Guild Wars 2

zhonnika.1784:

Jade Quaggan, Jed Quarry, Jed Quaggan…. we have issues. But yeah, quaggans, and honeybadgers are our mascots.

I think FA has the claim on quaggans. Have you been to their LA? :P

Nothing against spying in the EULA/ToS. It’s their 60 bucks so they can do anything they want with it.

nglcpyro.4906:

Since it seems the official mascot of TC is the Dolyak, and no idea what we (JQ) use the most, what’s the mascot for FA? This thread is a breath of fresh air to read as well!

The Kurzick Juggernaut, duh.

And JQ’s should be the siege turtle!!

Really impressed with FA right now. Certainly holding your own against us big bullies. Managed to get top ppt quite a few times during NA prime.

And I’m having a lot of fun fighting JQ

SykkoB.9465:

btw i was reading the TC matchup thread, and saw someone say AGG went back to SOS. is it true or just more forum troll?

Looks like it’s true.

Rackhir Tanelorn.9123:

JQ/TC/FA…

I’m sure FA would enjoy seeing what TC usually goes through when first facing higher Tier Ranked Servers :P

(Of course with the way RNG has been working we’ll see SoR/TC/SoS again first /facedesk)

Well, word on the street is that JQ is losing 2-3 of their large NA guilds. I think TC and even FA might best them at NA prime now. Of course, their night capping force will keep things interesting

Jayne.9251:

I didn’t. I went to EU instead recently after playing NA since BWE2. Massively different game play and a good choice for me. If you are more interested in the fights, less about stacked servers and queues, I’d recommend it.

Edited to add: Sharpoon, there is NA presence, and bodies to fight, believe it or not, just not the massive presence you get during EU prime, and certainly not the never-ending sea of red blobs you get in high tier NA servers. Which is a good thing because all servers there, except a few, have about comparable numbers. And the quality of fights don’t disappear once EU prime folks go to bed. Should head over and check it out before the rest of the masses catch on.

Oh that’s good to hear! Been considering it for a while now. NA wvw is becoming a real bore these days. =/

Why do we have to stick to NA? If the euro servers had non euro coverage (NA, Oceanic players) I would transfer there in a heart beat. That’s where the real wvw is happening.

displacedTitan.6897:

Can I ask, whats the Kaineg thing?

A failed attempt by several T1-3 guilds to bring a server in T8 up to T1 and become the new #1 server. They ran into the TC/FA wall in T2

I doubt anyone will do it again though (didn’t happen the last time they made transfers to low tier servers free). It’s so much easier to just stack onto a server already in T1 to become the new champion.

I think Fort Aspenwood is the only server outside T1 that meets your requirements and you get the added bonus of helping balance T2. If IoJ has hardcore wvw guilds that play every day, then they can be considered as well.

JQ is much stronger than TC right now. With Agg, SF, Aco, WARD, HzH, AoS, DA and Pro, JQ’s NA is certainly as strong (if not stronger) than TC’s NA. Relocating to TC won’t solve any of JQ’s problems as you’ll still have little oceanic and eu coverage. I also doubt you’d be able to get everyone in, TC will go ‘full’ quite quickly :o

DeWolfe.2174:

I completely agree Sharpoon. Though Player turnover still exists. As amazing as it is to get a whole Guild moving over, it’s also going to be about getting the individuals and new players to come to JQ.

I think one of our greatest strengths is our full spectrum of Guilds to join in JQ. From the super serious militarized PvP Guilds. To the goofy, zany, and equally awesome PvP Guilds. We have our casual PvX Guilds that do a little of everything. Then our great PvE community too! Because we have to be honest, most of the content and rewards are still in PvE. Which JQ excels in helping each other in greatly.

You just described every single server in this game

DeWolfe.2174:

It is up to Anet to correct any technical hurdles they may be experiencing. For us, as players, it’s our job to enjoy the game and do our best to make it so for everyone else. For JQ, that mean’s recruiting more players! So that we may give SoR and BG the challenge they ask for. Also, to give our players some relief and support. Because we have to admit, many of us have been burning the candle at both ends for two months already.

That’s just the thing though. There’s no one left to recruit. Everyone who wants to be in T1 is already there. It’s up to the guilds in T1 to balance the tier, not expect some imaginary transfers from lower tiers to come in and save the day.

Kingzook.1620:

stay classy TC…..

That guy seems to have forgotten what happened to tcbl on reset.

EDIT: And looks like FA struck back! Nice work resetting our T3 keeps.

morrolan.9608:

Caliburn.1845:

It would be nice if Anet introduced some in-game mechanics to deal with blobs, and beefed up their servers to handle the lag. But the far more viable solution is to somehow incentivize de-stacking the servers and spreading the hardcore WvW players out across all servers. Blobbing and lag won’t matter at that point.

Probably the only way to do it now is to bring back free transfers but then that may go the other way.

Once other games come out the problem will take care of itself because most of the major WvW guilds will leave the game.

Free transfers will promote further stacking in the top tiers. If they restricted it to medium servers, nothing will change in NA and it will destroy some of the top EU servers (like it did the last time). Free transfers are not the answer.

And yea, once the next big thing comes out, this problem will be over since no one will be playing anyway

DevonCarver.5370:

WvW is about many things, but one of the biggest of them is siege weapons. We will continue to make changes and additions to the game to make siege weapons more varied and more interesting while also changing other aspects of the game. But it will always be a game type that uses siege weapons and uses them a lot. It is part of what makes WvW unique and the strategy involved is important. And before you mention it, I have died to many, many arrow carts.

Outta curiosity, have you recently played in a high tiered match? Such as NA T1/2?

Keira Ferland.5619:

Might I recommend Fort-Aspenwood?

Our North American presence is well established, and we have at least 1 60 man zerg moving across borderlands the entire day. Our oceanics however, are quite hit or miss because some nights it’s uA’s guild missions and sometimes AVTR takes a night off. However, with the leader of our largest oceanic guild by far coming back from a 2 month hiatus, our oceanic presence does outmatch Sea of Sorrow’s by a large mile. When the matchups were TC/DB/FA, our oceanic was by far our most consistent timezone.

Our SEA is indeed one of our weaker timeslots, but not by alot. With DPS coming in a few months back, our SEA presence has increased phenomenally and we can hold our own during SEA primetime against the likes of DB, provided we have another server with similar SEA coverage to us (ex. TC). Our SEA community is still growing, with militia commanders stepping up so DPS doesn’t need to turtle our BL so much anymore.

Admittedly, I don’t think we actually have 1 fully fledged european guild, but with school out, we have a commander from [RET] running WxP trains all day covering for our European presence. However, since any other server that’s not TC or T1 doesn’t have much of an European presence anyway, this isn’t a problem.

Lastly, we queue 2 maps on average (EB + a BL) and maybe 3 on good nights. We always have 1 empty borderland that needs an organized force on it. We also have a community Ts3. Hope you choose Fort Aspenwood as your new home, we could really use you when we get into tough matches later on.

Edit : If Fort Aspenwood is not your target destination, may I recommend SoS, JQ or TC? Honestly, I would say DB, but a lot of their “old guard” has left because of newer transfers and they may implode like what happened to kaineng

OMG! PRO is back?? Can’t wait to fight FA again

Clockradio.3257:

Oresh.4729:

seriously, db is stronger than tc ^^. jq is not going to move to t2 anytime soon.

Ok, I’ll bite…

Why is DB stronger than TC? Don’t say “look at MOS” because at this point DB’s lead is negligible and its very easy to pull 2v1 all reset night against a server. It is, however, almost impossible to pull 2v1 against a server all week.

However, we’ll see by the end of the week if you’re right. Hope you all get some good fights.

It’s not 2v1. It’s the weekend so DB’s SEA can play during NA/Oceanic prime as well.

This guild isn’t interested in zerging. JQ has more than enough NA with Agg, Pro, LeeT and FoE coming in.

Since SoR, Blackgate and TC don’t need any more NA guilds, FA is the only other server that fits your criteria. Can’t think of another server that has decent presence in NA, Oceanic and SEA.

Le Rooster.8715:

Wow what happened to the happy go lucky, cheery o TC so trolly lately sheesh.

Its what happens when we win, unfortunately. TC is akittens best when it’s losing

i don’t know why at and its got censored >.>

PredatoR.5247:

Odaman.8359:

magikfox.9658:

Odaman.8359:

Unless your guild runs 5 you’re all zerg trash to me…. sadly that includes myself in this pos game. Noone here impresses me, not even my own guild. I guess that’s the state of the game though… casual friendly ftw. The only real skill that matters is that of the commander being able to use terrain to their advantage… after that it’s ezmode kids, don’t fool yourselves into thinking otherwise.

Cool, go play… I don’t know… something else then.

If you actually have that mentality then I feel sorry for BT. I know if someone expressed that kind of attitude in TS, that’d tell you to right royally kitten off.You’re the only fool here, buddy.

And have you read these forums? Casual? Friendly? :P

But to put things nicely, maybe large scale pvp simply isn’t your thing :/ Click on the forums tab and below that is the structured pvp zone. MIIIIGHT be more your thing :P

Good thing i’m the one who kicks people from guild Either way you’re making a large assumption that I don’t have fun in wvw. It’s fun to kill people, and I prefer an unpredictable environment as opposed to cap the point. I don’t have delusions that this game takes skill to play like most people here though. If that makes me a fool then so be it. I’m glad you’re concerned though…. makes me feel all special.

try running with only 20-30 (no pugs, no commander tag, ONLY 20-30 BT)
then fight groups with 50-70 (guilds such as: TW, Choo, Agg, SF, WARD, FEAR)

If it still takes no skill and you wipe those groups just as easy, I will disband my guild.
I will need video proof, and I will need to see the following: Ally names, this means you do not just display your party members name / Visual of your Map (Do not blur it out)
And show the # of people on your Teamspeak / guild list.

Of course you wont take me up on the challenge.

The winner will be whoever has the most war banners. So much skill!!

It’s match manipulation therefore against the rules. Anet can’t ban anyone for it since it can never be 100% proven but eventually they’ll have to change the wxp system to prevent this from happening.

I smell diminishing returns =(

Jeydra.4386:

it makes far more sense to just build a few ACs, leave 10+ people to hold the tower, and then take the zerg to cap the rest of the map that TC aren’t defending.

That’s no fun at all
Fighting is a lot more fun, no matter the circumstance imo

Jeydra.4386:

This same commander’s idea of defending a tower against slightly superior numbers is to stack, rush out the portal, kill and get killed, rush back in, and stack again. If his zerg decreases in size, it’s his fault because he’s getting them killed.

This is standard practice in the T1-2 servers. If the numbers are relatively even (like in your example), it’s not the commanders fault if people die. Effective movement, skill usage and sticking close to the commander will help prevent death. Not being up-leveled and poorly geared helps as well

I agree with the op. This current system has created divisions within communities and does nothing but create server drama. Downed state altogether needs to be removed from wvw.

Based on your criteria of an active pve community and balanced wvw fights, the best tier to look at is T4-6. I personally recommend Yak’s Bend. They have a large pve community and a solid wvw force to match. They are also not ranked as high as SoS so you won’t have to worry about being matched against T1-2 servers.

Anet deems the oceanic community as a minority not in need of it’s own servers. It’s not really a problem though since gw2 isn’t as ping based as gw1 was so you can get by with 200-400 ping.

Please move to a EU server.

If you really want to move to NA, go to JQ. EU guilds have no place outside of T1 in NA, you won’t get any fights and will destroy the balance completely, so go to the T1 server with the lowest euro coverage.

I fully recommend Desolation. Even after losing a lot of guilds, they’ve rebuilt and are doing an awesome job against the T1-2 euro servers. Your presence there will help make them more competitive against those servers.

PvP is across all servers, it doesn’t matter which one you’re on. For pve, your experience is going to be the same no matter what server you are on. Vast majority of people are already done with their leveling so you won’t be seeing big numbers like during the first few months. Seafarer’s Rest is an amazing server with an active pve/wvw/pvp community, I recommend staying there.

Dragonbrand is primarily an asian server. The main oceanic server is Sea of Sorrows. Blackgate, Fort Aspenwood and Isle of Janthir also have decent oceanic presence.

BenL.5312:

I think that what Jayne says boils down to the difference in how EU and NA servers approach the game.

For EU guilds, it’s really a game, win, lose, we still respect the opponents. Of course there are forum trolls, that can’t be be helped. But on the NA servers where I played in the past, it’s almost like a 2nd job and people take it too personally. This results in alot of griefing, mudslinging, trash talking and disrespect at other servers and guilds.

The obsession with PPT on NA servers drains away some of the fun to be had. I have to admit in the past, I would be so concerned about how much my server was ticking on NA and would constantly check MOS.

I’ve never regretted moving to EU where the only thing I ever worry about is, is there a CTA today? Are we going to get some good fights esp open field fights? Are we going to meet some challenging guilds?

I agree with this. Having played in both EU and NA, I prefer EU. NA servers as a whole focus way too much on ppt and stress out over all those things. Winning is everything in NA and that’s why we see guilds/players putting such ridiculous hours into wvw just to win. Playing in EU was the most fun I’ve ever had in this game, but being oceanic I’m forced to be in an NA server in order to have people to fight with/against. If euro servers had more off-peak presence….

Overall I think the wvw environment is a lot more healthy and relaxed in the euro servers. Winning isn’t everything, they aren’t afraid to fight, and having fun is the #1 priority. I think that’s why more than ten NA servers have imploded since launch whereas only like five euro servers have suffered that fate.

Lanimal.6541:

The ‘team’ in this game for NA is the server.
The ‘team’ in this game for EU is the guild you are part of.

Thats the main starting point for the rest of the above-mentioned differences.

I completely disagree with this. Even in NA, people are more loyal to their guild than they are to their server. That’s why mass movements between servers happen so often.

glittergirl.4162:

The main reason why we are not thinking about servers outside of T1 is because of the lack of coverage. We play long hours, and we do not want to be caught fighting against FA or even worse CD, Maguuma and servers who we watched this week pretty much give up within 5 hours of reset.

NA tactics are a lot more zergy then EU, which could cause problems for us if we don’t have a substantial server to fight against. So T1 would be our best bet. As stated before, we would gladly go to Tarnished Coast if the community was better adept. Meaning we love the mentality of organization, weekly meetings and things. TS3 is a must for us though, as you all very well know the differences in VOIP. If they can work on these things it may be our number 1 choice. Our patience for our move will remain consistent as it will be our last move and our new home will end up being our resting place. We are looking for nothing short of perfect for us.

EU servers are not an option for us any more, we have been there for half the time we have played GW2. Although the tactics are far superior, we just can’t produce the play time we want, which is at least 16 hours a day. EU servers leave us PvDoor for half the day and night.

We are narrowing down the servers for NA. After a couple of meetings last night our list has changed a little, we want to put our feelers out and send some people to some new contenders. Our current list looks like this. Sanctum of Rall, Jade Quarry, Tarnished Coast and Dragonbrand.

We did want to go to tier 1 but with our numbers and coverage plus some other “fan boys” that will probably follow once our move goes public I don’t doubt that Dragonbrand or TC could end up being a solid contender in the T1 match ups. Therefore they remain on our radar.

Thank you to everyone who has been so helpful, I have received so many pm’s. Our intention is now to break T1 or stack an already stacked server, but as Leaders yourself, I hope you understand the need to hold your guilds’ well being above all.

FA, CD and Mag didn’t give up. They are facing servers much, much stronger than them. Know the difference!

Ultra Hades.4691:

I recommend you look at FA, TC, DB or Maguuma. Just keep in mind whatever you pick, you will almost certainly be PvDooring with 400 transfers in the Oceanic/SEA/Euro timezone.

Only if they transfer to DB.

But your posting history says you’re in an NA server?

To be honest, every server that is “Very High” should do. There’s no server that is most active but many servers that are very active. Blackgate, Jade Quarry, Sanctum of Rall, Dragonbrand and Fort Aspenwood are most likely just as active as TC.

Hehe, that’s an awesome recruitment post!
Having played against FA for many weeks, I see them consistently playing hard and going all out no matter what. They have great overall coverage with strong oceanic and decent SEA. Would be a great place for guilds that are looking for a challenge as well as a server that actually doesn’t give up!

Also, “Stuff gets taken, stuff gets lost.”

Caliburn.1845:

The last two FA/TC/DB weeks FA took second, and DB took third.

So why is DB able to dominate this match-up against FA? The last two times we faced FA we lost. We haven’t had any transfers since then.

Is it hunger? DB just came off a week of getting demolished, and FA just came off a week of destroying other servers.

Is it the lack of TC? MAG fights hard during NA primetime, but during the other time-blocks they are fairly easy points. FA’s strong Oceanic and DB’s strong SEA can both feed off of that. I’m not sure if DB or FA is stronger during the EU time-block.

DB has been stronger than FA ever since they lost BT/VK. DB was just low on morale and all the fairweathers stopped playing so FA (being very consistent as they usually are) managed to get 2nd. With the added presence of TC, we were able to keep your SEA at bay (or at least limit the amount of free ppt they could get).

With Maguuma being a non-factor during oceanic/sea prime time, FA can’t handle DB’s numbers on their own.

And let’s not forget all them fairweathers that must be out to play this week.

Just wait for when DB goes up against SoR/BG/JQ/TC. Then you’ll have no queues!

It’s happening on non-overflows as well you know……
Standing in HoD La and nothing at the moment.

Better dust off the ol’ banhammer!

Do NOT buy the Rich Dragon Coffers. Just because Anet says the chance to get the ticket is higher doesn’t actually mean much. They could have increased it from a 1% to a 2% chance which still sucks.

INSTEAD, farm for the normal Dragon Coffers. It has a high drop rate and you can get them from any monster in the open world. While the chance to get the claim ticket is lower, the number of coffers you get is HIGH (and you can also buy them from the TP, current price 9s). So, overall, it is better to save your money and go for the normal coffers only!

They raised the server caps. Your friend can get into blackgate now.

Buy the trilogy. All three games in one. Then get the eotn expansion.

AnthonyOrdon.3926:

The latest case of “farming nerfs” was actually a bug fix. I’m aware of this because I was asked to help identify the issue. The area in question contained a spawn that was defined to have more creatures than spots for those creatures to spawn. So for example, 25 skelks spawning on 10 points. This is not intended. Not only does it just look absurd, it’s also leads to some extremely bizarre play conditions. This is one of those bugs that’s so buggy, the fact that our toolset even allowed this to happen is a bug. Another bug caused this bug. Bugception.

If we didn’t want players to be able to farm, we wouldn’t have put in the huge (and free) magic and gold find buffs for Southsun Cove. We wouldn’t drop loot from the giant mobs of creatures that appear in upscaled events. We certainly wouldn’t have put in chests that appear after events which cycle every 8 to 10 minutes. How quickly all of that content goes completely forgotten in the angered responses to a simple change to an area that was clearly bugged. :/

On farming in general, there’s a sweet spot that combines good loot with fun, engaging content. I think Southsun had that going for it, especially before certain aspects of the content were isolated as optimal. As someone who’s actively working on upcoming Living World releases, I’m aiming to find that sweet spot and hit it in a big way.

You just don’t get it do you? How does this explain the nerfing to oblivion of everything in cursed shore? That place is a dead zone now. Soooooo many stealth nerfs without any notice. The january update made cursed shore FUN. Then with each successive update, Anet made it worse and worse and worse and now no one goes there except for the temple events. First you added veterans/champions galore. We could live with that. Next you nerfed drop rates across the board, then you increased the time before the events could run again (pentient/shelter went from 15 minute respawn to 30 minute), killed plinx and then in April you gave champions super steroids. Now we got chickens one shotting multiple people with eggs that deal 10k+ damage. Spiders that poop out a billion veterans. Wraiths that just destroy anything near it. It’s not fun anymore.

I want to farm, but I can’t because you people won’t let me farm. Don’t bring southsun into this. Once the MF buff is gone, farming there will be a thing of the past.

This all started when you KILLED Cursed Shore. The latest outcry is a result of a NOTICEABLE pattern that we can see. The minute a good farm is found, it is nerfed. Don’t deny it Anet, you don’t want us to make money ingame. YOU WANT US TO BUY GEMS.

Good luck trying to keep us playing this game when we aren’t allowed to “play the way we want” like you lied to us about.

Also, thanks for significantly nerfing the drop rate of T6 mats. That outta make people happy…….. lol

Moral of the story: Make sure you know EVERYTHING about a server before transferring to it.

Mif.3471:

It effectively gives one class, and only one class, an anti-siege skill

Mesmers can as well.
So can any class with an arrow cart.

Please don’t fix this bug. Remove golems so that the bigger server can’t just burn gates down in seconds. Open field fighting>siege wars

Since this new matchup system means that T3/4 servers have a chance of being paired against T1/2 servers, I recommend any T5 or lower server. They’re all great. Your experience will be largely the same on any of them. Personally, I like Devona’s Rest and IoJ the best.

Please please PLEASE don’t fix this. Best WvW I’ve ever had today. FINALLY people were fighting each other instead of hiding inside keeps/towers with their millions of arrow carts. Finally no zoom hacking or its legit equivalents. Finally some real fights instead of siege wars.

Go further and remove structural upgrades from towers/keeps to help reduce the time needed for pvdoor and increase the time available for real pvp! Oh and remove golems too.

Seriously, wvw hasn’t been this much fun and chaotic in a long time. It’s such a relief.