Guild Wars 2

Deathdom.8250:

9 guilds are transferring from IOJ to FA with 13 guilds total leaving so far. I hope IOJ will be able to recover from this. One major guild leaving is bad enough but that many all leaving at once?

IoJ is history now

Looks like more than 50% of IoJs WvW guilds went to FA.

Yep, FA and DB. And this is gonna be very different FA than we are used to.

I cant wait for the next matchup! This is gonna be very different than what we used to see in the past few weeks.

ykyk.2740:

CD is one of the unofficial SEA servers…your oceanic presence is easily top 5. Good luck though.

SEA is not oceanic. SEA still share the same timezone as East Asia (GMT+8), whereas the Oceanic is about GMT+12, and during that time most of us are asleep.

Foss.4830:

All major wvw guilds are leaving the server. Majority of our oceanic crew moved to FA.

Me and my guild transferred down to kaineng to try and help them move up the tiers.

Im fairly sure there are a few other guilds from IoJ that are considering moving to kaineng.

Last I heard TL was still undecided.

Whoever does stay behind is gona have their work cut out for them. with transfers closing in a week it may not even be possible to salvage.

Our Oceanic (not Asian) could use some love too, if you (IoJs) are interested

Good on you guys, next week is gonna be tough and interesting for us then. Mind to tell from which world do you guys get the transfers?

:O Did you guys get transfers?

CRrabbit.1284:

Of coz it’s not that. In fact, I am so surprised that this OP part hasn’t been on surface yet since I have used it for a long time and it’s pure legit but really game changing. If you don’t know, ask your ranger freinds, I am sure someone know this, but the time it comes out the surface the time Anet might nerf it, so please stop ask in public.(use your imagination, it’s not hard to find out)

Pedra.4381:

CRrabbit.1284:

I play ranger, “Guard” onto walls is not exploit, many rangers use it.
But, I have to agree that “Guard” is OP especially in WvW.
All posts above has not mentioned the real OP part of this skill. It’s not the ninja pet atk but the…… (don’t want to post here since not many ppl use it yet , but it can be really game changing especially in wvw, use your imagination)

Well, if done right, with the correct skills, the Active on Signet of Stone can be used by the Ranger to gain that full invulnerability (plus some). Not sure if that’s OP though. Also, not sure if I’m going down the right track with what you’re talking about.

Tell me about this game changing thing

^Cant say it better.

Ohai.8346:

good luck Crystal Desert, i have a feeling we will see you guys in t1 soon if you manage to get another big NA guild in

We are still far away from T1, mate XD.

LieutenantGoogle.7326:

Diehard.1432:

Desterion.6407:

Can’t cover 24 hours with full power my kitten You guys outzerg both IoJ and FA at all times of the day. I guess no skilled players who can’t win without outnumbering their enemy at least 2:1 should join CD because they’d certainly enjoy it there. I’ve not seen CD actually win an even numbered fight over the weeks we’ve been fighting them.

We have a Maguuman wannabe right there folks.

No, he’s quite right, I’m not in FA or IoJ but if any server ever gets PPT 460+ is because they outnumber the enemy by 2:1
Skills doesn’t become a factor when you are outnumbered by that much.

We only managed to get PPT 400+ since last night, as IoJ and FA has given up. We didnt get any new transfer 2 days ago and we never managed to conquer the whole FA and EB BL during asian primetime before.

PS: I am talking about GMT+8

The Chosen Link.3247:

OGDeadHead.8326:

Just a quick tip – whirling defense reflects all kinds of projectiles, even from siege weapons, which, imho, is quite hilarious – bounce that 500 kilo stone right back to it’s source for some decent damage!

Haven’t tried this yet on the spvp map with the trebs, would be interesting to see if it works there as well – talk about surprise counter attack!

I would suggest either being able to move when using it, or reduce cooldown by at least 5 seconds.

:D

I’m sure Whirling Defense cannot reflect trebs, I’ve been in multiple defending situations where I still get knocked down and damaged while using Whirling Defense in WvW

I can confirm this. I have tested it myself and got knocked down in the process.

Desterion.6407:

Can’t cover 24 hours with full power my kitten You guys outzerg both IoJ and FA at all times of the day. I guess no skilled players who can’t win without outnumbering their enemy at least 2:1 should join CD because they’d certainly enjoy it there. I’ve not seen CD actually win an even numbered fight over the weeks we’ve been fighting them.

We have a Maguuman wannabe right there folks.

Dont give up yet guys.

I think this thread would flow much better if we talk about the opposition’s guild instead of our own/server’s guilds.

Kman.7358:

Desterion.6407:

FA always has the best fights for me as IoJ. You know that what you see is what you’re fighting and there aren’t 10 more just around the corner like CD. Fights are actually fun and hard earned against them unlike CD who just zergs you with 3x your numbers and steamrolls through shear numbers.

That’s a good attitude to have. Because that’s the exact kind of talk IoJ is going to recieve in T4. Maybe winning there a little bit will clear this attitude.

Lol

wombat.6123:

Kman.7358

Pdox, pDyn and HAX have been on CD for a while. I remember seeing them around, but not in massive numbers.

The guilds I listed were all from the registered history in the last 5 days. Some of those may have been on CD for a while but only registered last week for some reason (perhaps due to geting larger).

Where do you get the information about all this registration thing?

Turkey.3605:

Folk.2093:

Heinel.6548:

For the first time in a very long time CD actually has a queue on all maps. No more logging in whenever I want :?

What? That can’t be! CD didn’t gain more population as of late and have thereby won because of it, they all just got better. Blasphemy!

You remind me of all the forum whiners from Maguuma and Ehmry Bay that said we’d get our kitten handed to us once we hit tier 3 because we’re just a zerg server. I guess they overestimated you, didn’t they?

Indeed, he’s like one of those Maguuman.

^ We have been there, and it was ugly. I personally wish to stay at T3 for quite sometime as I think this is by far the most exciting matchup.

Guys guys, chill. All this drama needs to stop- now. Remember we are still gonna be seeing each other again, probably for very long time

JPSnow.8296:

Really then how did your server become full , guess must be arena net just trying to make you guys look bad sorry my mistake.

Its you and your comments that are making your server look bad. And yes, its your mistake

JPSnow.8296:

Fact cd has had a massive influx of players as they are only server now full in this tier. Saying that good on them any good server is trying to bring players to sever to either replace people leaving or make a push to higher teir. Now we just have to do the same, we already beat them 80% of the time when numbers are even just the gaps where no one is on they smash us and come bragging on the forums

You are the one bragging and crying here on this forum. Get out

Impressive guys. WHich server do you play on?

I still find it hard to believe you could roam around freely with lvl 20 ranger, without all the significant traits and high level runes/armor.

To OP, i say don’t believe anything until you see proof or you play the class yourself

Just make it inflict stun for 5 secs instead!

Hey, cats are excellent climbers too you know :P

snacktime.1082:

Diehard.1432:

Ross Biddle.2367:

Unintended game-play is unintended game-play and should be corrected.

The argument “This is the only thing we have to do in an assault/siege” is a non sequitor. Your conclusion that the broken mechanic should stay does not follow from your argument. The correct conclusion that should be drawn is that, hey, we have nothing legitimate to do in a siege, so we need to focus on getting something legit for us to do (assuming that’s true).

This is a no brainer.

How do you know its not intentional? I could be biased but I think thats how Anet wants us to maximize the utilities of the “guard”.

Really? Come on, it’s obviously broken. Not only do pets climb walls, they actually fly at times like up cliffsides.

This is just another version (technically) of the old mesmer illusion problem. Once you get your pet on the edge of the wall, he has LOS to siege and can go after it. Illusions didn’t have that kind of mobility.

You know the Northeast tower, the one that’s the biggest pain in the game to take, I took out 3 ballistas and a cata the other night that was clear on the top, sent my pet up the cliff. In garrison I sent my pet after a treb way out on the ledge where they treb bay from (I was on the outer wall). The operator got so frustrated he turned the treb on me! I’m having all kinds of fun with it, but it is absolutely broken and not intended to be this way.

Anyone trying to argue that being able to send pets into structures like this is isn’t being objective at all.

Kasama pretty much nailed it, you should read it up, thanks. A dead pet is a huge blow to ranger(esp. for those who go for BM traits; For those who arent, well i dont think you should even complain about it since you can kill the pet in 2-3 hits), while lost illusions are simply an itch for mesmers.

Riddickk.7091:

All Im seeing is IOJ videos, any from FA/CD perspective? I know you guys got to have some epic fights on video….

We let the scoreboard do the talking

Well.. i think its not our thing to record videos and show them on youtube, i have yet to find one myself

Ross Biddle.2367:

Unintended game-play is unintended game-play and should be corrected.

The argument “This is the only thing we have to do in an assault/siege” is a non sequitor. Your conclusion that the broken mechanic should stay does not follow from your argument. The correct conclusion that should be drawn is that, hey, we have nothing legitimate to do in a siege, so we need to focus on getting something legit for us to do (assuming that’s true).

This is a no brainer.

How do you know its not intentional? I could be biased but I think thats how Anet wants us to maximize the utilities of the “guard”.

• Zhaitan
• Jormag
• Sunless
• Shatter

non tank spec melee ranger in dungeons? Nope

Hey Melpomene, what class are you playing? So that i can list down all the stuffs that need fixing too. pets can be taken down quickly once you noticed them, so i get the feeling that you are way too bad at this game to not notice it?

I havent heard anything about our oceanic guilds transferring off?

Ahh… Maguuma trolls in this thread? Did they get bored because they got kicked to t5? And to think that they called us the"mindless zerg". Maybe i should call them “ironic zerg” instead.

Diehard.1432:

Does Nature protection stack with rune of earth (the protection gain bonus), how do they work exactly? I wam thinking whether to invest my traits together with the runes. Thanks a lot!

Grrrr…my fellow CDs!! Where is our kewl videos??!!

What is PRO doing in our world?

Post your build and I will evaluate

Ranger is the least favourite class among Anet developers, thats why

We CD got reinforcement?? Is this a dream? Its too good to be true! Btw, welcome to CD

Alodar.5794:

No offense to FA and CD, but IoJ is going to curb stomp them in my opinion. There is a significant difference between Tier 2 and Tier 3 in both coverage and quality of competition.

We are well aware of that. Its not our first encounter with IoJ. I dont know how much different is IoJ since we last met them though. But I think we were stronger than we currently are.

awww…relax. You asking this question makes it more enjoyable for us to come visit.

You are invited to join our forum too!

I am sorry Yak for you have to go through all this whining :’(. Trust me, we have been there.

Zagan.7318:

Anthrage.2519:

This is complete nonsense. Rangers will not be even remotely fine until all of their related bugs and broken skills and abilities are fixed…the real problem is not the design of the Ranger, it’s that it DOES NOT WORK AS DESIGNED.

None of us – no one – has played the Ranger as imagined by ANet. That Ranger does not exist. Period. Until it does, no definitive statement except this one can be made about whether they are effective or not…

Given the number of things that are in fact still not working – and that fix attempts such as Lick Wounds and Signet of the Hunt were unbelievable fails – I do not hold any hope for this changing any time soon. I love ANet’s art desiign…I love their ideas…but their execution is quite simply horrible. I’m sorry but the facts do not allow any other conclusion. Until Rangers get an ability that is fueled by gems…we are kitten out of luck my friends.

Well this might be true…
But I for one rarely loose 1v1 against any class and I usually win by over 50% hp.
Ive tried all sorts of builds, spirits + condition dmg is the most effective I’ve tried so far (even though everyone claims spirits suck I find em amazing, they do need some health increase).
If I can do this by using the so called sucky spirits then you all can too.

Could you enlighten me by sharing your build?

Puz.8529:

It’s not the amount of realms causing this issue. It’s the tiers and the way points count.

Nr 3 is always better off competing with nr 2, since those points count double (they get more, direct opponent less).

To fix this, taking things from nr 1 should give more points in some way. Either by a direct points bonus on capture, or more points a tick for an amount of time after capturing.

More incentives if you cap things from the current leader? i like the idea. That way the losing team would be more encouraged to team up against the current leader, as intended by Anet. I think 2 v 2 is also not a bad idea.

Hmm… from the score updates, it really shows that we need reinforcement for our NA coverage badly. We clearly are the weakest during that time. Time for some recruitment thread, my fellow NA CD players?

I said it before and I will say it again. Its the AFTERMATH that I love about all this saga

I am confused from all the posts above. Whos the angry one? TC or FA? :P

Sir William PD.9615:

Let me just clear up some of the misinformation.

1. We were aware you were doing this at about 7pm EST. I was quite clear with the FA rep that PD would not be participating and if we were in the area we would be killing any red named person in our way.

2. At the time of your ‘gathering’, we wanted the southern supply camp and killed whomever we could to gain that objective.

3. 15 minutes prior to your parade hitting the ruins, we had just cleared 20 TC with siege off the island and had set up our own ballistas.

4. It was really fun to shoot you all and get loot.

5. When Online messaged me to ask me to stop, we did and I even escorted the remaining dolyak and eagle to briar, saluted and went on about my business.

I honestly don’t give a single kitten if TC and CD want to team up on FA. I really, really don’t.

Have a nice day.

No one should blame anyone here. Lets just say CD is merely going with the flow