Guild Wars 2

you missed 2 quag camps and a sentry. its not “took” just yet ;p

Good luck this week. Lets get thru the initial “were new to T-1 so we got lots to prove lets rush in hard” weekend zerg and get down to the chess match. JQ. Where you at? get in here boys!!!! :>

Welcome to T-1 guys. Hopefully things are as intense as they are right now, all week.
I hope that claim of the Train guild saying they are intent on sending SBI to T-2 are baseless. BG can attest to the wrath of the koreans.

also: this

day 1: blackgate vows to put sbi in t2 forever.
day 2: 2v1 claims begin, but blackgate welcomes any challenge from mere mortals.
weeks later: we were just levelling alts bro/

CarelessKrow.8032:

Cover Girl.2580:

current score update.
Please let me point out that we have 3 online members of WM present.. I checked.
So to say we are carried by WM is baseless and invalid. This +545 is from our “weak” dayshift crew.

Current score is kinda irrevelent. We were guaranteed second place since this morning, so instead, the normal EB group decided to take over the puzzle to get siege for the reset.

Been porting people up for the last 3 hours lol.

IMO you guys spend too much time protecting and taking over the puzzle. that’s a big reason you are 2nd place. pull those guys out of there and put them on a tower.

current score update.
Please let me point out that we have 3 online members of WM present.. I checked.
So to say we are carried by WM is baseless and invalid. This +545 is from our “weak” dayshift crew.

I gotta admit. Now we’re just being silly. :<

good fights this week. Good luck BG. Hope you do well in T-2.

It got changed so it was clearly not wai

pvp is different that wvw. if it says pvp only, its no go in the borderlands

Im kind of glad since this was a ridiculous power to use.. a Mes could target you from distance, run to the wall of a tower and toss illusions up on you then run back. The illusions THEN could sit there and destroy every siege on the wall and players unless you stopped, left your siege then killed it.

I could be wrong but I think PVP and WVW are classified differently. I don’t think the pvp changes affect wvw.. but i could be mistaken.

np wish some of those pvp changes would affect wvw :<

they usually specify wvw and pvp when discussing. check the update. they will say pvp or wvw.

profitsports.5789:

Some guy from SoS said they will send SBI back to tier 2.

I recall hearing the SAME post from more than 1 BG bandwagoner. It’s very likely this is the same person(s) since BG appears almost 100% bandwagon free now.

…here are some of the new changes to your favorite powers and classes:

Mesmer

-Moa Morph: Targets transformed by this skill have 5 new and less-frustrating skills, and this skill can also be used underwater to turn enemies into tuna. This skill now removes Death Shroud from the target instead of the necromancer being stuck in Death Shroud.

-Portal: This skill’s recharge has been increased to 90 seconds.

-Illusionary Duelist, Phantasmal Swordsman, Phantasmal Mage, Phantasmal Defender, Phantasmal Disenchanter, Phantasmal Rogue, Phantasmal Warlock, Illusionary Mariner, Illusionary Whaler, Phantasmal Berserker, and Phantasmal Warden: These skills must now be cast in line-of-sight of the target. These skills now behave as normal attacks that the mesmer must connect in order to summon the phantasm, and they will fail if the mesmer is blind or the ability is cast on an invulnerable target.

Thief

-Dancing Dagger: This skill’s damage has been reduced by 50%

-Shadowstep: This skill is temporarily disabled underwater to keep players from circumventing walls when using it.

-Cluster Shot: This skill’s damage is reduced by 15% in PvP.

-Cloak and Dagger: This skill’s damage has been reduced by 33% in PvP only.

Hope this helps some of the confusion of the coming QQ posts in the forums and rage quits of some of the users of said changed characters.

First most of us heard of this ‘best commander in gw2’ business. I’d like to a few of our commanders in this election or contest.

I usually run around naked on SBI. It not only plays on the primal fears of our enemy. It proves how tough I am.

No more bandwagoners! Borders are hereby closed to SBI!!!

Current scores.

Do you have photos and names of the SBI in Cit WP?

Jedbacca.6297:

We didn’t detag or leave map right away, we took the bay and ported back to the other map..

this happened 2 hours before you guys came Jed. Trust me. you guys were great.

zhonnika.1784:

Yet another awesome afternoon, JQ! All I have to say is: NEEDS MORE RAMS.

This evening, we fought a long, long battle in Bay on SBI BL. We tried, we really did. We pushed you out and out and … well, you finally won an hour or so later. That was pretty awesome tho. Well played on both sides. I don’t want to see the inside of bay for a while .__.

sweet jesus i was there for all of that, from the first hour of us saying leave bay alone we cant force it yet, we need to upgrade our stuff first, to this newbie “zerg” guild coming in and saying keep calm we got this and then rushing the zerg RIGHT to the front inner gates where you had all the seige, then immediately detagging and leaving the map, to us finally taking it. was a great back and forth while it lasted

Updated scores.

Looking forward to seeing SOS come over to T-1 next week.
Good luck guys.

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Signed

CG

Commander Name: Captain Cover Girl
Server: Stormbluff Isle
Primary Tactics Used: Strike Force, Operation Confusion
Works alone or with other Commanders: Works well with any other Commander, it’s a team exercise.
Style of Commanding: Military, Ninja, Adaptation
Way you communicate best: Game Chat

the other thread was deleted :< please delete the bad stuff to keep this one alive.

we are sbi. we are legion.

And thus begins the SBI push.

Good fights everyone.

Fuzzion.2504:

I really down mind. As a JQ resident, i get to whip SBI and BG for another week. That never gets old

maybe our scoreboards look different than the one in fantasy land. let me head over there.

And back to the weekday warriors. The smart BG players left and its back to the random lets attack everything that lives and try to interrupt everything then leave strategy guys.
This is why BG suffers from point loss so hard. These guys mess things up for the ones that actually try hard.

Looking to recruit more for The Mord Sith on SBI.
Please send inbox email to Cover Girl.2580

Blackgate players that have been playing on SBI BL this week, you have earned my respect. You guys must have bought a playbook from somewhere, or decided to stop following a bad commanders advice, because you guys, with the small numbers you have, are pulling off some amazing plays. Not only that, but you are using your head, and attacking JQ now, who is in first place, and not solely focusing on SBI. (not claiming we’re 2v1 poor JQ, cause as soon as we push them back to nothing BG comes right after us for more points).

Keep up the good fights!!

signed.
3 weeks in a row of the same fight, im able to recognize the enemies by their costumes now.

yiannit.2083:

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Maybe its because we’re so confident we can beat you… we took some time off and let new commanders train. Consider yourself practice

Commander icons are pretty much FOR leading the entire borderlands map. If you want to wear the badge, be ready for in influx of followers. You dont need a badge to lead your guild. Really IMO if you’re not interested in leading anyone outside your guild, you shouldn’t tag up. It creates tons of confusion/

Ever see those wrestling matches on tv? where the guys have been fighting for 20 minutes or an hour and are just about dead, they are throwing super slow punches that barely connect, yet they stagger on… dazed and bloody and tired? thats this weeks matchup in wvw here in T-1. Everyones tired of it, and bored with it and just wishes each other would die already.

in City of Heroes, there were points to capture, much like here. when one side took x amount of them, an announcement was made in the zone that reinforcements were heading to the latest captured point. usually 2-3 of the signature character npcs would spawn and run to that area wiping out anything in their way. this allowed the losing team to have a lil help capturing that point back, and allowed the winning team a chance to kill the sig characters for badges and xp. The characters were tough, but no tougher than a standard champion here. This would be the easiest fix and way to implement this into GW. Just have them spawn and follow a set path to the camp and aggro normally as per champion aggro and behavior.

@IOJ, how did we end up with your “commander” Ellen Ari? was this a fair trade off? :<

2,5,6,7

Signed

CG

elderan.2638:

Cover Girl.2580:

Don’t be angry. Seriously. Everyone else is having fun.

Are you crazy, I’m not angry at all! I’m having great fun beating you guys, thanks for letting us do it!

This is just the kind of talk that will without a doubt Morphin Time SBI into rallying back and using you as a mop with our Megazord powerup. Behave yourself.

Don’t be angry. Seriously. Everyone else is having fun.

Lord Rhett.9360:

Of course, that goes back to the whole “Commander” issue; how it’s bought and not earned. By fighting valiantly, a player should be given the opportunity to advance in “rank”. It wouldn’t do anything, but I’d be more inclined to rally around a Commander or Sergeant if I knew that those titles meant that they were distinguished professionals who know what they’re doing and can be counted on to get the job done (as it were).

I think what hes saying in the subject is a Signature person. Like in DCU it would be Superman, much like in COH we had Statesman. He means someone like Eir, or Logan Thackary come in and battle with the server thats underdog or one for each server. That would bring LOTS of people into WVW to see the major character there. In COH, for certain events, they would bring one of the sig heroes to a zone and tell everyone thanks for playing and stuff. Its a good idea.

Selwynn.2758:

Did SBI just give up or what?

Yes.

BG, GREAT work the past 2 days. You guys are impressing the peakitten out of me now that those bandwagon scum are gone. Keep up the brilliant tactics. As tough as it is to say, you guys are showing incredible grit and dedication.. I’m secretly rooting for you.

I miss ET a lot. There were some amazing players there, but the guilds that tried to lord over wvw once RUIN left were too much. If things dont work out, join me on SBI Vida <3

Blade.9317:

Awesome fights in SBI BL last night. I can’t believe we held garrison for as long as we did. Thanks to everyone who participated in the carnage. It was a lot of fun.

I’ll agree. I had a lot of fun actually fighting and trying to stop us from getting raked. Was nice to see things pick up, even though our BL was full of randoms. (not everyone btw)

Velron.3729:

Zahdane.4029:

Ugh, this is the 3rd week in a row of the same match-up.
Do we also have to have the same exact conversations and arguments as well?

Who here really gives a kitten if they win or lose this match even?

Lol, I’m actually hoping we lose all week.

Me also, Ive seen a TON of new faces and commanders this week.. Most of them are showing classic bandwagon signs. We had a kid last night tell me to stop whining about people using my supplies in sunny. He acted as if he didnt know why taking supplies from keeps was a nono. We had a new commander last night that wasnt really leading anything. He just had the tag up and people following him while he capped camps then lost our bases. I’m afraid Zib Zabs predictions were correct. We got hit by the ChooChooBandwagon Train.

however, same song different dance. It’s all they talk about is the teaming up. my post is about all wvw in general, not just sbi/jq/bg. its all fight and undermine and kill. its a big game of chess, and sometimes you gotta sacrifice the queen.

As shown in this photo, your argument is invalid. JQ had trebbed a hole in the garrison from sunny, and BG had breached the watergate and eastern gate. We tried unsuccessfully to keep them both out, but they breached. When they met in the middle, there was a skirmish, then BG ported out to begin working the south inner doors, while JQ attacked northern doors. Once inside we were quickly wiped, and BG did a port back and forth maneuver until they lured JQ in enough to wipe them also, securing the garrison for their own. It sucked to lose the garrison indeed, but NO SBI cried foul play 2v1. It is what it is…a tactical and very very intelligent move by both servers, and even smarter for BG by seeing JQ keeping us busy and deciding to make a powerplay. The game is WvWvW and there is no unity. Keep your eye on the prize, and if by double teaming someone, you have a 33.33% chance of winning the base, then those odds are worth trying.

Great job this week so far BG. I’m really impressed that you finally started using your heads and not your fists. You learned a lot in the 3 weeks you were here, and you might just get dangerous very soon.

I think most of the guilds left because of the wvw community there. I can say honestly its why I left. There were several guilds there that almost sabotaged ET and refused to work with anyone to the point they would sit in the starting area and undermine any plan or attempt at rally if they weren’t the ones leading. Get rid of those guys and there might be a huge influx of returns..

It was placed in a WVW area for a reason. Nothing comes easy.
I mean next week you guys complain that legendaries take too much effort so you demand they give you free ones.

it stops the other team from getting arrow carts and golems, which will be used to rake your face off later. its a brilliant , albeit annoying tactic.

Game over. Good job everyone. See you next week.