Guild Wars 2

All very true, TBT does a bit of everything. Lets not derail this thread anymore then necessary. Let the people who want to come to AR decide which guild they want to be a part of, theres plenty to choose from.

While [TBT] does have some strict build/class policies, this is not a [TBT] recruitment thread. This is an Anvil Rock Recruitment thread, not everyone is going to want to be part of a certain guilds and there is nothing wrong with that. I use TBT as an example at how a server militia can come together to create a force to be reckoned with. There is a lot of heart on AR, the server has faced larger servers from day one and refused to quit. Currently we have several WvW and PvX oriented guilds recruiting daily, this tells me we are growing and when we’re finished there will be a wake of bags behind us.

I could tell you how the other low tier servers are not worth your while, I could also tell you how AR does not hide behind walls and does not PvD. That would be the same thing every other low tier server is telling you, the fact of the matter is we go balls deep, that’s right balls deep. [TBT] started off as a relatively small guild, within a couple weeks we had many of the militia who were sick of being over run by numbers join our ranks and those that didn’t join us commonly work together with us. Numbers are trivial when you have people willing to work together for a common goal. See for your selves what we do on AR on a daily basis.

I could tell you how the other low tier servers are not worth your while, I could also tell you how AR does not hide behind Walls or PvD. That would all be the same thing every other low tier server is telling you, the fact of the matter is we go balls deep, that’s right balls deep. See for yourselves what we do on AR on a daily basis. [TBT] started off as a relatively small guild, within a couple weeks we had many of the militia who were sick of being run over by numbers join our ranks. Numbers are trivial, when you have people willing to work together for a common goal.

A few video’s, music selection as per Guildy requests

I could tell you how the other low tier servers are not worth your while, I could also tell you how AR does not hide behind Walls or PvD. That would all be the same thing every other low tier server is telling you, the fact of the matter is we go balls deep, that’s right balls deep. See for yourselves what we do on AR on a daily basis. [TBT] started off as a relatively small guild, within a couple weeks we had many of the militia who were sick of being run over by numbers join our ranks. Numbers are trivial, when you have people willing to work together for a common goal.

A few video’s, music selection as per Guildy requests

I could tell you how the other low tier servers are not worth your while, I could also tell you how AR does not hide behind Walls or PvD. That would all be the same thing every other low tier server is telling you, the fact of the matter is we go balls deep, that’s right balls deep. See for yourselves what we do on AR on a daily basis. [TBT] started off as a relatively small guild, within a couple weeks we had many of the militia who were sick of being run over by numbers join our ranks. Numbers are trivial, when you have people willing to work together for a common goal.

Music selection is as per request from Guildies.

I could tell you how the other low tier servers are not worth your while, I could also tell you how AR does not hide behind Walls or PvD. That would all be the same thing every other low tier server is telling you, the fact of the matter is we go balls deep, that’s right balls deep. See for yourselves what we do on AR on a daily basis. [TBT] started off as a relatively small guild, within a couple weeks we had many of the militia who were sick of being run over by numbers join our ranks. Numbers are trivial, when you have people willing to work together for a common goal.

A few video’s, music selection as per Guildy requests

I could tell you how the other low tier servers are not worth your while, I could also tell you how AR does not hide behind Walls or PvD. That would all be the same thing every other low tier server is telling you, the fact of the matter is we go balls deep, that’s right balls deep. See for yourselves what we do on AR on a daily basis. [TBT] started off as a relatively small guild, within a couple weeks we had many of the militia who were sick of being run over by numbers join our ranks. Numbers are trivial, when you have people willing to work together for a common goal.

Music selection is as per request from Guildies.

Great guild, as stated it doesn’t matter what your preferance is. I love me some WvW and theres plenty of that to go around. Even PvE , though I’m not a big fan when I do venture out into the strange land of PvE I always enjoy myself when with the guild.

Why wouldn’t you want to join TBT is the question.

I would recommend FC, as a player from AR I can say these guys are pretty good people I do enjoy playing against them. They seem to have quite a few roamers, as does many of the lower tiered servers. You will have a better chance finding other roamers with less of a Zerg worry in the lower Tiers.

Glad I came back to AR, great bunch of people, new faces and old I’m glad to see AR hasn’t lost its fire.

Well thanks all, lots of good feedback. I decided to go the Warrior route but I do have both classes so I can always buy another tag if I decide to change it up. Still on the fence about the GS, I can see why you would use a GS for movement so I will probably buy one to swap out but for regular game play it’s just not doing it for me. I ended up going with this http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIAQNBiYDZk0JGu4xFOggeohchAqKgHpHixAyGA-jEyAocBZiRgoPw58ioxWGLiGreBTXSEV7xLiWtMAMjB-w build, very similar to Radian.2478 but threw in some sentinel’s and changed up the traits a bit because I won’t be using shouts. Gear will eventually be replaced with Ascended but for now Exotic’s will do.

Radian.2478:

Well, you’re in luck. I have two characters I command on and one is Warrior and the other is Guardian.

Warrior is overwhelmingly the best commanding profession in the game. Guardian would likely be number 2. In fact, the only reason I sometimes command on my Guardian is because it has a different name and I can just do whatever I want. As a commander, you need high survivability and fast movement speed. Warrior has far better movement speed than Guardian with GS + S/WH. Movement speed is important because sometimes you will need to rush to save a structure and hold the circle. It’s also better to be able to get to the tower or keep a little early to be able to check for siege and gate/wall hp and to have time to place siege for when your team arrives. The only problem with Warrior is that in Zerg vs Zerg, you get poop loot and don’t really do much to benefit your team. Guardian with staff skill 1 is going to give you about as good loot as anything. If you are commanding a zerg of 40+, then it’s way more important to just survive than to actually have useful damage or support. If your group is smaller, then your contribution in damage and team support is more important, which is one way that Guardian is better than Warrior. Alternatively, if you are absorbing a lot of damage on Warrior in zerg vs zerg, that is just as helpful too but you would have to do so without dying. Warrior also has far better self survival than Guardian which is probably against common belief. This is because of movement speed, higher health pool, higher armor rating, dual endure pain, insane condi removal, and shield blocking etc. My warrior also has something like 700hp gain per second from healing signet and that one trait which is extremely important because as a commander you sit on siege a lot and don’t want to be dying on siege. You have to remember that most of Guardian’s defense is team support which is great in small groups but in large groups as a commander, it’s not your job to give your team support heals. This is because that as a commander, it’s extremely important that you don’t die. Surviving can allow you to pull out of a losing zerg v zerg fight and regrouping without having to waypoint. It also allows you to direct your team in the zerg v zerg fight longer and have more opportunities to place siege.

So it does depend on the size of the group you intend to command but I’d strongly suggest Warrior. And for Warrior as you asked above, you use Melandru’s runes.

For Warrior I run something like this:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIMQNAR8ejkOtwxQOPMxBE0DN8K2CTheI9QMQj0A-jEyAorITMCE5AO7VEN2yYR0Y1LY6SioaPeR0qjBgJ-w

I now use that Quick Breathing Warhorn trait and sometimes swap out my shield for warhorn depending on the situation.

Thanks for the explanations, I had already chose to go with Warr before reading your post. I do have another question for you, you use GS vs. Hammer, is this a personal preference or do you find GS better ? I have always gone with Sword/WH and Hammer, I found the GS a bit dull tbh, great for movement but the hammer AoE’s seems better placed for large scale fights where AoE kills.

Thanks folks, very helpful, as for ranger I prefer to roam small man or solo on it.

McWolfy.5924:

as a commander you need to survive. as a warrior you have 3 stability 3600 armor and a ton of health. as a commander you always have guardian in your party who share the boons with you.

This doesn’t leave much room for shout condition removals via Soldier Rune’s. Are the soldier runes not the way to go with a Command Warr ? Maybe Melandru ?

Looking for build idea’s, so as a Commander you want to be tanky because your first priority is surviving so with that said Gaurdians are a little different. Is there a minimum Healing power needed, or is full PVT/Sentinels gear the way to go. I’m not concerned about the spec, abilities, or weapon types I’m more concerned with the vital stats needed.

I enjoy playing both, but leaning towards guardian, just to much support/utility to give up.

Title says it all, now before you flame I realize both are very capable at being front line heavies and commanding. I’m looking for people opinions on which they believe to be a better choice and why ?

I’m thinking Guardian might be better if your leading more then just a guild grp because of the boons you are capable of spreading. Warriors are just beasts when full defensive and would be great but their stability in particular is on a much longer CD then Guardian.

what do you guys think ?

Polyamorous Firefly.4071:

Only 20,000 Points ahead of a server that can’t field more than 15 upscaled. Oh my.

Why ? why do you feel the need to post this ? Its a recruitment thread grow up. If I was shopping around for a server I can assure you DR would be off the table now.

Seeing as your server apparently needs more player maybe you should help them instead of hurting them by being a exactly what players are trying to avoid.

As a former AR from beta (left a couple months after the exodus) what I would like to know is, Does AR have a latenight presence between 10pm – 5 am EST ? I ask because I loved AR but because of my play time and the exodus I was left with no one to play with.

Coming back would be nice but at the same point I’m not willing to do it if I’m going to be roaming solo. I would be willing to command during these hours on weekends and 1-2 nights during the week but, if I’m going to be commanding 5 people lets face it, its just not going to be fun.

I’m wondering if theres any small manning on ET, been watching newl on GoM and think if the zerg can be avoided it could be fun. A small coordinated grp can cause major disruption on any zerg and possibly grab a small man fight in between times!