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CoherentUI_Host.exe + Crashing

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I’ve got the same problem at startup. The splash screen hangs showing anything between 1 and 11KB with (0kb/sec) showing.
Tried all the resolutions mentioned in the thread and none appear to work.

When I ran the game yesterday evening, after the patch first came out, all worked fine except I noticed something weird about the password edit box (shows a few asterices but doesn’t auto-log even tho tick box enabled) but since it worked fine when I manually logged in, thought nothing of it.

Strangely enough, when I tried to download the client from guildwars2.com (thought the problem was a corruption and planned to re-install the latest client), when I tried to download it via Firefox, I had a very similar problem in that the download hanged in much the same way. It was downloading from s3.amazonaws.com. Downloads about 7.6KB of 24.9 and stops.

The firm I work for has a website that uses AWS, on a hunch I tried logging onto our website and get a similar problem: sits there with a blank web page saying “transferring data from xxxx.com”. Talking to our dev guys in the States (I’m in the UK), that site is accessible.. in other words, seems to be specific to me (or my PC/Network).

Strange though, that after I install the patch, I’m having problems accessing amazon cloud..

Stranger still, while I was typing up this post, that Splash screen changed and is now showing: “Connection error(s) detected. Retrying ..” but still appears to be hung. Also, that hung download now appears to have completed and is showing as downloaded. Tried to run it and Windows 7 reports that it is not a valid win32 application.

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Siege disabler trap

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People have been complaining for ages that WvW is broken because of coverage discrepancies. This offers the potential of mitigating that problem. 1 guy can sit in a tower and prevent a high population server rolling through ..

So now the blob has to start thinking .. this is a good thing Guys!
OK – so the siege disabler seems OP (I haven’t had the chance to check it out yet and I’m sure I’ll rage about it as well when my ram is disabled constantly) but let’s see what counters we can come up with before screaming for a nerf.

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Mouse shows obvious

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Meh! Worse is when your cursor AND the AOE target circles of a necro’s marks disappear during a heavy battle.

Many is the time I’ve laid down marks where I thought I should and after the battle dies down stare in shame at all my necro marks way off the battle site.

Adding insult to injury is that white label NPC that triggers them and dies for 250,000 damage. Roasted chicken anyone?

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Does /cheer actually do anything?

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As a result, I know some T1 servers have created specific /cheering squads, usually led by an upper-middle class teenage Caucasian female, that go around and /cheer the npc’s every hour. It’s a thankless job, but crucial to your server’s WvW effort.

Please note that after the Feature Pack on 9/9, /cheer will be replaced by /dance. The ‘cheer’ squad will now have to purchase an un-announced trick called ‘The Pole’ which must be planted in front of the guard prior to the emote being invoked.

The invocation of the /dance emote in the area of effect of the the ‘pole’ (400 units radius) will transform anyone in the area of influence into the starting level female Elementalist from Guild Wars 1

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SFR spy.

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Dem’s not bears! Bad spy!

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SFR spy.

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6 pack of good bear

I’ve got a handy old panda, a bit worn around the edges, a bit fat but very cuddly .. Oh! Wait! You guys already have one of those!

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Why aren't Rangers ever wanted?

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pets smell bad

But only after underwater combat (to offset ranger underwater OP)

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World vs. World Fall Tournament 2014

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There will be still have major population disperancies which would make the PPT irrelevant, that is unless Anet comes up with a way to balance things out before the Season starts.

Or do they think the shorter duration will keep the majority of players fighting for the duration of the the tournament? Let’s say Desolation has hour long queues for the entire 4 weeks, tell me how is that good?

The thought occurs to me that now what server you are on makes not the slightest bit of difference in PvE, it might be PvE Guilds that may be tempted to move to a lower population server since they will be less inclined to want to wait on lengthy queues to get on with their achievements.

A big ask, I know, but distinctly possible.

And with the rewards being match-up specific rather than the overall tourney winner, servers lower down the tiers have just as much chance of getting a lot of the rewards as someone on T1. The incentive to move up tiers is dampened. In fact, there’s now an incentive to move down tier, if you’re after rewards.

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World vs. World Fall Tournament 2014

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The rewards confusion arises from the way the announcement is worded.
Anet uses the term ‘rewards’ in context of the tickets.
They then also use the word ‘rewards’ in reference to what you can get with the tickets. So when talking about the need to use the ‘rewards’ before the end of the following match-up, there is bound to be confusion as to which rewards they are referring to.

Also – no mention of Gold, Silver and Bronze leagues .. and mention of Swiss style tourney – so potential for T1 server playing against T3+? This could be interesting.

Time will tell but this might actually work!

Blood
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Commander Tag Changes Feedback [merged]

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Heres my take on colored tags, its almost pointless. Why ? Pugs will follow a tag regardless of color, this is why so many drivers don’t tag up. Whats to stop a pug from following a green, yellow, red, orange, purple, whatever color tag because its not blue ?

Here’s point – it’s not so the PUGs know who to follow .. couldn’t care less to be honest. It’s so that each dedicated WvW player will know which tag they elected to follow and not get confused by seeing 2 or 3 or more tags milling around.

Yes, I know that I can join a commander’s squad and thus stop seeing the other tags. But it would be useful to be able to see where the other tags are and be able to distinguish who is where. The colours will make that possible.

That’s my take.

Blood
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Whats the point of WvW?

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The goal of WvW is win the match and positioning your server in a ranking system.

That may be the ‘technical’ goal but pity the person on a server that has no choice nor will ever be able to win a match-up.

For me, it is the challenge of playing against real people rather than programmed meta. I don’t get any kind of thrill in PVE .. maybe the first time when I still don’t know how the new boss will react to any given situation but in truth even that does not get my adrenaline going because I know that fairly quickly, someone will have worked it out and it all becomes mundane again.

Right back when I first started ‘PvP’ – when I played against others with Doom, Doom2, and then multiplayer Quake, it was all about the uncertainty .. how you can never assume or know what that other person is going to do.

It’s all about how you can play against the same person or group night after night, work out exactly what they will do, then 1 night, they can surprise you and turn the tables on you.

It’s about wiping those unbeatable odds, and getting your kitten handed to you; spending hours sitting in a fort to be rewarded nothing other than being able to call in your blob to wipe out the 5 man snipe squad that just smeared you in the Lord’s room.

There are no shinies.. there are no achievements.. there’s something much better. I can’t describe it .. but it brings me back inside everyday. God knows, I’m a sad, sad WvW gamer!

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Only a WvW player...

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Only a WvW player writes in chat during PVE Melandru event on CS: “4/5 <servername> only!”

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WvW for map completion? Worst idea ever.

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I sympathise with the non-WvW players who complain about map completion being dependent on WvW – I truly do! Instead of patronising them with suggestions of switching servers (c’mon Guys .. we shouldn’t be encouraging what amounts to bandwagonning, surely!), I turned my enormous intellect towards finding a solution for them..

Premise: You are not alone .. there must be a large number of players, who, like you are not interested in WvW but must complete the WvW maps in order to get Map Completion. This is the key to your success.

Step 1 Create a new guild. Call it something appropriate for the task at hand .. I Hate WuvWuv [MAPS] sounds good to me.. but you choose..

Step 2 Advertise your new Guild as widely as possible.. the guild is specifically set up to complete the WvW maps.. nothing else. No hardcore “We Want GvG” players allowed. Mission Statement: This guild will have regular forays onto the WvW maps specifically to get to POIs and Vistas and SPs. It will only run if there are at least 50 forming the train.

Step 3: Carry out your mission statement.

The risk here is how to maintain the momentum.. since everytime one of you gets map completion thanks to your efforts, they will leave you to return to the non-WvW aspects of the game. So you’ll need to keep recruiting constantly to keep the numbers high enough to achieve your objectives.

Good luck. Hope the above works for you.

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Is full LifeForce allowed in WvW duelling?

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Does the same ‘rule’ hold for adrenaline for warriors, I wonder?
I don’t duel, but if a roamer catches me unawares, my LF makes the difference between being ganked and survival. If I were to duel, and my opponent wanted me to drain my LF, I’d be inclined to invite him to move on to PvP rather than WvW.

Isn’t the whole point of dueling or GvG in WvW (rather than sPvP) having the freedom to express your own ideas on builds rather than being constrained by what the devs think is good balance?

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Desolation wvw unfriendly to low levels

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I’m a wee bit surprised that she didn’t find a public tag at 4AM in Deso .. especially if you were on home BL .. usually Art or Jace would be running a public tag (tho either would probably have been less than polite – tho, saying that, only if you tried to party up with them ).

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Necro DS life blast discussion

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Faster LB now that it can proc Dhuumfire just ain’t gonna happen ..
That would make Dhuumfire trait almost worthwhile

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To Command Or Not?

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On question 2: Siege placement: One aspect of who should place siege is the question of supply. As commander, you should know how much supply you and your followers have. Insisting that only you place the siege helps you conserve supply. This could make the difference between quickly breaking into Keep inner or wiping while trying to PvD that last remaining gate to victory. When approaching an objective, remind your followers about only you placing the siege and explain why.

It also helps to explain your thoughts and plans as you take your followers around the map.

Oh! And avoid headless chicken mode. Nothing wrong with changing your mind but a commander who flits one way then the next with no clear vision can really decimate a decent sized blob.

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The best WvW guilds in EU

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Ok – so far I’ve been called stupid and pedantic.. normally at this point I give up the argument but, in this instance, I’ll give it one more try.

My original post (which you quote) is as follows:

I find it interesting that the OP asks who are the best WvW guilds in EU and everyone answers with who they think are the best GvG guilds.

What in that sentence indicates that I am saying that the OP didn’t want an answer that included GvG? The point I was trying to make was that no-one, at the time I posted, had mentioned guilds that were not interested in GvG as a game mode. I paid tribute to a guild on my server that was a dedicated WvW guild as opposed to a hardcore GvG guild.

What followed on from that was a post by warriorjrd ranting on about PPT. I posted a response to that which you then picked on by demeaning my reading skills.

And in answer to the specific question you asked:

Are you saying that what the OP wrote in his post is completely irrelevant, and the only thing that matters is the title?

No! I was saying that my post stating that PPT orientated WvW guilds is relevant. And that if the OP Had intended that people only answer with GvG guilds, then that should be reflected in the title.

@Ragnar.. I’ve kept my response as civil as I possibly can. I’d appreciated if you would respond in an equally civil manner.

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The best WvW guilds in EU

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……. then perhaps he should edit the title to specifically say GvG.

Go and read the OP again. I know reading is difficult, but you gotta make the effort.

Who are the best WvW/GvG guilds in EU?

And which of those are speaking English, and which servers are they on?

Thank you for your answers in advance.

Right back at ya..

Blood
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The best WvW guilds in EU

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I find it interesting that the OP asks who are the best WvW guilds in EU and everyone answers with who they think are the best GvG guilds.

So, in answer to the OP’s specific WvW query, I’d like to put forward:
Badger Spirits [BS] – NA/International on Desolation .. these guys take tactical WvW to the next level.

Right, I forget about PPT heroes. I guess we have to make another list at who’s the best at nightcapping, golem rushing, arrowcart building, and all around siege wars, to determine who is the best “WvW” guild. Unless I’m very much mistaken PPT is a pointless mechanic in which very few people still play purely for that reason, which is, I assume, why people mention the best fighting guilds.

And I think you forget that GvG is NOT WvWvW! It’s a mode of gaming that was formulated by players in WvW because they wanted more freedom in deciding the classes and builds than they were allows in sPvP.

Any guilds who specifically wanted to have a Guild vs Guild match can easily get a custom arena set up and challenge any guild no matter what server they are on. They don’t because they all feel constrained by the rules of the PvP mode. Hence, GvG in WvW.

Again .. the OP specifically said WvW guilds. WvW is about PPT. If the OP meant GvG, then perhaps he should edit the title to specifically say GvG.

Blood
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The best WvW guilds in EU

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I find it interesting that the OP asks who are the best WvW guilds in EU and everyone answers with who they think are the best GvG guilds.

So, in answer to the OP’s specific WvW query, I’d like to put forward:
Badger Spirits [BS] – NA/International on Desolation .. these guys take tactical WvW to the next level.

Blood
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How to include GvG into WvW

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there is a Colosseum type arena in OS… introduced specifically for guilds to gvg.

And they even disabled Bloodlust there!

bring back the lake except in the middle of the lake have an underwater keep and introduce underwater siege to defend and attack it.

UAREARANGERANDICLAIMMY5£!

Edit: Sorry – just can’t resist this..
World1 player defending underwater keep to World2 player attacking keep:
“Hacker! I saw you just swim over the wall and kill the Lord! I am going to report you to Anet .. just watch me!”

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How to include GvG into WvW

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Hi all,
I have a decent idea (probably) to include a form of GvG combat into normal WvW.

step 1: remove all ruins and bloodlust from borderlands; sorry Anet, it was a good try, but most of the players don’t like bloodlust/ruins and just find it all an annoyance they sometimes have to care about in close matches.

?? Based on which stats?
Bloodlust is key in most match-ups. Points not from tick regularly constitute 30 to 40% of a server’s points and allows low-pop servers to actually compete (I’ll qualify that – allows low-pop servers an outside chance to compete).

Blood
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Dry Top WvW map version

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Give us a buff that prevents us ‘drowning’ in the quicksand! ROFL!
Undersand combat +1

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Proposed changes to conditions

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As we all know, conditions in wvw are out of control and horrendously difficult to counter. …..

I’d be concerned that, with the amount of condition cleansing that also exits, there would be a difficult balancing needed to allow Condition builds to be effective with your suggestions..

Condition removal skills would have to be re-thought on a pretty big scale, don’t you think? As in .. no cleansing at all?

Blood
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Anything To Look Forward To?

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Just wondering.
Is there anything WvW players can look forward to?
Has Arena Net mentioned anything?

Why of course!
Living Story Season 2 in 4 days time!

Heh!
Hahaha!
HAHAHAHAHA!
<sob>

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Gem Store Items and World vs. World

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Water balloons don’t work in WvW, DOH! That was the reason I got them to pass time if you stuck on sentry duty. That hurts.

I know it’s a toy and all that but I think it would be cool if it actually caused damage to an opposing player ..

I don’t want costume brawl .. I hate costume brawl .. I want toys in WvW that actually are useful .. so for example, using the Water balloons gives you:
1. Freeze Opponent on impact (balloon is filled with liquid nitrogen)
2. AOE burn (balloon filled with naphalm)
3. AOE speed boon (balloon filled with Adrenaline)

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Can Scarlet please visit WvW?

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Scarlet is dead…

So is the WvW dev team…

Does this mean Scarlet dropped by Anet’s office, did some mad BSBSBSBS HSHSHSH spam, killed most of the upscaled rallybot dev members before they even realised what was going on and then she got arrowcarted to death?

No, she accidentally dodged off a cliff on EotM and her Dev blob followed her over..

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Its the SMELL!

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I agree with Bhawb.. Necromancers used to compete for bodies in GW1 .. which tended to them being ‘solitary’ figures. I used to avoid taking the Necro Heroes with me since there’s nothing more annoying than finding all your bodies being snapped up by other Necros.. At least now, you can always have your minions available to you.

Blood
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Funniest kill?

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Not exactly funny, though I kittened myself laughing while picking up the multitude of loot bags.

I was scouting SW Garri when I noticed Red and Blue battling it out by the sentry.. called it in map chat and my guildie called out to me to yolo through them. Not quite understanding but trusting her implicitly, I popped Plague and ran through them twice, spamming skill 1 as I did. going back in Garri, the lootbags started dropping … and dropping .. I so love being a Necro!

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Redlake Lord .. No RI?

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One possible scenario is this. Deso kills the Lord, starts to cap. Right after the succesful capture JS resurrects their own Lord. Theres now two Lords in tower, JS and Deso one, JS Lord dies again because he doesn’t have RI, ring pops up. Gandara pulls Deso lord out of the ring and captures the tower.

This happens every now and then because there is roughly 2 seconds before the old lords corpse disappears after the objective gets captured. During this small span you can resurrect the old lord back up and it acts as the lord of the tower even though there is the other teams lord as well.

Also towers don’t seem to care about who owns the tower and which lord dies. If the objectives old lord dies, the ring pops up.

BUT, I have seen Lake tower bug out in other fashions as well. Once there was no Lord at all and the tower was non capturable until next patch.

This looks like the likely scenario though I don’t think JS were in the tower to res their Lord. Also, the gap seemed too long to be the case of the Lord’s body being around. But it may have been (I was outside when the 2nd cap (Gandara’s) happened.

And yea .. Deso benefited for 24 hours (maybe more) for the Lord in Redlake deciding to go off on holiday when we had the tower. Sad for the opponents but kind of hilarious.

Blood
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Redlake Lord .. No RI?

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Not a match-up thread, accusation of hacking or troll post.
Desolation mob on Desolation borderland, break into JS held Redlake. Gandaran mob follow in. Deso mob hold off Gandara while a few people cap the tower for Deso (it was definitely capped since I bounced off the wall we’d broken, and had to enter the tower through the portal).

The Gandaran’s who had followed through wiped the Deso mob, and downed the Lord to then cap, well within the 5 minute RI period.

Anyone experienced that before? Be handy if any Gandarans present can corroborate.

I think the Gandaran Siegerazer may have been involved .. not sure.
TL;DR – Deso broke wall into JS held Redlake Tower. Gandara follow in while wall still down, Deso cap tower, then Gandara cap same tower very much less then 5 minutes later

Blood
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I tried WvW

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@Azrael .. I like these suggestions; I think they would add to the tactical nature of the game. However, what your suggestions don’t do is change the advantage that coverage overall gives a server. A high population WvW server would still dominate a match-up against a low pop server.

I’ve always wondered why the outmanned buff doesn’t add a ridiculous amount of extra damage output say +200 power/condition damage, and 5 points to score for stomps. That would encourage the low pop servers to develop (or attract) high skill tactics which may not prevent the high pop server ‘winning’ the PPT war but would at least give them (low pop server) high rewards for fighting and stomping.

I’m sure this has been suggested elsewhere..

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I tried WvW

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So I see no real answer? I guess that was to be expected!

There was one pertinent answer there put into the form of a question .. which map where you on? It certainly sounds like you were on EotM or Eternal Battlegrounds. In the case of the former, particularly, most of your time will be karmatraining for PvD and Champ rewards. EBG can get very blobby and depending on the time of day, consist of a lot of PvD (as do the BLs at certain hours of the day).

But WvW is what you make of it! The way I found WvW was by joining a Guild committed to enjoying WvW. When we have a raid night, we are prepared for
*Open field fights when we come across close to equal numbers (+ or – )
*Unafraid to defend against higher number opposition in our keeps and towers.
*Prepared to attack a well defended and upgraded keep or tower.
It’s not just the element of trying WvW .. you have to commit to finding the essence of the game.

You will see a lot of QQ about the short-comings and how we as a community are being let down. Truth is though .. we’re all here because we love this aspect of the game and keep coming back for more.

And when we do find those awesome fights, whether it’s 1v1, 5v5 or ZvZ, they are the best thing you will find in GuildWars2

Blood
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[Video] Outnumbered Necro WvW Roaming

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Spectral walk btw enables u to jump from any height without damage, if u time the doubleclick right.

This is true Had a lot of fun times jumping off cliffs before just to see a few chasers jump off happily with me. They soon met their end.

Sorry – this one is new to me .. can you elaborate on how this works? Do you time the activation of spectral walk/Teleport just before hitting the ground (sort of like going into spectral walk just before hitting the ground and then hitting the teleport before the actual hit on ground so that you teleport back up a few ‘units’?)? I assume that’s it – effectively zeroing your downward velocity and restarting the ‘jump’ just above ground level.

Blood
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We are Heroes! - SFR WINS!!!

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@Anaktas: Thanks! Praise appreciated. And thanks for the link.. also much appreciated.

Although this season has been very long, I’m going to miss the intensity it generated. It has been a constant adrenaline hit thanks to all the really great players on all servers!

This game has it’s critics but it has had me coming back for more every day since I discovered WvW. Love every second of it.

Blood
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We are Heroes! - SFR WINS!!!

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Congratulations SFR .. You won, fair and square! Everyone knew from the start of the season that SFR were clear favourites and you proved it, week on week! So, well done!

I’ve even put together the winner podium for you!

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Thanks a lot for the patch!

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Actually, in terms of what it does for WvW, one of the best Living Story(ish) patches ever..
So it doesn’t fix any of the bugs and issues that we know exist in WvW

But just read the QQ in the Living World sub-Forum:
“Boring…”
“Where’s the Loot?…”
“Benn there, done that!…”
And the best one yet, “SOB! Liadri is harder than ever!…”

All the casual WvW players and mandatory PUG PvE sc… erm .. casuals who have helped during the league have visited the Festival, found that it isn’t a patch on WvW gameplay, and have decided to give it a miss!

You want loot? Come to WvW! Talk about irony!

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Server Association

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Desolation better get their kitten together. I want my rewards!

LOL! Cheeky bugger!

BTW .. give Shino a pat on the head for me!

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WvWvW weekly achievements

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So you want pve players and ap hunters in WvW more often?

No.. I want new players who need an incentive to come and try WvW, like what they experience, and so stay to become experienced WvW players who will add to our WvW experience..

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WvWvW weekly achievements

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This is a bad idea. WvW doesn’t need more PvE achievement farmers. WvW is rewarding in many other ways and loot and achievement points are not one of those….

Whilst I agree about your sentiment that WvW isn’t just about loot and achievement, I don’t think those aspects should be discounted.

And I think it is a mistake to ignore the impact that ‘pve achievement’ hunters have. The majority of people who come to GW2 will be coming to PvE (particularly now, with the change in Trait management). This means that the first experience that anyone has to WvW will be well after they’ve had weeks of champ trains and dungeons, LS etc .. where they will get loads of loot and reward. We need some incentive to get them to come to WvW where they’ll be able to experience the ethereal rewards you speak of.

HOw else is the WvW going to replenish the loss of players over time?

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Are there any tiebreakers in Season 2?

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By the same token, B as in Baruch Bay comes before D as in Desolation in the alphabet.

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Ranger Pets Overpowered?

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Anyway, I forgot about trying some BM build… Wtf theses pets? Even Necro’s undead/zombie/nobrain pets are more intelligent.

Don’t get me started on Necro minions, purleeeese!
I see OP Ranger Pet .. especially that black slashy spiteful Jaguar they have (OP pet with OP thief perma stealth, WTF!), I run (run? WTF! Necro run .. LOL! Hobble!) away! If not, my minions all gather round stupid slash, stealthy horror shouting in silly bimbo: “Awwww! Pwetty puddy tat! I wanna hold him! I wanna cuddle him!” and Ranger stands far off pew-pew me dead!

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Zerg Food: Omnomberry or Lemongrass?

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This week SFR has mostly been eating Magic Find food.

Ahhhh! That’ll be why you’ve been wiping so easily!

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A few questions that I would like answering

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CAN WE PLEASE HAVE A INTER-CONTINENTAL MATCH UP – EU v US v China

I want to see the no.1 EU server vs the no.1 US server vs the no.1 Chinese server.

A winners of tournament season 3 fighting it out to find out who is no.1 server in the world for wvw.

I’d be more interested in having a short league of the top 3 servers from each continent (or perhaps, winner from each tier [gold, silver, bronze]) matched against each continent servers eu v us v ch.

Each continent’s servers results (5, 3, or 1) are added together each week to determine after the league is complete which continent is the best!

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Best EU server to play on in wvw

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Im looking for (english)server that has “small” queue, and you can find zerg or roamers in any time of day on any map..with wvw guilds

For English I take it you mean International ..
For Zerg or Roamer then SFR, Desolation, Gandara and Aurora Glade (Gunnar’s Hold is possible as well ..)
Small Queues? Hmm .. Don’t know about SFR and Gandara but Desolation, Aurora Glade and Gunnars will be small queues except during UK and CET prime but other times will be fairly deserted.
WvW guilds? Heh! Therein lies the conundrum: All guilds involved in WvW call themselves WvW guilds .. but those on Aurora will call SFR guild PvE because they blob and SFR will call Aurora guilds PvP wannabe because they want to GvG.

You gotta love our community!

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[EU] Gold League Predicted Rankings

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Secondly, you should really get some small scale teams. If 5-10 people attack a desolation tower it’s either 1) not gonna be defended 2) whole blob is gonna come and another sfr team will flip something else from deso.

You must be playing at a different time to me .. of course we have small scale teams .. how else do you think we manage to get the bloodlust buff so much? In fact, I had a ball running with a 5 man team last night. Your guys were great fun to play against, and very annoying as well! Our commander’s rant about the warrior who just wouldn’t die were so funny, I kittened myself! We came out on top (but hey .. I would say that!). The only time I died was when we got caught by the 80-man blob (ok .. maybe it was 30, but it sure felt like 80 )!

I am really enjoying Gold league .. and against all odds, I’m finding my skills improving (putting to ‘lie’ the theory that Silver league is where you’ll find madskillz).

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No more Nemesis guides

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This needs to be sorted .. as a community, we should petition Arenanet to roll back his account so he gets his characters back.

Nemesis and the other Theorycrafters have been an inspiration to me as a Necromancer!

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[EU] Gold League Predicted Rankings

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ROFL! I’m pretty sure that the Powers that Be are having a lot of fun reading this thread .. why else is the thread still running? Let’s get it back on track though..

This particular week is kind of pivotal, IMHO.. SFR can be fairly confident that they have got this league sewn up. I know it’s not quite in the bag. It is conceivable that in the following 4 weeks they could lose enough points to not come first (shock! horror!).

But let’s be pragmatic .. this title is theirs and we all pretty much know it!
So everyone else is playing for 2nd and 3rd place. Here’s the thing.. we all know that with an odd number of season weeks, as long as you consistently total 6 points every 2 weeks, you’re in with a shout for 2nd.

So any server that consistently gets 1 point in tier 1 then 5 points in tier 2 will level peg with whatever server consistently gets 3 points a week in tier 1. As long as the 2nd placed server keeps that 2nd place every week in the 1st 8 weeks, it has the momentum in week 9.

Similarly, any server in Tier 2 that wants to ensure a chance at 2nd place has to win tier 2 match-up consistently so they get bumped up into Tier 1 for that shot.

What breaks the mold, so to speak, is if the bouncer server ( the one that bounces between tier 1 and tier 2 consistently ) manages to get 2nd place before week 9. Add the fact that you get max points if you win in lower tiers, and some unexpected things can happen. This could mean that even a Tier 3 server could end up in Tier 1

Here’s my prediction, based on current form, and the unexpected:
1) Seafarer’s Rest
2) Vizunah Square
3) Desolation
4) Jade Sea
Riverside
Kodash
7) Elona Reach
8) Baruch Bay
9) Augury Rock

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[EU] Gold League Predicted Rankings

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From around 2PM, Deso night force kicks in, lasts until about 8:30AM BST, then dies off until maybe 4PM BST.

http://mos.millenium.org/servers/view/15/

Clearly shows deso getting a huge boost from 3:20 AM to 10 AM.

That is night in Europe not primetime. (GMT+1)

The exact opposite you said.

Ah .. just noticed I put 2PM rather than 2AM BST above .. my bad.. and again .. if you check other matchups you’ll see a similar pattern .. 2/3 AM start to 8/10AM finish .. nothing new.

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