Guild Wars 2

Johje Holan.4607:

Jeknar is the 30-40 people during NA prime on reset only or in general throughout the week with higher on reset?

Just wondering about how well you alls NA prime would fare against higher ranked servers NA prime.

Interested to know because I was surprised by how many NA prime GoM put out on reset. They have at least one guild that is bigger than any we have on SBI ranked 4 spots higher. And we can beat YB and DB’s NA.

I think its time for a tournament of NA prime.

Thats a consistent number over the week during 8pm-11pm EST, the problem is that this last around 3 hours and after midnight EST, this drop to 10 or less depending of how bad things are.

You don’t need to wonder how we would fare against higher ranked server, you can already see it. SoR and SF on T7 are already beating us… ET don’t have population to stay out of T8.

Reverence.6915:

Depends on where on the world you live. If you live outside of North America, your low tier server and opponents have very few people online (usually less than 20 people across all 4 maps). More people as you go higher up the tiers.

That’s untrue for DH friend… They can easily put up two 25+ zergs during NA prime time, and they are able to put a 20+ zerg during SEA (which most servers down here can’t).

Saying that every server down here have less 20 people across all maps during NA Primetime is a lie. Not even on my server, which is the lowest of all, this is true. We can put up 30-40 people during NA prime.

I don’t know where you found big fights on EotM when no one actually fight in that fricken map most of time…

As for finding fights on the Mist War, Eternal Battleground is usually the map where you can always find someone down here on the bronze tiers (Where Darkhaven reside). If you are looking for action on the borderlands, there are times where you’re problably not going to find them because of the nature of lower populated servers.

Darkhaven have a good population during NA primetime and during SEA primetime, so these are the hours where you are likely to find fights.

Straegen.2938:

If I don’t spike them, it doesn’t count.

What if I dps them to death?

If I gotten 1 dollar everytime I hear a PvE’er cry about not being able to take green keep PoI/Vista, I’d be rich today…

Sometimes I wish Anet would just remove WvW from map completion, so I don’t have to hear the same QQ over and over again because my server is never green and we never get the green keep in Eternal Battleground. But then again, I rather have them to suffer what I’ve suffered instead of seeing the map completion being handed to them. I’ve had to fight for mine, everyone that have it fought for it, so they have to fight for theirs aswell.

Luna.8691:

Then again, some players like Jeknar ( ET-rank 22nd ) might be too addicted to PvDoor easymode all day long in their last category matchups. The last category matchups is most of the time another eotm karma train.

Funny you saying that when it us (the low tier players) that usually complain most about how our empty tower and keeps are taken by the servers with more people. But judging how you called us “Last Category”, I bet you’re one of the kittentalkers from T1 that think you are superior to anyone else for playing in a bandwagon.

As for the issue:

At some times my server rarely have people to try retake our own stuff (post midnight EST you get to be the only player on the map sometimes). If there are some uber automated siege defending it, how you expect an already super-outmanned server to try gain somenthing? I belive this will actually make even easier for the dominating server to take hold of everything than help the underdogs to keep their ground.

Questing was for PvE stances. Now with the Megaservers I thought guesting no longer existed…

You cannot join your friend on EotM unless both of your servers are the same color.

Ranma Half.3014:

Could it be that he was running full Nomad’s (Toughness, Healing, Vitality), with guard leech and applied fortitude, and whatever food buffs (maybe lemongrass, etc), while using Defiant Stance as his secondary heal?

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Defiant_Stance

He wouldn’t be able to kill iDuelist with 1 hit with such low power… I’d expect he problably was full clerics which give a reasonable power, toughness and a high healing power that can buff Healing Signet along with Mango Pie and Adrenal Health.

Also he couldn’t have Defiant Stance if he had Healing Signet equipped. So scratch that…

Lert.6287:

Deniara Devious.3948:

• No rune set should be the best source of any condition.

Best argument I’ve heard in all Perplexity Runes Discussions.

I think the idea of Perplexity runes was actually to give classes other than Engi and Mesmer (and at some extend warriors) a source of confusion to compete with them. The problem is that these two classes can get even more benefit from them than the other classes.

/2coppers

This thread again?

hmsgoddess.3869:

I don’t want to worry about a kitten thief hitting gates to make us come running for nothing.

No player damage to gates, and this problem is solved… Walls don’t take player damage, I still don’t understand why gates do.

When you get in the range of the automated cannons on EotM, they already start shooting like crazy. Cannons do huge damage and have a reasonable big area of effect… It would be impossible to fight near anywhere with automated siege.

You want another exemple of automated siege problem? How about the Ascalon Fractal? (The one where you are turned unto a charr). As soon you get near the wall trying to get to the first boss, the Arrow Carts already start shooting like crazy. Same goes for the Burning Oil and Ballistas on that dungeon. High damage from automated siege make it very annoying and I can only presume that it will be even worse in a WvW scenario as the damage the sieges deal there aren’t nowhere close to the damage they deal on WvW.

Have you even been on EotM? If you did, and still think that automated defenses are a good idea you problably have a problem.

I don’t really think runes of perplexity are a big deal… The real problem is when you add runes of perplexity to all the other buffs to condis like the +40% duration food, capability of being super tanky while just being able to spam conditions, and cleansing not being able to compete with aplication, etc…

The bonuses from perplexity have 25s (bonus 4) and 15s (bonus 6) of cooldown, which mean it’s not constant application as it used to be when the runes came out (Thieves spamming headshot and putting 25 confusion stacks was awesome)

I personally find Runes of Torment much more powerful than Perplexity as standing still is almost a sure death in this game. But still, the problem doesn’t lie on the runes but on the conditions mechanic itself.

SpellOfIniquity.1780:

Not spamming #2 repeatedly would be a good start to changing those numbers but, I won’t coach you since you’re clearly an expert.

You too seens to be a expert by calling Backstab the #2 skill…

He’s clearly rotating 5,2,1 cookie-cutter D/P

SpellOfIniquity.1780:

Honestly, I think it’s a good thing power builds are forced to sacrifice DPS and condition builds have their damage reduced through power builds using condition duration reduction runes/food.
Condition builds have a lot of tankyness and can deal high damage over time. Power builds are squishy but can kill a player quickly in 2 – 3 hits sometimes. But because a lot of people will use things that reduce condition duration, they’re not able to kill people in 2 – 3 hits and condition builds can’t overwhelm people. Which means both builds are taking more time to kill each other thus is balances out. Conditions can’t overwhelm you and power builds can’t kill you in 2seconds flat.

Problem is: Power damage is reduced by toughness. Condition damage don’t have a counter stat… Even with all the reduction you can get from melandru+lemongrass, Condition builds still have the upper hand as they still have a stat that counter your damage while you do not have a stat to counter theirs…

I think you wrote the title wrong mate… The title should be “Increasing Condi Duration needs a cap”

Eviscera.9703:

This would force people to join guilds

No… I like my small guild.

Don’t build golems… Problem solved.

This has already been discussed on this thread.

Also, if you’re not from these servers (Your signature says TC), you have no say on it.

Surely not SF… I’m even taking Kaineng this time.

skyhawk.5149:

Yay 100th post on this thread… wonder how much longer this is gonna last lol.

We’re having only light PvF here… The other one was a kitten-talk fest already when it got locked.

Rimmy.9217:

Jeknar.6184:

If a thief can 1-2 shot someone, that mean that this someone was glass too and deserve to be killed easily…

Hey!

Those kinds of thieves do poorly against a staff ele – control, damage, control, damage, control, damage, wait until body expires in stealth to collect bag.

I like facing them on my guardian so i can just keep walking while popping retaliation and watching they kill themselves as i wave my lootstick around.

If a thief can 1-2 shot someone, that mean that this someone was glass too and deserve to be killed easily…

Hmmm that explain why CD is kicking DB atm… More guilds left it.

Idk… Been a while since I have Build 4 that i never noticed it.

Bubbles.4937:

The only reward for no night crew is PvF shame and teir 8.

SF never had (And still don’t have as far as I know) a night crew… Your argument is invalid.

“We fixed a bug that show all keeps and SMC with a WP while you are on Obsidian Sanctum”

/sarcasm

He is trolling you… Signet warriors aren’t good if you don’t go with signet traits, and even then, they aren’t great.

I’d take Burst Mastery on discipline instead of having Cleansing Ire tho (4/0/4/0/6). Unless you’re going to roam, where you’re likely to find more condi builds than in a group fight.

Actually i don’t think he knew about the snow leopard racial… I don’t blame him tho. It’s not very popular I’d say since i don’t see it much often.

Yeah, snow leopard is pretty good for classes that don’t have a good escape mechanism to use… Too bad you need to be Norn since it’s racial.

If the walls weren’t destructible i think Arid Fortres would be reasonable… But as it is, yeh, total joke to even try defend it. Just farm some bags with ACs and bail once the walls melt.

daydream.2938:

Honestly grats, your one of only three servers I know of to come from tier 8 and make it back into silver.

Kaineng made it to gold… Even tho they are back.

WoW… The bro trio is reunited with the 1% probability matchup…

This has already been discussed on this thread.

While I’m actually up for server merges, most people down on bronze are not (You can see on the thread). So if they really want to keep these people “happy”, they won’t merge the servers.

With FC losing it’s zergy guilds, and DR moving out, Bronze will be again all about the pug blobs and ofc our official blob guild CoSA.

Of course, we’re getting NSP on DR’s place, so we’ll also have ZoS+Os blob to compete with CoSA’s blobing.

I wonder if you actually belong to one of these servers…

This thread again?

Twinbros.5372:

Arcadio.6875:

Maybe if Mag ppts hard enough they will end up in T1.

I don’t think TC being in T2 will make for a balanced matchup though.

It might be an uphill climb for the other two servers, but it would provide something Tier 2 has been lacking, a challenge. I’m not suggesting TC stay in Tier 2, but going there for a week before returning to tier 1 would provide much needed break from the mindless skilless blobs that is JQ. That server just needs to be moved to the china servers, it has no business being with all our other servers.

I’m pretty sure T2 is not interested in having TC there……

Reborn.2934:

people already started guilds only for eotm

Yeah… EU started: Flee to Frostgorge Scrubs [FFS]. I wish NA had a branch tho…

CovasBR.4827:

Jeknar.6184:

This has already been discussed on this thread

Sorry. I think the search tool does not work.

In fact, it does not… Been broken since launch…

Fluffball.8307:

Wildchild.7502:

I try to never go to EBG because its where most karma trains usually hangs but like Roe said above. Sometimes except a zerg you don’t find anything else in the BLs so you gotta try to hunt stragglers in EBG even tho most of them are not so challenging.

Oh, that’s the difference then. It sounds like you want duels. When I think roaming, I think something like 2 people trying to take a tower and seeing how long it takes their response team to reach critical mass to kill you, or if you take it.

No, what he want is fights. Duels are the 1v1 to downed you get in OS (When there are people in OS). Taking empty towers is ninja (or PvDoor if it’s offhours), and holding towers is bunkering down (or siege wars as some may call it).

This has already been discussed on this thread

Casmurro.9046:

…My server for example, Ehmry Bay, is always last in the wvw matches…

wtf you’re talking about? Ehmry Bay won last week…

I doubt anyone on ET is willing to pay for people they don’t know to transfer over, since we have no guarantee that these people will stay…

We don’t hire mercenaries. We want brothers in arms.

Jim Hunter.6821:

Dear god that is almost reason enough for me to come to ET. Unfortunately Ajax just sits in our keep and runs his annoying mouth all day so you wouldn’t get much of a chance to kill him.

Oy, I kinda killed him a few times on our last matchup… I didn’t saw him on this one yet however…

Dsybok.1405:

If you are looking for a perfect opportunity to get into a server that is about to remake itself, was never very zergy in the first place and is now even less so, FC would be worth a look.

FC was called ZERGuson’s for a reason…

You need to get the new tickets from the Battle Storian in one of the wvw maps.

Straegen.2938:

Roaming on lower tier servers (over a year old and still funny):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaWcAek5_JE

OH RIGHT, THAT’S ANOTHER GOOD THING FOR COMMING TO ET!

Ajax Blue is on AR right now, so you get to face “The greatest player in the game”!