Guild Wars 2

Blackgate all the way. T2 with the chops for T1, lots of coverage, awesome central WvW community, and a great selection of guilds for all time zones. What more could you ask for? Besides bacon. But we have that too.

Was a little disappointed in the use of knock-offs and whatnot. Pretty neat video though.

Score update.

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In particular, the step in which you escort the Pact squad from the southern invasion is bugged. The Pact squad simply stops at this point or another and then never moves again until either the server resets, they die (not possible usually), or SOMETIMES when Lone Point is lost, but usually they just stay spawned.

Because of bugs like this with the escorts, the Temple of Balthazar meta hasn’t been completed on Blackgate in over a week and a half. Probably closer to two weeks. I’m sure others are experiencing this issue.

IoJ at 500 PPT versus SoR’s 50 as I make this post.

wt… o_o

Blackgate would be a good choice. You won’t have any queues during NA primetime (most of the time), which is great for you considering we’re at the top of T2, and therefore quite competitive. You’d probably have fun here.

Then there’s all of the reasons Tajz listed. We have a strong central community, which was one of the things that got me here personally. The transfer would be worth it for your entire team, especially if you’re looking to earn your way into T1 later.

SoR really wanted Greenlake for a while there.

You hurt your own image (and, by exention, your server’s image) by pursuing this senseless smearing.

The gap between SoR and BG is getting pretty wide, but I get the feeling SoR might be able to get a lot of work done in the next couple of nights. I say, “bring it on.”

Looking for some solid 1v1 and 1v2s. Hit me up in-game.

< My account name is right there.

I do it to people that have done it to me before. They deserve it.

Otherwise, you have to be a really sore loser to alt + f4 just because you lost a fight. Or got caught by a zerg.

Score update, please? On the way back from school.

They’re working on a way to reward players that were unable to get their chest. It was in the AMA and they’ve made a few posts about it. I’m actually pretty sure there’s one in the News and Announcements forum.

I made it to the top! Saw a thread about this and decided I simply had to do that little “jumping puzzle.”

Those are just my getting around skills…

There’s a difference between brawling and not giving people a fighting chance. You don’t deserve bags for just shooting at people from the top platform, etc.

Not even I do that, and I live for skirmishes. I wait until they get to my area, and then I fight them. If they run, I just throw them off…

Aurum.8793:

@Christos, Yes, I agree about the mural, but I don’t know if that explains why they lead us into Abbadon’s temple.

To stop the Risen from obtaining an artifact there for Zhaitan to “eat.” Which we failed to do. I don’t think there’s anything special about it. Abbadon was one of the Six at the time of Orr’s prominence as the kingdom of the gods. It makes sense that he had a temple there. It also makes sense that a god has a magical artifact somewhere in there. I’m sure the other temples did, but they’re above land and more accessible to the Risen, so they’ve likely already cleared the artifacts out of those.

Glad you enjoyed that. :P It got to the point where I was just spawning and then mob diving to see how long I could last, and if I could kill anyone.

dissonance.1673:

Don’t worry, I refuse to use Moa Morph in those duels.

You, sir, are a man of honor.

I had some really solid duels last night with an IoJ guild, Hero. Forgot to get their account names to keep in touch. Had some with a few CDS members a few days ago too. Fun times.

Can’t wait to meet more solid players like those in combat.

I don’t know about all of this. I just hope we recover. I’m not interested in playing bottom tiers just because someone though it’d be fun to play “smear the server” because they were losing by a little.

The Human gods aren’t what we’re used to. They aren’t Abrahamic, in that they aren’t all-knowing, all-seeing, or all-powerful. They can die and they can have their power stolen. What we do know is that they’re extremely powerful, able to travel through the Mists at will, and that their blessings are very potent. We can also postulate that they have the power to create, based on the existence of their personal realms.

Regardless, they are not truly immortal. They may be timeless, but they can be harmed. Granted, they have to be severely weakened in order for us mortals to be able to really do anything to them. Either way, Abaddon is dead and his realm and power now belonging to Kormir. He will not return, according to ANet, and I’m comfortable with that.

The reason we didn’t see the Vizier’s tower in GW1 is that it was in Orr. Orr was at the bottom of the Sea of Sorrows. We have known for years, however, that Vizier Khilbron was a servant of Abbadon. I’m 99% sure that’s why that mural was placed there. I thought it was some nice flavor personally.

I haven’t actually participated in any of the exploits that have apparently happened, so I couldn’t point an exploiter out if I saw him. But that’s a little disturbing on ICoa’s part. Why would anyone seek to protect someone that’s actively cheapening the game for everyone? It’s wrong. They should be punished, even if it’s just a suspension.

Either way, I hope they get all of these “little glitches” fixed soon.

Edit: Guys, trying to review for a statistics final with a migraine is terrible.

Individuals act as representatives of their community, particularly their guild.

There are two ends of the spectrum, not just one. You are getting close to the other one. I deleted the post. I was wrong for complaining and I apologize. Please stop making CDS look terrifyingly self-righteous.

Edit: Score updates for those of us about to be stuck at school, please.

Agreed. Either breaks or people just don’t feel like dealing with the irritating generalizations being applied to our server pop.

kuora.5402:

Christos de Soufre.3802:

kuora.5402:

Everyone, pay attention. THIS kind of post we don’t want in this thread.

Don’t pretend anyone isn’t guilty of at least one similarly toned post out of the past few weeks. Get off of your high horse. Those kinds of posts are equally annoying and “roll your eyes” worthy.

In other news, where is SoR getting all of these points?!

So…. ‘everyone does it why can’t I do it’ is still a working analogy?

Yes, I’m using poor excuses. High horse. Still annoying. Stop. We’ve moved on.

@Xirin, we may have to wait and see what the deal really is. SoR is really pushing IoJ too, so it seems like more of an SoR out in full force thing…maybe this is just a good day for them.

kuora.5402:

Everyone, pay attention. THIS kind of post we don’t want in this thread.

Don’t pretend anyone isn’t guilty of at least one similarly toned post out of the past few weeks. Get off of your high horse. Those kinds of posts are equally annoying and “roll your eyes” worthy.

In other news, where is SoR getting all of these points?!

Things to do today…finish research paper, finish Stats final, go mob diving in WvW.

I think most of the people I even sort of impress or annoy know me by guild tag and character appearance by now. Not super worried about this.

It let me in after I reset my internet connection. Unsure if it actually did anything to help though.

Happened to me while trying to get into EB on Blackgate.

Now unable to even get past the launcher.

I’ve been stuck in a few 10 minute fights against SoR Eles lately. Haven’t been zerged mid-fight yet, but I don’t think any of them have been CDS.

Also, you run the risk of being zerged when you play open field. :/ Can’t really complain.

Score update.

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This sort of seems like one of those things people just use when they want something new to complain about.

So, activate on cooldown, even while solo. Got it. Thank you.

I’m 0/0/10/30/30, so I do get might on activation, so that makes sense.

Simple question: When ALONE, do you get more damage out of Justice by letting it run on passive or by activating it on CD? Assuming no traits or anything like that.

What about with 2 people? I’m looking for some real math here, if possible. I know that 3+ people means activating it on cooldown. I’m just unsure about 1-2 people.

As in, why, when one has their commander icon activated, is there no blue dorito next to their name in the chat box in WvW?

It just came to me last night. So I’m just wondering.

Setsunayaki.4907:

I spent the last 4 – 8 hours commanding on EB. Trying to hold Stonemist for IoJ.

Eventually we were close to penetrating BG’s main keep’s outer door until a massive portal bomb flashed on my screen.

Once the effect was over, most of my comrades up to the bridge were downed or dead. Next thing I see are 30+ BG pop up all over the bridge on my screen.

Good game so far. Keep up the good fights! Hopefully I made it interesting for you when your trebs break down our walls, but we are still able to put up a good fight against you!

We’ll take that castle eventually!

I believe they lowered downed health to 75% in PvP. I’m not sure if that extends to WvW. If it does, then perhaps they should tweak it down just another small notch. If it doesn’t, perhaps it should.

These SoR guys really know how to fight; and I don’t just mean in terms of strategy and zerging tactics, I mean in small group skirmishes and 1v1. Tough fights all over the map, I love it. Keep it up on all sides. Challenge is what makes this game fun.

I’m fairly certain that’s a dynamic event starting up. Either way, not a bug.

SoR is REALLY pulling their weight this week, I’m impressed. IoJ put their gears in motion too. It looks like we’re gonna’ have to pull our act together to keep up.

Can’t tell where this match is going… SoR comes in and conquers the map. And then BG retakes their BL and most of EB. Then IoJ takes over their BL and starts stomping all over the rest of the map. Gaps are closing fast.

I’m sure BG will take a bit out of everyone else’s maps while I’m asleep.

The event chain leading up to the assault on the Gates of Arah appears to have been bugged for quite some time. In particular, the event to escort crash survivors into Meddler’s Point is bugged with the NPCs standing outside the gate. Consequentally, the event to retake the Anchorage can never happen, which means the assault can never happen.

Evidently, this bug is present on many servers and not just Blackgate. Hoping for a fix for this very soon as well, or at least a response on the progress of a fix.

Keeper Jonez has been stuck in front of Death’s Gaze Torch for the better part of a week on the Blackgate server. This is a major setback for many people as it is 1) a favored event by many and 2) a pretty solid source of income for many more casual farmers.

There are threads about this, but none of them are very concise or have inappropriate titles, so here’s this. Hoping for a fix for this soon. It’s…extremely annoying.

Tulisin.6945:

Rissou.7213:

The only fix they need is to put a mystic fountain at the end of the darkroom just before the little arena with animals in it, then you can basically stealth through the whole puzzle.

Except for chain-arrowcarting the obvious spots causing stealth to break.

If you ever happen to find someone actually taking the time to do that, spam dodge roll twice and you’ll be through the kill zone.

If it upsets you that much that people do this, don’t go in there. It’s KotH. You’re expected to make it difficult for enemy players.

SoR friggin’ wrecked last night. Haven’t logged in since, but I hope we’ve managed to catch up some since I logged off.

You have to consider that the dragons are neither fully awakened nor have they truly started their “attack,” if that one Tengu is to be believed.

I believe their destructive potential is fairly massive, even on par with the Human gods, but that they haven’t really let loose yet like Abbadon did.

Good fights all over tonight. Keep it up everyone!

And stop running away from that Guardian! She just wants to talk. :>

Fought a couple of your guys in the EB JP the other day. Solid players.

So…just kill them instead? You can do that, you know.

That said, sometimes the finisher is the only viable means of actually getting rid of them. I end up in 1v2-3 and 2v3-4 a lot, and simply DPSing a downed player down isn’t enough when people are trying to revive them.

ArenaNet has explicitly stated time and time again since pre-launch that WvW is meant to be imbalanced. That includes numbers, gear, and whatever else you can think of.

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As a Guardian, I enjoy hunting down Thieves. They think they’re real cool until they realize I can still hit them with Binding Chains while they’re stealthed.