Guild Wars 2

Andy.9137:

word of advice SoS, don’t complain about a 2v1…it will make worse.

It’s not a 2v1. FA/TC are smart servers, they know we don’t have the all around numbers and whatnot to defend all of our maps (being a server with smaller population), it’s the same issue ET has. Pushing us is “easier points”. Would I like to see the 2 T2 servers pick on someone their own size? Of course, but this is a good wake-up call for SoS and I’m excited to be here.

sendmark.4731:

Murderous Clown.9723:

The best explanation from the other thread (seriously people, how many one up one down threads do we need?) is as follows:

Every week will have a T1 server playing a T2 and T3 server, no matter what.. this pattern continues all the way down the ladder. IE T2 server will be playing a T3 and T4 server..
No one in T3 will want to win because they’ll get smashed by whatever monster from T1 loses and no one in T2 will want to win because they’ll get thrown in with 2 T1 monsters.

This point ignores the fact that it’s the weakest Tier 1 server moving down and the strongest T3 server moving up, the difference between them is only 4 spaces on the ranking. Stating it in terms of tiers is a misnomer intended to make it sound a bigger difference than it is, and also infers all servers in a tier are equal which is clearly nonsense (and a big reason why this random matchup was even introduced). The 3rd placed Tier 1 server is a lot weaker than the top two in tier 1, and the top Tier 3 server is usually full qued on at least two maps and therefore more than competitive against anyone.

He quoted me so I figured I should counteract your statements:

Weakest T1 will still DESTROY the strongest T3. Current T1 servers all have constant 24/7 coverage whereas no other Tier does. If you went with Loser Down from T1, what if SoR decides to pack it in for the week and drop to T2? They’d have the HIGHEST glicko rating IE the BEST server, playing against some server from T3 which could have won by 10k points.

There could be a larger gap than “4 spots” because the loser doesn’t have to be from the 3rd place spot and the winner doesn’t have to be from the 1st place spot.

Most WULD match-up would rating differences of 350-400.. yeah that’s balanced.

Mean Girls Meme:
“Stop trying to make WULD happen.. it’s not going to happen”

Felt good to be back up against top notch competition. Felt a little weird fighting against ZN when they were such good allies on SoS… oh well what can ya do..

Should be an interesting week and future weeks to come, very glad to be back in the mix of things.

BlazeQ.1095:

LilMcGinley.3890:

Don’t pay for EVERY upgrade. Let other guilds pitch in and pick up the tab. Most Gold I ever spent on reset was back in November and it was 4g and EB at that. I’ll leave with at least 1G from flipping stuff, siege is bought via badges + JP + donations. I pimp out guildies for mats and siege all the time

Not that I do pay for every upgrade, But it seems there are only a hand full of guilds who will upgrade. We will have the occasionally pug who kindly goes around and starts a few, But its kinda rare. I find that a some of people I have spoken to have the “if it doesn’t benefit my pocket I’m not doing it…” mentality. I do not know how much of the population feels this way, but it seems like a good deal, on my server at least.

If my guild is going to put up the coin to upgrade something, I’m throwing a ton of siege and we are going to protect that thing until we log out. We play Supply Camp Alamo a lot

Psychotic.3560:

Hickeroar.9734:

RoF is over 600ppt right now…

This new system is quite broken…

This is the exact same as it is every reset for Tier 9.

I’m on NA but this is exactly what I thought.. Its T9 EU, I always thought it was a over 550 PPT 24/7?

Asbrandr.6324:

Avatar of Belle.9623:

Poringosa.1804:

Suddenly English/German/Polish Map chat mixed <3
So epic… ANet, this is the best feature: All servers vs alls ervers vs all servers. We even fight against our own server members <3

I want this to happen for NA! That would be so much fun!

FFA WvW. Madness.

Is it bad that I kind of want this to happen…

KnattyDreads.1856:

LilMcGinley.3890:

KnattyDreads.1856:

Can someone smarter then I explain why a simple system of 1st goes up 3rd goes down wouldn’t work? I’m really getting a sense of over complication here…

Every week will have a T1 server playing a T2 and T3 server, no matter what.. this pattern continues all the way down the ladder. IE T2 server will be playing a T3 and T4 server..

No one in T3 will want to win because they’ll get smashed by whatever monster from T1 loses and no one in T2 will want to win because they’ll get thrown in with 2 T1 monsters.

Sure, as opposed the chance of a T1 server rolling the lottery and landing with (2) T3 servers, that would be a ‘smashing’ good time as well. But I digress.

It was more of a rhetorical question with passive aggressive jabs towards the new system that may or may not be bugged, and may or may not be implemented.

But in any case, thank you for the reply

Cheers.

I would hope that if a T1 server gets thrown into (2) T3 server matchup, they would double team the hell out of them! It just offers different possibilities then WULD.. same servers would be moving up/down every week and would be just as stagnant as it was before.

blah nvm.. lol

KnattyDreads.1856:

Can someone smarter then I explain why a simple system of 1st goes up 3rd goes down wouldn’t work? I’m really getting a sense of over complication here…

Every week will have a T1 server playing a T2 and T3 server, no matter what.. this pattern continues all the way down the ladder. IE T2 server will be playing a T3 and T4 server..

No one in T3 will want to win because they’ll get smashed by whatever monster from T1 loses and no one in T2 will want to win because they’ll get thrown in with 2 T1 monsters.

BlazeQ.1095:

1-2 gold profit????

I’m a Commander for the NSP server. On a typical night I will spend 1-2 gold in siege, repairs, tower upgradeds and such. Only time I have ever made a profit in WvW is on the odd chance I get a rare or better drop I can sell on the TP. This happens once every week or 2. On reset I will spend up to 8 gold….. I do not lead a huge zerg, just usualy 10-15 players trying to flip camps and or towers in Borderlands

I often have to take a break from WvW just to save up enough gold to continue supporting my guild. They are good about donations, but not every player can spend 4-5 hours in game daily. Many are good to get in 2 on the weekdays and 2-4 on weekends. I don’t understand how people can make any money in WvW….

Don’t pay for EVERY upgrade. Let other guilds pitch in and pick up the tab. Most Gold I ever spent on reset was back in November and it was 4g and EB at that. I’ll leave with at least 1G from flipping stuff, siege is bought via badges + JP + donations. I pimp out guildies for mats and siege all the time

Seigfried.5938:

LilMcGinley.3890:

SniffyCube.6107:

@foe
must not have been when I was on… I put a gravestone on your commander

I was the only commander on last night or this week for any matter.. I hope you got a screenshot because it may be the last time you kill one of us.

caught your ninja edit: Agreed. Trying to get people to use a teamspeak seemed like I was trying to explain quantum mechanics to a 4 year old, just got frustrating to the point where, last reset after getting wiped by a group of 50, I just said “Who else thinks this sucks?” Spent the weekend watching scores and told people to farm, moved on Tuesday. Guildies were at a breaking point.

Here’s to fighting forming allies and making new enemies!

Out of curiosity, why would you guys decide to move to ET in the first place?

I was not a part of that discussion so I can not provide a detailed answer except for we got tired of running into 100 man zergs.

SniffyCube.6107:

@foe
must not have been when I was on… I put a gravestone on your commander

I was the only commander on last night or this week for any matter.. I hope you got a screenshot because it may be the last time you kill one of us.

caught your ninja edit: Agreed. Trying to get people to use a teamspeak seemed like I was trying to explain quantum mechanics to a 4 year old, just got frustrating to the point where, last reset after getting wiped by a group of 50, I just said “Who else thinks this sucks?” Spent the weekend watching scores and told people to farm, moved on Tuesday. Guildies were at a breaking point.

Here’s to fighting forming allies and making new enemies!

Chris.3290:

Welcome back!
It always bugged me losing you guys, and I’m glad you are here again.

Leaving a server is never an easy decision by any means… but a guilds gotta do what it’s gotta do. We are very excited to be back on Sea of Sorrows. Helping SoS dominate WvW for so long is one of the best accomplishments FoE has done in GW2 and we hope we can contribute as we’ve done before.

If you want to WvW, FoE is for you.

Seigfried.5938:

Sea of Sorrows. Many guilds migrated to BG when they felt SoS didn’t have the NA presence to battle JQ

Yes, We were one of the first guilds to leave SoS (along with AGG), not due to coverage but internal server drama. That is all behind us of course and we are looking to expand our numbers and help SoS win on a weekly basis.

Rising Dusk.2408:

I’m not sure why you felt compelled to post that.

I fully understand how WvW works (been there, done that), I am legitimately happy that we’re going down, and am legitimately glad you guys got transfers to be more competitive with respect to each other. Hell, I like the fact that we have no WvW guilds at all; we’re a pub server who works together really well and our community is great. That’s all that really matters.

Sorry, typical internet where you can’t tell tone. I thought you were complaining about not getting transfers and while SoS was. And just after discussion of us transferring, I wanted to explain our move to prevent any bad blood.

Rising Dusk.2408:

Hooray for the other servers getting transfers while we don’t! It’s going to be great to be back in T5 again. Our last adventure there had DR crying night and day about our “coverage”, hah! Love it.

It is a tiered system, not every server can have transfers and influx of people. I don’t speak for KWBH, who transferred to CD, but you have to look at where we came from. The new math for servers in T8 does nothing, we will still be put up against the same servers week in and week out. ET already had the smallest WvW population so staying on that server when your guild is very WvW oriented is a recipe for disaster. It doesn’t have the support system that other servers do.

I’d rather not get transfers then to get them and be stuck in a tier in which you aren’t competitive. A couple transfers for SBI isn’t going to instantly make T4 a fight to the finish, it just means the other servers will recruit more and play longer. Just look at T1.

Thyophelis.8035:

warriors can have it too. I don t know, i rarely have a problem with conditions on my ele and I certainly need the buffood to spice up my crappy dmg, not my cond removal

warriors don’t have the mobility that an Ele does…

Aieo.2815:

I do recall seeing a Fist of the Empire recruit [FoEr] tag when you guys first moved to SoS after AA broke down. I’m looking forward to play with your guild when I see you guys on.

Yes, I tried to explain without going into too much of how FoE is run, that is our “PR Guild” or our Potential Recruits. Back in the AA days we had 2 guilds, FoE Proper – for established Guild members from other games and FoE PR – which is for new recruits specific to the GW2 chapter of FoE. [FoER] is only really used for extra boosts at random times.

We are very excited to be here again and looking forward to rekindling old connections and establishing new ones.

EDIT: Our choices were servers where we had upgraded guilds, SoS or BG. Frankly we don’t have the numbers for BG and T1 again so SoS seemed like a no-brainer.

Seigfried.5938:

Did FoE move to another server during the mass exodus or did it disband for a few months?

Mass exodus from which server?

Actinotus.6410:

Aieo.2815:

FoE used to be big with a full guild and a trainee guild when ascension alliance disbanded. I wonder what happened to it.

Anyways, welcome back FoE to SoS!

I have a feeling they have been over at Eredon Terrace. Anyway it is nice to have some old faces back (and NA people too).

So.. just a little post…

Yes, FoE is on SoS. We made the move earlier this week, with a few people still farming the gold. We brought over ~15 people and are recruiting more. I’ve kept in contact with Rooster and Luvpie for the longest time so I felt that SoS was a good move for us. ET was great for what it is, a mostly PvE server with lots of small, roaming groups and a mindless zerg. This isn’t what FoE does sadly. We want great competition and honestly, this week has been a blast and we are looking to boost the NA presence (which honestly is amazing already).

FoE never had a “trainee guild”. The Ascension Alliance days.. oh yes… We were actually a bigger build when we were on SoS for the run of 9 T1 wins than we were in the AA era. Can’t believe it has been that long already haha. We are here to stay, with gem prices so high and with WvW being what it is… moving server isn’t going to happen again.

But yeah, we saw a KWBH guy and sorry, but we had to kill you

I’m really happy with the move so far and have gotten a nice response from guildies as well. Like I said, we are looking to expand and become that force on the battlefield we once were, if any SoS NA guilds want to work together, feel free to PM me.

They took out orbs because of the positive stat increases, if they put them back in it would have to be MF/WXP/Karma boosts and nothing else. Would those even be worth fighting over?

Make the center island an “orb”.

1 hour buff
random spawn window of 15 minutes after 1 hour passes.

Faction to cap it gets the 1 hours of bonus wxp/karma/mf on all 4 BLs.

No hacking. Load into a map to cap it if you want.
Camp it? Sure, but now you’ve left part of your BL undermanned.
No stat bonuses to prevent the “cycle” ANet talked about as a reason to remove them in the first place.

SKiNBuS.4730:

LilMcGinley.3890:

I hear ya. My idea’s are not specific to what exactly should be done… just some idea’s to toss around and thoughts. How hard or exactly what steps or points should have been used to achieve a WvW commander tag… I do not know. What I DO know is that is shouldn’t have been gold.

Thanks for the reply and ideas,
SKiN.

Agreed. My first tag was back when we had 50 active people and the 100g wasn’t hard to gather, the pain was, trying to follow our military structure, was deciding who got the tag.

Even worse, of the 13 tags we’ve purchased, 2 are still active… If guilds could tag people within tkittenb and flow of guilds and online games, it wouldn’t be like this. Gold for a tag is stupid and a better solution for WvW specific guilds needs to be introduced.

WRod.3856:

They just don’t like/care WvW players. They make no $ from us. I thought we learned this.

NO! I DON’T WANT TO BELIEVE!!!

My only issue with a “WvW specific” commander is the fact that the achievements are account but the WXP system is character, which would it follow? If account, do I get a tag on all my toons?

I have 2 tags, I’m also in a hardcore WvW guild so I’m always on either 1 of my 2 toons with a tag. Neither of which are rank 100 and let’s be honest, you can karma train rank 100 in 2 weeks, so I don’t see that being a valid “you are worthy of a commander tag”.

I think WvW tags should be guild bound. Take the Guild Merits from PvE. Some kind of system that allows a guild to overtake, hold and defend an objective (camp, tower, keep) that they’ve claimed offers WvW merits, allowing for Art of War upgrades and eventually WvW public and WvW guild tags.

Art of War 6 + 50 WvW Guild Merits + 20 people in guild = 1 WvW private tag
Same but 50 people in guild = 1 WvW public tag

Just spitballin’ ideas, but I’d like to see more WvW specific rewards for a guild other than the Stat increases which require you to be in range and are more for the server rather than the guild.

King Amadaeus.8619:

As someone who plays every class, and sometimes loses to thieves, I still will never understand why people are so kittening hung-up on stealth.

Thieves are one of the squishiest classes with one of the lowest HP pools, I have always seen stealth as the only thing that saves them as a class.

I do see what the OP is saying about the fatigue thing, that is an interesting idea as c/d and/or D/P thieves can be annoying…But I find 9 times out of 10 people are just unwilling to walk away from a fight, if I see a perma-stealth thief I try to kill it, then if I don’t I usually just walk away.

Every once in a while there is one holed up in a keep or tower, and that is a pain but not impossible to stop….People in general just need to stop coming on here trying to get every class nerfed to hell just because they don’t like countering them.

Learn to walk away from a fight every once in a while, and let the noob perma-stealth thieves do what they are good at (being useless in general). If you chase them for 20 minutes, then you have allowed them to troll you to hell.

OP isn’t talking bout fighting thieves, He is talking bout a group staying behind, stealth, after losing a tower, staying stealthed for 5 minutes and then reflipping it WITHOUT breaking down a wall/door. Completely different.

Had a blast in WvW yesterday.. no siege?! NO PROBLEM!!

Sovta.4719:

LilMcGinley.3890:

Sovta.4719:

Calae.1738:

They will always alter the drop rates of anything to steer people to buy gems. They’ve been doing this for a long time. They even nerf the rewards of the hardest dungeons in the game.

In my opinion, their business strategy is keeping the game easy enough for everyone to be rewarded with tiny bread crumbs every day to keep you logging in. Challenging and rewarding content is a problem for them because it introduces farmers. Farmers removes revenue from Arena net by flooding the market with cheap materials.

In my opinion they are destroying their own game. Guild Wars 2 will become so unrewarding that their player base will leave them at the drop of a dime when the next AAA MMO is released.

They would be surprised to see how many MMORPG players like good dungeon instead of rose mini kitty.

Tough, rewarding, long-term content would remove the “casual” feel from the game.

Casual and noob isn’t the same and right now GW2 has nothing but noob feel.

My point was more toward that the “casual mmo” is what ANet is geared towards and what GW2 was marketed as for the longest time. “No grind! Pick it up whenever you want!” – they left out the part of the community that wants to drop 1,300+ hours into a game and have SOME feel of accomplishment.

I picked 1,300 because I’m at 1278 and that’s LOW for most of my guildies…

Sorry, on-topic waits for ANet response while bored at work

Any tank class or build can tag SM/Keeps just as easy as a thief. This isn’t a thief thread, go put your comments in the Flavor of the Week Nerf Thief Thread.

Agreed. This is like stopping all imports to a castle because 1 person threw a rock at the wall… completely stupid and needs a change.

I hope they bring back the mechanic but not the boost. Getting an orb on another server’s BL was some of the most exciting WvW I’ve played and I hope they do something to bring it back.

Ex: per orb
WXP boost (5%)
MF boost (20%)
Better loot from level up chests – say 5%

Sovta.4719:

Calae.1738:

They will always alter the drop rates of anything to steer people to buy gems. They’ve been doing this for a long time. They even nerf the rewards of the hardest dungeons in the game.

In my opinion, their business strategy is keeping the game easy enough for everyone to be rewarded with tiny bread crumbs every day to keep you logging in. Challenging and rewarding content is a problem for them because it introduces farmers. Farmers removes revenue from Arena net by flooding the market with cheap materials.

In my opinion they are destroying their own game. Guild Wars 2 will become so unrewarding that their player base will leave them at the drop of a dime when the next AAA MMO is released.

They would be surprised to see how many MMORPG players like good dungeon instead of rose mini kitty.

Tough, rewarding, long-term content would remove the “casual” feel from the game.

I thought they removed the ability to C&D off walls? or did I dream that..?

Greens for days. I understand you can ‘karma-train’ for chests I’d just like to be even close to the same level that PvE’ers can pumped out rares.

Yesterday:
WvW – 3 hours – 6 chests (3 levels) – 6 greens + 17s each chest
SouthSun Farming – 3 hours – 6 exotics – 22 rares, filled up inventory 2.5 times with greens

Got 6 exotics in SSC last night, 2 ectos. 25 or so rares, 13 ectos, Wish I saw this post before I broke them down, knew I should have just gone to bed…

Thanks for the free 5 flips of CD’s valley ANet.

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Even with all those drawbacks Fist of the Empire (FoE) has managed to take their highly entertaining drama into numerous games over the past 10+ years. At the moment, we are actively annoying our opposing players, and a few of our allies, in Guild Wars 2. We have an intricate organizational structure that lets us feel a sense of control in a world gone mad. We acknowledge the efforts of our members and reward and promote them based on their endeavors; should they fail in game or at life we are swift with harsh judgments and reprisals.

If you’ve made it this far into this post you clearly want to march in on our kitten parade. Our preference is that you be legal (18+) so we avoid any sticky situations with statutory own. We are currently looking to add more crazies to our ranks, and YOU would fit in nicely, especially if you can have as much of a sense of humor about yourself as we do about ourselves. Everyone is welcome to apply, however we are seeking players that are guild focused, professional in their gaming, and enjoy rolling the other servers face whenever possible.

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Aurust.8961:

LilMcGinley.3890:

More SoR chest-thumping, even from a person in T8, this is pathetic..

How is this chest thumping? Im just trying to be helpful to players that may be looking to get into wvw.

Lol.. srsly?? your funny

Aurust.8961:

Using the same line of reasoning, we can conclude that BG and JQ have more “PVE Oriented” communities.

Lies, T8 will kick your butt in PvE!! Don’t come down here, we srs bout our PvE

Rising Dusk.2408:

VOLKON.1290:

If you consider the number of chest per person and the number of people (especially those getting 2 chests at a time now), that’s a crapload of ectos being squirted into the system in short order. I can see why they’re doing it this way.

On the flipside, consider the number of people doing world events for daily reward chests of 1-3 rare+ items per event. Rares guaranteed for each WvW rank reward chest would be a drop in the water by comparison.

TinkTinkPOOF.9201:

And being that you get WXP from more things and even more total XP from things, leveling up will be easier than ever, I could do 2-3 ranks in a night easy, now it’s looking like 6+ a night will be doable.

Anyone can do 6+ world events for anywhere from 6-18 rares in around an hour. Greens for these WvW rank chests are terrible.

Go Farm southsun with 400+% MF.. I got 22 rares in 2 hours + exotic hammer which sold for 5G last night… And all the PvE’ers get the rewards WE earn for them in WvW without stepping foot in the Mists… just sad

Anyone gotten an Asc ring in one yet?

Aratoa.7398:

LilMcGinley.3890:

I thought we were to bash PAXA not HoD.. was I removed from the email distribution list that details these changes?? Gotta keep me up to date guys.

PAXA is a part of HoD, it’s just the next logical step to vilify the entire server.

Haha! Funny part, I hopped in PAXA’s vent and they are some of the coolest guys, really chill, just love to run small groups and kill people…

FC – whichever T7 server comes down, can we just agree to 2v1 them all the time now and not wait until the forum posts start? ty

PS: My “bash PAXA” comment was 1,000% sarcastic, like I said, I like what PAXA stands for and how they play.

I thought we were to bash PAXA not HoD.. was I removed from the email distribution list that details these changes?? Gotta keep me up to date guys.

urak.4863:

LilMcGinley.3890:

This is the internet so…

Pic?

Ex. = Example, I believe..

Awe, I thought he was saying he got one.

I want to believe!!

This is the internet so…

Pic?

juno.1840:

LilMcGinley.3890:

371 globs for my 77 clovers, 10x til 70, 1x til 77 (35 tries @ 10x and 21 tries @ 1x), globs were 32s for the most of this, they are 18s now…

Farm Southsun, farm meta events, farm CoFP1 (3 runs a day).. globs are quickly becoming the easiest part of a Legendary.

I got 20 ectos in 2 hours farming Southsun last night with 420% MF.

Your rate was 20.7% which is pretty close to the results from my small sample.

Thanks for the tips on ectos! I suspect the Southsun farm will go away after the living story evaporates. How exactly are you farming there? The group events?

Yeah, my rate was horrid. I had some guildies who did their 77 in under 200 ectos. Per the wiki, the 1x recipe is a LOCKED 33% chance of clover, while the 10x recipe is unknown.

Yeah, farm the 2 instigator events that pop. I’ve heard my server (Eredon Terrace) is the most active SSC area.. we regularly have a 50 man zerg running between the events, not to mention there are always guild banners and bonfires for boosts. Feel free to come over and if you see my commander tag “feed me change”, don’t forget I’m really hungry.

It will be available until June 17th I believe.

371 globs for my 77 clovers, 10x til 70, 1x til 77 (35 tries @ 10x and 21 tries @ 1x), globs were 32s for the most of this, they are 18s now…

Farm Southsun, farm meta events, farm CoFP1 (3 runs a day).. globs are quickly becoming the easiest part of a Legendary.

I got 20 ectos in 2 hours farming Southsun last night with 420% MF.

Sureshot.6725:

LilMcGinley.3890:

I believe the issue with laurels is that WvW’ers feel like we should FINALLY be rewarded with Ascended items after being ignored for so long, and now that we have been, we have to wait ANOTHER 2-3 months to outfit ONE character for WvW.

On the other hand, PvE’ers have been running fractals, stashing laurels and globs away for such items for many months.

I already have four pieces of ascended and I only do WvW with some rare world PvE or Dragon Killing.

Keep in mind the new chests have a chance to drop ascended rings so it just got even easier.

Fractal runners definitely gear up faster and I once thought that was unfair and then I realized I geared up having fun in WvW. On the other hand, they geared up farming/grinding fractals and I realize it’s all good.

Eh, they have a “chance” to drop a ring that you can’t even use, just like in Fractals right? I have friends with 10 rings they have no use for, not to mention still no Valk/Carrion stats, which is what a lot of people need.

I just wish badges were useful, sitting at almost 5k and should always be at that amount because I’ll gain them faster than I can use it to gear my character.

VOLKON.1290:

LilMcGinley.3890:

VOLKON.1290:

LilMcGinley.3890:

I believe the issue with laurels is that WvW’ers feel like we should FINALLY be rewarded with Ascended items after being ignored for so long, and now that we have been, we have to wait ANOTHER 2-3 months to outfit ONE character for WvW.

On the other hand, PvE’ers have been running fractals, stashing laurels and globs away for such items for many months.

I finished on my mesmer a couple months ago. What’s the hold up? I’m predominantly WvW, btw.

The hold up is that I don’t want to run fractals or spend laurels to gear my characters. I have a token from killing people that should reward me better than it currently does.

Ah, so you admit that the hold up is a conscious choice you’re making which is interfering with you gearing your character with ascended gear that, at best, only gives a slight boost to stats and no notable advantage? Good, we’re getting somewhere.

Here’s the weird part… if you’re WvWing so much, where are your laurels? I’ve had more dailies complete by accident in WvW than I can count, and it usually take a few minutes when I’m done in WvW for the night to finish off the daily through some easy means, such as crafting food for WvW, gathering mats for superior siege, making superior siege, etc.

If you’re not mostly geared by now on one character that you’ve played regularly for any period of time the fault is not with ANet.

You are missing the point. Laurels are for PvE’ers to use. Badges are for WvW’ers to use. Might as well remove badges as after a stack they are pointless.

VOLKON.1290:

LilMcGinley.3890:

I believe the issue with laurels is that WvW’ers feel like we should FINALLY be rewarded with Ascended items after being ignored for so long, and now that we have been, we have to wait ANOTHER 2-3 months to outfit ONE character for WvW.

On the other hand, PvE’ers have been running fractals, stashing laurels and globs away for such items for many months.

I finished on my mesmer a couple months ago. What’s the hold up? I’m predominantly WvW, btw.

The hold up is that I don’t want to run fractals or spend laurels to gear my characters. I have a token from killing people that should reward me better than it currently does.

I believe the issue with laurels is that WvW’ers feel like we should FINALLY be rewarded with Ascended items after being ignored for so long, and now that we have been, we have to wait ANOTHER 2-3 months to outfit ONE character for WvW.

On the other hand, PvE’ers have been running fractals, stashing laurels and globs away for such items for many months.

8 laurels, 4976 badges, which do I want to spend more…

Not to mention, still no valkyrie stats so at least I have 3 months to save my laurels before those are released.

TheButterman.5182:

This is all a diversion for our actual move to Eredon Terrace. We figured KN would eventually make their way down there, and we wanted to jump the gun and be prepared to wipe them again in a lower tier.

Lies, no one transfers to ET willingly.. someone call the FBI this man is being held hostage!!