Guild Wars 2

We didn’t get a full compliment of siege equipment up and not enough pointed toward where the attack came from. I hit them quite a bit but not enough to stop anything because there wasn’t enough.

I think a lot of people on ET got frustrated because we’ve been doing pretty well this week and then a megazerg showed up and stomped us in a keep we’d been trying to build back up in a matter of minutes while our main force was in the field. I understand HoD was just trying to take the map and that’s how the game is played, but it did seem to be a bit of overkill and with so few defenders, I doubt many of you got any loot bags out of it. Is that what the push against our spawn point was about? I missed the beginning of it.

One good thing about being the underdog is that we have lots of targets and I got a lot of loot bags from that attack and our excursions into Stonemist.

Got an exotic drop from one of the loot bags I got pushing HoD back from our spawn after they took ET’s keep away last night in EB. Thanks, guys. Also got a rare last night trebbing Ogre from the keep before we lost it. Why, yes, I do wear my Magic Find gear in WvW.

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The way I got to 100% (without temporary boosts) is 60% Superior Runes (5 x Traveler + 1 Pirate), the laurel Sygyzy Amulet with the 20% Magic Find infusion for 24% (50 laurels), and 2 Opal Orichalcun Rings of the Explorer for 14%, plus another 2%+ from another item (for my main character, a Quiver of a Thousand Arrows). That leaves plenty of points for power and defense and I’ve taken this character into dungeons and WvW. Warning, high end dungeon groups frown on Magic Find gear.

The reason to want to hit 100% is that it won’t ever be rounded away and neatly doubles the odds. With a Guild Banner boost, food, a Magic Find booster, and a Superior Sigil of Luck, I can get another 100%.

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I’m not particularly interested in a “winning” server (whatever that may mean) but somewhere that people are not scared to fight even if they’re outnumbered.

Eredon Terrace. Seriously, consider it. The WvW regulars on ET are not scared to fight even when they are outnumbered because anyone who was afraid of being outnumbered wouldn’t last long, since being outnumbered is the norm. Everyone in WvW for ET counts and, because the server has a fairly low population, you shouldn’t see any wait queues to play WvW (nor will you spend much time in overflow in PvE, either). No, it’s not a glamorous high-tiered server that wins all the time. It’s an underdog server were a transferring guild could make a big difference.

Urmaug’s Secret by far. Easy to get to. Easy to finish. Mistakes are easy to recover from. My go-to jumping puzzle if a jumping puzzle helps me finish my dailies.

I’ve only been playing WvW for a few weeks, but from what I’ve seen on Eredon Terrace, every person counts and the people there don’t give up, even against horrible odds. The problem seems to be less a matter of being able to win fights than a problem holding what’s won with thin resources against larger numbers. If you enjoy playing the underdog, fighting in fairly small groups with a relatively small number of dedicated people, you probably can’t beat the server on the bottom of the rankings.

As an added bonus, since the server is a low population server, the only time you’ll see Overflow servers in PvE is during special events and I’ve never been put on a wait list for WvW, even on the weekends. See also the recent ET threads on the World Recruitment forum.

I equipped my first Level 80 character with a Magic Find bonus of around +100%, which doubles the odds at each random table check, is immune to getting lost in rounding, and can be done without sacrificing too much of the character’s effectiveness because it can be done while still having a lot of non-Magic Find gear. Basically:

5 Superior Traveler’s Runes + 1 Superior Pirate Rune = 60% (Could be 5 Pirate and 1 Traveler’s)
1 Sygyzy Amulet + Magic Find Utility Infusion = 24%
2 Opal Rings = 14%
One other +2% or higher bonus or use the Golden Lotus instead of Sygyzy (I have a Quiver of a Thousand Arrows for +5%).

None of my armor has innate Magic Find, nor do my other accessories.

Is it worth it? I think so. I equipped my second Level 80 character without any Magic Find and took her to various events and the returns seemed to be significantly lower, so I made her a set of Magic Find armor, too. I also walked out of my second set of Fractals with a Vial of Condensed Mists Essence, which is how I built the quiver.

On the other hand, if you want to power through dungeons as quickly as possible or want to play with pick-up groups that have a problem with you wasting effectiveness for a bonus that only benefits you, then it’s probably not worth it. There are people who have problems being in a party with a character with Magic Find gear because they consider it selfish.

I don’t really have a choice but to mix-and-match with my Vigil Mesmer, since the coat is the only piece of the armor set available in PvE (Stalwart’s). The pants and boots are Acolyte and the circlet is Student. The gloves and mantle are hidden (both Acolyte). The Acolyte pants work well with the Stalwart’s coat and I think I’d use the Acolyte pants even if I could get a hold of the pants that go with the coat set in PvP.

And my Thief in her Whispers/Outlaw armor (again, skins over exotic armor, this time with Magic Find runes).

My Thief in her Noble armor set (actually, the Noble skin over exotic armor with Mad King runes):

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This thread is for those of you who prefer a more practical, “modest” look for your female (or male) characters.

I think my Vigil Mesmer is dressed quite modestly. She has a noble background. Yes, it’s PvE armor. It’s light armor, too.