Guild Wars 2

Meh, add it to How to Dance Volume 2 then :P

Please use any of these as the Revenant’s dance routine!

Wolfey.3407:

If there is a suggestion or feedback -> Read through the comments-> Take note of it within a word document with the format Gayle has provided. -> Add our recommendation -> Send to a email address provided by Gayle.

Well that’s really lame.

This was supposed to improve communication, instead we get the message “We cant be bothered to read the forums ourselves”
You would expect them to get back to you regarding your reports, otherwise what’s the point?! Players will be bugging specialists about their reports and what the devs’ replies are; but if communication is still one-sided then why have this set up, it’ll make things worse.

Wolfey.3407:

I did read the things posted about marmatt;however, I did not know anything about the guy so i kept my opinions to my self and let the wvw community do their thing.

Things could have gone differently on both sides, I personally really did not like how he tackled the situation on day 1. From a community stand point, I think it would have been better to give him a week before tossing him in a ditch.

The problem was that one of the requirements was and still is someone who is active not only in the game but also on the forums.

Marmatt dud not meet either:

Marmatt

Total hours: 2,500
WvW rank: 300
Total AP: 8,500
Total Kills: 5,700

As you can see his stats were lower than yours (assuming the example are your stats) and you agree you wouldnt be suited/accepted by the WvW community, so why did Mark?!

Well after dozens of concerned posts, Mark threatened us once again, so we kept quiet and decided to see what would happen. And all our expectation were met! In fact Marmatt surpassed our expectations, not only was he a really bad choice he disappeared and couldnt even be bothered to let anet know!

So the next question we want answered is if Marmatt was to send [b]weekly] reports, didnt the WvW dev he was supposed to send them to ask where they were?!
not only did Marmatt miss one week’s report, or even 2; he didnt make 10 weeks worth of reports!

No.

#bananamanthemovie

Vikki Vale.4038:

Or that lovely mesmer portal bomb lol.

Oh yeah, it was awesome when it wasnt limited to 20 players!

Entire zergs just appearing in front of you, now that was real madness!

I do miss the fun we had during the first few months, before all the nerfing.

Wolfey.3407:

The only thing i will warn you guys,
If you do not want to be bugged in game this is not a job for you .

Oh we know that, but those of us who do are unable to apply for one reason or another. The problem is that many of those who would have been well suited for this position have been banned from the forums already. Anyone who cared for WvW would have complained continuously and gained enough infractions for it.

When marmatt was chosen you should have read the immediate reaction by us, we all said he was not suitable based on his forum history and even his WvW activity and rank. He even boasted about his rank, and we laughed cos PvE ktrain players in EOTM would have had a greater rank than he did!
We were ignored yet again, we were forced to give him a chance even though we knew he wasnt up to the job.

This is why I find it funny that the PvP Forum Specialist is posting here, I know sPvP has also been ignored by devs, but when it comes to WvW, you aint seen a more hostile environment. There should be a sign on the door “Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch’intrate”

TBH even I am getting bored now, with 5 german blob servers above up, and teh servers below unable to match up all through the week, I’ve only played WvW once this week!
HoT needs to come out asap, cos I’ve been here since launch and I’ve waited, and anet has repeatedly failed to deliver.

lol going off topic, think I’ll stop typing now.

Still must be from the USA, so that’s me out still

Still if would have been helpful if Marmatt actually let anet know he couldnt continue, oh well onto the next toy!

Not read the above links, but come on already, since when has there been an update or patch which improved WvW?!

With the new trait system already we have to do PvE to unlock traits, or spend gold on them.

To me, WvW is something it seems Anet has regretted creating and wish it to go away. 3 years and we finally get one new map, but how that map helps WvW we will not know until it is out.

But one thing is sure, they want more PvE.

Put it this way, if they really cared, then they wouldnt force us to waste hours creating superior siege which are used up within minutes!
If they really cared they would make superior siege creation into a crafting recipe.

Totbot.4583:

“Should” doesn’t matter here.

Should matters a lot here!

As for getting waht it deserves, well I guess you havent been here since launch, unless you are using a second account to post.

This forum is a hostile place for a reason, repeated broken promises, lies, neglect and ignoring the community by the devs and mods.

Saying we deserve it is like saying the shepherds and townspeople deserve it for the kid shouting wolf everyday for 3 years!

Dont bother, its a flaw in the client which we’ve been complaining about for over 2 years now.

Anet do not care about WvW, so they cannot be bothered to stop the hacks.

The simple solution is to patch it so those hacks cannot be used, instead they claim to ban hackers, which is a one by one process, and the player will only be banned if a GM sees them hacking in the game whilst they are online, videos dont count.

These hackers are just considered part of the game now, hence why they are so willing to show off their hacks to everyone, they dont hide that they are using them cos they know it will take a very long time for them to get banned!

Redg.9807:

Form, what I read you can be a forum specialist and not post in the forums.
As long as he submit his weekly report it’s all good.

And as we said, for a proper report they need to communicate with the others players!
If they do not then they cannot get a full view of players’ opinions.
If we go with what you said then we may as well not have these specialists and allow anet to continue doing things as they please without caring about what the players think. Which is a very bad thing for any game!

So it’s not all good, it’s very very bad.

Baldrick.8967:

There are those that are quite prolific posters on these forums who seem to be superbly qualified for the job, perhaps they could volunteer on behalf of the community, or to put it another way ‘put their money where their mouth is’.

We cant, due to not only not being from the USA, but not meeting the other requirements. As you know anyone who really cared for WvW has already received a bad of ipoints which disqualified them from applying.

This is a new account, and even I have made more posts in the WvW forums in one month than marmatt has since October in all forums! Yet again proving he was not suited for the job!

Malediktus.9250:

No it was not originally for you, it was meant as an overflow map and not for any specific kind of player.

Overflow map for WvW players who were waiting for their queue! So yes it was originally meant for us, not ktrains and upleveling.

We laugh at EOTM, though the only time we go there is when we have a really boring matchup.

Even the karma trainers on our own side complain about guilds ruining their fun.

Well EOTM was originally for us, if we have a boring matchup, we’ll get off on killing you even if you are uplevels, simple as.

Besides, we have a tonne of T5 and T6 mats, you know how hardit is to get T3 and lower mats in WvW?! EOTM is basically our PvE farm for mats.

Well yet again let us point out that Marmatt was simply not qualified, like we all said from the beginning.

He was not active at all on the forums let alone the WvW forums! which was a requirement!!!!
Anyone who is active on the WvW forums would already know the bad vibes in this forum section and should have expected such if they were selected. So if he’s not posting because of that, then yet again it shows he was not qualified for the position!

So you cannot use that as an excuse, but the matter is simple now, he’s AWOL, we need a new Forum Specialist!

Well since no dev have posted a reply I’ve PM’d Gaile:

“Sorry I think we broke our old one, can we have a new one?”

Whether they read all their PMs though is another question.

Point is we complained when he was chosen.

We were told to give him a chance

We’ve given him a chance

He’s gone AWOL

We’re now saying that someone else should be chosen, someone who really does represent the community

WvW devs have ignored the issue by not checking this forum, and not asking where Marmatt’s reports are!

Their grand plan to improve communication has yet again totally and utterly failed for WvW, whilst all other forums specialists are active!

Not all HoT features have been announced, but I think I read there might be some new siege, or one.

FalconOSeven.2364:

He’s in one of my guilds, I’ll poke him if I see him online.

Any luck?

Dont worry, I told that naughty hacker to stop; he laughed and flew away. Job done!

Another interesting thing. Last night I was playing on my NA account on Blackgate, there were a few NA players complaining about lag, whilst there I was an EU player and I didnt notice a thing. Was on a necro not guardian as well. And was at around 12-1am UK time.

So how can an EU player not have lag on a NA server whilst a NA player does???

Shinoobi.1259:

Move all the the four to six month+ inactive accounts to lower populated servers.

Think that’s a perfect idea!

I see people in my guild who have not logged in in over a year! These should definitely be moved to the lowest server since they dont even play.

And then slow start filling from bottom up. If they ever do come back then they have the option of spending gold on gems to move up.

The problem is that because WvW has been constantly and repeatedly been ignored, the devs have made all new content and changes without really considering the affects on WvW.

As said, server transfer prices are just way too high now, with WvW giving so little gold, it takes a long time to save up if you want to transfer.
And with most servers on high populations, WvW players have only 2 options, pay up or stay on a dead WvW server.
PvE players have dwarves springing up from the ground showering them with gold. Yet PvE players will now never ever have the need to buy so many gems to transfer to another server thanks to the megaserver.

Take the lag issue in WvW, yes it’s great Stephen is looking into it, but this issue has been in the game since launch! It’s taken 3 years for someone at anet to actually spend time at looking at something we’ve been constantly complaining about for 3 years!

Stephen ClarkeWillson.1802:

One thing I have noticed is that sometimes people (including me) will adjust their graphics settings and not realize they have made permanent changes

This may be for a very small few players, but most of us do not change our settings at all and we still get lag. So I dont see this fix fixing the main issue.

But as someone pointed out, maybe it is graphics settings causing the lag. Perhaps starting a second thread asking people what settings they use for WvW would help give more information.

Or could it be a tracing problem? Maybe have another thread with trace routes to the server IP whenever there is a problem occurring??

+1

I am tired of seeing recruitment messages when they arent even for my server!

Fool that isnt hacks, Anet is adding the Quincy class to the game!

It’s a Quincy using Hirenkyaku.

Stephen ClarkeWillson.1802:

This isn’t “good enough”. My focus has shifted temporarily to the Stronghold open beta for sPvP tomorrow.

A lot of us are grateful that you took your time to look at the lag. But on the side you can guess that a lot of players were taking bets on how long you would remain :P

As you know it can be hostile on the WvW forums, but it’s because so many times we’ve seen a red post claiming to help, then they suddenly disappear.

Your post saying you are working on the stronghold beta will quiet down some, but just remember if you are working on this to keep players updated, if you need to do other parts of your job and cannot work on it, just add a post saying you will be away for a while.
It wont stop the negative comments, but at least it’s letting us know why things has slowed down or stopped.

Liston.9708:

Try at odd times I swear I saw db not full the other day…..

Yup if you try at off-peak times of the server there is a chance you will get the server listed as High instead of Full which will allow you to join.

A restructuring of the servers is needed, the megaservers were to reduce cost really, too many players left the game, they no longer needed so many servers, so why waste money.
Though HoT may change that as some players come back, so expect lag and long queues, queues to even log into the game!

FalconOSeven.2364:

He’s in one of my guilds, I’ll poke him if I see him online.

That’s another problem, the last person who sent his account a whisper they got a reply that it’s actually his brother who was playing on his account and that Marmatt was ill.

All other specialists have last posted in the last 3 days!

Can we get the WvW to give us an update on Marmatt please.

He has not posted anything since 26th February!

As an EU player with an NA account, my ping is around 130-160ms.
I do get more lag than I do with playing on my EU account, but I dont play on my NA account much so cannot say how it is like now or in big fights.

My guild went to NA for a season over a year ago, and though some people had trouble, most of us didnt notice that big a change and played as we would on EU servers.

In the end in this case it does also depend on your ISP, so the only way you will find out is to transfer and see.

As for which servers, I would say choose Piken or Gandara, unless you want to go with the busy T1 servers.
I doubt you want to join a german server, so the next lower options are Gunnars or Aurora; but I can tell you now you will constantly be fighting at least 1 german server each week, and in some horrendous cases 2! If you like fights, then you definately do not want to be in a matchup with these servers. They will either bore you to death or steamroll over you when they outman you 3-1 and then have the gall to laugh at defeating you with their huge zerg on to of using several ACs.

In EOTM it’s normal, especially if you get into one of the instances where VotM are on.

This guild is spread over several servers, and have made karma training EOTM into an actually train.
They have commanders on all 3 colours who are all on the same TS and parties so they know where they all are. They then simple go round and round in a circle making sure they never run into each other or catch up to each other.
They are all about capping towers for karma and champion loot bags.

This is why no real WvW player considers EOTM to be WvW. It’s a farce of a map.
So if you tag up you disrupt this karma train and they get annoyed.

If you are in a bad WvW matchup, going to EOTM is fun to ruin these karma trains. Reading all the comments of why are you tagged up, you are ruining our karma train, go back to WvW; it’s hilarious!

If you ask me it depends on who is building it.

We’ve found ourselves fighting an enemy zerg so many times, and even though they sometimes outnumber us 3-1 it is they who build ACs.
This just shows the level or rather lack of skills that zerg has. If it was us building the ACs you can understand, but when the enemy which outnumbers you greatly builds siege it’s just laughable.

But then some servers want certain victory no matter what, they do not care about giving you a fair fight, if ACs mean a faster fight and more loot, they will build them.

lol was gonna say this needs to be in the recruitment subforums, but that’s now gone as well :P

Sorry dude, but we want fights, most likely from a night of both enemy zergs running away you were probably the only “fight” they had that night

aspirine.6852:

sander.5830:

Stephen ClarkeWillson.1802:

That went really well. Tiny bit of spell lag. Now I’m dead and people are dancing on my anet corpse.

Does this seem familiar?

So there is a dev in the game finally and you bunch of nitwits decided to kill him and dance on his body? Genius….

Well yeah, it’s extra data being sent to his client which in turn will increase his lag whenever it occurs. As he said, he didnt get lag when he was at spawn even though everyone else was; he then joined the zerg and he got the lag.

Off Topic: I dont know about you but I’m liking to look of the Dev Tracker sub forums. 3/4 of it is due to Stephen and this thread xD

Luvpie.8350:

64.25.38.162:0 BG BL on T1 NA SUPER laggy tonight… please take a look at your charts

Afraid he called it a night a couple hours ago, but pretty sure he’ll be back tomorrow to continue monitoring WvW.

Even if he only checks mostly EU servers, NA ones will benefit from the info gathered.

Stephen ClarkeWillson.1802:

BTW, shout out to “Flo Gets Mad” and “Buy Some Apples” for escorting me around the map.

Careful now, giving a shout out to Buy Some Apples might get you in trouble if Devon or Mark find out who’s account that character belongs to!

We actually got someone looking into it

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/wuv/WvW-Lag-March-2015/page/6#post4953363

Stephen ClarkeWillson.1802:

t5 EB EU now potentially lagging… and resolving.

Yup all 3 server zergs were just in SM

update, all 3 server near anza, lag again

Paulie.6215:

From what I saw last night EOTM had more issues than EB. Again just from MY experience. EOTM had bad lag even outside of big fights.

But you are forgetting one really really important factor!

We dont care about EOTM here!

Good to see you’re still on top of this Stephen, usually we dont hear back from a mod/dev for 6 months :P

Eu player, On my NA Blackgate account also getting lag, ping is 163, and otherplayers are rubber banding a bit

Update, just got onto EB, lag is worse there,includes skill lag now as well

Stephen ClarkeWillson.1802:

I don’t post a lot but this seemed like an opportunity in real-time to correlate the player experience with a big pile o’ graphs.

But if this leads to a fix then it’s be best red posts WvW has had since launch most likely!

Either I am having a heart attack, or the WvW forums just got 18 red posts in 6 hours! O.o

K read through all the new posts, and it sounds good, Stephen thinks he’s found the problem, and with NA primetime coming in, they can collect more data to make sure. Let’s hope the fix is around the corner!

Thanks again Stephen for looking into this for us!

Tspatula.9086:

The lag was horrid last night and has been since the patch, and we get nothing from anet, not even an acknowledgement of a problem. Nice.

We wont if we keep posting in a necrod thread.

I know the mod was merging all lag threads, but they really should not have seeing as this thread is over a year old.

I created a new thread highlighting this https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/wuv/WvW-Lag-March-2015/first#post4949952

Indeed, but we seriously need someone to reply to us.

You know that old age invention called communication, we need it now.

Devs do look at the forums, but not much the WvW forums, this it looked after a mod instead. We need that mod to reply to this thread to imform us they have read it and passed it onto a dev.

Even our forum specialist is still MIA, so we cannot even get him, who has the greatest chance of communicating with a dev, to do anything!

We are in a right sorry state on this forum regarding WvW.

Still no reply from a mod?

Come on, this is a seriously issue which occurred with the stability patch! It is not on our side, and we need this looked into!

LMAO, the thread title reminds me of the readyup video on the new bl map.

When Josh asks Tyler about what there is for small groups in WvW, Tyler looks at him and you can see it, Tyler had no idea at first what he meant; “Small scale in WvW?!”, that’s what I got from that reaction.

Johje Holan.4607:

I mean the only ones who will are the people who only play WvW. And most of them are already doing WvW.

You do know how many players left the game right?! Thousands!

Even T1 NA used to have zergs from all 3 server running at 11pm UK time, now it’s just the one, and you’d be lucky to get a queue.

The new map will be available for all, meaning a lot of old players will come back to see how it’s like. Someof course will not, but a lot will seeing as they wont have to pay.

How many that will come back, well we wont know until the expansion comes out, but guesses are it will cause problems for the top 3 servers at least.