Guild Wars 2

Straegen.2938:

Like to see them face off against a solid T3 server and see how well that bravado holds up.

We’d welcome it. The thing Ebay wants more than anything is a challenge, and while this double team is providing a bit of one, it’s not enough for us. We’re masochists, you have to grind us into the ground and make us lose horribly to give us what we want.

Kalkz.5297:

RyuDragnier.9476:

testpig.5018:

based on spvp… Anvil Rock has the most skilled players from this match up.

AR skill > Ebay skill.

However, ebay is a zerg server with 4 zerg guilds holding it together. Ebay is just winning due to population. No skill required.

You’re correct that AR’s skill may be greater than EBay’s skill. However, we’re not just winning due to numbers, we’re winning due to the fact that BP’s strategy is pretty bad, and more than a few of their players don’t have anywhere near the skill both Ebay players and AR players have…plus AR doesn’t have the numbers BP and EB have (this would change the server power significantly).

I’ll outright say it…BP is the weakest link in the skill and strategy department, and are seemingly only making ground due to numbers. Imagine what would happen if AR got a lot more numbers…they’d probably wipe the floor with BP easily and we’d have a REAL fight on our hands since the odds here would change significantly.

I vote for this to be the T5 Post of the year

never laughed like this before

Kalkz, I blame the lack of strategy and skill for BP on you. Why? Because well…you ARE BP apparently~

I think Charr care more about it working more than how it looks.

I think Charr care more about it working more than how it looks.

Sorry, I noticed that seconds after I posted it, but was too lazy to delete it.

Sorry, I noticed that seconds after I posted it, but was too lazy to delete it.

I see nobody pays attention to announcements…

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testpig.5018:

based on spvp… Anvil Rock has the most skilled players from this match up.

AR skill > Ebay skill.

However, ebay is a zerg server with 4 zerg guilds holding it together. Ebay is just winning due to population. No skill required.

You’re correct that AR’s skill may be greater than EBay’s skill. However, we’re not just winning due to numbers, we’re winning due to the fact that BP’s strategy is pretty bad, and more than a few of their players don’t have anywhere near the skill both Ebay players and AR players have…plus AR doesn’t have the numbers BP and EB have (this would change the server power significantly).

I’ll outright say it…BP is the weakest link in the skill and strategy department, and are seemingly only making ground due to numbers. Imagine what would happen if AR got a lot more numbers…they’d probably wipe the floor with BP easily and we’d have a REAL fight on our hands since the odds here would change significantly.

Downed state is fine IMO, as it adds quite a bit of fun. Have you ever gone into down state as the same time as a thief, and then the two of you are just throwing things at each other until one dies? It’s pretty fun because you don’t know who will win there.

Also, Downed state adds some actual flavor that makes this different from every other MMO. If you don’t want it, go play a different MMO.

I’ve said this before, and I’ll say it again…Southsun Cove may as well be a dungeon, because these enemies hit as hard as dungeon mobs, ESPECIALLY the Karka.

Each waypoint is indeed a settlement, but there’s one that you can’t tell. You see the center of the map, the brown looking thing that looks sorta like a gate? That’s the final settlement.

It’s not needed completely for the back piece. You only need 25 achievements.

Not working for me, just won a match and didn’t get the daily filled or that achievement that’s supposed to go with it.

EDIT: just worked.

All the ones dealing with Canach and Subdirector Null. Well, the ones from Capture Canach on, since those sound like dungeon achievements.

One of them earlier was doing it for 50 silver each.

When I was there, the mesmer who was there was trying to get to the top so she could port.

I didn’t notice that there were 11…and well, some of us are completionists~

Besides, while I hate this JP with a passion (it is THE hardest JP in the game), it doesn’t bother me too much to have to do it. I put it as a con because well…feels like a kitten move somewhat.

I agree, why aren’t we getting swimwear? Do you know how much I would kill just to get these swim trunks?

PRO: pretty much everything added
CON: Having to do the hardest JP in the game for one part of the new stuff, and the fact that enemies here STILL hit like a truck (let’s face it, they’re dungeon mobs at this point). Oh, here’s an extra con…no swim trunks or swimwear for players to buy.

It’s simple Dio…there’s a cap for how many players each side can have. So if AR and BP are both ganging up on us, and assuming AR is at half capacity and BP is at full capacity, you’re outnumbering us by 50%.

That, or a trait that allows our traps to throw a reveal on enemies.

runeblade.7514:

The amount of Borlis Rock whining astonish me.

They do it quite a lot on our thread. You get used to it, along with the chest thumpers on all sides.

AnthonyOrdon.3926:

There will indeed be a new asura gate linking Lion’s Arch to the new resort on Southsun Cove.

I agree that it seems possible to travel to Southsun from other areas when you’re looking at the map, but we’ve never had support for travel to other zones by swimming across the sea. In the context of the game world, I believe there are some pretty nasty things out in the deep water that would make it difficult to swim that far.

Water dragon minions confirmed. /joke

Then doesn’t that make your server a loser going on 3 months now, Kodiack? Don’t throw out this logic if you don’t want it being thrown back in your face, btw. Because personally, I think you and AR are doing good jobs.

Well Kodiack, I wouldn’t actually go there, considering everytime our server sees your guys, all we can joke about in TS is “Ooo, free loot bags and WXP!” I’ll be honest, until this alliance, we never saw a group of BP as much of a threat. Now however, we know the second we see you guys we may see AR not far behind hitting elsewhere on the same map. It’s keeping us on our toes, and for that EB thanks you, for letting us pull out our full power without regrets.

Now if ONLY they could give some of the classes a skill or trait that allows them to break stealth, Arkanfel. Then we’ll really be cooking.

Expiatus.4210:

RyuDragnier.9476:

Suggestion to AR, get yourselves a Teamspeak, Vent, something so you can coordinate regardless of the map you’re on in WvW. Ebay does this, and because of that our response times get pretty fast.

Ryu how do you control that many people on TS, Vent etc? Is there a hierarchy? Only commanders in this room, sub-commanders/guild leaders in this room, everybody else use what ever?

It works for EBay but I’m interested in how you order it to prevent all the potential chaos TS can turn into.

We have channels for Red Borderlands, Green Borderlands, Blue Borderlands, Eternal Battlegrounds, and channels for various Guilds within Teamspeak as well. We usually keep at least one person on multiple channels that way they can alert people.

For example, I can say in Teamspeak that we have a zerg of 20+ hitting the gates at Bay, and we’ll have people from several guilds listening in who will let their guilds know, and we may sometimes have people who are currently on other parts of WvW listening in, who let people know there. It turns into a real domino effect when you announce something going on in TS.

S/T is Sword/Torch weapon combo, S/H is Sword/Horn weapon combo.

Wait…you mean axes will be faster now? They might actually be useable now…

Zenith.7301:

For dungeons never take anything that’s not Berserker Power/Prec/Critdmg. You’re just hurting your team if you do. Condition builds are garbage in PvE.

Bullkitten. Conditions are amazing in dungeons, because each fight isn’t going to be done in less than 10 seconds, they’re going to take at least 20-30 seconds to go through. Conditions do a lot of damage in that time, especially heavy hitters like bleed and burn. Hell, add in Chill and you can keep your party from getting hit too often, and annoy the hell out of the enemy. Our traps are our most powerful weapon in dungeons, simply because they are AoE and can crowd control quite well. While Power/Prec/Critdmg can do wonders, this is only if you’re taking on an enemy that has no gimmicks and isn’t going to completely wipe you easily or is focusing on somebody else. Which in dungeons rarely happens, especially with a ranger.

Suggestion to AR, get yourselves a Teamspeak, Vent, something so you can coordinate regardless of the map you’re on in WvW. Ebay does this, and because of that our response times get pretty fast.

Look up any video with a Minionmancer, Loyo. While they’re not super OP, they’re hard enough to where I cannot win any 1v1 against them, whether in WvW or PvP.

I hope the personal nemesis is somebody who has a kitten good reason for doing what they’re doing. Like I don’t know, something when they were growing up ended up making them despise the world, and they decide to destroy it. Then they meet somebody who changes their opinion on it, and as they’re slowly falling out of that phase, while we’re after them, we accidentally kill that person, causing the nemesis to go off the deep end.

FlipSide.3406:

So my game client might have the power to see into the future. I was getting ready to log into WvW this morning and when I selected Ebay Borderlands, i got the popup for WvW not being available while matches are being updated.

Not worried. Usual stuff. Probably just caught it as the timer was ticking over. So I wait a few minutes and try to enter again. Open up the WvW popup, and my game client enters into Fortune Telling Mode!

See Pic Below. Right after this happens, we get the notice that there will be a build available in the next few hours.

So, is my game client trying to tell us sometime? Only time will tell!

Oh wow, if this actually happens, that would be pretty friggin awesome.

zone.1073:

RyuDragnier.9476:

Underwater is a known bug that even Rangers want fixed Vanthian. On land however Lick Wounds is in serious need of a fix (due to that 50% chance of it actually working).

Lick Wounds only fails if the terrain does not permit the pet to return to the downed ranger smoothly. To 100% counter this issue, simply swap pets before using Lick Wounds. Pet appears next to the ranger upon swap. Problem solved.

I’ve done that and actually have had Lick Wounds fail.

Darek.1836:

EB confirmed is as most a. hole server in the game. Far beating out even the former black gate! I congratulate you guys! What do you plan to do with this enormous blowout of how much you can pound your chest and use “skill”?

To be honest, it’s a very small minority that do that on the forums, Darek. Because if we were to base all servers on their forum warriors, then BP could be declared worse due to Kalkz and Evilzara, and AR could have been declared worse for quite a while due to CHAR. Every server has its forum warriors, you just learn to ignore them and play the game.

I would instantly buy any of the 3 following…

1. A speedo for the guys and a similar attire for the ladies
2. Swimming shorts for all
3. A wetsuit skin that comes onto your character the second you enter underwater (seriously, some underwater only skins would be nice).

CyberSamurai.1208:

For clarification: We don’t miss any you that jumped server. Your departure says everything about your attitude and worth. Stay gone.

Karma/xp trains? We use those to level new members and server mates, and not exclusively. When we have the numbers and ability we have been known to take a tower/keep. And come to the rescue from time to time.

And running as a group focusing on our guild strengthens our skill and builds our numbers. More importantly, we value our independence and will continue to do so.

Server alliance? No thanks. Guild alliance? Happens all the time, but not written in stone. Buffalo train? If you don’t like it, don’t get on.

GF Borlis? Yawn…

Here’s my question…are you doing this on your own borderlands when there’s nothing really in need of defending against? If so, you’re fine. But if you’re doing it when your keeps are being hit, then you sir are nothing more than a person your server can do without. You will see karma trains on EBay BL, but ONLY when there’s not a heavy enemy force to defend against.

Underwater is a known bug that even Rangers want fixed Vanthian. On land however Lick Wounds is in serious need of a fix (due to that 50% chance of it actually working).

Disastro.4086:

Linnes.2678:

“What is boon stealing, Pat?”

You’re right though, by no normal means they have access to it. However they make up for the lowered dodge rate by having a higher base health.

Necros do not boon steal. They can corrupt boons turning them into conditions. They do not receive any boons from the target. The only access they have vigor from is if a friendly player provides the buff.

Actually, necros can change a certain condition into vigor. It’s either poison or bleed that turn into it, so while they DO have access to it, it’s dependent on their enemy using the right condition on them.

Ranger is actually very powerful in general PvE (this is barring dungeons, where we’re decent). Necromancer seems to have some problems in PvE early on, but then gets better as you get further in level (like most classes).

Actually, that already happened Gank. We were far more powerful in Beta, then nerfed heavily for the full release. We’re only now getting brought back up to our former glory.

Again, they just need to redesign or tweak how stealth on a whole works, because stealth is the ONLY problem I have with thieves. I can fight thieves who avoid using stealth 1v1 and have a really close match, usually ending with both of us in down state. But the second I encounter a thief who spams stealth, I run because there’s no way I’m going to be able to beat them. That’s WITH 3 traps, Entangle, LB#5, and GS being used.

I stick with a trap build for dungeons, mostly because it guarantees that I’m useful. They hit the trap, they get hit with an AoE. God knows how much I saved people’s lives during the Molten Facility runs.

BrimstoneAshe.5043:

For me, I live in AR BL. That’s where I have been every time I log on and log off for the past 2 to 3 weeks. That’s where I will be for a while. I figure I’m safe of breaking any alliance there.

You’re the same as me then. Whenever I WvW, I live in Ebay BL.

Personally I think certain classes should still have access to their F abilities while in down state…such as the Necromancer. I mean come on, you’re telling me Death Shroud can’t be activated while in down state to quickly allow you to attempt to rally or escape far enough for you to rally without problems? Or that Guardians can’t activate their virtues while in down state?

Reborn Grijmblade.2396:

Leave thieves alone, and create a counter to stealth.
To maintain balance, every mechanic must have a counter.
If no counter is present, you will be left with an overpowered mechanism.

I believe this is the smartest answer here.

Give certain classes some trait that allows them to knock things out of stealth. For example, Rangers could knock them out of stealth with traps, Engineers could use their turrets, Necromancers could use their wells, etc.

Rob.7624:

Kodiack.2783:

Rob.7624:

Does AR and BP miss our old matchups in Tier6?
Oh how even they were.

Wait a minute.
How was it that we were pushed into the tier below then?

Oh no wait I remember.
Guess you guys got what you deserved for that poor idea.

Go Ebay!

Best thing we ever did was kick NSP out. Ebay might roflstomp us ,but we’re a better server for it.

-k

A better server you say?
Please tell me how this roflstomping is improving your server.

Because we may end up going up a server, then get roflstomped hard back down into this one? By the end of our short stay in T4 we’ll have learned quite a few more tactics, and have probably learned that we need more to stay in T4. It’ll only encourage us to think up more strategy and to manage our troops better. You’d be surprised how getting stomped hard in a higher tier can teach a server.

Grevender, the popular theory is that one of the head developers plays thief and doesn’t like anything in it getting nerfed. Personally, I just think they aren’t thinking things through the entire way.

I had to take care of things in real life, but kitten am I proud of EB. I daresay we should record this as that one rare moment where we completely dominate…because we all know for a fact that we’ll be pushed pretty hard in the coming days.