Guild Wars 2

I have never had a problem with seige despawning if the timer was not reset. Tonight I trebbed the walls of SE tower from hills. Took about 15 mins with no reward but thats another story. I fired the treb every 10 mins (being cautious) until the next breakout event. There was no degregation on its health bar. Breakout starts I turn to get on the trab and poof its disappears in front of my eyes. This is getting stupid. They are not cheap as far as wvw rewards/costs are concerned. The arrow carts on the north wall had not been fired since placed 2 hours ago remain at full health. Something is very wrong here Please comment.

I am not convinced that the Whole problem is the higher populated WVW servers. For over a week now I have experienced queues on Yaks Bend. Yet when you get in you are being smashed last week by huge numbers of the kain army. Today 4 hour queues on all 4 maps. This has never been seen before. 1 hour maybe at reset thats the most. We have lost a few and gained a few but have not had any major movement in wvw groups/population. So simply to blame this on the tup 2-3 tiers in my opinion is incorrect. When whole teams cant get in something is wrong is the state of Denmark. Also the number of posts says there is a problem so is everyones percetion wrong. I think it outstrips the qq threads on thieves. Why also are so many D/Cing ummm I smell a bug in the works. I blame Mags thir flame ram god lingered after they smashed us

It only takes seconds to kill a yak and ages to escort it. After a day of escorting I am broke but the 3 invisible thieves are very rich.

Oh dear if this keeps up there are going to be some awful matchups for weeks. T1 T2 servers in t8 how many dead matches are there going to be. We need 1 or 2 day games for 2 weeks to sort this out fast

Yaks bend isnt noted for long queues . At reset maybe 40=60 mins maximum. Today there were 4 hour queues on all maps. Up to 20 d/c at one time and could not get in the rest of today. In fact we did not have a map commander for the first 4 hours of reset on YBBL. Not able to get in!!! The queue system appeared bugged last week now I am certain it is. Crashing to desktop is also much more common.

Only a wvw buys gems every week to fund their commander role That little blue icon means a free dinner to pvers getting their monthly kills and jumping puzzle badges

With all the server moves in the last 2 weeks and watching tier5 scores I have to take off my hat to mags for the public recruitment they didn’t do. I played too many hours after reset. This is a diff mags. You guys had the numbers all day and night. The matchup I would love to see this week would be mags kain and db. To this end I think anet should put on 2 day games for a week or so that tiers can sort themselves fAst and we all get back to fun balanced matches. Good luck mags I hope you enjoy your wait to play time.

Sorry i got it wrong it was 41 golls with pot of oil

http://www.yaksbend.com/index.php/topic,753.0.html

So before you critic someone know that evidence is king

So you did not see the video of one pot of oil vs 20 golls. The pot of oil was one yak vs 20. The pot of oil won. Therefore 1 yak beat 20. I rest my case your honour. We on Yaks play together win or loose come now whilst its free to try. Join us and know what real teamwork is about and most of all how to have fun day and night.

I have been on Yaks bend since Beta. I am traditionally a PVE player. I have played and active role with my Guild for more years than I care to remember. ToG (The Older Gamers) chose Yaks Bend (na) and Desolation (eu). I would cut my right hand off to have more of our EU group on Yaks however we do have a number of active EU WVW players but not nearly enough. When I first played WvW I fell in love with it and never looked back. Since launch Yaks bend Alliance has been formed and many an hour has been spent both with my guildies and the alliance. My fellow commanders and yaks players are like one big family who teach support and assist you to develop your personal playstyle. Large guilds Small guilds and individuals are catered for. I use TS for guild comms and mumble for Alliance. As a more mature player I feel at home. If you are frustated not involved or lost on your current server have a look at the website yaksbend.com chat to them in mumble (link on web site) and the team there will find a special place by the fire for you. Get in quick before you have to pay to come to a special place

To the above poster i would say You have no idea how we defend but that is why we have a reputation for just that!!. What we lack in numbers we make up for with tenacity and know how. Never Quit never say die Do not care if we are out numbered. Watch out if there is just 1 Yak about (particularily if he is defending)

I think our usa friends are confusing oceanic and asian. It is prime time oceanic and Yaks is ahead on points. However in a couple of hours DB’s Asian group decend on the server just as we head to bed. For the next 6 hours after they have the world to themseves. AT 500pt per tic it does not take long to get a leading score. Does that concern me no. Does it upset me no. In fact i say good luck to DB. If you further strengthen your us/oceanic crew you are heading to the dizzy hights were you play all day everyday with 4 hour long queues. That is of course if guilds dont transfer off again. It seems to happen alot at the top. Yaks will fight with what we have and make any server fight for it. There are things that are out of our control and apart from a skeleton EU presence we have limited coverage during this time so whatever happens happens. Please dont let your ego’s gloat too much it is a long road up but a fast fall down

May I congratulate you on your actions. All we can try and do is investigate all allegations and do what you have done. All servers have these issues and until we get a fix from Anet we must try and police this the best way we can. I salute SAnD and I hope you gain much respect as a guild as a result.

TC gets my vote They whipped us yaks badly but the weeks we played was what we aspire to be. We fought and respected each other in the forums. No sulking No QQ I never fought so hard and long for 3 weeks.

Why Why Why EBay You talk about double teaming. Has no one told you that you should not attack yaks on Mags borderland. You had the whole side of the map to go at yet you attacked us. LoL that was a big mistake. When you attacked us you sowed the seed for the next few hours. We wiped you from Eternal. So do not complain of double teaming again. Also can you tell me how 1 player is inside nw tower on Ybbl earlier killing siege. Just as well I reported. On the plus side the battle on your borderlands for the hills was epic. I take my hat off to you guys now thats the way you should play always.

Grats to Mags and DB you have done very well this week. Our Oceanic players are enjoying not only the yuletide festivities but also our Summer hols and many are away doing real life. We are also a more mature (age) server which means whilst the kids are playing we are making xmas and travelling far and wide to enjoy a well earned break. I have a 2k klms drive right after xmas. I will play on my laptop but not as long. Some of the fixes that desperately need to be done also affected our population as they went to play another pvp game. My wish is that February improves this game and WvW gets some love and the ever expaning use of exploits by all servers is erradicated.

Regardless of the score Yaks will fight on and were we are this week is not a reflection on the future. Happy holidays to all Mag DB and Yaks may your year ahead be filled with all that you wish for.

Congrats TC you worked very hard to get there. We on Yaks will keep an eye on your never ending effort and tenacity. Never played so hard before or since being grouped with you for a few weeks.

Please stop using the terrain exploit as per youtube. Ybbl hills went twice tonight due to that very sad after a great fight by all 3 servers all day. Keep it clean and keep it intense Regards to all

Just wanted to chip in I have had a great day in YBBL. I spent 4 hours holding the bay against the onslaught of TC. You build siege in the supply camp we trebbed it down and so it went on for ages. As your numbers grew we had to work harder to just hold our ground. You took green tower put up trebs placed two in open ground and had tremendous numbers to hold and defend them. Eventually you took tne bay. A well planned attack if only we had had a few more yaks we could of made it harder.

That being said well done and well fought. Over the next four hours you and by now Fa had joined in the fun took between you both sides of the map. To the above poster who claimed 2v1 must have not been looking at the map. If that poster had noticed at reset we attacked tc only to be wiped by FA crossing the map and hitting us. Had you gone up your side of the map TC would have had a fight on its hands this week.

Anyway that is all history and after 10 hours Yaks is red again and its our turn to have a bit of an attack. This is another great week and there will be a change at the end of it. I am sure the slug fest will continue with much to winge about. We fight with what we have and all give as good as we get. Keep it going to reset.

I would say to FA you are very worthy opponents. TC can sure give us a run for their money thats for sure. I think the difference between us is TC have the numbers for longer. FA have the numbers but dont defend. Yaks never say die attitutde completes the trio. If i were a commander on FA i would be proud of what I had done this week but be upset by the negative comments above about my server negativity breeds even more negativity. If I was a commander of TC i would be breathing very hard knowing that their 2 opponents are still breathing down my neck——How much sleep do i need and how long can I keep this up. not sure if I can afford to have a night off.!!!! I am one of the proud commanders of Yaks a proud and loyal server that despite the numbers at times never quits. I die alot I get plenty of badges There is never a victory only another battle to win or loose YAK ATTACK/DEFEND and if it is red kill it. Except for the Opponent we had a dance with at the yaks ruins last night. Kudos to you despite a pug beating on you sry for that. I salute you.

oops I meant SE tower

Hi everyone, Well its been a great week again so far and I am sure none of the 3 of us are going anywhere soon. It was a pleasure to read this page of insightful comments particularily from some on FA. As a Yaks player I know how we fight and very often punch above our weight. I have learned alot these past few weeks and respect TC and FA for the effort they put in. It is my impression that TC has its strong time zone then FA come on alot stronger. Yaks appears to maintain around the same numbers or slightly less during these periods. May I be permitted to put my observations on last night AEST 9-11pm ish.

I got in from work and to my honest surprise Yaks was holding a chunck of FABL and our points were up there as we held SM as well. My guild was enjoying their time in EB and FABL. This is unusal for us as we often ar fighting hard protecting our own turf. Instead of going to my guild I popped into Yaks for a look see at the defenses all ok or it appeared so. Suddenly The Hills were down and taken (well done FA). Supply camps next as expected. SW tower had to be next. Commander tag on I and a few guildies ran round like mad fools getting the camps back. The report was 12 or so FA took hills ( i believe there was more on the map). For the next 15 mins I held what i could and gathered 15 or so to help. As we approached the tower your whole zerg ported and attacked (or it appeared so) leaving the hills undefended. It was more like 30 FA on the map. Another commander Spetrix returned and re-took The Hills very fast whilst the zerg attacked my 15. We made our way to the hills running in through the S gate. FA zerg attacked us at the main gate meanwhile the inner n door went down with minimal defense and after mopping up and a treb to our tower we reclaimed our patch of dirt. This is a typical Yaks approach and have encoutered the same from TC when we go for a sortie over there

The aspect that surprised me whilst this was going on Yaks point score per tick went from 220 ish at 9 pm to 280ish at close to 11. Where did we get those points from TABL. It was a great battle for 2 hours and I doff my hat to FA for their attack. However if that was to happen in reverse I know where my server would be. The deteriorating point score would also make us re-think our tactics.

As 3 servers we have a lot to learn. We have times when all 3 lands are barren and in my lowly opinion we do not have 24 hour coverage that is necessary for t1/t2. May our battles continue. May we all have fun. May we all get the points were we think it is most profitable. Let us hope for development in WVW that makes defense as enjoyable as all out attack but to defend my home is all the reward I need.

Good luck all and may the points stay close

Ok lets not get all of this out of perspective and I am sorry if I talk in Aest but to quickly translate to other timezones after a 12 hour shift is not that easy. For us the reset happens close to 10.30 Sat morning. so as far as the weekend goes Oceanic plus NA are on deck for many hours. Then Yaks Oceanic takes over until midnight. Then CD have their asian presence which is great for them. As a result I played 14 hours Saturday and another 14-16 hours Sunday. On Saturday things were fairly even during Prime time NA Yaks then moves ahead of CD before CD caught us over our night. The same scenario then happened Sunday.

At no time has there been double teaming even though it felt like it on Sunday. Having taken back the land of Yak what were we to do . I took a group of 5 ToG to scout CD land and took with some difficulty the sw supply. For the next 5-6 hours a battle ensued over the tower and the bay. We were hit by both TC and CD. continuously. We seiged the camp up to the maximum and held our little corner. We had maybe 25 max in the camp tower bay and held 2 teams hitting us with many more than that. It was great fun the best fight I have ever had in this game. As we defended we watched Yaks score increase continually. Could it be that too many forces were directed to this little corner whilst the other maps did not have the same coverage. I dont know the answer but your servers might.

We had a 2 horse race last week so this week has felt like at times we are being hit from both sides at the same time. However thats the nature of this great 3 way fight that I hope continues until reset. Yaks is having to learn very fast as we move up the ladder I see new tactics all the time. To my opposing servers I have learnt alot but I think we have shown that we do things that are different every week too.

Just wanted to pop in and say:-

What a great week I have had in this match. I have died more often and I have collected more badges. If gaming is about having fun then WvW for all its issues beats anything I have played before. The commitment from all servers to do their best has been tremendous.

ET has had its problems but managed to do what they could well done to you for hanging in there and I hope you numbers rise again in the very near future. I do not like insta server transfers and I know you have been at the wrong end of them.

FA what can I say it has been a blast. The open ground warfare has been tremendous. You have taught us about seige position and whoever mans your trebs and mortars needs medals awarded for their effort this week. I am sure they saved your bacon a few times this week. The game of hide and seek in Oceanic time has been some of the best fun. When we met in open ground there was no pulling back till the last man was dead. Your response times were equal to ours and as the week progressed you numbers increased enough to make it very hard for us. I couldnt care less whether this was due to new arrivals or a change in gaming times you worked at the issue and had positive results. That only bodes well for your future and your server community.

To Yaks Bend in general Hey we were run off our feet plugging holes and getting our points ticking. To our commanders you did a great job I wont mention names you know who you are. We have another match ahead in 12 hours. We have learnt alot this week and we need to move forward. To the troops who committed their time and effort thankyou. We have timezone issues that we are trying to fix but our community is strong and our determination is second to none win or loose.

To ToG thanks everyone who logged in and played this week whether NA or Oceanic. Your enthusiasm and wiilingness to make a difference was inspirational. As the week went on our numbers increased particularily Oceanic time.

To Anet the orbs are gone and rightly so due to hacking imbalances that these caused. However a signifcant part of the challenge was also lost with them so attack was the order of the day and apart from a few epic fights defense went out the window. Please consider replacing the orbs with something that has worth yet not over powered.

Playing for Yaks now 11pm AEST Grats FA your new imports are doing you proud. Some great battles tonight keep it up. I dont think its as Mada thinks and it is just morale some new guild tags out there in large numbers. I say again you have cracked it and grown your server well done. Expect us to fight with all we can muster and make you earn it.

To all on FA

From the get go all maps on Yaks had a wait time not a long one but there was a wait none the less. I presume it was the same for FA. I am an oceanic and played today before U.S. logged on and after you logged off. I dislike the term night capping because when is it night. It is now 10 pm and I am logging in again after work to play for another couple of hours. In effect therefore I have covered to a greater or lesser degree up to 18 hours of today. We have not got a full 24 hour coverage either and experienced this failing last week and understand your angst.

I represent a large guild who could potentially have up to 1600 players here covering 24/7. However a large group of us play on Desolation being that they are in Europe. We often wish our Euro brothers and sisters were with us here.

Server transfers have been a bane and even with weekly transfers remain the bane of server stability. Pugs are inclined to tansfer to the winning servers only leaving matches lopsided and unfair.

Develop a sense of community and encourge other timezones to come to you. You are great advasaries and deserve more for you effort.

I have never enjoyed a fight as much as we had at SH today. We were desperately trying to run supply whilst the commander on the map defended. Treb vs Treb , Not more ballistae, 3 catas got them no there is more over there. The door is going down 50-40. Then puff and you were gone. It was as though it was a switch that you all turned off at the same time. If this is typical of your play then you may need to change that as all that effort and nothing to show for it. Must be gut wrenching

I believe you will find the golums were obtained from the jumping puzzles and very few bought with gold. The fact that your gold was spent upgrading was wasted is indeed unfortunate. You obviously try hard for your server and I commend you for that. We experienced that overnight all last week. The reason that we maybe letting off steam is because of the posts in the middle of last week that crowed that yaks would get it in the face this week. Since last Thursday we have been getting ready for this. Yaks is a very determined server with aa strong leadership that fights on against all odds and we have been face smashed a few times move on and grow better together. Please keep up your good fight regardless of the score. In the end if you do reach the top your real problems begin. Take heart in your courage and fight each target as though the result depended on it. Good luck. To all and enjoy what you can

As a member of yaks I am so diappointed with the current matchup. It at this stage appears to be the reverse of last week for us. Am currently doing sentry duty on the south towers. My guild will not camp the spawn points.. The fight yesterday was fantastic and all 3 servers gave their all. This morning it was on for young and old again but neither of the opposition servers could really get a foot hold. I was hoping for a close game win or loose. Do not loose heart we felt as you did last week at this time. Server jumping will not solve the problem. Keep up the good fight each battle can be a win and forget the score

Yaks is a very mature server and its population reasonably stable. We did take off on Fri/Sat like an express train. I was overwhelmed by SoR and their great comeback with the transfers in that they had. Everytime we took our part of the world back hoards of SoR poured onto the map. Despite the world being blue they continued to have queues for every map who did sentry duty all over the place. Any sign of trouble and they were at it. Frustration did set in due to their vigilence and apparant superior numbers. I take my hat off to them for a great victory. I wish them well this week in the higher tier and they achieve what they want a top tier place. As far as Yaks is concerned do not underestimate us or any other server for that matter