Wouldn’t it be cool to have throwback week?
Everything is reverted back to vanilla wvw game play once for a match up maybe every three months. I think old guilds would come back just to hang out, might be interesting.
Yes i do
I remember the ktrain went to bed but 15 of us and the great Ajax Blue stayed up and fought the 80 man YB zerg. I’m the nub in guild chat trying to sneak my slow necro past the zerg into the tower to my BMS guildies lolmiss those days on Kaineng, 3 years ago
Yea, I miss some of the old WvW stufff, but I certainly don’t miss Ajax at all. (If it is the same player that I am thinking of)
How could you not like ajax? It never gets old LOL
i actually reported this thread for being in the wrong section
either my report is deemed invalid or simply not attendedon a side note
HOD is only 150g to transfer in!Compare to 550g for Very High and 300g for High
the math is real simple! you can transfer more people to HOD with the same cost!
Are you kidding? ANET is foaming at the mouth at the possibly of all these gem purchases to transfer, they ain’t gonna move these threads or lock them
This pretty much sums up what we all think of qq.
I beat one of those QQ guys at a camp one cool nice evening. Then proceeded to get blasted with whispers that I needed to stop playing necro and wells are trash, staff was stupid, dagger immobilize shouldn’t be in the game, and war horn cripples are OP.
It was weird……I just said "sorry
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Toon name?
We’re talking months and months ago. I don’t really keep a log of who yells at me
For what it’s worth, a QQ guy was nice to me once and even helped me with my necro build.
Second account is on SBI, like it there
The lag is still present as well. Even when I’m minding my own business away from blob wars I get it
There have been people in TS complaining that the load screens are taking forever I know.
This pretty much sums up what we all think of qq.
I beat one of those QQ guys at a camp one cool nice evening. Then proceeded to get blasted with whispers that I needed to stop playing necro and wells are trash, staff was stupid, dagger immobilize shouldn’t be in the game, and war horn cripples are OP.
It was weird……I just said "sorry "
Necro. Real men/women use necro. We don’t need stability, stealth, escape, or boons.
We bring the fight. I once knew a man who played necro who could chop a redwood in half with his bare hands. I once met a girl who played necro who could do 100 push ups and 100 sit ups in 10 minutes.
It’s not impossible. It’s I’M POSSIBLE. Don’t believe these crutch users.
Best response so far. Necro is the best. Forget condi too. Minions? Naw. I’ve got no time for gimmicks or escape mechanics.
You don’t need to escape if the other person is respawning.
I have four necros, one that is a minion master. Have to admit it is fun lol
I’m liking FA for the past few months. Outnumbered for the most part versus JQ and YB but doing decent and good community so far.
Put it this way, zerg busting claiming guilds can test their skills here
You must not play in SEA timezone.
FA runs the biggest map blob during SEA with ND, CA and GK all running as one giant 3 headed monster.
I barely ever see YB, they keep their head down. I believe they are not playing this week to ensure they don’t move back to tier 1. I have no idea how big YB is until they come out and play in the next few weeks.
I have never seen FA being outnumbered by YB.
JQ always outnumbers FA when the 3 headed monster isn’t running.
In my opinion, if you want to bust blobs in SEA then JQ is your place – you get double or triple teamed by decent guilds that want fights and we have quite decent pugs.
YB may also be a good option but until I see what their SEA population is I wouldn’t commit to that. You don’t want to be a 15 man guild taking on ND+CA+GK without any pugs, you’ll just get steamrolled.
Is this guy serious? Comparing FA’s SEA, which is the single timezone FA has always traditionally been most short on, with JQ’s SEA, which is what JQ is known for… nevermind the fact that more than half the guilds he named are actually on SoR. SMH.
The golden truth Chaba comes through again, thanks for setting him straight
FA, outnumbered MAGIC FIND ALL DAY EVERY DAY BOOST BABY
I’m liking FA for the past few months. Outnumbered for the most part versus JQ and YB but doing decent and good community so far.
Put it this way, zerg busting claiming guilds can test their skills here
You must not play in SEA timezone.
FA runs the biggest map blob during SEA with ND, CA and GK all running as one giant 3 headed monster.
I barely ever see YB, they keep their head down. I believe they are not playing this week to ensure they don’t move back to tier 1. I have no idea how big YB is until they come out and play in the next few weeks.
I have never seen FA being outnumbered by YB.
JQ always outnumbers FA when the 3 headed monster isn’t running.
In my opinion, if you want to bust blobs in SEA then JQ is your place – you get double or triple teamed by decent guilds that want fights and we have quite decent pugs.
YB may also be a good option but until I see what their SEA population is I wouldn’t commit to that. You don’t want to be a 15 man guild taking on ND+CA+GK without any pugs, you’ll just get steamrolled.
My magic find is pretty high no matter what time I play
It will not be tonight, or next Tuesday, but sometime after that.
I can’t give you an exact day yet, since there are still some technical changes that need to happen before we can run different Borderlands at the same time, but I will let everyone know once we know for sure it is ready to go out.
Take your time ! :-)
Take your time x2
I’m liking FA for the past few months. Outnumbered for the most part versus JQ and YB but doing decent and good community so far.
Put it this way, zerg busting claiming guilds can test their skills here
I’m just surprised JQ is still “very high” status. I watched three massive guilds from JQ pour into our bay today against all 25 of us FA guys. How are they not full status?
This population + server merge thing isn’t working out. Beta is gonna last forever lol
I think you should blame your server’s fair weather players. JQ has like one of the worst NA coverage among higher tier servers but somehow they’re able to keep up the PPT during NA. Some level of steamrolling during SEA is kinda expected though because that’s JQ’s prime time.
#FAoutnumberedBuffallday
I’m just surprised JQ is still “very high” status. I watched three massive guilds from JQ pour into our bay today against all 25 of us FA guys. How are they not full status?
This population + server merge thing isn’t working out. Beta is gonna last forever lol
Pretty much blowouts every week.
About the power creep and HoT classes and the good old days,there is a fair amount of rose coloured glassiness,and exaggeration to this.
And the fact is that the elite specs are a lot of fun to play,some of the most fun classes I’ve played in any game.
They could be toned down a bit ,and the base trait lines buffed a bit,but removing elite specs from the game would be a crime.
I don’t think the HoT elite specs should go away as well, but wow could they be toned down. They are out of control and use very little skill, but they did add some flavor to certain classes. I just don’t see anet doing anything constructive to help the wvw crowd in the long run. They seem more concerned about expansions and milking rather than producing a polished product.
t1 is stinky lol
Any decent minion master roaming wvw builds out there? Thanks in advance
Anet isn’t going to understand why people miss old days :,) because they are too busy fixing kitten they introduced with HoT and most of it should just be removed including revenant and specializations
No they won’t, they had an amazing group of players in wvw and competitive play right under their noses and failed to see what they had.
The thought of them concentrating on another expansion should be a clear idea of what they are all about, cashing in and moving on. Lost a lot of players because of their decision making.
Yes i do
I remember the ktrain went to bed but 15 of us and the great Ajax Blue stayed up and fought the 80 man YB zerg. I’m the nub in guild chat trying to sneak my slow necro past the zerg into the tower to my BMS guildies lol
miss those days on Kaineng, 3 years ago
Anet is drooling at the thought I’m sure.
How is the roaming in T4?
I roamed for an hour last night, got one fight where it was 2v5 (me and a friend being the 2) and we won with ease.. In one hour, got one fight. We’re on Borlis Pass which is paired with CD. Its really honestly kind of boring, no challenge. Really considering transferring back up to a T3 server to get fights again.
Why don’t you just come to FA already XT
T2 and T3 are ok, I’m liking T2 roaming. YB actually has a few decent roamers that I’ve encountered. T3 is kinda meh cause it’s just boring escape builds with Mag. Guess I’ll stay put.
Pretty sure XT will be back on FA within the next few days if it opens up honestly. I can’t do this T4 stuff much longer lol..
Sweet
If you think this bad now, wait for the next expansion lol
Not sure how they expect players to trust them being HoT was unfinished and did not meet player expectations drastically…..
Dude, they ain’t gonna do anything. Everyone is tired of it indeed, roaming is boring, builds are less diverse than ever, invulnerable/evade/stealth, spam spam spam, etc
Game is a mess.
How is the roaming in T4?
I roamed for an hour last night, got one fight where it was 2v5 (me and a friend being the 2) and we won with ease.. In one hour, got one fight. We’re on Borlis Pass which is paired with CD. Its really honestly kind of boring, no challenge. Really considering transferring back up to a T3 server to get fights again.
Why don’t you just come to FA already XT
T2 and T3 are ok, I’m liking T2 roaming. YB actually has a few decent roamers that I’ve encountered. T3 is kinda meh cause it’s just boring escape builds with Mag. Guess I’ll stay put.
So we have issues like bugged skills, bugged maps (mostly fixed) and balance problems.
And you care what race a WvW-NPC is? Really?
I work for the gov, you’d be surprised what they consider “critical attention” over other things LOL
How is the roaming in T4?
Lot of guilds advertise they do. But no, I have yet to see that guild. There’s little havoc guilds but they usually end up running after picking off a few, nothing special. Their youtube vids are meh.
Post HoT, The last guild I saw annihilate a zerg multiple times one evening was oT, but they are long gone. It was a good 10-12 of them vs pretty large numbers. It was nice to witness.
I side with the Mag swag, Mag roamers + FA roamers would rip apart any T1 zerg I’m sorry.
I like you have recently seen the light. I use to be a condi crutch meta running bucket head.
I’ve discovered a whole new feel to power necro, it’s really fun and I typically deceive other roamers because I run old school death shroud, I’m click bait.
Some HoT classes can be a pain to deal with but you’ll find you are challenging yourself by running the old school stuff and when you get to spike that “oh so OP HoT build/class” you’ll feel accomplished.
Try it out
Guildless roamers versus gvg elitists. Make it happen anet, we want to play with the cool kids and take their ball
“This is not on the list of quality of life fixtures” -Anet
I typically just stand there during a 1v1 hitting 1,1,1,1 and watch them bashing their keyboard like a crack addict on that tv show HGTV renovations who drank 50 coffees evading like a psycho path.
And that’s the fight. Other than that just walk away, I like to have them chase me and whisper them “too slow bazooka joe”. Usually they reply with something explictive lol
I once fought one at north camp and I just stood there, he evaded and jumped around like a whole minute. I didn’t even cast a spell. He then whispers me “fight!”. I said “no, enjoying the cirque show please continue”
My point is be a troll back, you’d be surprised when you feed a troll it’s own medicine. They typically go into a rage of whispers
I guess from a roamers standpoint, they are not too bad to fight 1v1.
For zerging I don’t mind meteor shower just dodge, it’s defending I have an issue with. Fight a pug zerg and they have 10 eles on hand to rain meteor shower destroying any hope of defending. Been an issue since launch and complaint by many.
I don’t run glass ele when I zerg, I run cleric tempest and I’m pretty amazed that I can run into a zerg and take little damage and shout around like a mouse on crack healing everyone. It does seem a little nuts.
I love when reapers dive into the zerg, immbolize=done. They are not as scary as they seem
I can’t help but feel that the “more harm than good” has been to FA, which doesn’t have the population of DB or JQ to start and has been prevented from picking up players post-matchup.
See screenshot
FA has always been a rather guild-centric server where guilds prefer to do WvW on their own, so to speak, and not so much all blob up on one tag. Even when FA used to face off against lower-populated SBI, when Bannok ran the EBG zerg there, our EBG group would be outnumbered. A lot of the militia who enjoy all getting on one tag and playing a strong PPT game ended up transferring over the years to T1 servers. Go figure.
That said, yes, being set to full means it is more difficult for guilds who want to go up against those server blobs to transfer in.
I’m must happy I can roam on FA and be left alone not getting constant spam “join our party we are SOOO COOL and have cookies BS”. Kinda refreshing.
Honestly, I’m not sure what is so ground breaking about the beta. It’s wvw, the same wvw for 4 years now. They really need to go Lebron James 4th quarter mode because I think bringing back the DBL is just going to drive more of us out of gw2 in general.
To hear they are working on an expansion is kinda a joke being they left HoT unfinished. Not trusting of these guys.
1. Skill lag
2. FPS drops and horrible optimization overallBut yeah, that’s not happening.
“This is not on our quality of life list” -Anet
Bring back the DBL, see what happens anet.
Yep….defending is so useless. Why even have siege in this game lol
Uh oh drama! PVE versus WVW, what route will anet take!?!
Ragnar wrote a really accurate timeline that explains a bit the fact that most guilds (in particular GvG guilds) disappeared.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/wuv/WvW-Timeline-Situation-Explained/first#post6082653
Post needs updating to include the server merger test.
Where the entire bronze league servers have been paired up with other servers based on their activity/population.
This has also caused some people to move to lower servers, eg Ruins of Surmia, as it’s a lot cheaper than joining Desolation directly.
Anet have made it a lot more easier and cheaper to bandwagon on the top tier servers with this.But as said in that post, even with Anet having all these polls, they still have not done anything to fix WvW! They are still hoping to do the bare minimum for WvW in the hopes people yet again think there is something big coming, when there is not!
The polls are pointless, another smoke and mirror tactic by anet. I just lost all trust in them as a paying customer and haven’t bought gems in months. I really love this game but the state of the game is a mess.
They need a hail mary at this point.
I sure hope they are not planning on another expansion. If so, they need a new strategic planner lol
I hate to break it to you, but they are.
But they didn’t even finish project HoT? It’s very concerning they released an unfinished expansion and already working on a new one. I don’t think they’ll get the cash flow they are hoping for if they can’t produce a quality product.
Missed that note… thanks for the update.
OMG.
Can’t wait to hear them say… “ah well we said 75% but it’s 74.9% so we wont do anything you want, please buy more gems.”
I don’t even wait for them to say anything. I just toss some money now and then and hope things stay the course, and do what I can to make it better for people i play with.
I mean – the communication alone is much better (plus 1), the notes about direction and polling (plus 1) … I’d rather stay this course than what most had to go through the first few years.
And Lol @ the last note of your post something
I feel that we have to somehow just live for the present and forget those bad memories of old
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These polls are just meant to slow down the release of the overhaul. Mark my word: when the overhaul is ready they’ll hold on it and launch it with the next expansion.
I’d tell them good luck with that then. They burned a ton of players with HoT and a good portion of the remaining players are not trusting of anet. I sure hope they are not planning on another expansion. If so, they need a new strategic planner lol
Wells, stack vulnerability, wear power gear=you win in pve.
I don’t pay attention to the polls anymore because they are pointless.
What illogical non-statistical useless strategy are they using now?
I’d like to see the boon “protection” reduce condition damage myself, just slightly because classes will get insanely OP if anet doesn’t set it right. Vampiric rituals with my necro really helps with roaming so I can run a little power instead of boring condi meta.
In addition to this, I think weakness should cause the afflicted player’s applied conditions to either last 25% less time or do 25% less damage.
That’s actually a good idea.
But TBH. I really like that JQ always has scout everywhere. I always encounter JQ scout all the time (yep, JQ got impressive fast respond). This is what other server are kinda lack off.
You can afford scouts only if you have the numbers to do so.
Exactly…these guys are like ants. We had a blast though shredding apart a small JQ zerg of 20 with like 8 roamers the other night, some fun left in the game lol
Hi,
It has been a while since I did not play GW2 (more than 2 years) and my main focus back then was always WvW. I have been a big fan of WvW guild videos and since I did restart playing I couldn’t see any of those guilds that were around back then. In fact I could barely see any guilds at all (I am playing on a EU server, Seafarer’s Rest, and what we used to call the “raid time” seems completely empty of guilds).
I was wondering, where went all those guilds? I’m thinking of guilds like Iron, RG, VoTF, Vii, Team Aggression, War Legend, GD, Mya etc.?
- A poorly thought out stability change hit fight groups a blow and the that population never recovered. Ridiculous change to make with a 5 man AoE cap and an (at the time) unadjusted rally system. Meta went ranged heavy and bored people right out of the game.
- The traitline change. It is sold as “streamlining” when all it really did was help dumb down the combat by trait merging and making some of them baseline.
- Anet prioritized light PvE play (even inside WvWvW) to an almost comical degree and it threw the player type balance out of whack. Less quality fights for organized groups. Why bother theory craft, gear up or even log in? It made transferring around almost a necessity and even then, for many, it stopped being worth it.
- For all of its potential, WvWvW was clearly going nowhere and devs were out of touch
- The neglect put PPT and fight groups at odds with each other even more. PPTers wanted the map spots or at the very least, some help since stale/lopsided matches were driving away the casual players. And fights people resented the omni blob, sup AC peppered wasteland WvWvW was quickly becoming.
- Other seemingly fun games came out
- HoT launched and amplified ALL of the above and then some.
There are enough bad moves Anet has made concerning WvWvW that could fill a novel. And there may be some Frankenstein guilds with some of those players around but the guild diversity in WvWvW is gone. The game is aging so that window is closed and Anet practically chased them away.
Genny is dead on with great bullet points. HoT didn’t have the results as hoped, neglect to the wvw crowd for years after MASSIVE amounts of feedback from players, pve gets the golden spoon treatment while wvw is forgotten, etc etc etc.
You won’t see the great feared guilds anymore, just broken up guilds with little talent left. Very few roamers and if you see them its the same build per class with little diversity.
Game is a mess.