Guild Wars 2

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hrm…I haven’t thought of that …good point….
Good to see that the Elitist Attitude got smacked down too

I wonder if the solution to fighting hacking software would be something like an anti-virus – where the scanner checks for any of the latest softwares being used and confines it – this way you can simply update the anti-virus software signature database for latest hacks as opposed to constantly having to change the game itself.

Happy to read some people are really upset at this, a majority of honest players were upset with the negativity you brought to wvw too!

Great stuff Anet!!

“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.” – Winston Churchill

“Get mad, then get over it.” – Colin Powell

maybe if they changed the server ranking system to a player ranking system – it would change how people perceive wvw – for example based on castle caps / kills etc – this way there would not be so much a top server as much as a top player ..then being out manned would actually be a good thing because now you have all the enemies you can shoot, to up your player ranking in wvw. it would certainly break up the monotony of server jumping and bandwagon’ing and give more weight to lower tier servers as now you want to be outnumbered so you can have more enemies to attack to add to your achievements.

if anet made a wvw server for just anet employees and competed against players, who’d win ? O.o

now I have to wonder if the veteran guard is not a bug and is anets way of keeping anyone from holding the orb too long O.o

you would think with how quickly they send out patches, it would have been fixed weeks ago.

Not to drag it on, but I still question that video, I’m in HVN and they are one of the most pleasant friendliest guilds I’ve met in the game. I simply refuse to accept it. Worban is in fact an amazing commander, the talent in our guild has zero need whatsoever for hacks. Further it has been blatantly obvious in wvw how many people have transferred from other servers in an attempt to grief the DH server as a whole. So I do not feel like I am at all jumping the gun in suspecting this video as an attempt to defame both HVN and Darkhaven.

But I digress because there have in fact been some epic fights in this match and it’s not fair to all respectable players in all servers to associate them with a few players that like to have fun at other peoples expense.

no reward – right now people are going to extremes just for a score – last thing you need is a whole server jumping from server to server, finding every exploit possible, hacking and mistreating fellow players for an item. Some people have a twisted idea of fun and don’t see it as just a game.

how about this ? – a new icon made just for wvw – Red – you can’t purchase it in any way – you can only qualify for it …the system takes into account everyone’s stats – most castle / tower caps etc – general wvw related stats. The 2 people with the highest stats on the map get an option in the party panel to be a General – it’s not a permanent icon like the commander status…. it lasts for 2 hours at a time before you have to renew it – unless someone with higher stats comes in and they get priority for the option to be a General. No permanent anything, just a right to lead a zerg for 2 hours. The General would also have certain perks like lower repair and blueprint costs.

one day in darkhaven, all our land was gone, and we were short handed – the enemy was camping us and people were feeling frustrated. I personally kept running out on suicide missions into a massive zerg as people started voicing how it was hopeless…

I then went on to post this in chat -

“Sons of Gondor, of Rohan. My brothers. I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me! A day may come, when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of Fellowship, but it is not this day! An hour of wolves and shattered shields when the age of men comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you, stand, men of the West!”

not only did we go on to recover all our land, we had 3 orbs and an outnumbered buff – and we won that match.

The secret – its just a game, have fun – what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger – fight for what you believe in , which in our case is having fun no matter what!

Long live Darkhaven!!!

ahh, just curious, how did you recognize that it’s him ?

look at other videos of thieves taking out whole teams of people, and all the complaints on the forum how these guys make it impossible to cap supply camps. this guy was obviously a horrible fighter trying to take on 10 people ? then showing off his porting skills for the screen. looks VERY staged to me.

sorry, my first reaction is to wonder if the guild that filmed him planted him there. Would be nice if Anet can check a record of recent transfers and recruits.

i wish there was a way to keep your guys off of our server.

yeah – i’ve yet to see an alliance work – but so what ? lol

was just in a fight where the gates were up and we got swarmed from the inside. the score is not real ….when DH is on….people jump!

it’s not too late to join in on the fun, yaks and DH have a temporary alliance to take down CD – CD will love us for it ..after we put em in 3rd place, then we can duke it out for first!! O.o

it’s for the greater good…you can’t let an important part of the game – wvw die because a few friends can’t decide to be on the same server. You and your friends can fix this issue by joining the same server ….we in wvw can’t fix the issue with cheaters and griefers – we can’t tell anyone “don’t join our server”

@Hekatombaion I agree – and will not even try to defend vs this point because the core players of the server have no control of who comes into our server. So when I discredit scores – it’s not because a server isn’t good…it’s because there are factors no server has control over that affects a legit score. This is why I’m particularly happy with darkhaven, losing scores don’t affect our morale and we just focus on having one epic fight at a time when everyone is on. It certainly has helped make wvw more fun. Looking / watching scores and aiming for a win …isn’t fun…it’s more stressful than anything. One epic battle at a time

well said, I’m not a commander either, but often when In game, I do try to help with providing intelligence and point out targets / warn of zergs – often when they do listen / work together – it works out very well

until anet fixes those issues – scores are irrelevant and epic battles are where the fun is at. If a server can’t provide fun epic battles – large or small …then it’s time to go back to pve.

while the cheaters do not represent the whole server….it’s like a glass of water …1 drop of ink makes the whole glass tainted. The fact is the cheaters affect the score for everyone in the match. so it’s kind of irrelevant

sadly enough, the corrupt practices are a standard in the higher brackets. So CD wouldn’t last without it. Tier 1 is not at all fun.

imo a commander should be – 2 – 3 people scouting for enemy zergs and scouting for sites to cap ….. 1 person gathering info and telling the person with the icon where to take the zerg team next. A commander on the field should focus on keeping his team alive and capping sites – he should not have to stop and figure out a plan without any intelligence. The current way commanders lead is pretty much guess work without a good intelligence team.

wvw on dh is a ghost town now – if we had a hacker on ….we’d have 3 orbs and 1 player rofl

in a way i feel bad for cd, they may go up in ranks because of their wvw skills, but they will attract the bad seeds of wvw and lose credit for them- like every other server that gets well organized and populated with competitive pvp’rs. winning too much is no fun, getting destroyed is no fun – epic battles is where the fun is at. I wonder if doing away with scores all together will make it less interesting for cheaters in all servers. The most fun I’ve had in wvw, had nothing at all to do with having a top score.

maybe the current commander title should be pve only – and a separate new wvw commander title for wvw – based on achievement requirements and purchased with badges. – I think it may be the easiest way to fix this to not penalize pve’rs in the process.

lol, the irony that the top tier guilds is not the fun place to be heh!!

i’m quite sure anet had a nice crew of honest balanced players for their closed beta – gw2 has only been open to the general public for a few months – which I’m sure the general public isn’t as friendly and cooperative as a closed beta group. I’m guessing we are doing things that a-net never saw before and needs a minute to figure out the best way to fix them without disrupting the general game mechanics. – the quickest fix would be to have everyone play fair ….good luck with that lol

the added hurricane issue this week isn’t helping much either – millions without power on the east coast now. CD would still probably have the upper hand with their coverage – but our capping runs would have been more intense.

there is a mesmer skill called mass invisibility, I wonder if this glitch is remotely related to that – not that a mesmer was present, but the game does have the mechanics for it.

just wondering about the people looking at the bad side of this, how many times do you need to transfer from server to server anyway ? it’s not fair to wvw’rs to have this loop hole because someone wants to transfer to different servers for different friends constantly. Bandwagoners and guilds that transfer only to grief other servers have a greater priority of a fix than someone who has friends on 5 servers. Transferring that much could be considered an exploit of something that is supposed to be relatively decisive. I’ve only transferred 2x …1st time to escape the bots ..2nd time because i missed my original server and came back ( happy it was cleaner when i did ). You can fix your issue by getting your friends on one server and having pride for that server. wvw has no way of fixing our issue without a-nets help – so thank you a-net ( I would have made it 14 myself – 7 can still be a guild dedicated to just griefing the match of the week )

if you come on wvw as a level 10, your drops will be relevant to your level despite your level adjustment to 80. until you level up to 80, you can go fishing and hunting – once level 80 there are other things you can do in your build to make it more profitable – but i have to keep some things secret!! I died enough to learn em! :p ( all legit – just things most people would not think of / study / or do ) – but low level pvp is expensive ..unless you go really low with inexpensive gear – then it’s only 2c per repair – makes being brave affordable!

easy way to settle this so no one feels left out ….. DH declares a temporary alliance with yaks bend until CD is in 3rd place. -wicked laugh-

both servers have their weakspots ( obviously we do too )- and maybe if halloween wasn’t such a distraction for many on our server – we could have hit those weak spots harder O.o We enjoy learning new tactics and strategies, but some of them require a good amount of manpower to pull off. We have several very talented tactician / strategists commanders on our server, and we enjoy learning from both them and our opposition. but strategies can go so far when you have a massive zerg overwhelm you lol

@Ambrosiaa. – I appreciate and respect the tone of your posts. Much respect. – you show the spirit we at DH enjoy – we have no enemies – its a game and we make friends with people who enjoy a good night or day of pvp together. – While it may be fun winning, the real fun is on the battle field having epic fights with people who enjoy gaming together.- we all win when everyone has good clean fun!! Cheers!

like i said earlier, hopefully this fight will help us shed some of the bandwagoners. -cough-

I’m sure it’s important to them though, especially if they plan to do e-sport. im quire certain there is more on the topic behind the scenes at anet than we can see on the forum.

One Wish – when they do paid transfers, Please Anet, do it without any notice. It would be hilarious for any guilds caught out there spying / harassing other servers to have to pay to transfer back. You deserve their money lol

i agree, my condolences to the honest players on both servers in this match – the fights were intense, but unfortunately it seems you are plagued with the winners virus heh…. we started seeing some of that in our last match – fortunately it seems they will be hopping to new servers for this match.

I noticed it yesterday on a run where 3 people built a catapult and 1 person built a flame ram on a cliff like 5k distance away from the wall lol – we laughed it off and suggested the guy flames people when they came at us haha!

i saw that same activity in other tier 1 fights too – it’s the server hopper crowd. There is no real tier 1 server, just servers all the people who want to desperately win jump to.

wouldn’t matter either way though, it’s not a balanced fight on several levels. our new commanders need the practice though, so give em hell!! lol

it’s a good week to catch up on pve – global zergs with orb hackers vs mad king …

epic fights all the way to the end, great job to all the servers in this match!!

nice, Thanks You!!

wish i could be a fly on the wall to watch the NS vs Ebay vs Sorrows Furnace fight!!

nah, we don’t quit, we are actually a balanced server of pvp and pve ….sometimes people just stop to eat pumkin…. didn’t you see the grub video ? lol

Sometimes when we’re outnumbered , I go to LA to say we need more …suddenly there’s a que to get back into wvw lol – it’s a fun server and we are simply impulsive.

fact is , there are plenty of ways as mentioned on the forum to save up 100g – just be wise about what you spend it on. I’m allergic to money sinks and crave high stats! I can’t wait till holidays are over to be honest so we can focus on farming our enemies in wvw!! thats where the real money is at!! I don’t want people to say wow when they see me, I want their drops.

thats fine, we had almost 100k lead last I saw -

now the question is, who is going to be 2nd place – mag or ns – both of which are worthy opponents!! NS still has a chance to flip it and join us in the next match up….or will it be mag that comes with us…hrmmm!!!

Here’s a Total WvW nightmare scenario for you…. if each server was only 1 class …then wvw would be mesmers vs thieves vs rangers. careful what you wish for!!

in Darkhaven – we farm Maguumas and Norther Shiverspeaks players to no end – their zhaitans belong to us! …they have awesome gear and make great drops …it’s why our battles are so epic…we bascially farm each other like we were grubs lmao!! we profit off of beating the living daylights out of each other. It makes blueprints worth it.

to be honest, you sound like a soldier living in farm country :/

@Kardiamond if I were to compare your server to a real life country in war ….I’d have to compare it to a country that focuses on agriculture and made mostly of farmers …not soldiers. It would be natural not to be able to sustain a war against a superpower.

Maybe thats something that Anet can implement into server rankings …..the idea that some servers have a stronger population in pve …than pvp – this does not make them losers…this makes them farmers.
Not saying it’s fair, and it’s just a game – but if the level of tactics / strategy were to go up a notch for the hardcore pvp’rs ……Sun Tzu’s art of war strategies should be applicable in some abstract way. That’s the difference between wvw being a game of checkers or chess.