Guild Wars 2

that was an amazing GvG video, quenta. it’s rare to see pure GvG’s instead of this medieval joust that all the euros adore. must have something to do with nostalgia of the old times when europe mattered. hopefully you find some better enemies to fight, for the video was just a pure stomp.

As a NA player, I was rooting for TW to at least win some rounds. although it didn’t happen, I thought TW fought valiantly (/respect). Be that as it may, the response above speaks bluntly to the reality: EU GvG is more competitive than NA. And that probably will translate to the WvW battlefield.

in NA, most (all) GvG guilds are awful at WvW combat in the open field. that’s why they started GvGing.

RG is definitely good at both, and are one of the few that can actually claim this. the rest are just shameful.

sorry about the incident. as mentioned earlier, we were just trying to get the skillpoint for some of our newer members and thought we were acting out in self-defense. if one of the wiped Choo or TW commanders could contact me, i’d be more than willing to reimburse the numerous bags we received due to our error.

regards,

gao gao

i hope anet does this so all the gvg nerds will stop taking up space in the WvW (keyword here) borderlands.

this game is now even more boring than i thought possible. you could at least release more fun social items for us to use while we stand around outside of arrowcart range.

who was the genius who thought this up anyway? clearly a dungeon master.

this is a horrible idea. i almost look back at the days when WvW was totally ignored by arenanet with a certain nostalgia.

you guys are losing it.

Fort Aspenwood carries the field in both open combat and the highest forms of Role Play.

Setsunayaki.4907:

Been a good start to a match up so far….

First thing is first!

Kaineng, you were my first home…Where I started. Thanks for catching up and not giving everyone else a heart attack. I like the integrity of Tier 2 to stay intact with three servers that can kill each other in a three way. So yeah, I would like to see RISE, WM and the guilds I’ve seen in KN fight! Please stick together and if you feel like burnout is coming, just take a break and organize. I do like fighting against you and am glad my first home, although changed is doing ok.

FA, you were my fifth home and quite a deceptive one at that. The more you spoke against TC, the more I wanted to see just how “Evil” TC was. It turned out that they have been so far the friendliest server I’ve come across this game. Not once did I ever see a TC player holding a banner saying “Kill All FA, they slaughtered our Yak Parade” and we did not receive a “Oh you’re FA, we don’t want you here” mentality upon joining…

You speak of maturity, yet you (FA) have involved others in your squabbles (the IoJ transfers into FA, along with anyone else…) acting like everyone should consider TC to be the fourth Reich, while considering anything that top FA guilds state as the Holy Grail and Truth…..

Ah and to those who still have some respect for me in FA:

“Thank you for everything. It was fun and it would be nice to see you in the battlefield as opponents, then we can whisper-chat about it. I’d like to see some of you at the kaineng dueling spot too. You were not evil, but my only tiny complaint is that while you told me the large guilds are eating FA out of their integrity, you didn’t do anything about it either. You represented FA on the battlefield, but let everything else get consumed. Never forget that your home is FA and if you can’t make it a better place, it is doomed to a miserable experience for others.

For better or for worse, I enjoyed running with Purple Dragons, Deep Penetrations, Armored Fist and Primordial Dragons (when they lived), as well as the many many small guilds we met on the field. FLOT was one of my favorites.

I hope to see you on the battlefield as my best friends followed the shooter mentality of killing each other and then talking about the great kills and fights we made against each other, all night long.

@TC, my new home….

You have been really friendly so far. I hope it lasts and I hope I can help. I’ve gone through life with many throwing friendly fronts at me that it takes time for me to trust others. I really like what I see in the server and I have not seen friendliness and kindness at that level in a really really really long time throughout this game.

While some FA guilds were kind in some time zones, there is a more unified kindness/friendliness pouring out of TC that makes things fun and more interesting.

To those at Kaineng….
Keep on playing and stay together…

To those at FA
Speak up and be heard. You deserve to be treated a lot better than you are being treated now. I hope we can kill each other and then chat about it.

To those at TC

Thank you for the warm welcome and everything so far.

~Shira Rae

in psychology 101, there is a concept you learn about called adolescent ego-centrism. it regards how children think themselves to be the focus of everyone’s perceptions. while it was certainly interesting to learn about, it’s sad to see it in practice, especially from someone who physically isn’t a child.

dreztina.4820:

There’s a running joke in the guild that no one’s allowed to die in wvw because if they do it’ll get screenshotted or recorded and posted on the forums.

I could pick apart the video, but what’s the point? You know how to set up a 5v5 with OG, but you won’t. You know exactly what will happen, just like every other guild that has posted a questionable video then flatly refused to have a real fight.

show me on the quaggan plushy where they touched you.

the fact that they don’t have the Knight’s set included in the ascended line is hilariously bad.

and i love how these threads always turn into: “anet doesn’t want there to be a trinity! just say no to healing power!”

there are other sets that have nothing to do with healing power that weren’t included. what a terrible argument.

lol it’s intigo

please listen to this thread, for the love of zhaitan. i need my knight’s set!

since OG isn’t skilled enough to take on bigger numbers, unlike other small outfits i have seen, perhaps they should transfer to a lower tier. it’s unfortunate that they realized their place in the food chain after the free transfer period has ended, but such is life.

This thread is not about Healing Power. And if you could think outside of your dungeon bubble, you would understand why some people want to have stats like Healing Power. Yes, believe it or not, some people run these dungeons simply for the gear, not enjoyment, as their focus is WvW. And concerning this new derailed topic: if you think Healing Power on a Support Character is worthless in WvW, then you are hilarious.

So maybe when you guys are running your elite D/D groups, you might want to take a step back and realize that you are in an extremely niche roll within the game, that other people may run these dungeons for their own reasons. I know it’s hard to think normally like this, but give it a shot!

The scaling of Healing Power has nothing to do with the speed in which you complete your 30+ Fractal Runs. It is sort of like how nothing you have posted, aside from a fraction of your first response, has any relevance to this thread. You just really wanted the internet to know about your elite dungeon and dragons group.

Healing Power scales just fine, and Anet clearly doesn’t want it removed, for it is included in small numbers on certain Ascended Items. There are is also the normal Healing Jewelry that was just recently released…but it just didn’t make it to the Ascended tier.

But your Power, Toughness, Crit damage ring suggestion might actually work out for me, as a Necro (fury upon entering deathshroud).

I get this message all the time when attempting to sell goods. It usually occurs when I sell things one after the other, with the error appearing on the third or forth sale.

It is incredibly annoying, and has been happening for quite some time now. I have to either close the trader and try again, or spam the other tabs within the trade window to “reset it”.

Why do the current Fractal Rings not include the very popular Knight’s Set Stats? They are Power, Precision, and Toughness. Other sets are missing as well! It’s important to note that people established builds based on the exotic stat set, and to not include them in the Fractal Rewards is just a strange idea.

Are there plans to release new rings that could include this stat set? I seriously have nothing to buy, unless I completely change my gear.

The fact that numerous persons here are not aware of the fact that there are locations where arrowcarts cannot be killed without the use of a treb is pretty amazing. By all means, please continue.

Many guilds out there advertise themselves as WvW oriented, and I have joined a few of them in my time of searching. In the end, their commitment to having an actual effect on the battlefield was limited to simply following the horde, or perhaps a blue dot if we were lucky. While we were on communications, in retrospect, it didn’t even matter, for there was no true initiative in the command level of the guilds. I felt stagnant in my gameplay, and was losing interest in logging on.

Thankfully, I didn’t give up on my search, and found ULTD through the recommendation of a friend. ULTD brought my WvW experience to another level. I experienced my first portal bomb that mattered (as in, had a direct effect on the outcome of a fight) in this guild, very shortly after joining. I saw the effect that maneuver warfare can have when fighting outnumbered, and was literally in awe until such feats were understood to be the norm. More importantly, the people in this guild know how to have fun while remaining serious when it matters.

If you feel how I did in the past, perhaps you should check us out. I also deploy roast pig on the regular, just sayin’.

ravendd.4209:

So… I shouldn’t hold respect for or dislike the way someone or a group of people behave because it’s a game? How silly of me. I’m quickly reminded of the FA that posted two weekends ago how dirty and underhanded it was of YB to assault a Garrison with GOLEMS! Gimme a break. So if I cede that “contempt” might just be TOO strong of a word, can we go with maybe “Disdain” – we can maybe get past the finer points of what you should and shouldn’t like about a game, and get on with it?

is this real life? this forum just gets worse and worse.

anyways, keep up the good fights, all parties involved.

what’s hilarious is they haven’t said anything to us. they know the majority of the forum community is pissed about this, so why not alleviate our concern?

the reason is because we are likely correct in our fears, that this is the foundation for a ~korean~ style gear grind.

ncsoft definitely understands the western market.

turtling is a terrible tactic. at first it seems impossible to counter, but it’s actually very easy. all you have to do is a 2 pronged attack. one side aoe’s at range the turtle from the west, while a small squad ninja insta-builds a ballista from the east. the ballista wrecks the turtle, and you get to /dance.

or if you can’t do this, simply divert them away and attack them while they are on the move. given that they have to resort to turtling to do anything at all, you can be sure that they will wipe while on the move.

I support this idea.

I have over 200k karma that on a character and I don’t know what I’m going to do with it. I have no intention of going after a legendary, and it would be nice if I could deposit my karma into my bank for use on another character.

Some simple ideas from Eve that can improve WvW:

Fleet Finder: an interface within a guild to find open groups, instead of spamming guild chat to see if anyone has an opening.

Broadcasting system: we have minimap waypoint and John Madden drawing capabilities, but no basic party or squad notifications. Simple things like, Hold fire, enemy located here, OMG I’M IN STRUCTURE, etc. Anything to clear up chat coms in an efficient way.

Aggression Timer: so tired of people rage logging when downed. In Eve, if you have aggression, your ship will stay in space for a few minutes if you log off so you can be killed like the coward you are.

Improved Target calling: In Eve, there was the option for primary, secondary, and tertiary targets.

As for playing the game like Eve? I don’t know. How about having a coordinated guild that can make proper maneuvers to destroy the enemy, despite being out numbered? That is the epitome of Eve.

i, too, encountered this.

at first i was bummed, but then i realized that this makes your death shroud hit so hard, even as a full condition build.

robot.9134:

Are you guys not 80? Do you not see the massive grind that is already there for exotics? lol Dungeon grinds, grinding for crafting mats which are a pain because of a flawed farming code, wvw badge grind?, boring karma grind? not to mention the biggest grind of them all …legendaries… open your eyes… this is NOT any different than other MMO grinds except for the balance in stats. Some mmo’s have roughly the same difference in stats as well.

This aspect of GW2 is NOT revolutionary and its NOT what they promised.

The game could be more fun but a lot of people (of varying opinions on rewards) are not happy with this massive grind. If you do not know what im talking about and dont have 80 experience then you can’t comment. You just don’t know how bad it is.

totally exaggerated. for one, if you do a lot of wvw, you get a ton of karma and badges. this isn’t a grind at all, this is playing the game. and if you do a lot of exploration and PVE, you should have plenty of mats to use to make exotics, or to sell to buy exotics by the time you are 80. also, unless you are a condition necromancer, exotic gear is prettykittencheap on the TP.

it is not hard at all to get exotic gear. legendaries are a “grind”, that’s for sure, but they aren’t necessary, at all. hell, even exotics don’t make that much of a difference when you really consider the gains, for most classes. unless you are a condition necro who wants precision, toughness, and condition damage gear, exotic gear is simply easy to get. it’s so easy that all you have to do is Play the Game. see what i did there?

this game consumes my mind. please, arenanet, nerf my place of employment so i can leave already.

StSwfx.3754:

xp stinks compared to pve and lowbies do crap damage against high levels.

oh please. you get a ton of xp for taking camps and towers, along with defending them. while a “lowbie” probably couldn’t solo a fully geared level 80 who knows what he is doing, they are far from useless in a group.

plus “leveling up” is hardly the point here. wvw is a lot of fun. don’t let your “low level” dissuade you of this.

this is an overflow issue, not a server issue.

i agree, OP. it is incredibly frustrating, though also hilarious, to see the threads you have described. i myself recall the sPVP thread you are referring.

it’s like these people want the gear grind… they really want it!

how could this be an exploit? the mesmer portal is a pretty direct skill, with a pretty direct intent.

it isn’t like any mesmer can just walk up and portal everyone. he has to first get there, and the area has to be secure for the action to be even feasible.

it’s totally viable. i leveled up my character mostly in WvW, for instance. just try to stack some more toughness and vitality, but in the end, if you get ganked by a blob, it doesn’t matter what traits you have, or your gear.

it’s a great way to level, and it’s the most fun thing to do in the game, IMO. just try not to fight alone, and stick with a group. an individual running around, unless he’s a well spec’d thief or something, literally does nothing for the overall war effort.

edit: i forgot to add: try to have some CC breakers and speed boosts. it will save your life many times.

you need to place them correctly. place them as far as possible away from the outside wall, to the point wehre you can just barely see the front of the gate. if you do it correctly, and have people build the cart up quickly, there is literally no way the cart can taken down unless they build up counter siege equipment, such as well placed ballistas, or a catapult.

most of the commanders you see are guild leaders whose members felt, for whatever reason, that they would be a good commander. they then donated the gold as a group.

or some guilds i’ve seen have a requirement to donate for this, which is hilarious to me.

aside from these methods, i would say that the best way to get 100g is to use the TP effectively. second best way would be to get a full magic find set, omnom bars, and do all the events you can on cursed shore.

heh. if anything, they should increase mob health. it’s a race to tag mobs on cursed shore!

this thread reminds me of some american politician from alabama basing his entire campaign on forcing people to use the english language. “this is america, speak english” was a phrase he used.

it was pretty embarrassing, sort of like this thread.

why is it that all the posts regarding wow’s supposedly superior combat system are usually nearly impossible to read?

OP, your post makes literally zero sense. i cannot follow your sentences, for they are completely devoid of any structure that reflects any discernible content.

but if it’s something about button mashing 1-5, i can assure you that this won’t work in any form of PVP, let alone PVE.

Ascii.9726:

Gao Gao.4973:

i’m a level 80 and i still play because the class rules. sure, it isn’t the best for farming karma on cursed shore, but that activity isn’t even fun in my opinion. as i pretty much only do WvW, i have found the necro to be great fun, along with being effective on the battlefield.

Necromancers rock for Karma farming on cursed! Just know were the mobs will pop out and when and you have 6 place-able damage AoE fields and Life Transfer, arguably the best farming skill in the game (High damage, no target or specific area of effect needed, hits as you move)

oh i know. i have no real trouble getting gold from events, but you have to admit that you gotta work a bit more for it than a power based class, especially on veteran and above mobs. it isn’t a big deal, and i still maintain that necros rule, hard.

i’m a level 80 and i still play because the class rules. sure, it isn’t the best for farming karma on cursed shore, but that activity isn’t even fun in my opinion. as i pretty much only do WvW, i have found the necro to be great fun, along with being effective on the battlefield.

every class is good in this game. the people that post are just frustrated about the bugs, but even as a necromancer, arguably the buggiest class, i still have a great time. i feel that my class is strong, and will only get better as i learn more about it.

for the most part, the classes are pretty balanced and effective if you play them right.

the costs aren’t a big deal at all. you shouldn’t really die, because you have all your traits and gear lined up. you still get good loots which will offset travel costs.

it’s for the best, dude. inflation is a dangerous thing for an MMO, and we need all the sinks we can get.

you didn’t really address what i said, but i can understand your frustration. i feel it too, but know to be patient.

OP, what kind of boosts does your dinner give you? i had some veggie pizza for dinner and got some sweet condition buffs.

i cannot see this happening. what i think will occur is a buff to axes and general power builds. hopefully some fixed pet AI, for all pet classes.

if they do this, along with fixing plague signet, spectral grasp, and corrupt boon, then i’ll be a happy necro.

dagger or horn for WvW. focus has some merit in sPVP, from what i hear, but i have no experience with it.

i think the dagger is better for wvw, though. while the horns daze and speed buff are nice, the transferring of conditions with your dagger is too good to pass up. plus that AOE skill really wrecks people if you combine it with other aoes, then epidemic it again.

zintair, fair enough. i guess i didn’t read it like you did.

so are you using full khilborn, with power, precision, crit damage weapons and trinkets? i believe what you say is correct, in that a necro needs to consider death shroud when picking stats.

i already bought the condition based weapons, so with the trinkets being the only remaining things to upgrade, i am pretty sure i’m gonna buy some power based ones to compensate. will probably need to change out the dagger too.