Guild Wars 2

ScaryHydra.3165:

Roe.3679:

Berk.8561:

Phedre Scion.1520:

Again your saying your awake time is more important than someone else’s.

I don’t think that’s really the complaint. I think the complaint is that 5 people’s awake time shouldn’t be worth as much as 100 people’s awake time or that 5 people’s time doing PvDoor against undefended targets shouldn’t be worth 60 people’s time prying towers and keeps from a similarly sized opposing force. No, it’s not you fault that the enemy has nobody on, but maybe it would be good for everyone to encourage SEA/Oceanic players to distribute so they fight each other instead of NPCs guarding doors.

The problem isn’t the amount of people, it’s the difference. You can have 200 WvWers and it won’t matter as much if the enemy has 250. You could have 5 and it doesn’t matter if they have 15. The problem is your server has no sea/OCX coverage, not that the other server does. You don’t see OCX/SEA players complaining about strong NA prime times.

That’s beacuse the OCX/SEA players are playing on servers that are not their own because they lack a set of servers to call their own, which sucks. I think that the EU and NA servers should be for NA and EU players and that new servers for OCX/SEA and Asian players should be put in place. It would ease congestion on the servers and allow for a much more consistent WVW experience.

There’s not a large enough player base of oceanic and Asian (not including Chinese) players for wvw to be viable on dedicated servers in that region

There’s still skill lag from my end… Ah well, probably just my connection tbh. Can’t be helped if you’re connecting from across the Pacific

Capping PPT is nice on paper but makes it pointless in top tiers to attack at all, since it takes at least 2 hours to start wearing down a fully upgraded, supplied and sieged up keep. Some fights for keeps go on for as long as 6 hours, with commander changes in between. Why would we make those pushes if PPT is capped anyway. Just sit in your keep behind 500 superior ACs

Would recommend the OP to go somewhere other than BG. We’re good for NA players

Jocksy.3415:

Reverence.6915:

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Well, you add to this XP and WXP per minute of siege refresh (eg, 5 minute left is 55 minutes worth of refresh; 45 minute left is 15 minutes worth of refresh), and give back dolly escort XP and WXP, and the only type of scout left out is the open field / roamer… (which arguably can have sentinels and enemy roamers and camps)…

Scouting is unrewarding in the material sense, but if you’re playing for your server, it’s kitten rewarding to see your server win due to your efforts.

Also, a lot of BG commanders donate loot/gold to scouts because it is just that materially unrewarding, but it wouldn’t make sense to give any reward to someone who’s (from the perspective of ANet’s servers) just standing there.

Abe Kleine.3568:

Reverence.6915:

Abe Kleine.3568:

Chavido.3529:

If they’re going to GvG in a Borderland, run over them. Bring your zerg down there and steamroll them until they leave. Make it no fun for them. Take control of your own Borderlands, don’t ask Anet to do this for you. This one is a no brainer. It’s the things like afk’ers and crafters in WvW that Anet needs to do something about.

Just make sure your zerg isn’t brainless or your going to get stomped and embarrassed, most guilds have other members spectating so they can switch in for other classes. Meaning that a 15 man guild group could turn into a 25-30 man guild zerg in a matter of seconds. And even outnumbered a single guild zerg can destroy super blobs.

Doesn’t really matter. Keep interrupting the GvGs and they’ll eventually leave.

That’s very optimistic of you, but getting wiped multiple times (if it happens) could cause people to get frustrated and leave, making your attempts at stopping the GvG much harder. And please don’t start saying that you’ll just keep persevering and trying to interrupt them all night, because blindly running at groups to stop them usually ends badly, and it makes you look stupid

2 people can interrupt GvGs, let alone an entire zerg. If the point is to have a GvG that night, if you keep interrupting them for 30-60 mins, they’ll move off the map.

slingblade.1437:

Defending is viable, if you have enough people willing to do it, and players willing and ready to switch maps when the call for help goes out. IMO the biggest problem is just that gates go down too quickly, and that servers tend to not provide enough support/relief to the people willing to scout, build siege, refresh and such.

(Thread drift alert)

Out of curiosity, do people ever see the Outnumbered buff on high-tier servers?

On SBI (T3) we often saw Outnumbered before the tournament on the BL maps, including our own, especially during non-NA prime. Usually when we’d get it on our BL would be when we owned most of the map and it was quiet, then an enemy server would bring in a zerg to try and take what they could. If we could get forces to come in from another map to defend, it would go away. Outnumbered was commonplace on enemy BLs unless you went there as part of a zerg.

Since the season has started, I don’t recall seeing it much, if at all, other than when going to an enemy BL where we have little to no presence. I suspect during non-NA hours it’s still an issue even on our own BL at times.

It’s actually quite easy to see outnumbered buff, even on BG. Once 2am server time rolls around, our enemy borderlands gets the outnumbered buff. In off seasons, when 11pm server time hits, we shrink down to 1 zerg jumping maps so which ever maps don’t have the zerg gets the outnumbered buff.

Those maps are the best for roaming

Abe Kleine.3568:

Chavido.3529:

If they’re going to GvG in a Borderland, run over them. Bring your zerg down there and steamroll them until they leave. Make it no fun for them. Take control of your own Borderlands, don’t ask Anet to do this for you. This one is a no brainer. It’s the things like afk’ers and crafters in WvW that Anet needs to do something about.

Just make sure your zerg isn’t brainless or your going to get stomped and embarrassed, most guilds have other members spectating so they can switch in for other classes. Meaning that a 15 man guild group could turn into a 25-30 man guild zerg in a matter of seconds. And even outnumbered a single guild zerg can destroy super blobs.

Doesn’t really matter. Keep interrupting the GvGs and they’ll eventually leave.

Berk.8561:

Reverence.6915:

1. Are your server’s guilds organised and work together nightly?
2. Do you actively pursue a better community in your server?
3. Does your server assist in settling down? (Guild missions and such)
4. Does your server have meaningful competition during non-NA prime. (No one wants to pvdoor)
5. Are your server’s existing members welcoming of newcomers?

I think that ET does pretty on most of them (especially 1 and 5), but the problem is really (4), which creates something of a Catch 22 scenario for all of the low-tier servers. If none of them have consistent around-the-clock coverage, then how do any of them recruit consistent around-the-clock coverage if people want it before they’ll transfer in? The same also applies to the PvE on our server. If we can’t field enough people to do events like Taquatl or Lion’s Arch, then how do we recruit enough people to do events like Taquatl or Lion’s Arch? It’s like needing to fill out Form 1739A to get a copy of Form 1739A.

Reverence.6915:

I see a lot of guilds moving around the lower tiers while t1 guilds have more or less stayed the same for the past year or so (TC/SoR affected this but to a lesser degree than originally thought). There is strong server cooperation and cohesion in t1 and these people won’t be throwing that away to join a server where guilds only look out for themselves by transferring at the first possible opportunity.

Would you have that same cohesion if you were in a position where you knew you’d never get first place in a match-up and knew you couldn’t get WvW Season rewards? That’s the problem. Perpetual losses destroy cohesion except for the die-hards. And I suppose I should point out that T1 included SoR not too long ago, and they’re ranked 10th now, so implosions do happen, even at T1.

The guilds that recently left ET worked quite well together and with the guilds that stayed, and I think most of them honestly struggled with staying or leaving. I think most of them left ET (and I think this is true of guilds leaving other low-tier servers) because it hit a point where they couldn’t go any higher and they got tired of waiting for things to get better. What’s left is a dedicated core that keeps fighting and won’t give up, but that’s not going to persuade someone looking for decent shots at winning.

Reverence.6915:

Also, don’t even think of getting off hours coverage until you’re higher up the tiers. No one is willing to pvdoor every night or have to hop maps to chase the float team. It’s boring in t1 and it’ll be even worse in t7/8

Perhaps, but it makes the difference between winning or losing in T7 and T8. One of the guilds that left us had a few people who worked the night crew, and since they left, we went from winning matches to losing them, which then feeds the problem of nobody wanting to play for a server that can’t win.

SoR was in T1 for a long time before imploding. It doesn’t happen often due to strong server communities in T1, which takes a pretty strong catalyst to break (season 1 broke SoR, despite their really strong core – I’m confident they’ll make a comeback in a few months time after the dust settles). BG was losing for around 2 months before season 2 and only got better after we recruited some OCX and SEA to compete with JQ.

Off hours coverage is concentrated in the higher tiers with good reason. Like you said, a single guild making the difference between winning and losing? I don’t want to be in that position. Prolonged PVD is really straining on guilds that look for action. Sure, there may be some small fights, but it’s just not worth it for most part if you want your server to win. Why would I risk my members leaving when I could go to a server where they could be having more fun.

Non-NA guilds generally haven’t moved out of the top 9 servers simply because there’s nothing to do if you’re up against an opponent who is only fielding 30-50 per OCX/SEA night. We’ve (BG) been in that position in T1 and it’s freaking boring – to the point where my guild and I just left the borderlands and went to do fractals and spvp instead.

Not practical in a keep, but can work for a tower.

You can’t really move around too much in a keep due to the large area you have to cover – most people have a fixed path they patrol. For example, in garrison, I’d go through the waypoint refreshing siege along the way, up to the second floor and jumping down onto the watergate cliff checking SW gate, then walking past the vista (constantly refreshing siege along the way) and jumping over to SE gate before repeating the process – there should be scouts in the two northern towers so you don’t need to check the NE and NW gates except every 40-55 minutes to refresh siege

What you should do is to purchase a ton of siege with those badges and donate them to your commander. It’ll be much appreciated since commanders use siege really quickly (something like 50 superior rams, 30 superior catapults, 10 superior trebs, 10 superior acs per hour EASILY).

Grok.6714:

Uh…is that how an open WvW battle between 2 guilds on a top NA server looks like?
What is going on there…shooting lazers at each other from safe distance?

The PoV is from a militia zerg, not a guild. So yeah, militia zergs tend to just pew pew from a distance with guardian staff 1 like a boss

Get in contact with an ANet employee and have them track these people. We’ve done it before with great effect.

msalakka.4653:

Reverence.6915:

msalakka.4653:

I wish they’d rework the system in terms of that travel dialog window as well. I understand that it has to move you back into queue eventually but the current short wait to respond seems harsh, I’d like to see it move me automatically and if I am afk it’ll just d/c as per normal routine.

On reset, I started at 176. Four hours later, I was about 12 or something, but had to use the bathroom. Came back to find that I missed the dialog box and was back at 200+. This is the first game I’ve ever played that penalizes you for taking a kitten.

Why would you queue for EBG?

I didn’t. I never play in EBG. It was for home borderland; EBG was worse. Gandara was designated as a free transfer server, and in addition to some awesome guilds we received a fair number of PVE clowns.

Wow, those queue numbers are insane
But you know, EoTM is viable too

msalakka.4653:

I wish they’d rework the system in terms of that travel dialog window as well. I understand that it has to move you back into queue eventually but the current short wait to respond seems harsh, I’d like to see it move me automatically and if I am afk it’ll just d/c as per normal routine.

On reset, I started at 176. Four hours later, I was about 12 or something, but had to use the bathroom. Came back to find that I missed the dialog box and was back at 200+. This is the first game I’ve ever played that penalizes you for taking a kitten.

Why would you queue for EBG?

sminkiottone.6972:

Reverence.6915:

Ok, so my server and the other two servers in my tier can (and do) queue maps 24/7. When is prime time? There is no “prime time” for us. Especially during tournaments.

BG is know to be the heavly stacked and full of bandwagoners, but I doubt JQ has queue right now since they’re ticking +100 (unless it’s a 2vs1 schenario).

Except few cases like BG and SFR most servers can’t play at full forces 24/7, this is the first reason some servers are overstaked, easy win easy rewards, do you really like to have 100+ people in q before you just because bandwagoners want theyr kitten rewards at all costs ?

It appears to be a loose 2v1. Haven’t really seen big TC/BG engagements. JQ has the biggest numbers during oceanic and SEA in T1, and we’re seeing less of them than off season numbers

sirflamesword.3896:

Talyn.3295:

Given how hard we laughed at the youtube video of your guild getting slammed. But in case you have forgotten due to one to many hammer hits to the head. I hunted it up for your viewing pleasure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WCq986sCpU

I love how everyone acts so awesome, of course all that is happening is auto attack. So good. Much Zerg. Broken 1key.

The guy from DiE claims to be from some awesome fighting guild, called out our BG guilds saying we’re trash, and gets farmed in return by people hitting 1. Yeah… Not saying our militia is by any means good (they’re not, they’re pretty terrible in all honesty, the PvE is strong in BG), but getting wiped by pugs spamming 1… Hahahahahahahahahahahaha

BG has rarely tolerated GvGs on the borderlands when we’ve had queued maps. We always ask our guilds to do it on Thursday or Friday when the match has been decided. Doing it any other time/place is irresponsible for your server.

SpellOfIniquity.1780:

We’re going to come in third because our server has for some reason forgotten how to havoc..
Having solo or small groups of people to harass the enemy camps, yaks and towers does a lot more for the server than people are aware of. Prior to seasons it was a lot easier to get away with soloing these sorts of things but since seasons started TC and BG have been not only zerging harder than ever but also sending out multiple havoc groups. While on JQ we’re doing nothing but barely clinging to our territory and neglecting to prevent enemy towers and camps from being upgraded.
I literally gave up trying to do it myself because I’d always end up running in to 3 – 5 people. Some can win those fights, I can’t.. I’m simply not skilled enough.

At this point, I’m starting to predict us placing 3rd in gold if we keep neglecting to havoc. Solo can’t be done with how many small groups the other servers have.

There’s also the fact that you guys have way too many people when your groups do go for those targets. 10 people for a camp? That makes your main zerg a lot smaller than ours when we’re sending 2-3. 20 people zerging the ruins? We’ll go take your tower and take back the bloodlust after you leave to defend.

DeWolfe.2174:

SpellOfIniquity.1780:

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It’s called experience and the knowledge that 80 cannot defeat 160. We’re enjoying all the loot from the PvE’ers in EotM though

You know, that’s what SoR said in the weeks before they imploded

SpellOfIniquity.1780:

Reverence.6915:

SpellOfIniquity.1780:

I’ve leveled one of each profession to 80, with the exception of Elementalist, and can say from experience I believe these to be the best at what they are listed. Just an opinion, as any profession can be effective if played properly.
I also solo roam as a Necromancer more than anything and although I’m a condition build I can honestly say that Guardian and Ele roamers are a) few and far between and b) usually some of the easiest targets.

I can see that a lot of people underestimate me when I’m roaming on my ele. Just keep in mind that a skilled D/D ele will collect your loot bag. So many thief, warrior, engi and necro bags I have collected… Still working on a good rotation to take on mesmers with though.

Also, I see a lot of guardian roamers in T1. Guardians specced for DPS are just stupid OP. Naturally high sustain and armor, lots of condi removal, blind spam, CC and stability. The only thing they lack is mobility.

I understand that. Like I’ve said, any profession can be effective if played properly. I’m going by averages not individuals. I’ve come across a few very good Ele’s but 95% of the time they melt before they have time to react. They’re a powerful profession but I just don’t consider them to be great for roaming. Still, I roam as a Necromancer which most people consider terrible for said role. So, I obviously can’t say that there’s no such thing as a solo Ele that could wreck me.

There’s 2 condi build necros in my guild that can 1v2 or even 1v3 people due to how much sustain necro has with death shroud. I find necros to rank right under Mesmer and Thief in terms of roaming ability.

SpellOfIniquity.1780:

I’ve leveled one of each profession to 80, with the exception of Elementalist, and can say from experience I believe these to be the best at what they are listed. Just an opinion, as any profession can be effective if played properly.
I also solo roam as a Necromancer more than anything and although I’m a condition build I can honestly say that Guardian and Ele roamers are a) few and far between and b) usually some of the easiest targets.

I can see that a lot of people underestimate me when I’m roaming on my ele. Just keep in mind that a skilled D/D ele will collect your loot bag. So many thief, warrior, engi and necro bags I have collected… Still working on a good rotation to take on mesmers with though.

Also, I see a lot of guardian roamers in T1. Guardians specced for DPS are just stupid OP. Naturally high sustain and armor, lots of condi removal, blind spam, CC and stability. The only thing they lack is mobility.

CRAIG.9862:

Reverence.6915:

Get a large group and go wipe the GvG groups. Done.

It’s freaking (for lack of a stronger word due to censor) rude to GvG on a queued map. Just unacceptable.

#BlackGateMindset

Lol. Love seeing a pug group go try and interrupt a GvG. They are just the halftime show. Get lots of bags and lolol with the other guild you are GvGing with. Much fun. Very based.

#ThankYouBasedGod

You’re from that guild that kept getting farmed by BG pugs so they left SoR

1. Guardian
2. Elementalist
3. Warrior
4. Necromancer

5. Mesmer

6. Thief
7. Engineer
8. Ranger

Good elementalists will decide the wave of battle. Strong AoE skills will force enemy zergs to move one way or another (or die to your damage). Strong CC will lock them down for spike damage. Constant waterfield rotation keeps the zerg alive. The only reason I put Guardian higher is due to their high sustain, support and healing.

I want to put Mesmer higher than Necro, but Necro does so much more damage in zergs than Mesmers, not to mention Spectral Wall is an amazing utility skill and in my opinion, better than Temporal Curtain (and they’re both Etheral fields).

Warrior is only up there for 2 skills. Earthshaker and Battle Standard. They have a nice Blast Finisher rotation as well, though a SB Thief or Hammer Guardian can take that role just as well, if not better.

The bottom 4 on my list are better suited to roaming. The top 4 better suited to zerging.

jojojoon.8607:

Aeros.2046:

So people stacked even in Gold League too? Somehow I am not surprised.

Yeah, BG was able to stuff 4+ guilds into their server last minute. They should roflstomped season 2 like how they did season 1. I’m surprised that there are people who can be easily fooled twice with the exact same trick..

NV (~20 people), NOVA (aka SUPR, used to be on BG before S1, ~30 people), who else?

I know you have an irrational blinding hatred against BG, but at least try to state facts

Instead of locking servers, make gem prices for transfers higher the week before tournament starts. That would dissuade a lot of last minute bandwagoners while still allowing legit transfers (moving with the guild but didn’t have gems and had to wait etc.) through

Get a large group and go wipe the GvG groups. Done.

It’s freaking (for lack of a stronger word due to censor) rude to GvG on a queued map. Just unacceptable.

sminkiottone.6972:

lordkrall.7241:

sminkiottone.6972:

You are not getting punished, you can play whenever you want, but the concept is good the prime time should reward more than the offpeak hours, which are easier and therefore should reward less

But again, this is not a competitive mode and there should be no season nor graduatory.

You get punished. You don’t contribute as much as others simply due to the fact that you happen to be living in a place with a different time-zone (or simply work during the days).

And who are you to decide that your time is prime-time?
What is prime time for you might not be prime-time for other players.

Prime time is when reset happens and when there are more people online, simple.

So you are saying that I should get punished because I play at prime time ? everything I do is going to get undone by night/morning crews and I feel my performance is nullified by those people.

The OP araised a valid point, we are not saying you cannot play or you should get less wxp/loot, we are just saying that EU/NA server have theyr prime times and thos hours should reward the server more than other hours.

Why not making 2 or 3 time frames more important than others ? each time frame could have like 4 hours, the rest will reward less ppt, that should satisfy most people

Ok, so my server and the other two servers in my tier can (and do) queue maps 24/7. When is prime time? There is no “prime time” for us. Especially during tournaments.

Steelo.4597:

30 people make the same score difference in 8 hours as 300 people do in the other 16… you a fan? subscribe #devonsplaytimevaluelogicfail

So recruit, or stay up. Stop being a kitten about it.

450mil would be a little cheap for GW2 considering how much it makes per year just off the gem store.

edit: just noticed what word you get when you put “bit” and “cheap” next to each other.

MakubeC.3026:

Tarkus.4109:

Deal with it, people have complained about this ever since launch and overly self entitled whiners will likely to keep on complaining.

We will never give up because Anet knows this is an issue.
We just need to look for a fair and creative way of fixing it.
Keep fearing the day you will have to fight us in order to get our towers. Your day will come.

Population control is a community issue, not ANet’s. There are lots of players in the lower tiers that have no interest in playing WvW. Simple as that.

Radian.2478:

Well, many of the T1 and T2 servers get blobs that sized and especially during the tournament right now that’s not too uncommon. Plus the swords don’t pop up until 30 seconds after the structure gets attacked. If your zerg has to take any time to ooc and waypoint and run back in a manner that doesn’t have a super large tail which causes players to get picked off, it becomes tough to get there in time. Not to mention the fact that you won’t be able to wipe them unless you get numbers close to theres which you may or may not have on the map. My server lost a fortified tower yesterday to a blob of 60 that literally ranged dps’d the gate down. They had a treb from 3rd floor stonemist that took down our siege inside and then after we took down their rams with the keep mortar they just dps’d the gate while we had 30 players on. This is for an upgraded structure too. Walls on structures also upgrade before gates so if you want to get something upgraded before it gets blobbed, you have to have a lot of people camping there. Trebbing your own gate is going to get nerfed too which is the only way to defend outnumbered.

I sympathise with that situation. EBG is poorly designed and SMC trebs shouldn’t be able to hit outer towers. I personally stay away from that map though and play almost exclusively on the borderlands. I also don’t understand the treb nerf. Just means we have to place 3 scouts in each tower – 1 for supply drain trebbing, 1 for cata to knock off rammers and 1 for arrow cart

Berk.8561:

Latinkuro.9420:

DeeSystm.1256:

Have off hours on your server? Lack zerglings at some point?

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/wuv/recruitment

all in all this ^^ suggestion seems to be the best one.

all this talk about when you play, where you play from, how many players, and so on.
it’s a 24/7 battle we all know coverage is important so recruit !
and recruit some more for the time periods that you lack players for.

You’ll find recruitment treads from all of the bottom ranked servers there pitching their benefits. We even made sure the ET one stayed near the top during the free transfer period. So, are you ready to transfer to a bottom tier server where every transfer can make a difference and where queues and skill lag are rare after reading them? If not, why not? If we’re doing something wrong, enlighten us about how to make a better pitch. We also have people doing PvE outreach on our server.

1. Are your server’s guilds organised and work together nightly?
2. Do you actively pursue a better community in your server?
3. Does your server assist in settling down? (Guild missions and such)
4. Does your server have meaningful competition during non-NA prime. (No one wants to pvdoor)
5. Are your server’s existing members welcoming of newcomers?

I see a lot of guilds moving around the lower tiers while t1 guilds have more or less stayed the same for the past year or so (TC/SoR affected this but to a lesser degree than originally thought). There is strong server cooperation and cohesion in t1 and these people won’t be throwing that away to join a server where guilds only look out for themselves by transferring at the first possible opportunity.

Also, don’t even think of getting off hours coverage until you’re higher up the tiers. No one is willing to pvdoor every night or have to hop maps to chase the float team. It’s boring in t1 and it’ll be even worse in t7/8

Radian.2478:

^Pretty much true.

There’s no fun in just sitting in a tower or keep. An object can be defended if you have time to be there to repel the attack in a quick enough time if not before the enemy even attacks. Basically, lets say you need X number of players in the tower by time T in order to defend a structure. Chances are, if you only have a few people (less than X) sitting in a structure when the attack starts, you won’t be able to get reinforcements in time. Omegas, Superior Rams, and ram mastery all contribute to gates going down faster than ever and usually having your zerg port back isn’t enough time to save the structure unless its a keep or extremely upgraded tower. If you try to keep a lot of people sitting on your side to defend your stuff, you no longer have enough people to flip stuff on enemy sides. Or if it’s a borderland, the map is typically too big to be able to defend the whole map.

This isn’t true. If you have reinforced gates, you can reach that structure from any point on the map (not including extremes of the map where you shouldn’t be anyway) from when it has white swords (contested) to when it gets capped. Even faster if you have a scout and can start moving before white swords show. The only way they can cap it faster is if they have a giant map blob of over 60 people and just build 5 rams, in which case you won’t be saving it anyway unless you got an equal sized zerg (which should have scouts so that you wouldn’t be in this situation in the first place)

MakubeC.3026:

Roe.3679:

How do you propose fixing this? You can just tell other people they can’t play because they don’t sleep when you do.

Depending on server zone [NA or EU], after given times [1:00am or so], all structures tick for half the points.

That way people who can’t sleep or just happen to be in daytime when the vast majority is in nightime can still play, and have an impact on the score, but it can’t be the same impact as daytimers because it just isn’t the same effort.

It makes no sense for the majority to run around killing each other during the day, just so that some come later and conquer everthing with Walk toggled on.

T1 NA has 24/7 coverage with no downtime in competitive fights. kitten. Your time is not more valuable than my time.

24-7 virtual battle – complains that some people have different sleeping times.

Logic

If TC plays hard for second place, they can pull an upset over JQ. That’s not to say it would be easy. JQ has the strongest Oceanic and SEA in T1, so trying to win over coverage like that is quite tough (continuous coverage from NA to EU). It’ll be how each server manages their PvE carebears, as we’re more or less queuing up 2-3 maps all day long

As for t2 servers, they could also pull an upset by deciding a 2v1 on a target of their choice. AGG and NS being on SoS basically means that in a JQ, BG and SoS matchup, BG is looking at a 2v1 on at least 2 maps during NA. If it’s TC, BG and SoS, it might be a little more random.

As a roamer, the up levels and PvE carebears filled my coffers quite nicely. Made 3 gold tonight. Ruins are an important source of points, so I don’t mind that achievement.

I agree that the upgrading process is slow and painful, but it IS a lot easier defending than attacking, provided you have an organised zerg. 1 person can hold off an entire zerg from breaking down a gate with just 1 door treb. 2 people can push off an entire zerg and even kill some of them. 3 people and the structure (provided it is sufficiently sieged up) is impossible to take.

This is assuming your opponents aren’t using AC tricks to take out your siege.

These tournaments revitalise the wvw scene with new blood. I wouldn’t say the lower tier servers have been killed at all.

Running up levels is fine as long as you know the ins and outs of that class, as well as being on voice comms.

I levelled all my toons in wvw cause I find the rest of the game pretty boring except for the occasional living story. All my toons that I play in wvw have at least 20 ranks, highest being around 480 ranks. It’s not being up level that matters, it’s how you contribute to your server.

T1 and T2 is vastly different to other tiers in terms of organisation, which is why people get upset if you mess it up. Shouldn’t be a huge deal in T7 or T8 where every person makes a difference in the server’s performance, during the off-season anyway

Oh boy, this kitten again.

If you’re entering WvW, be ready to get ganked, run over, rammed up the behind (no lube), kill others, collect loot bags, jump on your opponents corpses and skill lag.

If you’re there for JP, GTFO.

BG’s was something like 250/200/150/150/10 → EBG/BGBL/TCBL/JQBL/OS

Current queues (SEA time) is 50/20/20/20/0

I missed the queues during the off season

Zanshin.5379:

When you try to use tactics (like splitting up and attacking different objectives) you always end up coming across a zerg and because they have way more people they destroy you.

So if their zerg is there killing you, your zerg could be taking their tower.

OMG STRATEGY

Reikan.2908:

Is there ever a way to get to use tactics, so far since ive played this game ive only seen zergs and only ‘tactics’ are deciding where the zerg should go. And sometimes when the zerg should retreat.

I am sure everyone could think of things to try out from splitting up or sneaking around or whatever else.

Are you in your server’s teamspeak/mumble? Because tactics won’t be typed out on map chat

mesmer + thief wrecks face – no other duo combo should beat these two.

I say should, because a nub mesmer/thief combo is incredibly easy to take out with some CC

Guesting makes low populated servers seem even more dead than they actually are. Unfortunately, it’s necessary to guest if you want to complete meta events that require a lot of people.

ANet needs to make server population more transparent

Silentshoes.1805:

In all the discussions on other MMORPG PvP forums it seems to ME that the people with the gear advantage always argue that they don’t really have an advantage. And the people without the gear complain that the gear is a huge advantage. The arguments seem constant and endless.

:)

Still using exotics here. Haven’t seen many fights I couldn’t win because I didn’t have ascended. Lag, traits build and your particular class has a far bigger impact. An ele will not survive a well timed C’n’D>Backstab regardless of if you’re in ascended or not (assuming you’re using zerker)

• What kind of issue are you specifically having that could be related to lag?
  - Skill lag, rubber banding, complete disconnection

• What server are you on?
  - Blackgate

• Has there ever been a time when you or a friend are experiencing lag, while others in your party are not?
  - Nope

• Has there ever been a time where one party in a map is experiencing lag, while other parties in that same map are not?
  - Yes, but they are usually on the other side of the map. Sometimes even they complain of lag at the same time.

• Do you experience the lag at very specific times?
  - I know my internet connection isn’t the best, but I start getting skill lag when I encounter more than 30 people in a particular area, friendlies or otherwise. Most other people get skill lag when there’s more than 60 people in a fight (30v30)

Thank you for acknowledging the lag issue

johnnymiller.5968:

How do you combat a player that spends all their playing day continually tagging your keep? This player has had up to ten people chasing trying to kill. Seems to be immune to all weapons & siege. Stealth traps do not work, neither do net turrets.
While I have encountered keep tagging when opposition sides want to capture the surrounding towers this is the first time I have encountered a player doing this.
Is this a common occurrence on some servers?

The higher up the tiers you go, the more often this happens. Some very good players on classes that can stealth will keep your waypoints contested 90% of the time on a busy night. That’s why the higher tiers also have more dedicated scouts to combat the taggers (whether they’re siege humpers or not).

Banzie.5248:

If you are playing late Oceanic you want to look for a strong EU coverage. For that i’d suggest IoJ, Mag, SoS, FA (Wild card, They may implode time will show us). DragonWagon has the weaker EU.

EU starts at 8-10am oceanic, so nope. Better to find a server with good PST or SEA coverage

hedition.7261:

I like the idea of commander having a battalion with several squad leaders.

Perhaps have a seperate pin for squad leader tags (maybe color?). Players who purchase the Commander’s Compendium can toggle between commander and squad leader.

Also, perhaps wvw ranking can unlock squad leader slots. So new commanders cannot command huge zergs.

No need for squad leader tags – the commander is enough (and is the squad leader already with the current system). Most of the communication for raids and such these days are done through third party VOIP programs so it’s not really necessary to split it up further. It’ll just get too cluttered imo

ANet is certainly doing a lot of things right

I think a major source of frustration is that, we know there are awesome updates coming and we can’t wait for them to be released.

ANet’s development cycles really cripple them in releasing stuff like the feature patch