Guild Wars 2

Sharpoon.8197:

Are the guilds in JQ desperate to be T1 champs again? Because I don’t think JQ is the right server to achieve it with. The fairweather population is just too obscenely high.

The same can be said about any server. When they’re winning or can manage to outblob another, everyone will show up acting like they’re just that good. Even large guilds are no different. When the going gets tough, they’ll run to another server. Ask any of the servers that fell out of favor. They lose guilds once they are no longer dominating.

GuardianOMS.8067:

1. Some players actually enjoy GvGs, and win or lose, want to learn from them and enjoy the experience.
2. Guilds has been asking for GvGs at the beginning of every match for months now. Balanced match or not, some players actively seek this.

We understand you want to play Blob Wars 2, please understand that some of us make other ways to have fun.

And there are tournaments. How you think ANet isn’t making money off players that want small competitive fights is beyond me.

As far as GvG is concern, if Anet thinks it’s going to make money, they would’ve implemented that long time ago. I doubt that it’s that difficult since it’s no different than SPVP. Unless they aren’t thinking??? Most of these MMO makes money off PVE contents. If the game is strictly PVP, consider it dead before it even started. The developers goals isn’t to starve. I understand there’s people who actively seeks GvG and thus many egos get hurt and transfers to other servers when told no.. I admit it can be interesting to watch some GvG’s though (mainly just RG’s match ups). This week reminds me too much of SOS facing off MAG many months ago…

The only matchup recently that JQ seems to be having some fun is when JQ gets paired up with TC who are more of an equal. BG and SOR whoever they take on will definitely outblob them. Is there a way to fix this? Yes. Many ideas have been passed around but so far none have been taken seriously.

Not sure about the time you’re trying to login, but I have not had more than a 5 minute queue in any bl or eb. Don’t forget that due to the new monthly achievements you might have a few extra people going in. i.e. Veteran Slayer, WvW Player kills, and Event participation can easily be completed in WvW. I’m already done with my monthly, but I’ll still go into WvW. The time I won’t bother much with WvW is when no keys work except for “1” key.

You can’t prevent spying in this game. You can easily buy another account and put it into any server you like. You’ll know the whereabouts easily.

Let’s be honest folks. Every server (including Anvil Rock, Ferguson’s Crossing, etc ) deserves a chance to face SOR and BG in the same match. Everyone needs this experience so we can liven up the message boards in WvW and get the developers to wake up and perhaps make some changes. Who knows? Maybe Anet will fix lagging for good. Maybe Anet finally figures out how to balance the game???

JQ and TC needs to stop being so greedy to get that many chances to face SOR & BG. Besides, I don’t want to resort to pounding 1 key again. It’s boring and any 3 year old can do with ease. I rather see more of a JQ and TC matchup until either one server starts to totally dominate. If I recall, both servers had a semi close match?

Wow… this is becoming so common now.
1. Everyone thinks they’re so awesome that they want to GvG.
2. Knows coverage game is lost, so constant request of open fields and GvG in a WvW match.

Seriously folks, if you want good open field matches, visit EU servers. They’ll more than likely take NA folks to school. You haven’t seen megablobs until you face BG or SOR’s tier 1 blobs. Those 2 servers can field the coverage and army 2x that of JQ and TC consistently. JQ and TC are tier 2 blobs. DB and FA tier 3 blobs. Most others can only field blobs during reset. Let’s just get back to the game and hide in towers and use them AC that Anet intended them for. GvG is the past, where 8vs8 was the norm. Anet didn’t seem to want to waste their resources into a portion of the game from GW1 that makes no money.

Odaman.8359:

Anonymity is a beautiful thing. Noone has to care. Unless you’re one of those people that put a guild name on a job app.

Who wouldn’t do that? Your employer might actually pay you in badges.

What would be nice is to be given actual numbers of how many people are in all the combined maps. Like BG – 250 players, SOR – 230 players, TC -20 players during that time. No need to say how much on each different map. Just combined numbers so when people complain about being outblobbed, we know it to be the truth rather than excuses that we don’t have queues and other b.s. Even if not actual numbers are given, at least point to a percentage difference. Like BG has potentially 10% more people now compared to SOR and BG has 90% more people than TC at this given time. Let us know that we’re wiping much bigger zergs for those underdog servers.

Anet does need to fix server transfers. But the fix should be more like transfers to servers that are placed in 7th and below should be completely free. Transfers to top 2 servers should costs no less than 6000 gems. 3rd and 4th servers to be 3000 gems, 5th and 6th servers should be 1500 gems. This will eventually help balance the game and prevent overstacking of servers. Once the top 6 becomes stable, then these servers shall all incur fees of 5000 gems to transfer into.

So, when will there be a language support integrated into current US/EU version of the game? I figured with new Chinese servers, why can’t they bring that “Chinese” language pack over to the US/EU versions of the game.

Aeros.2046:

There already is a solution to blob and lag. Anet has given you 24 servers to play on. Why don’t you use them? They went to the trouble to make sure there are enough servers to support the North American player population. So don’t expect them to shed tears because everyone bandwagoned onto just a couple of those servers.

How many people will be willing to pay so much to transfer into servers that aren’t winning? Anet needs to make it free to transfer between servers that aren’t in the top 6. Until more Anet figures out how to rebalance the game, this game will eventually have WvW collapse and end. Remember “Alliance Battles” from GW1? It was awesome and all when it first came out. The queues were rediculous. Over a period of time, it became “Ghost Battles”. WvW is a remaking of AB from what I can tell. You do noticed that many guilds/players that was once in the top ranked servers already quit and left the game. It’s only a matter of time that most who are strictly into WvW will quit and or leave game. Anet went through the trouble of the 24 or so servers is because they lack the space to accomodate too many players in a few servers. It gets full so they need to make room to prevent their servers from crashing.

An interesting matchup would be JQ vs TC vs GOM… I just prefer to have matchups where most if not all my keys respond. I am tired of just pounding on the “1” key. So far it seems as if TC and JQ are very balanced to face off against one another. The last time they face off, the scores are reasonably close and fights are quite enjoyable. Any servers facing off with SOR or BG will definitely get outblob big time once the weekend is over. BG = Oceanics overstacked. SOR = EU overstacked.

Since we’re all at this. It’s not fair that “Legendary Weapons” aren’t made easily available without a credit card number and all. Could we add as a WvW achievement reward???

Splitting into other layers won’t work. You’ll end up with people on other layers all from 1 side and therefore will be 100% PVD. The only ways to minimize the blobs and lags and increase competition is to decrease the size of the people allowed into WvW. Only allow similar numbers from each side into the battlefield. Notice I said similar and not exact. If the cap is 60 on map but the 2 other servers can only field 20-30, then the 60 cap must be reduced to 36 or so. They should not be allowed more than 20%. Others will be in the queue waiting. If they don’t want queue, they shouldn’t be stacking on that server in the first place. Open up free transfers to lower tiers and say, move over there for competition and stop blobbing/PVD your way to victory. This game will remain a stacking wars until something is implemented. Boosting arrow carts was no zerg buster as was claim. Outnumbered “Outmanned” did nothing to make people want to do WvW. Only the players can fix it and rebalance the game. Apply the mechanics into the system and we’ll see more equal fights and eventually less blobbing and lagging.

Neuromancer.2148:

What is amazing is that people seem to think this is a feat that only Blackgate is capable of.

JQ has done it. SoS. SoR. You don’t need to have true 24/7 coverage to cover a 12k stretch…it happens by chance and circumstance, like when one side shows up and the other doesn’t.

LOL. I find it funny you should bring SoS to the picture since the guild you’re representing brought that capability over from SoS to BG. Only time SoS lost the coverage war during Oceanic was when a major PVE event happened during the time when Merc was still in SoS…

Neophyte.4985:

JQ I miss you. The lag… the lag!!!! My God it’s horrifying.

LOL. You just experienced what I hated most when facing those 2 servers. It’s almost impossible to even play.

Loken.9724:

Well since wvw is nearly un-playable with how everyone is map zerging,

We are looking for GvG 15v15 with anyone that is interested Pm me in game or on here thanks.

Nah. I have not had issues with using all my skill bars. Even when it was a crazy fight where there’s huge groups. TC/FA/JQ matchup was great and I didn’t have to rely on just spamming 1. This matchup with DB/FA/JQ so far is just as good where I am able to roll my ele and still use all the skills. Maybe you should try facing SOR and BG if you want to test out the fast spam 1 key and everything else just won’t work… Having a blast these 1-2 weeks. No need to face megablobs 24/7.

Contiguous.1345:

‘To the victor the spoils’

dead = loser

Would be more fun if you killed someone while being “outnumbered”, you get to rob the dead person’s inventory. Whatever they had in inventory that they are carrying falls out for you to loot. Maybe that’ll punish and destroy them megablobs?

Here’s hoping for more randomness that’ll make for a good fight… I’m hoping to see JQ/DB/TC matchup. I think all these 3 servers are within the closest ranges for any fair fights. SOR and BG should not be divided as they are clearly married. Both servers has the biggest blobs mankind ever seen and deserving of each other. If we can mix and match with EU servers, that’ll be awesome. VS deserves a chance to wipe SOR and BG.

Personally I would like to see JQ/DB/TC matchup. I think those 3 servers are more closely matched up against 1 another. Enjoying the fights with TC and FA. For the first time even when facing off with either servers big groups, I didn’t have to rely on just pressing 1 key. My other keys works too. Even could kick off a few heals… I’m amazed. Hopefully I won’t see SOR and BG for a while. I hate it when only 1 key works. It kills the game…

gebrechen.5643:

That whole transfering is pretty funny. Noodles and his brothers join TKG again and WARD jumps the ship like PRX always did and talk about a toxic community.
Sometimes it’s really better not to look back. It’s ok if you leave, but calling a community toxic who supported you and your guild is really stupid.
Grow some balls, get some honor and shut up, thank you.

Personally I won’t classified PRX and WARD in same category. Even though a lot of their members/leaders of WARD are from PRX, it’s not the same guild. They have somewhat different leadership. The PRX I’ve known and respected was long gone when they went unofficial. PRX prior to being unofficial would usually come out to play a lot more. Their contributions would’ve been felt.

There have been commander(s) who left PRX even before the final transfer over to JQ. I know because I was shocked to see 1 in another SOS (now BG) guild still? Most of the commanders I would pick out to follow in PRX are not even playing already. There’s only one WARD (former PRX) that was in SOS back when they were a low tier, that I still have some respect for…

I still see a few PRX people in JQ, so it’s not really fair for the remaining folks… Good luck to WARD on the ventures to SOR! For some folks, it’s probably tough to not always be winning. But seriously, is it that fun when you can win a fight by just pounding 1 key and being part of the megablobs??? For my low level char in SOR, it’s not fun, but a necessity to level up. I already know who to follow on SOR. It’s usually a commander from TW or Iron.

yamaha.9234:

OH don’t worry the ACO’s deserted JQ, when it fell out of the Tier 1 matchup

Spot on analysis. Glad someone else said it…

Dawdler.8521:

But what will you do when auto-attack has skill lag?

Press Alt-F4. Log back in during hours that hardly anyone is on. Try your luck with PVD.

ykyk.2740:

NA T1 and T2 are looking pretty good this week, though. JQ/TC/DB swapping that 3rd spot in tier 1 seems like it would make for decent matches, certainly better than mixing T3 and below servers with the T2 ones.

Yes. It’s about time that changes and random finally takes some effects. It was getting to be too repetitive. Finally Anet woke up a little to randomize it. Would be good to see some rotations between tier 2 groups such as JQ/DB/FA/TC… I see only 2 servers that has enough coverage to be called Tier 1 at this time.

Phedre Scion.1520:

Hmmm…Ancient history but it seemed like I remember some JQ spies that sowed discord to SOS and soon after we had an exodus of guilds. Not feeling sorry for JQ at all. But on the positive side I have like the lower tiers so much better than T1.

Nah. Truth is that SoS did not get along with each other. It first started with a guild (name with-held) left for Europe. Then you got a guild who scares a well known guild down to Kaineng. SoS at that time who had a commander (mostly in EB) who always gets banned for obscene language. Then you got cussing matches internally with other guilds which ticked off some more guilds. I was on SoS and enjoyed the ride from lower tiers all the way to dominating T1 for months… The community at SoS in general was awesome, but after some of the major guilds left for greener pastures, I left before free Xfer was over.

pot.6805:

Hold on, I thought SoR turns away guilds for balance? At least that’s what they told us over and over.

SOR has no control of guilds moving there. They can’t turn them away, so the only option is to embrace them.

The PR department and their IR department are ran independently. PR says “no more guilds, we want fair fights.” IR says “welcome, welcome, let’s outblob the competition.” IR job is to retain top status to keep investors aka community happy.

yourasmellyface.5810:

Thank you for the replies. Just to reiterate, we’re not interested in tier 1. We are mainly looking at tier 2 and 3 hoping to help balance the competition a bit.

JQ is a tier 2 server with a few Oceanic players…

Runamok.9638:

NA Guilds leaving from JQ to SoR for the lulz. Are you going to be the ones sitting out reset tonight because all 4 maps have completely queued coverage? Does not surprise me given the weak kitten constitution of those guilds. Winners winners chicken dinners.

-brotha

This pretty much sums up the saying… “If you can’t beat them, join em’!”

I’m going to be saving my pennies to see who has more 24/7 coverage. Why try so hard when you can join a server who has more in numbers and just pound on “1” key knowing you’ll win the lagfest?

Tajz.9826:

Shall we then call you “Stack o’ Rall”? Lol, enjoy the queue time.

I hope there’s a queue for SOR to reward those who chose to stack heavily. But there haven’t been any that I can see…

PredatoR.5247:

I don’t believe WARD would transfer to SOR, makes no sense.
That is something [PRX] would do, not [WARD].

Normally I see PRX transfer to a tier 2 or below server to help bring them up? I don’t remember following them to a #1 or #2 server. There’s nothing to prove other than looking at the points tick.

I can’t speak for WARD even though there’s a number of them are from PRX.

Johje Holan.4607:

What happened to JQ? You all were like HoD 2.0 a few months ago. 3-5 players? Man most servers would beat you all in that time.

JQ has very few in Oceanic timezones. Even when they were quite dominant a few months ago. With some or all of Omen, EMP aka (RE), TKG, and etc that left… I think JQ’s Oceanic dropped even some more. Btw, I remember seeing how SOR was cheering when part of EMP (aka RE) left saying it’s good for competition.

As of right now, when it comes to Oceanic time, BG is the server that has them all. They’ll be the server PVD’ing at that time. Unless SOR or JQ putting out overtime, they’ll both be outmanned.

Wow. Way to encourage more stacking of super stacked servers. Way to encourage blobbing in WvW. Unless Anet realizes this and only rewards based on whether how “outnumbered” the opponents are, this Champion thing is only going to make people do more “stacking” as commanders in maps usually ask for. Most commanders in WvW asks to stack so Anet is now encouraging “stacking”. LOL.

Ostra.3927:

Enjoy your queue up in T1 of up to 2 hours

Middle tier is where the fun is people. learn it love it

You must be living in the past? The last time I ever seen 2 hours queue was 2012…. Many guilds quit the game or gone unofficial. Maybe I’m just lucky that I can still use that 1 second queue to shortcut my way to Lion’s Arch. I like to travel for cheap…

Or do what I did… get 2 new accounts and put 1 in each of the other 2 servers. It might come out to being cheaper than getting the gems to transfer… Besides, it’ll let you experience the other servers.

MagiKarp.8201:

SoR 375 ppt

Full Queues all maps, stacked! Stacked! huehuehuehuehue

Truth be told… I find it sometimes hard to believe, but once it passes 1am PST, SOR even with their huge leads for the time it ticks with 300+ pts do have outnumbered (formerly known as outmanned) on a couple of bl’s…

gebrechen.5643:

It looks even worse on EU now for us. Which effects my gametime massively. Maybe I should go to SoR so I can PvDoor like BG can in Oceanic timezone?
Demons of stupidity.
btw. I never saw anyone from TKG at EU prime? Never.

LOL. I purposely bought 2 new copies of GW2 from Amazon just to have some fun… One is at SOR and another in BG. PVDoor reminds me of the time I was in SOS doing leveling up. I even killed a few JQs… Sorry if I killed you folks, but I need badges on my other accounts too. ;-)

My main account will stay in JQ and if I’m on during NA timezone or whenever the numbers are fairly equal I’ll use it. The other 2 are for PVDoor purposes.

Mesiphidon.8324:

…. Sooo it’s Anets fault your servers decided to super stack and then have server cap sized zerg/blobs in one single area of the map? The ONLY servers where this is a problem are the ‘tier 1’ servers.

Yes. It’s Anet’s fault. They intended for super stacking and super blobbing. The pop cap and mechanics should’ve been thought out before implementation. Anet should’ve known their own capabilities before releasing the game. And Anet has the power to fix it either by lowering the population cap and forcing guilds who can field 100-200 each day in WvW to move to servers that better fits them. Even if it means allowing them to transfer out for free, Anet has the power to do so. Anet can even fix it now, in the future, or anytime they feel the need to. If people complain about the caps, then they need to go to where there’s no queues. There’s no queues in almost any maps in JQ except for EB and during reset. So lowering the caps shouldn’t hurt the overall of the game. In fact, it might balance it some more and forced some guilds to look for a server that will allow their entire guild to play. I still say 40-50 per map should be max…

Anet has no intention of breaking up the marriages of these 3 servers. They will always fight each other and the lag will live forever… Everyone lucky enough to get random matches except for these 3 servers. Any reasons why????

Rally is fine. In fact, rally should be stronger since you’re almost dead and you’re on your last breath so you need to make it count. Rally needs a buff in WvW especially if you are fighting mega-blobs.

PVE’ers does not like WvW. Arrow carts to break blobs was a joke. Unless Blob Wars 2 gets fixed, people are going to either quit or join the bigger blobs. I’ve seen a few guild(s) who left a pretty dead time zone from top servers to join a more stacked server during that time zone. Everyone wants to be part of the bigger blob. Anet needs a real fix to blob busting. I doubt thieves are the only problems with the game at this time. They are a nuisance at best…

Seems like almost everyone already made suggestions, but Anet have not even considered any of them. The best fix to this major lag is reduce the WvW caps. I heard it’s 80 per map? If so, let’s drop it down to 40 per BL map and 60 for EB. To help even out the matches, implement “super buffs” to counter “super blobs”. Like I said, if there is 50 people vs 5, the 5 needs the strength of 50. They get a multiplier of 10. That will help fix this joke of blobbing and fast press #1 key. There are no servers who can out-blob the top 4 servers. It’s almost impossible to out-blob the top 2 for now. Unless you combined the 3rd and 4th server, there’s no way for them to outblob them. So many suggestions and Anet too busy adding more titles and more one time PVE events… Explains why the most fun part of the game is the “trading post”.

Carzor Stelatis.9435:

Ending free transfers (and banning new-transfers from wvw for a week) sorted the stacking problem.

Actually I think the opposite is true. Ending free transfers created worst stacking than ever before. With free transfers, people will stack onto servers to force those who wants competition and those who wants to play onto other servers. The queues will be unbearable and thus forces people to move away. Now with paid transfers, people want to only spend their gold/gems to transfer into a server that is guaranteed to win even though they know they are super-stacked. Most guilds loves to go to a server who they can out-blob another server. Their mentality is hit 1 key repeatedly and close eyes since any other skills probably won’t activate. Wake up and see badges and other loots.

Let’s get straight to the point. I’m sure a lot of us are upset about the lag. The real fix to the lag is to cut the population allowed on each maps by 25-50%. Let’s do this at least for now until the servers are capable of handling bigger zergs, we at least have a temporary fix. Who knows, it might become a permanent fix as potentially some guilds may move out to help balance out the WvW population on other servers…

SykkoB.9465:

SOOO its sor fault that some days BG has huge numbers in EU and other days not so much, We on sor r not gonna ask r sea or oceanic guilds to play late and kill themselves over a game. Doing that only causes burn out and ppl getting bored and quiting the game

ANd it sucks that jQ doesnt have the eu coverage SOR and BG have but u cant blame either for that. You Cannot blame us if ppl dont look at jq as being an attractive fit for there guild for whatever reason. Most of the time guilds move to server they think they can have the most fun and have ppl to play with

Not saying it’s SOR’s or BG’s fault for guilds that transfers over there unless it was they themselves who recruited heavily while being stacked… I know SOR wants competition and especially the guild “TW”. They transferred out of SOR temporarily just because they lack competition for 1 week.

As far as guilds looking for a server to transfer to… There’s many reasons. One of the main reasons which would apply to big but weaker guilds would be to stack onto an already stronger WvW server. Less common reason would be is for having better competition. Servers paying guilds to transfers? Did that ever happen? It’s mostly what you can hear about, but don’t know if it really happened. I know cookies were offer many times…

Most servers communities are quite good in general. From EU servers all the way to many other NA servers. Been around to many servers when free transfers was available. I find EU servers to be more stronger in terms of WvW/PvP focus but lacking in PVE area. Maybe it was just my dumb luck? In any case, I’m mostly casual and probably will be less incline now to really do much unless there’s a sizeable zerg to stand a chance to fight other zergs. I’m sure there’s more folks who may eventually feel this way and slowly those overstacked servers will get less and less fights…

Cactus.2710:

I can’t believe people can’t understand how stupid that is. A low pop server could totally prevent a high pop server from even playing … even against the third server! Does that make any sense? A game where players complain about not being able to join the match becomes a game where a whole bunch more players can’t join the match. Does that make any sense?

Yes, it makes perfect sense. And if Anet is to balance the matches and servers, it is then obvious the higher population server will face each other more often than facing a lower population server. Besides, this will force people to move out of the “super stacked” servers and move to a lower population server. Anet should and could have free limited time transfers out of “stacked” servers to non stacked servers to balance them out. The servers will then be locked down from free transfers once the low population server gets their share of players into WvW. Otherwise, the game will slowly wither away since casuals will eventually stop wanting to face blobs after blobs. It takes no skills other than fast pressing #1 key if you’re part of the huge blob.

PariahX.6970:

Lower WvW map population caps will increase queues and force us all to spread out a bit. That will help with the lag issues and make being outnumbered some hours of the day less of an issue. They just have to come up with some way to let people transfer easily down tiers but lock up transfers to the top ones.

That is perhaps one of the fixes that Anet should consider. The population caps should be based on total amount of players in all 4 maps. To balance the matches if 20 people are on for server A combined on all 4 maps, then server B and C could not have more than 20 players in for each server. They’ll be on queue until an open slot is available. Once server A gets 10 more players, then other servers then can field additional 10 more players each. If such formula is used, then there won’t be much excuses about balance, zergs, and blobs…

This random thing is so broken, it makes me wonder if ANet not understand the meaning of random? Let’s fix this. A #1 server still did not have a chance to face off against a #24 server. Let’s get this fix so random is really random. Matches are still the same and it’s no different than the old glicko system. It’s proven to be stale and it’s stale again. I think by randomizing the matchups, it might force guilds on various servers who wants competition to move around so the love will be spread about. They won’t want to go into WvW to fight nobody right? Let’s fix this.

Berk.8561:

SleepingDragon.1596:

Don’t try saying that to those who are able to PVD to win. They’ll take offense to it and call you a “troll”.

What I don’t understand is if someone wants a PvE experience, there are whole maps full of that stuff with a lot more variety to it. What, exactly, does anyone “win” doing PvDoor?

It’s an egotistical thing since there’s absolutley no rewards for winning. If they managed to PVD and blob their way thru to win a matchup, they feel they accomplish something. If you say they aren’t so good because they rely on just coverage, they’ll label you as a “troll” and come up with all kind of rants just to try to belittle you. Not sure if they are adults or kids. There are only a handful of guild(s) that I see able to wipe them blobs and make them look silly. RG is one of them. Witness them taking out blobs much larger than their size…

Chewablesleeptablet.3185:

Having 24/7 coverage only means one thing; You have zergs that can PvDoor. There is no skill in that. Being number 1 in WvW doesn’t mean anything if you PvDoor to win.

Don’t try saying that to those who are able to PVD to win. They’ll take offense to it and call you a “troll”.