Guild Wars 2

@ TC

Does it confusing listening to your TS3 and DB’s TS3 at the same time?

Cornholio.1567:

A thief is not gonna stay there to just kill some siege, yes he might do some damage but its not gonna be any serious damage.. geez all the important siege is at inner anyhow.

The main problem is that someone like this thief can keep the keep constantly contested without being handled.

It’s a stupid mechanic.

@ TC & FA in DBL, I wrote a little song for you!

The Tag Teams back again
check and direct and let’s begin
Party on party people let me hear some noise
DB’s in the house jump jump rejoice

Yeah..wvw has become unplayable 85% of the time since the last patch.

Even lag in PVE. Sometimes it’s fine, other times it’s unbearable.

Zelo.2653:

Anyone have any lag issues in game? Been having it for the whole day and this is my first time.. So just wondering is it just me or others are having it as well..

Been having lag all kitten week since the last patch.

Other MP gamers run perfectly fine with great pings. GW2 on the other hand…

Thustlewhumber.7416:

To the TC guild that put 4 banners at the southeast camp on TCBL – the DB zerg thanks you for the free buffs

Yes, ty TC. Right after I got all the buffs I got a rare..which ofc gave me no ectos. /wrist

I guess, “coalition” was a bad word to use. I don’t mean you guys are literally sitting in TS3 together working together, I mean you could be, but I highly doubt it.

What I mean is all week FA and TC have been pushing DBL and EB leaving us to do nothing but defend, poorly. TC barely enters FABL and FA barely enters TCBL. And if they do, the most either take is a couple camps and maybe a tower.

While DBL is getting hit from FA on the east and TC on the west and EB is getting the same treatment.

Add all that to the fact that some of our key guilds/commanders not rolling out in full numbers, which is very evident and the fact that the forum warriors on here from DB painted a pretty large bulls-eye on DB’s back.

Oh, and lets not forget that for some reason DB pugs can’t be bothered to get into the community TS3 and get some kitten coordination running. I mean if TC and FA have the time to get in our TS3 and listen to where we’re going I can’t see why our own server can’t.

Charr RN.9860:

Slomoshun.6317:

Charr RN.9860:

DB, stop manipulating the system. A new rating system comes out and suddenly you start diving toward 3rd place? I am blatantly accusing DB of this. JQ was a mastermind at manipulating the system. FA going to take second?

OFC FA is going to take second.

It’s kind of hard not to with the very obvious coalition TC and FA have formed. Wait..it took them all week to get close to second, I take that back. I guess it is hard.

Accusing TC and FA of having an alliance is supposed to cover up the real problem here?

Sorry, are you new to TC/FA or something? They are notorious for pushing against one server together. It really doesn’t take a theoretical physicist to see whats going on. On the forums and in wvw it’s literally spelled out for you.

Charr RN.9860:

DB, stop manipulating the system. A new rating system comes out and suddenly you start diving toward 3rd place? I am blatantly accusing DB of this. JQ was a mastermind at manipulating the system. FA going to take second?

OFC FA is going to take second.

It’s kind of hard not to with the very obvious coalition TC and FA have formed. Wait..it took them all week to get close to second, I take that back. I guess it is hard.

Me too.

It’s not my end I know that for sure. I’ve done every test I can think of and even confirmed with my ISP.

I hope this crap gets fixed soon because WvW is all I do.

Yesterday a fellow guildy and warrior and I were roaming in wvw. We just took a sentry by the enemy garri and I had my map open. He said “oh sh!#” and I closed my map and there were 2 guardians almost on us. We started running towards Bay(we owned it)so we could gather our wits and the enemy guards did the /laugh. My friend said, oh they’re guardians, lets kill them. So we did.

They were both some what tanky. I, hammer + sword/WH in Knights Gear with Melandru runes. Other warrior Shout Heal with Axe/Sword/WH in PVT Gear with runes that escape me now.

We proceeded to /laugh @ each on after we downed them, popped stability and staked them.

If they were really good and super tanky the odds could have been in their favor but that’s why I have my Sword/WH. To escape a fight I’m not winning. It might be cowardly but IMO it’s better than giving the enemy WXP.

So, how do you beat a good guardians? Well, bring a friend!

http://www.gw2db.com/skills/calc/warrior#1|0|10|45|317|1004|1890|10|1995|0|0|0|0|0|0|20|2428|1529|0|10|1518|0|0|30|1109|1059|1120|1|11|0|0|0|49979|49979|49979|49979|49979|0|0|0|0|0|0|

This is the build I’ve been running since the latest major patch.

Swap out Axe for Warhorn when roaming/running to objective/stacking Blast Finishers. I use axe 5 a lot when I go in to fight zergs for the extra dmg and bag tagging.

It’s great for CC in large and small groups and overall annoyance. The Melandru runes + Dogged March + Lemongrass food gets cripple/chill/immobilize duration down to -98%. You can cheat if you’re cheap and get the next rank down in food buffs.

I put Sigil of Hydromancy on my sword.
I put Sigil of Impact on my Hammer.
I put Sigil of Restoration on my Axe(still testing this out)

Stats, as of right now I’m zerker stats with the Melandru runes and have pretty good survivability. Plus the added stats from all my Ascended jewelry doesn’t hurt. I plan on going to Knights soon.

It’s a fun build that is great for 1v1 roaming and larg zerg fights. I’m sure some things could be changed around but I’m not gonna fix what isn’t broke atm.

Good luck.

Elwin.2583:

Stars.8576:

Peetee.9406:

Getting a bit crowded on the Dragonbrandwagon ain’t it?

2) Dragonbrand is climbing the ranks because of good players. You can have a full server and still lose a WvW match. Quality over Quanitity.
3) See you soon.

Rotfl
really? most of dragonbrand are really kitten, insane coverage above tier yuo are is only what brought you up. I miss Kaineng really, they were far more comptetive than DB ..

Tell that to the 9 or 10 of us that held off the 30 man zerg that golem rushed through TCBL Hills yesterday. We wiped them in the lords room with no siege.

“30+ zerg inc”
-“Who is it?”
“TC”
-“Ok, I need 10 guys to help wipe these TC real quick”

This happens all to often against TC zergs. So often that “It’s ok, it’s just TC” has become a popular response to zerg call outs in map chat.

@ TC @ DB Bay….

wth guys..you lost your entire BL

Pendragon.8735:

Icelut.3509:

Looking forward to next week’s matchup. Had enough of DB zergs. I am a member of a small roaming guild and when our group (3 – 5) people take a camp we get swarmed by 30+ DB its ridiculous. How is it fun to run with a zerg button mashing just trying to get a hit in before the target dies. I would like to see more DB roaming groups so we could get some good fights going. zerg vs 5 can’t be fun for either side.

Eager to see if Kaineng’s PvDoor crew could be any worse than DBs. Doubtful. Last few days is keep trading at its worst. DB doesn’t sweep anything, nor defend anything. Entire zergs run right out doors past opponent siege left over in eyesight of their walls, not a single person looks down the wall to see it. I guess confident in running the stuff back over when it gets ninjaed behind them. Not sure why they even bother to fight upon seeing the opponent, might as well just wave and pass on by to continue the muscial keep trading.

WvW loses any semblance of PvP at that point, reminds me of Warhammer at its worst. So yeah, we can hope next week brings improvement.

Once we get a comfortable 100k lead, whats the point of defending..

Plus, everyone is eager to get those much needed ranks(sarcasm). They would rather run with a zerg than set up and defend or wait for attackers.

Gasoline.2570:

Well theyre the only ranged weapon which is a neccesity for wvw and a lot of pve situations. spvp not so much.

They’re not a necessity to always have equipped.

They’re VERY situational.

-Rifle is good in WvW when you know you’re going up against someone who will kite you or you just want to have a lot of fun with the burst dmg.
-Longbow is good for farming badges when you’re in a zerg fighting another zerg or you’re defending.

I never run around with a ranged weapon unless the job calls for it. Which isn’t often.

As a warrior you can get the mobility(GS/S/W and Bulls Charge) you need to get to an enemy and your melee weapons will always be better put to use.

As for PVE yes a ranged weapon is always nice to have…but again you can swap them in and out as needed, you don’t always need to have it slotted.

I have a thief and I have to say that defending a keep/tower from the walls is very fun with cluster bomb.

Then I log on my warrior, and realize how stupid Arcing Arrow and Combustive Shot are for this same purpose. I know, its a very situational issue but I feel it could easily be fixed and would get more Longbow warriors out and about.

I literally have to stand on the absolute edge of a wall or cliff to get my arrow to hit the targeted area below me. Usually resulting in lots of dots and even a pull if stability isn’t up. If I don’t stand on the edge, then it all just blows up in my face, literally.

Thoughts?

wads.5730:

anytime db doesn’t have ppt lead means is not bp raid time.

Uh..no

Pendragon.8735:

Gamadorn.2659:

I guess it sucks to know that when DB guilds NA and SEA put their game face on…you guys can’t compete in any timezone, including reset or N/A primetime..but seriously great job this weekend..

Lolwut, reset was back and forth. YB had the lead 1 hour in and we had it again 5 hours in. There was no clear leader throughout.

DB NA gets the table set for them every morning, full upgrades and paper on opponents BL and still usually lose NA.

A few big DB NA guilds don’t play on reset. Also, we took the lead about 2hours in on reset night and have been pulling ahead ever since.

Don’t really understand how people can say the DB NA is lackluster when we’ve held our towers and keeps better than both Yak’s and Mag on NA prime time.

I mean, if Mag and Yaks have a bigger, better, badder NA, then why are we constantly taking their stuff towers, beating their zergs and preventing them from taking our towers every evening when the Oceanic guilds aren’t on..hmm

Excuses.

Empiren.6401:

Calae.1738:

Warrior has insane burst damage. Play with a hammer and axe/shield. Get the trait in Arms that gives you +50% crit chance when foe is stunned.

Shield bash (1 second stun) + full adrenaline Eviserate = 6k+
Hammer full adrenaline Earthshaker (2 second stun) + 3 hit auto attack = 10k+

Warriors can be wrecking balls.

Pfft you actually think thats burst? Seriously, try out thief or mesmer.

(just gonna compare a bit)

Thief unload 4-5k each. HS: 6k low health
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But hey, 10k if they don’t have a stunbreaker!

You’re forgetting a key factor about thieves..their health pool is almost half of that of a zerker warrior.

I get 10k+ eviscerates on level 80’s while having a larger health pool than everyone. If I have full adrenaline and I find a target I can down him before he gets up from the Bulls Charge knockdown. If I don’t have full adrenaline I can pretty much CC the person until I do.

DOH! I forgot I switched my GS for my Hammer so the Fire sigil is probably conflicting with it.

lol, ty

I don’t know if this bug is occurring with all sigils of this type or just the one I’m using.

Superior Sigil of Hydromancy(Freeze nearby foes for 3 seconds when you swap to this weapon while in combat) is not activating every time I weapon swap in combat. I would say only about 75% of the time.

This started happening after yesterdays mini-patch.

Caliburn.1845:

My guild and I(Dragonbrand), figured coming into this match-up that CD would be crushing us, having won the prior week. To this end we(and a lot of other Dragonbrand fighters) went into CD bl at reset, seized that Hills keep, and kept it for three days. Had we realized the extent of the power-shift due to IoJ>FA transfers we might have rethought our strategy and tried to take and hold a foothold in FA bl. We never expected it to work so well, and if it served as some sort of catalyst to start a collapse of the CD wvw scene I am sorry.

To my fellow Dragonbrand fighters we now have a choice. Fight hard, focus CD exclusively and we might stay in Tier 3 next week. Or we can relax, take second place with the margin we have, and fall to Tier 4.

If we stay in Tier 3 we will be fighting FA and Maguuma. In that match-up I think we will take third, but it will be a good hard fight from all sides. If we fall to Tier 4 we will fight Kaineng and YB. And Kaineng will smash us, but we’ll still take second place easily over YB. I know, many of you will disagree with that assessment. But you’re wrong. Kaineng can field queues in all four maps, they can keep queues in 1-2 maps 24/7. DB can’t come close to those numbers.

This is particularly important because it will be the last three days before paid server transfers go active. I think it will be better for Dragonbrand morale and keep people’s spirits higher to stay in Tier 3 and fight a rough, but solid match-up against FA and MAG, rather than be steamrolled by Kaineng.

So get in WvW, and pressure CD until the end of this match-up.

When you say, “along with a lot of other Dragonbrand fighters”, do you mean Warsworn leading the siege on hills and the only ones dropping siege and running supply to defend it?

Kinda like we did again last night.

They need to just close down this event and open up the Temple. How am I supposed to get my obsidian shards that I have the karma for if the kitten event bugs out on every server.

Please, if your server has this working, post a screenshot of the area not being contested to prove that it’s working.

Thank you.