Guild Wars 2

Reslinal.2359:

Standing on the battered west wall of JQ borderland garrison, watching the massing horde of Blackgate’s beasts down below, a tired Jade Empire commander gave a deep sign, “It is this time again”.

The ferocious battle for the mythical golden dolyak between the Jade Empire and the Blackgate has wagered on for eons, but things have began to turn worse for the old empire. Its once proud keeps and towers now lying in ruins, its mighty armies shattered across border lands, and its seemly endless treasury has now depleted, all seems to be lost.

All seems to be lost except one, one unbreachable Garrison stands tall among those ruins. The defending warriors of this keep are grim but determined, and they are proud. They have withstood the endless assaults of the mighty Blackgate beasts since the beginning of the war, they have repelled the unstoppable and feared Legion of ZDs, they were able to hold garrison with all broken walls against Blackgate’s three finest force, GoF, Coin, and RK, and they just annihilated one of the mightest Golem armies in the history of war. All is lost but this one keep, and the defenders of the Jade Empire have decided to not let it fall. This keep is their last hope, their last beacon of resistance, and their last demonstration of Empire’s unyieldable will.

The Jade Empire commander stands firm on the wall, grim but determined. He knows it will not be an easy battle, the beasts of Blackgate hold the power of belief and their will cannot be broken. “Will I be able to beat all odds and live to tell the story of the JQ borderland Garrison?”, he wonders; and I, the historian, also wonder…

You sir should be writing GW2’s PVE scripts, much better then theirs lol.

lol why so serious?

It’s a game, a very poorly managed population balanced game at that… get in, have fun, get out..

SFShinigami.2015:

lol, its like a 10k lead triggers an all call for BG to the forums.

Even numbers shows pretty clearly how well the servers do against each other, like this weekend. I’m happy with our performance then.

Also after hearing the hours pinned up some people on BG have had, this seems eerily relevant.

http://youtu.be/oALUNqVWQoQ

lol so true

Maybe there was TOO much positive discussion in the other thread?

Well my first idea of merging the lower population servers got shot down in flames, how is this for an idea:

Everyday there is 3 matches (8 hours each)
Your server gets matched with 2 other servers with population similar to yours in that timezone.
At the end of the 8 hours, points are awarded that count towards a weekly total.
Each week the leader board is updated, each month a winner is recognized.

Of course you’d have to speed up the upgrade time for keeps etc but this would encourage fast furious fights and people would stop complaining about “nightcapping”

It still wouldn’t solve server stacking, but it could at least encourage more people to play knowing they have contributed to something in their timezone that isn’t going to waste.

Ross Biddle.2367:

If you let the mesmer stay inside he can port his zerg past the doors so they can flip it asap, thus allowing your side to recap it for maximum rewards!

+1

well all I can say is having as many servers as they have now is really working out for them. I for one hardly ever see people in PVE zones anyways, and I’m on apparently a FULL server.. I’d rather be put in an overflow, then PVE in a ghostzone, call me crazy o.O

MERGE THE LOWER TIER SERVERS… sorry for the caps, but isn’t this the easiest, most obvious fix? -

I don’t understand why we need a 1000+ post discussion on this issue when this is the first thing that should be done when seeing a bunch of servers with only a handful of people in wvw.

It can only be positive for pver’s as well.. Mindboggling they need this discussion for an issue that is totally in their control.

merge servers, save the world. Come on arenanet, you know you want to, just do it

Nice vid and post dude, it’s crazy the amount of dmg a warrior and take and output!

Allow low population servers to group up with low population servers if the total number of active players are less then specified threshold. Kind of like the mercenary systems in other games.

merge servers, save the world.

last time I checked, Arenanet owned and maintained the servers, not the players.

lordkrall.7241:

Why do people keep assuming that they are not doing everything the can to fix issues like this?
Threads like these make is sound like ArenaNet simply sits on their backsides all day doing nothing. Problems like these are most likely extremely complex to fix in a good way, and therefore takes time.

Personally I have not have much issues with Skill Lag since the latest wave of optimization.

It is a gamebreaking problem for ALL players, but yet it doesn’t seem to be a priority. It’s like having a car with brakes that take 5 seconds to activate once you’ve stepped on them, but instead of fixing them, they add another brake pedal.

Daendur.2357:

Alerion.3708:

Why do you all think a warrior can make high dmg AND have high life/toughness?

Base hp pool = 18k
Armor = heavy
Regen 440hp/s only with the signet
Easy access to boons
Best mobility (2h sword)
Great CC (2h hammer)
And still hit really hard.

+Condition cleansing
+Immune to conditions if required

Ricky.4706:

sounds lonely at the top us lower tier servers just don’t understand -sigh-

we got 99 problems, but lag ain’t one.

it’ll come.

Yep… a queue, that isn’t a queue but you’re still in queue!

Boomchikka is mine. I like bombs

why not just have 7 weeks of SOR / BG / JQ? Aren’t they the strongest servers?

they rock, leave them alone

1. Everyone is a Warrior or Guardian
2. Skill Lag
3. Everyone is a Warrior or Guardian
4. Skill Lag

So… please…enlighten us all… what are the disadvantages of playing a warrior in the current state of the game?

High Survivability – check
High Dmg – check
High mobility – check

While all other classes have a trade off, the warrior seems to have none.. Hmmm seems fair.

The new build is re-roll a warrior.

One that attacks when you tell it to.

Play warrior or log off. The new meta.

fix the pets, go from there.

this one is better – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umKuvv_d-4o&feature=youtu.be

Why arenanet are so against the underdogs in this game baffles me… oh wait, no it doesn’t… the underdogs are generally the casual players that don’t spend money in the cash shop

Seriously, the person who thought this buff up, i’m speechless.

Conncept.7638:

Love this build
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fQAQRBIhdu1IjWne3m2GDnCQSh18CVY3oCHT9A+2RH-T4AA1CtIuSdl7KzVSnsXNEZJyugDBTCeFA

I call it the Shroud Bouncer. Unlike most every shroud build, you don’t use the shroud to absorb damage unless you absolutely have to, you mostly bounce in and out of it every 4.5 seconds, as doing so gives you 65% uptime on retaliation, removes conditions, and keeps constant weakness on your target. It does amazing in 1v1, especially against thieves and mesmers.

It could be better still, with just a few different runes it could have 100% uptime on retaliation, but Spiteful Spirit is just as bugged as most necro traits and doesn’t function with boon duration.

Speaking of bugs, the trait “Decaying Swarm” simply does not work. I tested it today and it never procs. Has anyone got this trait working?

Stealth not breaking on damage??

How did that even make it past the alpha stage of this game??

Stealth should break on damage, but not grant the revealed status.

problem started an hour ago for me.

Starting to get the same error about an hour ago.

there’s a third option, don’t allow one server to have more then twice the numbers of the other two oppositions combined on one map at a time, would spread the population out across the maps, and cause guilds to spread to other servers to avoid queue’s.

Chewy.9263:

Is this suppose to be something new and unheard of? There are already countless threads stating the same thing. I’m guessing some thief rolled you and you had to post on the forums?

Thief was made to be bursty, and has been stated. If you don’t like having been essentially 1 shotted, I suggest you look to your gear and apply some more toughness and vitality. Too many people going into WvW with their full zerker setup they use in PvE and expecting to roll people the same way as NPCs.

Please be more mindful of your posts like this.

The point is they have the BURST and the MITIGATION… Not sure there’s any other class that has it in such abundance as a theif. Plus they are just plain unfun to play OR play against.

Please implement the one up, one down system. The rating system is good in theory, but bad in practice. Look at what happens when a mass exodus occurs on a highly ranked server, it takes weeks for that server to drop.. YAWN.

Does anyone know if this trait even works? It has no visual buff icon so I’m not sure how I’m supposed to tell if it works, I tried on some dummies but couldn’t quite nail down if it was working.

reduce range, make it LOS, keep damage and we are good seems the consensus?

not fun to play, not fun to play against. Fix.

put seige cap on ac’s, something like 5-10 per map.. would be awesome

way more fun last couple of days, even on a server with constantly outmanned buff, at least I’m dying to players, not machines.

Jacklo.4230:

Was it just me or did anyone else have more fun without the siege?

way more fun, even on an outmanned server

Quality coders ftw!

not to mention they left arrow carts untouched, yawn wvw is so slow and boring now..

Mikosan.2187:

So it seems the other servers are experiencing what SoR had to deal with since day 1 in Teir1… did we fall out of Tier 1 or did we keep fighting? We get 1 guild and turn the tables, just goes to show the Quality over Quantity we have over here. Stop whining on the forums and get in there and fight!

Especially BG, you guys were mocking SoR since you got your first “Gold” now we are going to be tied. But we have more Silvers…….Medal wise we will be better (This was your form (BG) of measurement months back, remember) unless you do something about this impending win….
wait BG will just absorb more guilds (what server can they absorb because apparently even 6 guilds can’t help) and then steamroll all the lower tier servers going forward for their false sense of “Champs”.
BTW I had no idea about the rivalry with BG, then I saw how all of these guilds flocked to you and then disappeared, yet you guys kept whining. Out of all the T1 servers you got the most guilds, what have you done with them? Each month I hear more and more whining when the “Grab all the Guilds” plan fails. Build your own guilds from Blackgate, consolidate the Guilds that fell apart and want to stay, into one guild. Just do something instead of crying.

Anyhow good luck in the future (I hope a lower Tier doesn’t wipe you too soon, that would just be an ego boost to them, I do actually want to fight BG in the future, I need to get my second legendary, couldn’t get the first without the loot bags!)

Much respect for JQ, you guys have always proved why you have the most medals and long standing T1 community. So go out fighting and don’t whine about coverage please. You guys used to have a monster force on coverage which was a challenge to face. We understand the fair weather types and perhaps they got spoiled with the hardwork some of your guilds put in for #1. Now your down (but not out) and by whining here your giving the PUGS a reason not to show up, when you need them more than ever at this point to field numbers. May seem like a bit of JQ love, but hell JQ earned my respect:)

SoR keep fighting the fight, we have a huge shadow laid before us in the form of JQ to overcome. Too much ego will make us fall, not enough will make us stagnate. Remember where the server roots came from and where we are at now. No matter the odds we are here to fight!

this isn’t about coverage or winning or losing, it’s about a shoddy game design that doesn’t encourage balanced gameplay. SOR will start bleeding players shortly due to boredom, can you not see a pattern here? – It’s all because ANET allow servers to stack and then dominate WvW. Remember what happened to HOD, SOS, the list goes on.

renmei.3102:

Snorcha.7586:

a bit more even? – not sure if serious, bg and jq have outmanned on pretty much every map at every timezone yet you have q’s… LOL

Welcome to NA Tier 1? JQ and BG being on “full” status most of the day yet unable to field enough for WvW (if true) sounds like an internal problem.

an internal game development problem yep. How hard is it to make the maps somewhat balanced in population? – obviously pretty kittening hard lol.

akanibbles.6237:

For so long we were outnumbered in SoR (oceanic pt), but we kept coming out fighting despite the overwhelming numbers.

For once, it’s a bit more even, and all we hear is whining from former ‘champions’.

Still there’s rarely a queue on SoR.

a bit more even? – not sure if serious, bg and jq have outmanned on pretty much every map at every timezone yet you have q’s… LOL

boring game is boring.. come on devs pull your finger out and give us balanced gameplay, not the same kitten against different opponents.

Bottom line:

Not fun to play, not fun to play against…Worst class design in an MMO… ever.

I’m bored of standing next to a cata or treb since they effectively took rams out of the game with the new arrowcarts….. so bored that this forum is more entertaining.

one week in, wvw has turned from fast paced fun, to slow paced boredom.