Guild Wars 2

Tspatula.9086:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/wuv/wuv/Solution-to-fix-the-population-imbalance/first

ah yes. 1 year old gg anet

Tspatula.9086:

I got pretty excited when the dev John Corpening (sp?) responded to that post, his first and second posts really looked like something was actually moving forward, but his last post was clearly more smokescreen than anything else. His boss probably sat him down and said, “WHAT ARE YOU DOING? DON’T SAY ANYTHING!” The fact that the obvious big problems with WvW have sat untouched by the devs for sooooo long, I just don’t see them doing anything at this point. If EtoM didn’t solve your issues with WvW then you (we all) are kittened.

link?

Lord Kuru.3685:

Honestly, if this CDI is anything like the last ones, we’ll get a new community manager in a couple months whose first words will be: “Please give us a bullet point list of your concerns with WvW.” … and the entire process starts over from the beginning.

And before you think I’m being snarky, this has happened three times already with Devon, Josh, and one other dev: I can’t remember her name.

This is so true. I remember first CDI around Nov and though ok 1 month to collect ideas and possibly 3-4 months to implement worst case 8 months to implement so July-August we should have something in place for population but nope. Another CDI

Hello Anet,

You had your CDI on population. After you do preliminary discussion can we get some feedback on a plan & which suggestions are actually feasible?

Can we possibly make some changes while we wait for your overall plan?

Here are a few things that make sense to me personally.

1) Transfer cost should be based on WvW rank instead of overall server pop because not everyone WvWs & megaservers basically combine pve/spvp pop.

2) Reduce cost of transferring from 1-3 rank server to 4-6 by 10%-15% and to 7-9 by another 10-15% percent making it easier and easier as you go down rank if you aren’t going to close out or merge lowerrank servers.

3) Cap for T1 US servers should be lowered so no more transferring to top servers indefinitely forcing people to balance T2 or lower tiers. More & more servers/guilds are moving to kitten the point where guilds are leaving game because they can’t get all their members into the same server (server always full).

4) Try lowering map caps for WvW maps themselves to create queues so population balances out to lower tier in trickle down effect or people get to use EOTM for something other then leveling alts or farming.

Thank you for your time.

Shiren.9532:

ShadowStep.3640:

If GvG ever wants to reconstruct itself, it should do so on a lower tier server. That’s why GvG failed, because they choose to house it in tier 2 instead of tier 5 or 6. By housing GvG in a lower tier, you can GvG all you want without much pressure to ppt.

I think a few reasons favour a higher tier over a lower one.

1. T2 has a higher base population to recruit from than lower tier servers. GvG guilds will always need to find more players to replace people who will inevitably leave the game, or to help create new guilds.
2. A lot of GvG players are not exclusively GvG. You can’t GvG all the time and a lot of players don’t want to. If you have a guild of 25 WvW players who want to GvG, chances are a good number of them will also want to do general WvW fun. I suspect a lot of those players would prefer to do so on more populated servers with more enemies to fight (especially the more casual GvG guilds – imo any format is made or broken on it’s entry level, that’s where new players come from). Being interested in PPT and GvG are not mutually exclusive things.
3. Similar to the last point, trying to form up in a lower tier bracket could be risky. Influxes of players could cause instability in the tier and result in servers moving out of the bracket. T1 and T2 are relatively stable and predictable. It’s easy to prevent one from rising or falling, in lower tiers that might not be the case.

I don’t know why T2 would add pressure to PPT more than another tier. Maybe during WvW tournaments, but even there I don’t think T2 servers take them seriously because the population difference with the T1 competition is a joke (even within T2 the match ups are a forgone conclusion).

If GvG failed (did it?) I don’t think it’s because of the tier it’s in, I think it’s because it’s an unsupported PvP format born out of an inability for the WvW game mode to cater to the desires and play styles of the players. Unlike even sPvP, GvG doesn’t have matches 24/7, they are player organised (thus less efficient and accessible to most players) and the large number requirements can be hard to fill. It doesn’t help that it’s limited by server. The population of the format is incredibly small and access is very restrictive. Those hurdles will exist no matter what tier it’s in and they will always be difficult to overcome.

In many ways GvG is a symptom of WvW’s problems – a desire from players for organised (no rally bot pugs) open field fights (no tower turtling or siege nonsense) with competitive population balance (no skilless zerg wins design). Most PvP or sporting formats in the world strive for some kind of population balance (because it’s a core component of a fair competition) and WvW completely fails at that (because of this, WvW’s design encourages you to stack a server for easy wins, but less competitive PvP for your opposition). If the WvW team could dramatically lessen the WvW population imabalance issue (unlikely now that we are more than two years into the game’s life) and find a way to capture the things players love about GvG and integrate it into a map’s core design, I see that as the optimal resolution for this play style in GW2.

great post!

Emerald Fang
http://fang-gaming.shivtr.com/
Server: Sea of Sorrows

Who we are.
The Emerald Fang is a family style guild that was created for Guild Wars 2, but also includes any other games that the members like to play. We understand that people have busy RL so whenever you do get the chance to play GW2 you know you will have quality players with [Fang]. We consider our attitude ‘business casual’. We don’t have required raid times & won’t rage on wipes but when you do have a chance to play with us we won’t waste your time. We play for fun & don’t tolerate drama. if you like what hear then Fang might be the guild for you!
The Emerald Fang is built around group play. We like to do WvW ALOT! We are looking to getting started in GvGs as well. We teach new players and help them gear up for WvW as long as the player shows motivation and do their part.

How we are organized.

We are US based guild with members from US/CAN but have OCX players as well. Members are on during most times of the day. Communication is important so we use the tools available to us (Forums, Shoutbox, Teamspeak) to effectively coordinate. We provide structure and events but we are casual. So members can attend any organized event when they want or they can use guild chat to get something started impromptu.

Who we want.

We want people who are friendly and like getting on and helping each other out. People who enjoy using forums and TS3 to communicate. We do ask that you be at least 18, but there can be exceptions. We expect our members to prefer group play over solo & want to run with the guild when possible.

What we require.

We require our members to REP us ATLEAST during 4 server to 10 pm PST
We require our members to be helpful/active in Guild and TS3.
We require our members to participate in WvW raids (5-9 pm PST server time) if you are on & can run. If you can’t you won’t be kicked because we understand RL has priority.

TLDR:

• WvW focused
• Structure & Events planned but with a casual environment
• Community TS3 Server
• Dungeons’ & Orr temple runs & guild missions done when able/interest
• WvW/GvG is our priority

If you have any questions or concerns please contact me in game or here. Feel free to create a account on our forums even if you don’t want to join to chat/socialize.

Cheers

Luvpie

Currently we forming a core for raids & do ranged raids as well! Come join the fun!

What is this 2013? Stop whining about SoS Ocx. We only have a fairweather ocx pop + maybe 1-2 guilds left after tourney.

Frosch.7809:

Chris.3290:

3. Luvpie isn’t recruiting for the 3rd server as much as asking those that want more GvG focus to consider whoever settles in at the 3rd spot. SoS and FA already have some great GvG guilds and simply joining one of us will mean missing out on fighting many of the remaining guilds.

Who is Luvpie to ask GvG guilds to consider to transfer to whomever comes up to T2 from T3? It will most likely be YB to go up, so he is asking GvG guilds, who do not fit into the YB community, to come to us. No, thank you. Again, leave recruiting to us.

YB will most likely not change its playstyle for the sake of servers that have announced to spawn camp us.

FA and SoS WILL focus YB despite everything that has been claimed here, to push us out of T2 again. That’s actually fine. But don’t pretend you won’t do that.

I am sure there are more guilds in T2-8 that are interested in fights/gvgs but don’t care for the blobs/raid sizes in T1. Please consider the THIRD SERVER in the T2 match up once the tourney ends.

PS: The reason I put Third Server instead of YB is simple. I don’t know YB. I am not sure how welcoming they would be to fight guilds or if they even want to be in T2. A week or two in T2 after tourney should give a clearer picture of who the third server in T2 will be.

Learn to read.

If YB posters in this thread represent the attitude of the majority then don’t worry about 2v1. You guys will stop playing on Sunday & will bounce back to T3. Can’t wait for CD or DB.

mango.9267:

In Silver, the “for the fights” servers, in my humble opinion, are CD, IoJ, and NSP; all three field a decent number of 15-20 man guild groups and good roaming populations. Ironically, the servers most poised for T2, your “for the fights” tier, are YB and DB, who are probably the least “for the fights” servers in Silver.

I see that now. No worries things will correct themselves after tourney ends

Um. Yea. So thank you all for your insight into demise of GvG & predictions of demise of SoS/FA etc. Thanks all! While I agree the sudden departure of ALOT of GvG guilds has brought the scene close to collapse, there are quite a few guilds that still around. More guilds will form up and T2 will stay 15-20 man fight/gvg tier with second emphasis in ppt.

How do I know that? As multiple people have mentioned before the combat in this game is too fun to ignore. When you take down your first 40+ zerg holed up in a tower/keep with 15-20 without any siege and defend a structure against a blob you are hooked. It’s like crack. While you fight you still ppting but you are using the combat/group instead of pressing 1 on a superior ac… There are also people in t2 already that prefer to use acs/siege to defend. We had a guild on SoS Lion that LOVED this and they were so good at it too. Even players in fight/gvg guilds use siege to defend when they not raiding. So T2 isn’t just for open field/gvg but this thread is for open-field/gvg enthusiasts. This thread was created for 2 purposes.

1) Serve as point of contacts/guild lists so that fight/gvg guilds can stay balanced in T2 and transfer to the right servers for fights if they are interested
2) Guilds can stop moving up to T1 and dying because they couldn’t get all members in or the playstyle is too diferent then lower tiers etc.

PS: And for the last time I am not trying to change YB’s precious culture. Majority of T2 could give a rats kitten about YB’s culture The right server will move up and stay here. They will either adapt or get farmed till they fall down. It’s just the way it is. When the right server leeches enough points to stay in T2, the right guilds will move to this third server and all will be well! There will be balance!

Necro.6432:

Frosch.7809:

Luvpie, you will not be able to revive your GvG scene with any of the possible candidates for T2, YB, DB, CD. Neither of them plays for GvG mostly, and you will not be able to change their playstyles for the sake of a scene that was mostly represented by Maguuma.

I have no idea who are you to talk for CD and you’re talking as you know how we are and what our plays are like , you can talk from your server prespective which i don’t really care for because there are totally different from each other..where our wvw guilds are oriented on being openfield/gvg guilds and yet have balance between that and PPT but it gets boring when you face server that actually don’t fight.

P.S pvf forums pls respond to my gvg request, i saw someone’s post say TC/PAL/TUNE gvg ?..been over 6 weeks and didnt get 1 gvg out of YB lol

Necro you are alive! Let’s chat one of these days!

Basch.1347:

tym.3791:

Just like last week, this week for us on FA Wvw is pointless and unplayable. We are against TC and We are simply getting spanked like its our birthday’s. Rumor has it next week we face a server that can take TC in WvW fights. So if thats true, That will be the third week playing WvW will be impossible. Man I gotta find a different server if I wanna play WvW anymore.

Eh, this week’s been fun against JQ actually, just not until they began to let up on the PPT yesterday and today. Yes, you have JQ SEA pugmander spawn camping out of pure kittenry, but there’s been good fights against IX, SG, and JQ pug blobs, among others that I’m leaving out. For example, today in EB we had an hour long fight, more or less, between green keep and SMC. Tons of fun and tons of bags. Really can’t complain.

On the topic of T2 in general, I honestly think CD would do very well in the tier. If you guys can queue 2 maps in NA, then you’ll contend well in NA time, and while you might struggle a little bit in EU and PST, and OCX may suck, I think that still it’ll be a fun and educational experience for you guys. The fights are phenomenal, and the zerg busting is real.

Seasons are the lowest point for T2 due to tangling with T1, but even then you get to bust some T1 megablobs with strong, coordinated guild groups. Nothing’s more fun than YOLOing into groups of 30+ with a guild group of 15+pugs and somehow walking away alive with full bags.

The main thing is moving away some from the PPT game, and partially setting it aside. Winning the week in PPT really isn’t the focus. You’ll defend and go for home BL and EB WPs, but beyond that the focus is on fun fights and sound strategy. The idea is to not worry about PPT being there’s really no way to rise past #4 into T1, and if T3/4 is fun then there’s little to worry about dropping down there. Take a shot at T2, if you hate it, you can tank out of it. But at least try it with an open mind and empty bags. I think it’ll surprise you.

I want to really stress the last point. Put aside the ppt and focus on having fun & good fights. Back when SoS was rebuilding and moved up to T2 with TC/FA we were in more rough shape then some of the T3 servers today. We had countless weeks of nothing but defending SoS border only because we didn’t have more numbers and those we had didn’t know kitten about open field. But learning together & working on the items that were under our control was so much fun & brought the whole server together. Someone has to step up to T2. I hope they use the occassion to grow/improve/have fun.

Emerald Fang
http://fang-gaming.shivtr.com/
Server: Sea of Sorrows

Who we are.
The Emerald Fang is a family style guild that was created for Guild Wars 2, but also includes any other games that the members like to play. We understand that people have busy RL so whenever you do get the chance to play GW2 you know you will have quality players with [Fang]. We consider our attitude ‘business casual’. We don’t have required raid times & won’t rage on wipes but when you do have a chance to play with us we won’t waste your time. We play for fun & don’t tolerate drama. if you like what hear then Fang might be the guild for you!
The Emerald Fang is built around group play. We like to do WvW ALOT! We are looking to getting started in GvGs as well. We teach new players and help them gear up for WvW as long as the player shows motivation and do their part.

How we are organized.

We are kitten based guild with members from US/CAN but have OCX players as well. Members are on during most times of the day. Communication is important so we use the tools available to us (Forums, Shoutbox, Teamspeak) to effectively coordinate. We provide structure and events but we are casual. So members can attend any organized event when they want or they can use guild chat to get something started impromptu.

Who we want.

We want people who are friendly and like getting on and helping each other out. People who enjoy using forums and TS3 to communicate. We do ask that you be at least 18, but there can be exceptions. We expect our members to prefer group play over solo & want to run with the guild when possible.

What we require.

We require our members to REP us ATLEAST during 4 server to 10 pm PST
We require our members to be helpful/active in Guild and TS3.
We require our members to participate in WvW raids (5-9 pm PST server time) if you are on & can run. If you can’t you won’t be kicked because we understand RL has priority.

TLDR:

• WvW focused
• Structure & Events planned but with a casual environment
• Community TS3 Server
• Dungeons’ & Orr temple runs & guild missions done when able/interest
• WvW/GvG is our priority

If you have any questions or concerns please contact me in game or here. Feel free to create a account on our forums even if you don’t want to join to chat/socialize.

Cheers

Luvpie

Frosch.7809:

Straegen.2938:

Came from Mag (during the great GvG age) and went to YB (for stability).

YB is missing solid open field GvG groups but oddly I think that makes it a better place for casual and community driven players. YB is super friendly, almost nobody gets in a bunch over losing objectives and everyone seems to pitch in. YB is unified unlike any server I have been on.

This is in direct contrast to Mag and the GvG scene. The T2 fights were impressive and an absolute blast but Mag always felt like the Wild Wild West. Everybody was essentially doing their own thing for better and worse.

IMO introducing GvG into YB would likely begin splitting such a tight knit openly friendly community. Likewise YB’s unity cannot exist in such a highly individualistic GvG environment. Two different styles of play, both valid and fun in their own right. I just don’t think the two can coexist.

Huh, Straegen, you are on Yaks now?
Your assessment is sharp as usual.

Luvpie, you will not be able to revive your GvG scene with any of the possible candidates for T2, YB, DB, CD. Neither of them plays for GvG mostly, and you will not be able to change their playstyles for the sake of a scene that was mostly represented by Maguuma.

Mags had, and probably still has, a bad reputation in lower tiers for their attitude – i remember all too well how they behaved when they dropped down to T3 for a week last time. Justified reputation or not, you will not manage to get any server to become another Maguuma, neither in coverage nor in playstyle. The GvG scene in T2 seems to be dead, YB will not allow to get used in an attempt to revive a playstyle you prefer, at our cost.

I honestly doubt that YB would be welcomed in T2, and most of us do not want to be there. Not because we “fear” T2, we will fight nonetheless when there, but because of the atmosphere and playstyle of the T2 servers SoS and FA. We feel comfortable in T3-4, and during all seasons so far our population grew and fell back to normal afterwards, and that means we cannot compete in T2.

FA and SoS players have repeatedly stated that they would spawn camp us and that we are “not welcome “ in T2. That’s fine, we do not want to be there. FA and SoS will band together to roll over us instead of fighting each other, and it will be very one-sided. THAT is the current style of T2. There is no T3 server that can or will adapt to current T2, maybe it is time for T2 to adapt to the reality of WvW instead.

And please leave recruiting to us.

1) Not trying to find another Maguuma I don’t think there is another Maguuma or can be. Those kittens are crazy.
you will not be able to change their playstyles for the sake of a scene that was mostly represented by Maguuma.

This thread isn’t about YB. You know your server best. If you think YB can’t compete and won’t show up after tourney that’s fine… CD or DB will move up. Why do people think that GvG players are a special breed or have ebola & are crazy and will start raging at you when you lose a keep or interfere in open field. GvG players do WvW some of them might even care about ppt/defense etc but they care about fights more then anything. Same guilds do GvG sometimes.

2) No one is trying to change YB/CD/DB. Fight guilds & PPT guilds in T1/T2 have had a symbiotic relationship where ppt keeps the tiers up so fight guilds help defend structures & fight guilds fight each other to protect casuals/pugs from constant farm… It’s win-win (atleast on SoS/FA it seems).

3) FA/SoS players can say what they want. If YB puts up a fight & leeches points you will be the 3rd server & no FA/SoS are buttbuddies like TC/FA of the past I doubt FA/SoS will run by each other chasing YB to their spawn. It doesn’t work like that in T2. We care about fights/bags and will kill each other as quick as kill you…

4) last point. I am not recruiting for you… this thread is not about YB. Anyone who transfers to YB after reading this thread deserves to waste their gold.

Super Kruegs.8967:

T3 does sound kind of awesome I have to admit. Relative balance across 5-6 servers all with slightly different personalities and coverage, and my boyfriends TUNE.

Fact is though guys someone is coming up. I can understand a server’s desire to not be here and have your OCX/SEA TZs destroyed by months of getting zerged down. Let me say in our defense (T2) there will be no 2v1 vs the third server. SOS/FA is to the death and has been for months. SEA is much better now with SOS losing both their really good W3 guilds to T1. OCX is still a mess but it’ pretty well known SOS will more than likely lose 2 guilds to T1 leaving them with mostly pugs and fairweathers in OCX. They lost NA guilds too. FA PST is going to try to keep the SOS PST zombies in check till late PST-early OCX. So long story short SOS is really a shadow of it’s former self from just 2-3 months ago. FA won’t wreck you where you don’t have coverage, and will be focusing SOS as much as we can to try to bring the Tier back into balance.

This. Both FA/SoS have lost guilds & gained new guilds over past 4 months to where the servers are nothing like Mag/FA/SoS 6 months ago. It’s time for a fresh start. I just made the the thread to gauge interest & try to clear the air so we don’t have guilds trying to squeeze into T1 and end up breaking up or quitting the game entirely because they couldn’t get all members in… T2 can be great for fight/gvg guilds again. Just need people with a open mind in the next month or so once YB/CD/DB move up 1 at a time

Jeknar.6184:

Luvpie.8350:

Jeknar.6184:

Why would someone get interested to be on your “T2 Dance” to end up in some disaster like the actual T2 is?

Disaster? I don’t think it was a disaster. Hardly anyone gives a kitten about ppt outside of T1. We all know its coverage. The thread is for NA fight guilds primarily looking for competition. We need a third server with similar mindset/guilds who look forward to open field fights and have interest in GvGs.

Oh wasn’t a disaster? Then how come Maguuma died in this tier if they were a primarly “for fights” server?

Mag hasn’t died. They still have some of the best pugs. Their main guilds just stopped playing and it avalanched into what it is now. They are probably still good T3 server.

Jeknar.6184:

Why would someone get interested to be on your “T2 Dance” to end up in some disaster like the actual T2 is?

Disaster? I don’t think it was a disaster. Hardly anyone gives a kitten about ppt outside of T1. We all know its coverage. The thread is for NA fight guilds primarily looking for competition. We need a third server with similar mindset/guilds who look forward to open field fights and have interest in GvGs.

In the last 5-6 months we have seen Mag/SoS/FA guilds disband/move on to greener pastures so T2 fight/gvg scene has slowed to a crawl & almost died. When Mag/SoS/FA had tons of fight/gvg guilds was the most fun I have had in the game & I am sure plenty of other people enjoyed the opportunity to play against some of the best guilds/players in NA. I see increasingly remnants of these great guilds & people trying to fit into T1 servers to get decent fights but there is only so much room. Of course T1 servers will do ‘blackouts’ & try to get guilds in so that they can keep winning but overall this is bad for the game if only 1 tier has good fight guilds while we wait for Anet to finish creating more CDI threads…

In order to start the rebuild of T2/fight/gvg scene we need to stop the bleeding & atleast try to rebuild T2. We are still waiting on the third dance partner to SoS/FA but it looks like YB will be our next date after the tourney ends. Below are some of the guilds that I think still raid+love open field fights & either GvG or plan to GvG (forming cores etc). If I have left your guild off the list please post in the thread. If you would like to provide a contact for your guild to arrange scrims/gvgs please post as well.

SoS = Syn, MM, MMA, TB, EA.
FA: oT, BOMB, CL, PvP (Idk about WP)
YB: FB.

I am sure there are more guilds in T2-8 that are interested in fights/gvgs but don’t care for the blobs/raid sizes in T1. Please consider the THIRD SERVER in the T2 match up once the tourney ends.

PS: The reason I put Third Server instead of YB is simple. I don’t know YB. I am not sure how welcoming they would be to fight guilds or if they even want to be in T2. A week or two in T2 after tourney should give a clearer picture of who the third server in T2 will be.

lol.. why you wasting your guys breath… Wasn’t there a population CDI in December of last year. That’s 9 months ago. Same info/suggestion gathering… Anet is buying time & has no interest in putting any effort in WvW. Last 3-4 months what WvW improvements have happened? Golem mastery & siege disablers.. pfft

Yougottawanna.7420:

The big change is that now attacking an upgraded keep that has any defenders inside is such a boring slog that no one wants to do it. A keep with 1700 supply means defenders can chain-disable siege for literally hours. In populated matchups they only get flipped during coverage dead zones. The net effect is to make the PPT game more boring, and the PPT game is already boring enough that a big chunk of hardcore players don’t care about it at all.

This hits the nail on the head…

Wanderer.3248:

Jezynka.2651:

Visirale.6097:

I hope ANET ignores this with the same intensity as anything to do with gvg/fights that was ever suggested. Sorry something got in the way of your pvdoor guys! Maybe try fighting now?

You haven’t read my posts at all, have you? I would like to fight but enemies are hiding behind walls and ain’t going out to fight… And I need to get through walls/gates to them to fight them. This disabler is what allows avoiding fights and makes wvw boring. Show us something what will convince all to fight instead of hiding. I would like to hear that and have it implemented in game…

I don’t believe you. There’s no way to count how many defenders there are, and I’ve never seen defenders not come out when they had the numbers. Failed attacks end in a rout more often than not.

If the defenders had the numbers they’d be on the offensive.

If you’re not too busy out-manning the enemy and PvDing, try defending your own structures. Feel free to come out and fight the attackers at any time.

Is this guy serious? If defenders had the numbers they’d be on the offensive? LOL… numbers doesn’t equal skill at all, if there is no enemy commander or leader most often people will sit behind walls waiting. Game is turning into a turtle fest with siege disablers + supply traps + trebs/catas behind gate/wall etc. Some of us don’t want to take down a t3 wall to get people to get our fights…

Svarty.8019:

The disabler timer should be longer when the outmanned buff is up.

I can even live with this, cuz hey it makes sense but when you are outmanned and trying to ninja t3 kitten and some kitten behind gate keeps throwing disabler again and again it gets really boring. & guess what you travel and go to next tower/keep and he’s there again. Can’t get anything done.

Siege disabler is super op right now…
Here are few things that need to happen because right now it’s just ridiculous.

1) LOS required to use siege disabler. People are using them through gates. wtf.
2) Increase cast time. It shouldn’t be insta cast. give the ranged a chance to kill people min 2 sec cast time or some kind of ‘twirl’ animation
3) Reduce 45 sec to 10-20 secs max. Most people have trebs/mortars trained at most gates. We just need siege disabler to give 15-20 secs for people to respond not 45 secs of boredom…

check out PINE on sos. come to sosgw2.com to get in touch with other ocx guilds!

We have been trying out all ranged groups recently and are having a blast. Come give us a try if you are bored with melee trains…

We understand that people have busy RL so whenever you do get the chance to play GW2 you know you will have quality players with [Fang]. We consider our attitude ‘business casual’. We don’t have required raid times & won’t rage on wipes but when you do have a chance to play with us we won’t waste your time. We play for fun & don’t tolerate drama. if you like what hear then Fang might be the guild for you!

Apply at fang-gaming.shivtr.com or whisper/mail me in game!

Great guild! go ETA!

Emerald Fang
http://fang-gaming.shivtr.com/
Server: Sea of Sorrows

Who we are.
The Emerald Fang is a family style guild that was created for Guild Wars 2, but also includes any other games that the members like to play. We understand that people have busy RL so whenever you do get the chance to play GW2 you know you will have quality players with [Fang]. We consider our attitude ‘business casual’. We don’t have required raid times & won’t rage on wipes but when you do have a chance to play with us we won’t waste your time. We play for fun & don’t tolerate drama. if you like what hear then Fang might be the guild for you!

The Emerald Fang is built around group play. We like to do WvW ALOT! We are looking to getting started in GvGs as well. We teach new players and help them gear up for WvW as long as the player shows motivation and do their part.

How we are organized.

We are kitten based guild with members from US/CAN but have OCX players as well. Members are on during most times of the day. Communication is important so we use the tools available to us (Forums, Shoutbox, Teamspeak) to effectively coordinate. We provide structure and events but we are casual. So members can attend any organized event when they want or they can use guild chat to get something started impromptu.

Who we want.

We want people who are friendly and like getting on and helping each other out. People who enjoy using forums and TS3 to communicate. We do ask that you be at least 18, but there can be exceptions. We expect our members to prefer group play over solo & want to run with the guild when possible.

What we require.

We require our members to REP us ATLEAST during 4 server to 10 pm PST
We require our members to be helpful/active in Guild and TS3.
We ask our members to participate in WvW raids (5-9 pm PST server time) if you are on & can run. If you can’t you won’t be kicked because we understand RL has priority.

TLDR:

• WvW focused
• Structure & Events planned but with a casual environment
• Community TS3 Server
• Dungeons’ & Orr temple runs & guild missions done when able/interest
• WvW/GvG is our priority

If you have any questions or concerns please contact me in game or here. Feel free to create a account on our forums even if you don’t want to join to chat/socialize.

Cheers

Luvpie

After a 5-6 month break I am getting started again in the game. Currently [Fang] has about 10 active players daily so we have solid group to build up with. [Fang] is recruiting adult dedicated players for organized WvW. We run primarily in NA with a fight/objective mix. We also do both open and closed raids & looking to get into GvGs when roster is healthy again. Everyone in the guild has busy schedules/lives so we don’t expect everyone to raid everyday. We are hoping to grow the roster back up to 25-30 players. We will raid/havoc as much as possible as long as people/driver are willing. We are hoping with 25-30 active players we will be able to have a 15 man team most days (especially weekend) + 1-2 weekdays to start.

Requirements:
Rep is only required between 5pm-10pm server time (PST).
TS3 if you are able to get on please do.

Recruiting:
All classes – We are currently looking for all classes with immediate need for ele/necros/guards
1 Driver – If you willing to lead & grow with the guild we will learn/work with any driver. We just ask the driver is respectful and mature.

Apply: Please reach out to me in game or apply on our website at emerald-fang.com

Should be fun to be back soon and get started again

If it’s Red Vs Blue Vs Green I would expect group queues or else trying to find your guilds’ map etc is too chaotic… Otherwise organized guilds vs other guilds outside of OS is dead which will make WvW just casual’s farming wxp/karma & dead? plus server identity is important for competition. I could give a rats kitten who is winning in eotm.

Chris Barrett.3280:

XacTactX.6709:

Hello, could you please tell me if the nametags will be account bound or character bound? If I make a new character, will it be Legend or Invader?

Nametags are directly based on Rank. Post-April 15th, no matter which character you play with, every one of them will share your account’s single Rank/nametag. If your account is at Rank 120, you’re a Legend no matter which character you use.

XacTactX.6709:

Also, will we still get WXP Mini-Boosters for the first 4 ranks?

Yes. But, now you only go through the first 4 Ranks once. Even if you create a new character, they’ll still be at your account’s Rank, and rolling on the appropriate loot tables for higher-Ranked chests.

So cool. TY for taking the time to explain the process above and answering questions.

SM + 2 groups larger then 30 = lag.

lol bilbo.

.15 char

Hello Aussies, It is I Luvpie. I bring you warm welcomes from Sea of Sorrows the unoffical Ocx server. You will find plenty of PvE. WvW. and lots of sexy Australian accents. Transfer after 28th for only 1400 gems.
Luvpie out.

HoukaKetsueki.6924:

Join us and learn how to coordinate with other guilds in WvW with a small group!

Join them today and receive +5 Coordination.

Are you looking for a new home? SoS is going to be only 1400 gems starting 28th May. Come check us out!

Zerker eles…. zerker eles everywhere…

Greatest group in the whole world!

@op I suggest you look at WET or EA on Dragonband. Not sure how they raid etc They seem organized in NA. GL in finding a home on DB. If you ever need a new server with plenty of guilds with drivers come give SoS a try. Cheers!

@rooster haha. he seems good.

Great addition to SoS. Excellent PvX guild.

Still looking for more geared players for organized wvw/gvg team

Allie Murdock.8152:

Hey all,

So I sent this thread to the dev team to get some answers for you, and here’s what we’ve got!

When the tournament starts, world ratings are used to sort the initial matchups. This will include the results of the match ending on March 28th.

Matchups will not function in the same manner as they did in Season 1; The initial round of the tournament will match the worlds in each league according to their world rating. After that round has ended, worlds will be matched up according to how many points they have in the tournament. This will continue after each round, which means that the matchups are not predetermined but are dependent upon the results of the previous matchups. If two teams have the same number of points, the team with the higher world rating will be considered the higher seed for the purposes of the matchup. Matchups will continue to match worlds that are close to each other in performance, rather than following a predetermined schedule – which will make for much more exciting and competitive matches. (I stole that from Devon’s blog :P)

Match-end bonus world chests will continue to exist on a weekly basis; 3 for 1st, 2 for 2nd, 1 for 3rd. Additionally, every unlocked achievement in the WvW Tournament category will yield a reward. The overall tournament rewards (tickets), however, will not be distributed until the conclusion of the Tournament.

Hopefully that clears up some confusion!

You left out the most important question! worldxp…

I don’t know what’s worse, anet doesn’t have it ready or anet has it ready for months now and holds it off to release it same time ESO comes out making player experience worse … either way it sux.

Let’s see what happens tomorrow… If it’s SoS-FA-DB… Mag will need to ppt hard…

So much for we don’t want to change anyhting in middle of season… They just wanted to buy time for 3-4 months of not doing anything for wvw..

Nuzt.7894:

I wouldn’t want to be the Dev’s if the account bound is pertaining to weapons instead of Wxp, or if there is none of the WvW based updates we’ve been waiting for. If they release all this stuff and ignore the two things we have asked for they forums are going to light up, it will make our worst days look like sunshine and rainbows.

if they added account bound legendaries and dyes and no wxp… grab your popcorn!

Still need 2-3 more guards and 1 PU mesmer for gvgs/wvw raids.

WvWers do not get hopes up..
‘Account-bound’ most likely legendaries are account bound & not wxp.
‘Colorful outlook’ is most likely dyes are account bound & not commander tags