hack to me. This thread will also get deleted. :P

I don’t think there’s a reason to delete this one, its a question being asked this time not at any kind of authority (because such people like to pick and choose what they do and don’t respond too and the rest just gets infracted it seems)

And yea it might be some kind of TP hack with the way the pet appeared then disappeared then appeared and disappeared after he vanished.

messing round @ the spawn and this ranger kept doing this. Disappearing as if logging, no loot no exp kept coming back.

Reposted because apparently using the word ‘anet’ in the title is an infraction warning…

Score @ 5:30 PM

Nodrey.3948:

All this talk of respect between servers, peace, love….I don’t know what these guys are talking about. I go into WvW, and I HATE SOR. I don’t think to myself “Gee, I hope I get a good and challenging match today” I think “What damage has SOR done today that I must attempt to staunch”. I LOATHE the SOR. there is not pity in my heart, no more room for niceness, no more “enjoyment”.

SOR complaining that TC has only been getting stomped for a couple weeks. I’ve been here for a good bit now, I remember Blackgate. The only problem was, from the get go, I knew there was no shot with Blackgate. Suddenly, out of thin air, SOR goes from a worthy, challenging opponent to “ROLD ZERG STOMP FEST” in every borderland. That so many people (Traitors) jumped to join SOR is even more hilarious. Yes, I call them traitors. Weak willed, weak hearted TRAITORS. I secretly pray, to whatever Internet Gods may/may not be listening "Internet Gods, Let me smite a server transfer today. Before they bask in the “Glory” of taking our keep, let me just dunk on one of them". There is no “respect” or “camaraderie” to be had with a server filled with weak willed traitors. There is only death, and much dunking to be had.

I remember waking up to a sea of Green one morning and telling myself “Surely, TC will be resisting with every fiber of it’s soul” and instead, a TEA PARTY on a friggen bridge. That is when I knew, right then and there, I could not count on the Fiber of TC to resist. I put away my Support spec gear, and donned the mask of Glass Cannon, shaking my head as I watch the rest of my brethren in TC try to push their way out of spawn. I hope, in my wanderings, those SOR I dunked on happened to be server transfer traitors.

Weak willed TC Brethren: You do not fight when you are only winning. That does not matter. This is WvW. You fight to fight, to bring death to the SOR. The only thing I am glad for, is that the Internet Gods have blessed us with a great abundance of SOR bodies to choose from! I’ve gained more honor badges fighting now then ever. Is our keep taken? ROAM! poke supply camps. poke sentry’s. Poke wandering SOR scum scurrying back to their “Glorious” horde. Camp vistas and POI. Give them NOTHING. But most of all, fill your hearts with hate. Hate your enemy, and you will continue to fight them, no matter the outcome. Loathe your enemy, because you know in your heart that they are filled with server transfers who jumped ship.

TC are you OK? So, TC are you OK.
Are you OK, TC, TC are you OK?

You’ve been hit by, You’ve been struck By a Choo Zerg.

Sazdek.6830:

Well here’s a problem. the guild karma buff only works on dynamic events

Bzzzzzt wrong. All karma boosters except outmanned buff affects all karma food.

Sazdek.6830:

Also you forgot using 5% karma food, ice cream.

Im pretty sure i did list ice cream…
“With 50% karma booster, 5% karma food, 5% karma banner and 20% guild karma buff you make back 2000 – 3000 karma per box opened.”

Wolf Fivousix.4319:

@Ascii, how often would you say that you can get a lodestone?

Maybe one in every 20 ish boxs.

Mad.1932:

i opened around 60 boxes and got nothing but the different karma containers and sell junk, guess bad luck or just another karma sink

It seems to be a semi-karma gambling thing, But the chances of earning your karmas worth or more is much higher then it should be. You probably had bad luck.

Your going to need some kind of point difference between each rank to stop a balanced T1 fight next week with each server earning +30 points being unbalanced by a T3 fight were one side earns +180 and shooting into 1st place.

This will cause much more unbalancing then tier fixing with dominating tiers pushing top coverage servers into weaker ones.

4,550 Karma from any Orr vendor.

With 50% karma booster, 5% karma food, 5% karma banner and 20% guild karma buff you make back 2000 – 3000 karma per box opened.

What stuff have you guys got from your boxs?

I spent 900k karma in total (and respending the karma earned through them) and got:

• 7 Mini Risen Priest of Balthzar’s
• 1 Charged Potion (Tonic)
• 74 Obsidian Shards (155k karma value)
• 50g in Lodestones (selling them straight up because of the crashing price)
• 5g in Unidentifiable shards.

How do you guys feel about Lodestones now crashing in price because of the easy karma:gold ratio and do you feel the box price should be increased?

Hope you all made bank too!

Mine too has been lost…