Guild Wars 2

Snort.3698:

8 golems need an awful lot of supply.

Hold the supply, there is none of it on the auction house.

Yes, that would be a lot of supplies! That took some good coordination to pull off IMO.

@OP
Golem Blueprints can be obtained not only with gold, but from random drops ( rare) and as a reward from the WvW jumping puzzle (random chest reward).

Now that match-ups are a lot longer, people will need to develop techniques to break down heavily fortified locations. Although very costly, it looks like one strategy has already been implemented.

Hello Velron, hope to run into you and your guilds tonight!

Last night I saw a group rush from tower to keep to tower destroying everything. There were no defenders left behind and absolutely no siege equipment built. Not surprisingly, all the towers and keeps were retaken within a short time.

That was why I mentioned a Zerg, because that’s what it appeared to me :-))

I mention this not to be a complainer or whiner, far from it. I feel however that Defense of Towers and supply depots is an opportunity for DR to step it up to the next level.

If the WvW action is hopping, then experience and loot flows fairly fast. The problem is of course that during off peak Hours, the experience will suck.

Low level characters are at a disadvantage even during peak hours and the leveling is slower than PvE. I think that until level 11, it would be painful.

I’ve been leveling only in WvW since level 7. At lvl57, I’m fairly flying on my way towards 80. When I was level 7, it was a crawl.

Just my 2C.

At the risk of stating the obvious, if cannot get into WvW play, it’s because you chose a very high population server. The bottom tier servers have zero queue times.

Numerous threads complaining about this seems silly when it’s so easy to rectify.

I recently moved to DR and my lvl 56 was almost instantly invited to a large WvW guild.

I was impressed last night when I saw the message concerning the guild leader summit. This is a good indication that DR is getting serious.

That all being said, DR needs to grow from a Zerg, no defense mindset and be more willing to defend what was conquered.

Leaders need to politely inform folks not to take supplies from towers and keeps. Yak herding really needs to stop. And finally, arrow carts are your friends.

I’m sure these issues will be sorted out however. I expect good things down the road for DR.

Spawn camping will likely be taken to the next level. Now the floor mat servers can expect to see trebuchets, catapults, and arrow carts set up to welcome the few brave souls that venture out.

Free server transfers are yummy.

I’ve leveled up from 7 to 52 strictly from WvW. Nothing against GW2 PvE, but I can’t stand leveling that way anymore.

That’s enough of a reason for me.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but then it would be possible for Server A to be ahead most of the match-up time period with 750 points, only to lose to Server B in the final hour because they manage to sweep the map and get 751 points?

I’m not sure I follow.

Edit:
On second thought…
The benefits a server gets from WvW leading is NOT from the final score. If a point system described by the OP was in place, then in order for a server to maintain all the perks they earned from the late night capping, the server would need to continue the domination.

During the peak hours, the perk advantage would quickly shift to the server who is most effective at that time.

The issue is the whole “Your Server won or lost” message. We would have to redefine what it means to win or lose.

Perhaps the percentage of the time a Server is in the lead sort of thing.

Siege equipment that must be bought with BoH would certainly cut down on people using them.

6S for arguably the most powerful siege weapon is a bargain. They tend to be destroyed quickly however under focused fire.

I’ve also played quite a bit of WvW, but have a different set of “concerns” which focuses more how Anet will pull off competitive Server match- ups.

Currently a 24 hour match rarely is close and usually is dominate by one server. this is a big challenge for GW2, one I’m not convinced will be resolved in the short term.

I’m sure the 30 or so people I saw either AFK or herding Yaks last night while all the supply depots were over run would consider WvW hardcore fun. could be wrong though.

Currently, you will be disconnected if you are inactive for a period of time. I’m not positive, but I think it’s around 10 minutes. This includes dancing and probably auto running into a wall.

Sadly, most people don’t want a challenge and would rather suffer through horrendous queue times on a dominate server in order to enjoy running the Zerg while they own 75% of the maps.

I recently moved to Ferguson’s Crossing from A high population server. Queue times are non existence on most maps during peak hours. We win some and lose some. The server seems to be lacking in good leadership however.

There seems to be a good balance of day and night players. This server is ripe for a high level Guild looking to make a difference somewhere and willing to move off a high population server.

Games I’ve played in the past that had zero consequence for dying in PvP diminished the fear of being defeated to the point that sometimes it was a strategic advantage to rush into a battle knowing you would likely die.

There ought to be consequences for death. I wouldn’t be opposed to a lessened penalty as part of the “Out Manned” buff when a server is greatly out matched.

Bead.8609:

Henge for NA, good there I’m sure they want more people, actually I’m positive they do the more the merrier.

Yup, I’m sure all the Guildies stuck in excessive queue times would appreciate more folks that want to ride the gravy train.

What I find funny is when the Zerg leader says some people need to stay behind and defend while he rushes off the the next keep or tower. It’s no surprise no one does and the location is quickly retaken.

I moved off a high pop server to Furgs Crossing. No queue times at all during peak time. Still enough players around to do stuff with.

How exactly would you prevent a cross server alliance? That’s part of the experience IMO. if your server gets a Reputation, then pay the consequences Of getting ganged up on I say!

Kaden, I believe that Anet’s goal is to have some sort of balance in WvW, so the match ups will be competitive. If this were not true, there would not be constant shuffling of the servers.

I’ve been on both sides of the issue. Recently I logged onto WvW only to find one server had every map controlled. There is no compelling reason to play when all your spawn points are camped by 50 players of the dominate server.

Im currently on Ferguson’s Crossing, so I know the frustration you guys felt. If it is any solace, we got clobbered the next server match- up.

FC does not have a large population either. When it is matched up against a high pop server, it struggles too.

This happened to me a couple days ago. I rebooted my computer and it was resolved.

There is an option to reset your controls back to the default if you accidentally mess something up while experimenting.

I tend to do more WvW and I’ve noticed that survivability is probably more important than dishing out massive damage.

I originally was going 30 power and 30 arms, but have decided to try a balanced build and bump up toughness and HP instead. I’ll limit power and arms to 20 and 15. The rest in traits that will help me survive a prolonged skirmish.

The nice thing you are allowed to change later., for some coin of course.

Another tip:
Do not remove supplies from Towers or keeps. These are required by the workers that are hired to do upgrades.

If you need supplies, get them from a supply camp.

If you have a tip to help new players in WvWvW, please post them here.

A common question I see all the time is, how to exit WvW.

The easiest way is to go back to the original Spawn location and leave via the Lion’s Gate portal.

The other option is to go to the HERO tab, enter SPvP Mists area. Once you are there, go back into your HERO tab and select option to leave the Mists. This will exit you back to the spot you were before you entered WvW.

I believe there is currently an issue with the login servers. This is according to an unofficial GW2 forum site.

It would be great if we could queue for the first available Map rather than only one at a time.