Guild Wars 2

Journey’s Edge [EDGE] guild! Our guild mission is for all members to have the best possible GW2 experience. We do all aspects of the game including organized WvW and all guild missions as well as a weekly lottery and raffle. We are very laid back but also competitive as well. We have no requirements – we will kick someone if we haven’t seen them online in weeks, but we’ll gladly invite them back at the drop of a hat!! (We just want to keep from getting full of inactives). We use our guild’s channel in the server Teamspeak. On average we get over 80 players online per night.

send me a mail in game if interested! Otherwise best of luck to you on your journey >.<

Well this match is ENTIRELY different than it was 2 weeks ago. GoM lost some, AR gained some…. and this is the closest match I can remember having. It’s intense. I love it.

nounoud.9601:

FC has one of the best community!!!! its said that they had alot of people leaving

We are growing in #s despite those who left! Half of them already came back when they realized the error of their ways >.<

styx.7294:

Lovin the match up so far =) Had a great time stayin up late for reset for once!

Ditto. Cheers!

Don’t see a thread yet so here we go! Intense reset so far good luck to all >.<

Ynot.8397:

Mike Ferguson isn’t dead. but you should still join FC.

odd that’s what everyone tells me. glad to hear he’s OK rofl… Doesn’t change the point of my post!

FC here is our chances of matchups

NA ranked 7-12 and 19-24 say goodbye to all your WvW friends because 1/2 of them will be gone in a month.

Banzie.5248:

You should take necros out of the roaming category. They are amazing back line damage dealers and they have a cc of fear. Their wells are great support options as well.

their blind fields can also turn tides.

but nobody ever calls for a blind field.

they’re still considered more roaming until more people catch on to their group potential.

i’d say …

ele’s are vital for fields, guardians and warriors vital for CCs and tanking. mesmer utility still super useful.

engi, necro, thief, ranger are more often roamers. they can certainly help a group or zerg but aren’t vital to have. Staff necro can be good in GvG. In general current meta is condi necro most often the toughest thing you’ll fight roaming 1v1.

@ gennyt – this is not “punishing” high population servers. This is “un-punishing” low population servers. In a high pop server you simply get a ton more kills. Does that mean you should get a ton more loot for the same (or less) amount of effort? No! The lower pop you have, the harder you have to work for your kills/caps/etc so the rewards should be better. All in all the goal is regardless of server you will have the SAME opportunity at loot, making your preferred playstyle the only real difference. If you’re going to get the same loot either way and your choice is now between mass zerging (tier 1) or tactical combat (more common in lower tiers) then it would be a lot more common for guilds to transfer DOWN and less common for guilds to transfer UP.

Also I am in favor of doubling transfer costs, but only charging when it’s a server that’s a higher rank than yours. All down-transfers would be free, and up-transfers 2x cost.

FC is named after the WvW developer who passed away during the game’s creation, however most people don’t know that when they pick a server so they just go with whatever has a “cool name” What does that result in? It means on average we have fewer kids and more competitive gamers per capita.

And now finally FC’s WvW population is growing FAST! We hadn’t won since May but just won 2 of our last 3 matches, which has allowed us to convert a ton of PvE players into WvW addicts as well as garner some transfers from other servers.

We have the momentum built. The launching pad is prepared. We just need YOU to help fuel the rocket that will carry us up the charts!

We have a fantastic community of great players and guilds and we are prepared to aid in the cost of any WvW players/guilds considering transferring.

To use my guild as an example of growth, Just in the last 30 days we went from:

~3 commanders to 10+
sporadic WvW players to nightly guild zergs
no WvW events to weekly trainings and forming a GvG team
~40 active players per night to consistent 80+ and growing fast

and there are several other guilds on the server having similar success as well as new guilds forming

Let us honor the late Ferguson with blood and glory on the WvW battlefield!!

Haha love to see this. GoM faced us (FC) and AR last week and GoM admitted to focusing on us instead of AR since we were the “threat” but when NSP does the same to them they feel bullied and QQ.

Being lowest ranked server in match —→ gain evolution due to #1 focus #2
Gain evolution --→ keep fighting higher ranked servers
Keep fighting higher ranked servers —-→ lose players and morale
Lose players and morale —-→ drop evolution
drop evolution —-→ back to fighting lower ranks
Fighting lower ranks —-→ win and boost morale and population
repeat cycle.

Good job this week ET every time we evolve you do too – you just refuse to let us pass you in the ranks! >.<

What do you think about this system?

Each server gets equal rewards and they divide up among the population.

If the reward is:

Gold – fixed amount divided among all players who qualified for reward
Badges – prices for badge-bought items scales with server pop
Loot bags etc – drop frequency scales inversely with server pop
Finishers – don’t care, let everyone have it
WxP – amount earned scales inversely with server pop, or points needed to rank scale, either way

Lastly I really like the idea of R.I. based on population. If you outnumber your opponents greatly enough, you get no R.I. on captured structures. If you are extremely outnumbered, R.I. might even increase to 10 minutes for capping something.

You end up with 2 choices – either A) play on a stacked server for easier kills/captures/wins but less chance of rewards proportionately, or play on a lower pop server for a much higher chance of rewards but you have to really work for them.

This would encourage transfers like Anet loves to do, and it would also be a huge step towards population re-balancing and ensuring WvW survives.

The rewards can also be increased for your server based on your enemies. If you beat a server higher ranked than yours, you would get more rewards than if you beat a server ranked lower than you.

Advent.6193:

Trap a fool with RoW, wail on ’em hardcore. Guard Hammer packs KD too, you know.
And Guardian has a good deal more sustain, compared to a Warrior.

except for the phantasm mesmer i mentioned that can just blurred frenzy, block, block, shatter 4 for distortion, RoW gone and no hits were landed.

That Sword/Pistol Scepter/Sword Phantasm mesmer can wreck just about anything 1v1, except other mesmer builds.

ether feast, portal, decoy, blink, mass invis.

just portal-kite while keeping phantasms wailing. get good at timing your blocks and blurred frenzy.

vs ranged swap feast for mirror, portal for feedback. if its a condi ranged swap blink for arcane thievery

vs anything scary add Moa.

you can be outplayed on any build but assuming equal skill anything other than a mesmer is going to have a bad time.

also this build sucks outside of 1v1.

lol inspiration traits are 4 and 8. not 4 and shades >.<

I play mostly WvW but I do roaming as well as commanding / fighting in a zerg. I want to be able to fight effectively in solo, small group, and large group fighting against all foes small to zerg.

Currently I am running Sword/Focus + Staff with a combination of Knights + Berserker’s gear, 2 sigils of energy and 1 bloodlust.

Traits are 0 + 20 (4, 10) + 30 (5, 10, 12) + 20 (4, + 0

Skills are generally ether feast, portal, feedback, blink, and mass invis but when roaming I will try to prep for a fight and often swap feedback or blink out depending what I’m fighting for either phantasmal defender, decoy, null field, or arcane thievery.

I find this build as I get better at playing it has a LOT of survivability but also a surprising amount of damage and even more utility/group benefit. Solo’ing camps is quick and easy with this build but I can also survive quite a long time 1v5 or 1v10 (especially if I see it coming and swap out skills).

The reason I have Prismatic Understanding with only 1 cloaking skill is when I need to “troll” an enemy guild or zerg (keep them busy for awhile). I swap focus to torch, portal to decoy, blink to veil, feedback to phantasmal defender…. for those times where I just refuse to die.

Thoughts?

Everywhere I’ve read says FOUR leagues in NA, except Devon’s post on the forums stating

“I’ve consistently said we are doing 2 leagues in NA and 3 in EU. The leagues will be broken up strictly by world rating at the conclusion of the matchup prior to the league start.”

TWO leagues is a hair-brained idea. Only 4-5 servers in all NA will have a chance at winning. Server transfers prior to start will go through the roof (but I suppose that’s the whole point right?)

My theory is that the WvW dev’s bring a great idea to their bosses who reject it, so they come back with a slightly less-great idea 20 times until finally their original idea is now garbage and their boss says “brilliant!”

Opc.4718:

Solstice.1097:

no, you said it’s going to get boring wiping people for long periods of time and sounded like a kitten elitist who actually isn’t good enough to call himself that.

next time take more care in wording your post so you don’t have to spend 4 paragraphs defending it.

Read the WHOLE thread and who is posting what before commenting. I didn’t make that comment, so I’m spending the time here to defend it on behalf of the poster. I neither agree nor disagree with the sentiment of the poster, but its a fellow guildie so I feel obliged to do so. I am logically explaining the rationale behind the heated post in a milder manner, so the least I can expect is a reply in kind rather than the continuation of the pointless flaming.

Oozo.7856:

^ Here is where the first conclusion came from. Arrogant crap, IMO. Insulting other servers is one thing, but insulting your own? Only reason I’m here… kind of kitten ed me off for some reason.

I’ll repeat for the 4th time, “a few people are not representative of the whole”. However, I do believe the comment was directed at a specific guild in AR we’ve had problems with in the past few months (and it’s not us only). You’ve just seen first hand how arrogance comes across to other people, and that’s exactly what our past experience is with the said guild. I’m personally frustrated with them for splitting up the server like this and there’s some old bitterness in the argument, but that’s an internal issue that shouldn’t have been brought up in hindsight, and an outsider obviously wouldn’t have understood the reference.

Gab Superstar.4059:

Excellent post! TFH reminds me of Mend from HoD. Their only way of getting recognition was to post in the thread too about how they supposedly wiped a million DR zerglings for hours. TFH being from AR just makes the whole thing laughable, because we all know how good they are at counting.

etc.

We actually have video recordings of the wipes, with clear numbers displayed on both sides. But of course, no one is ever going to be impressed by them because “any 10 guys with voice comm can do the same”. So moot point right from the start.

Also like I said earlier, the reason why the first brag post came about was because
1) People get bored and bring the battlefield with them to the forums. Happens all the time.
2) There WAS a lot of wiping. Like, a lot. It was completely unexpected for a t8 matchup and a few people felt the need to point out the irregularity. I’m sorry if it offended any one, but isn’t this what the wvw matchup thread is for?
3) Morale booster.
4) Self esteem booster.
Anet unfortunately don’t sell these boosters yet in the TP shop, so it’s up to the community to craft their own and spread the joy.

gotem.5284:

Considering your guild’s name has never been mentioned in any team/map chat or on these forums until you had to make a self brag post you guys must be doing a kittenty job at wiping people.

The only guild that has got mentions in map/team chat over the last few weeks has been Yarr and Basic(ET guild).

So in short stop trying to talk like a kitten and focus on getting better at this game.

Your people were all too busy rage quitting to sing our praises. I mean, lets be honest here, when you get unexpectedly wiped you’re not about to think “Wow good play from these guys.” Your first response will be “$%^&*(” followed by “that was a fluke”, and finally “These guys need to outnumber us 2v1 to wipe us, they suck”.

Also, my posts are brilliant literary masterpieces of prose, and I don’t appreciate it being compared to the output of a feline sitting on the keyboard. I’m being very logical, my key arguments make sense, and yet no one’s really added anything new or tried to counter it. I’m repeating myself over and over again, and there’s only so any permutations before I have to start writing with a thesaurus. Rest assured I’ll get on tonight and “focus on getting better at this game.” By wiping more of you guys

In conclusion, Corn is right. Lets move on, there’s noting much to add now.

no disrespect but…. wayyyy TL;DR not here to read literature

Opc.4718:

gotem.5284:

I like how this TFH guild boasts about killing exp train pugs but the second a guild reminds them how they get stomped GvG they try to be humble. You guys should go over Public Relations 101 because if you were trying to get recognition of being a good guild it failed horribly.

We get recognition when we wipe you. I don’t particularly care about coming across as nice, although I do try my best to keep the flaming down if the situation doesn’t warrant it.

Anyway, read the whole thread when you make a reply, or at least make an attempt to address the points I made rather than just grabbing onto one and discounting all the others. Our opponents must be entirely made of “exp train pugs” because that’s all we seem to be running into these days whenever we wipe something. It’s a terrible excuse. I could of course, name names, point fingers, but we don’t want things getting personal in here. In any case, I know that a few people are not representative of the whole, so I wont make any judgements.

There’s 4 different people from TFH posting here, all about something subtly different, so naturally, there’s going to be different tones and arguments that gets carried across. I’m making a point in acknowledging that we aren’t the best guild around, because that’s what people are trying to accuse us of saying, because ONE person posted something ONCE about repeatedly wiping a large number of people in one day. Might I mention “a few people are not representative of the whole” again?

Also, there’s no need to be so defensive about the chest thumpings going on here. It’s not like AR is winning by a 30k lead and chest thumping about spawn camping noobs. We’re chest thumping about over coming extreme odds as a last place server and managing to push ahead of our opponents despite being so severely outnumbered, and it’s good for the morale. Every post in a wvw matchup thread is a chest thumped disguised in varying degrees of political correctness, so you’re being a hypocrite if you want to flame about it.

That said, I’m aware that certain posts in here are unwarranted and more overt than they should be, thus starting this whole argument, so I’ll repeat one more time “a few people are not representative of the whole”.

Oozo.7856:

And, for those DR defending TFH note that TFH insulted their own server. There are better players on AR than them.

No idea how you came to that conclusion.

no, you said it’s going to get boring wiping people for long periods of time and sounded like a kitten elitist who actually isn’t good enough to call himself that.

next time take more care in wording your post so you don’t have to spend 4 paragraphs defending it.

HatSimulator.9362:

Solstice.1097:

yea you guys are merciless with those stair choke points and lines of warding.

i dont know if this is sarcasm or not but none of you pack stability (even if you did we have necros and mesmers to strip it) you dont pack enough numbers (40 isnt enough against 15) you dont plan anything, you all think your silly huge numbers can jsut rush in and spam 1 to win.. then you lose. Get ready for the same thing all week. it’s going to get boring.

get over yourself you wiped us once, then you just wiped pugs for 45 minutes until our group of 18 came back and wiped all of you + the lord + your siege + DR at the same time. it was a good defense, but nothing to come chest thump about it just makes you look small minded.

Navnn.1980:

For all the TFH haters out there(Including the ones on Anvil Rock), ask the FC and DR zerglings that we kept wiping at Durios Gulch. Awesome fun, TFH had a ball for an hour wiping FC and DR multiple times. Whilst the rest of AR couldn’t even defend Overlook!!

yea you guys are merciless with those stair choke points and lines of warding. .

but it allowed our group to go take ogres, the keep, and veloka before coming back to durios to portal up and put an end to the hour-long battle. sorry DR we felt bad since you’d worked so hard at it

all around great fights tonight by everyone! Had a lot of fun and look forward to all week being like this.

AND the points are still ticking while we can’t play. ?!?!?!??

GenerationX.9178:

GoM vs FC Zerg Battle Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZlRfzOQdVw

Ah yes I’m the little red-fro asura that portaled them up to the lords room. We were running a guild WvW training without a tag and the ‘actual’ commander asked us to come help. Soon as she pushed through that open wall instead of waiting for portal we were all like… uhhh we dead.

I agree with a generic best strategy for everyone when the smaller servers always hit the larger one and look for opportunities to do so. It makes the game more fun for everyone because it’s intense and never-ending action on a fairly level playing field.

Nuzt.7894:

I actually never said you have an alliance with GoM, if you scroll up and read I posted that the notion that you two were double teaming us seemed silly.

sorry I was referring to "Your blatant alliance is disgusting. " which wasn’t you

Nuzt.7894:

I actually never said you have an alliance with GoM, if you scroll up and read I posted that the notion that you two were double teaming us seemed silly. However you suggesting that we are the ones doing it to you, because there 10 TFH in your BL and how you would be doing so much better if it was SF or ET instead of AR.

As for both hitting our BL, all BL’s are being hit by multiple enemies, GoM is just quicker at recapping.

We’ve been in your same shoes. Try playing IoJ + Darkhaven LOL yes it sucks for morale and getting new players, but the only blame is the RNG and those who abandoned you. Meanwhile everyone must do the best they can with what they have.

Advent.6193:

Here we go with this buffoonery again:

1. First off, fellow FCers … we really can’t say frackall about a smaller server hitting us while we go toe-to-toe with a bigger one. Yea, it’s annoying as HELL, but we’ve darned well done the same.
2. Regarding Nuzt. Judging from the times when FC has managed to come in first during a matchup, most recently last week … why is there this stigma that we need
   SF —or any server-- to carry us?

Goodness, I can’t wait for an ET/FC/AR matchup. At least the three of us are typically even enough on number, that we could finally squash this kinda BS. Quit trollin us, Glicko!

I just want to beat GoM and if we had GoM+ET or something I bet we’d have a fighting chance

Nuzt.7894:

Solstice.1097:

titanlectro.5029:

Fiddle Irk.9710:

Congrats GoM and FC. You have officially ruined WvW for me. Your blatant alliance is disgusting. Not only do you both outnumber us, you need to team up against us? PATHETIC. Not only pathetic but you’re driving off any new players we try to get into because no one really wants to be rolled over by a twenty to one mob, much less try to face two servers doing so. Not much fun when you can’t get out the door, not much point.
And those complaints about arrow carts ruining wvw in the other thread, about how they’re a “crutch” for low population servers now? After this past week I wouldn’t feel bad at all about one shotting a whole zerg with one. So dev’s, in my opinion, crank’em up even more. In fact here’s a good idea, add some nuke’s to the arsonal so I could one shot a whole BL. To be fair, give ‘em a five minute cool down…..
Sorry Darkothe for being the first to “whine” but this sucks bad for all of us in AR and is driving off the few we can muster, including me. Have fun dukeing it out 1v1 with GoM, we’ve pretty much given up.

You must be new here… allow me to explain.

When one team has literally no coverage, then the other two teams fight over their territory. We are not allied, far from it! We are trying to deny each other points.

If GoM was really playing hardball, we would just camp AR BL 24/7 and get an insane PPT. Instead we have been focusing FC all week. If anyone has a reason to complain it is FC, because they should have WAY higher PPT than AR, except that we focus them.

The sad truth is that AR is getting rolled by the “leftovers” from the FC vs GoM war. But you don’t need to think about this as a demoralizing defeat. Some of my favorite times in WvW where when we were constantly being destroyed by DH. Don’t worry about “winning” and focus on doing the best you can with what you have. If they send 50 people to kill your 5 man, take it as a complement.

Yea, we would be doing really well if it was FC/GoM/ET or FC/GoM/SF. Instead, we have a virtual 1v1 with GoM while we are disadvantaged because we have AR as a thorn in our side (AR hits us 5x more often than they hit GoM). Meanwhile while we are usually busy fighting off a 1v2, GoM gobbles up AR’s points and ensures their lead stays large. Every time we are matched with AR our evolution is negative because of this exact reason. GoM doesn’t even have to be very careful when they hit us, because the chance they will have to go defend against AR is almost non-existent (unless they are defending AR’s own keeps against them).

So yes AR you are doing the same thing to us and why you’re complaining I’m not sure because you are actually doing better than you technically should be. Right now you are tied first PPT.

So even after GoM admits they are hitting you, its AR’s fault ? We are hitting both GoM and FC we don’t discriminate. Its not like theres a large 50 man force of AR camped out in FCBL avoiding GoM. We at AR like fighting GoM, always have and always will, if you can’t handle the 3 AR in your BL your doing it wrong.

lol no you are saying we have an alliance with GoM but then why are we fighting GoM CONSTANTLY? meanwhile redbriar and durios are getting hit by you far more often than WC and redlake. Yesterday 20 AR hit our bay for 30 minutes while 20 GoM took our fully upgraded hills and 30 GoM took our EB areas.

I’m saying we are in the same position as you are so not sure what you’re complaint is.

if you are talking about FC and GoM both hitting your border…. if GoM takes it and we don’t also do the same then there’s no way we can remotely keep up in points.

It’s not AR’s fault – it’s the people who left AR’s fault, because now there aren’t enough people in AR to create a balanced 3-way WvW match. Every time we’re in a fight with AR we are screwed because we’re basically fighting a 1v1 on crutches.

titanlectro.5029:

Fiddle Irk.9710:

Congrats GoM and FC. You have officially ruined WvW for me. Your blatant alliance is disgusting. Not only do you both outnumber us, you need to team up against us? PATHETIC. Not only pathetic but you’re driving off any new players we try to get into because no one really wants to be rolled over by a twenty to one mob, much less try to face two servers doing so. Not much fun when you can’t get out the door, not much point.
And those complaints about arrow carts ruining wvw in the other thread, about how they’re a “crutch” for low population servers now? After this past week I wouldn’t feel bad at all about one shotting a whole zerg with one. So dev’s, in my opinion, crank’em up even more. In fact here’s a good idea, add some nuke’s to the arsonal so I could one shot a whole BL. To be fair, give ‘em a five minute cool down…..
Sorry Darkothe for being the first to “whine” but this sucks bad for all of us in AR and is driving off the few we can muster, including me. Have fun dukeing it out 1v1 with GoM, we’ve pretty much given up.

You must be new here… allow me to explain.

When one team has literally no coverage, then the other two teams fight over their territory. We are not allied, far from it! We are trying to deny each other points.

If GoM was really playing hardball, we would just camp AR BL 24/7 and get an insane PPT. Instead we have been focusing FC all week. If anyone has a reason to complain it is FC, because they should have WAY higher PPT than AR, except that we focus them.

The sad truth is that AR is getting rolled by the “leftovers” from the FC vs GoM war. But you don’t need to think about this as a demoralizing defeat. Some of my favorite times in WvW where when we were constantly being destroyed by DH. Don’t worry about “winning” and focus on doing the best you can with what you have. If they send 50 people to kill your 5 man, take it as a complement.

Yea, we would be doing really well if it was FC/GoM/ET or FC/GoM/SF. Instead, we have a virtual 1v1 with GoM while we are disadvantaged because we have AR as a thorn in our side (AR hits us 5x more often than they hit GoM). Meanwhile while we are usually busy fighting off a 1v2, GoM gobbles up AR’s points and ensures their lead stays large. Every time we are matched with AR our evolution is negative because of this exact reason. GoM doesn’t even have to be very careful when they hit us, because the chance they will have to go defend against AR is almost non-existent (unless they are defending AR’s own keeps against them).

So yes AR you are doing the same thing to us and why you’re complaining I’m not sure because you are actually doing better than you technically should be. Right now you are tied first PPT.

Look out GoM, we are prepping our Asuran suicide bombers.

MartyPartys.9187:

Solstice.1097:

My guild has boomed recently in both PvP and WvW and we are now interested in starting up GvG. We are just at the stage of forming our classes/builds.

Right now I’m thinking 15 mesmers reflection/retaliation/mass invis builds. LOL just kidding but honestly we would appreciate some basic guidance in team composition and builds. Not asking for proprietary secrets etc just enough info to accelerate our upcoming appearance onto the GvG scene.

Hey and welcome!

If you haven’t already, take a look at Ogre’s book:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzLESoBiI_U&feature=c4-overview&list=UUzoRcgOH6TQxvW54b0Dqy8A

It explains the basics of GvG and team compositions.

Perfect I was looking for something like this thanks!

My guild has boomed recently in both PvP and WvW and we are now interested in starting up GvG. We are just at the stage of forming our classes/builds.

Right now I’m thinking 15 mesmers reflection/retaliation/mass invis builds. LOL just kidding but honestly we would appreciate some basic guidance in team composition and builds. Not asking for proprietary secrets etc just enough info to accelerate our upcoming appearance onto the GvG scene.

Jeknar.6184:

Solstice.1097:

Jeknar.6184:

Avatar of Belle.9623:

Red Rum.8430:

Good luck to both ET and DR on reset night and into next week! I enjoyed the constant action and competitive nature of this week. I think we finally won the first week in..forever.. FC for life!

Congratulations to FC. Good work this week. I looked the server history. This is your first win since RNG took over and the first win since January. Cheers for mid/little bro (I can’t remember who is who anymore)

Big Bro = SF
Mid Bro = ET
Lil Bro = FC
Half Bro = HoD

How is that? We’ve beaten ET in points the last 11 times we played them.

In the SF/ET/FC matchup, FC was always the last… That’s why FC got the Lil Bro title.

gotcha. no worries I don’t mind calling you big sis >.< lol

Instead of having some ‘random’ calculation of matching servers up to instead hire some dude to take 30 minutes a week to look at the scores and pick some good match-ups?

Kitten, I’ll do it for free every Wednesday and I guarantee the gen pop will be happier with my choices than any computer formula’s.

Jeknar.6184:

Avatar of Belle.9623:

Red Rum.8430:

Good luck to both ET and DR on reset night and into next week! I enjoyed the constant action and competitive nature of this week. I think we finally won the first week in..forever.. FC for life!

Congratulations to FC. Good work this week. I looked the server history. This is your first win since RNG took over and the first win since January. Cheers for mid/little bro (I can’t remember who is who anymore)

Big Bro = SF
Mid Bro = ET
Lil Bro = FC
Half Bro = HoD

How is that? We’ve beaten ET in points the last 11 times we played them.

Avatar of Belle.9623:

Red Rum.8430:

Good luck to both ET and DR on reset night and into next week! I enjoyed the constant action and competitive nature of this week. I think we finally won the first week in..forever.. FC for life!

Congratulations to FC. Good work this week. I looked the server history. This is your first win since RNG took over and the first win since January. Cheers for mid/little bro (I can’t remember who is who anymore)

Thank you This was a great week for us. It’s my 20th week playing and was the most enjoyable match I’ve had yet. Not just because we won, but because it was truly a 3-way battle the way I feel the game was intended to be played.

DR/ET if this week it’s us + one of you + a higher rank server let’s both push them at reset to ensure the match doesn’t become one-sided too quickly. Pass it on. I’m not speaking of any sort of “alliance” but simply pointing out what I think would be the best strategy.

I see enough kittening on the forums about how WvW is all about X or Y and that’s it. I can only assume they are referring to high-tier server play where most maps are queued most of the time. I can definitely imagine how that would get old fast….

Is that what it is? Because down in FC we don’t have that problem. We get some healthy numbers, but I’ve never seen more than 1 map queued at a time, and any queue is rare outside prime hours. We have our own coverage gaps and so do the servers we play against, meaning throughout the week 24/7 the feel and pace of the match is constantly changing. One minute you’re outnumbered holding on for dear life and before you know it you’re melting them down in their keep lord’s room.

We have a great TS community that helps each other and communicates and works together. Every person in WvW is valued and appreciated, instead of just preventing the next person from getting out of the queue.

I just wanted to point out to all the QQers that say WvW is just about zergball facerolling… it doesn’t have to be.

And Great Job this week all my FC brothers and sisters. Even with some of our staple commanders seemingly M.I.A. this week, our server this week is looking as healthy as I can recall ever seeing it.

and DR/ET much respect I haven’t played a match this close this late in the week in… well never.

I have a feeling next week it will be FC + either ET or DR + GoM. If that happens I’m pretty sure we all know what needs to happen >.<

I will agree the builds are very much a rock/paper/scissors scenario AT a certain skill level. Then I believe there is the NEXT level of skill where someone has perfected their build and play-style to be able to counter just about any build.

An experienced PvP player has a strategy how to approach any enemy build 1v1.

But… what works in 1v1 is a different story than group or zerg play where it’s not just about your build but how your team’s builds all synergize with each other.

gotem.5284:

mesmers = spam phantasms faceroll
thieves = run/stealth/reset till victory im super awesome at this game faceroll
ranger = spirit beasts OP faceroll
warrior = faceroll hundred blades
necro = faceroll condition/fear/torment
guardian = bunker faceroll until help comes
engi = i think im good cause i hit a few keys more but really just condition faceroll
ele = d/d faceroll

Did I cover it all? Or do people still want to pretend there class takes massive skill when this is GW2 a super low skill cap’d game.

lol! i thought it was ironic you posted this and you’re guild tag is [SKIL]

This is a great matchup for once. Everyone is very close. Actually it’s the closest matchup in both NA or EU. Glad to be part of it!! Let’s keep up the sportsmanship and the good fights!!

im trying to decide between knights, soldiers, or clerics armor stats

im also trying to decide between melandru or dolyak runes.

im looking for max survivability first, then I’ll start easing into some DPS from there until I find the right mix.

i must admit i am newb to mesmer and i dont know hte difference between phantasms/clones/illusions I am not after a lot of dPS but I would like to have a good AoE damage burst available. I will check out the links you guys posted thank you so much so for the input so far!

I know what I want my build to be able to DO, and I know it exists, but I am new to mesmer class and having no luck finding a guide or video.

If someone knows and could post a link that would much appreciated. I’m looking for mesmer build mainly for WvW that:

-has phantasms
-most likely staff + sword/focus build
-has portal and veil
-high survivability and can fight very well outnumbered

i’m looking for a guide on the armor, traits, gameplay, etc.

(I did look myself for awhile before coming and asking here I promise I’m not trying to just be lazy

Actually Oozo I don’t think that was hacking as I’ve seen it at least twice before cause by lag. There is server lag, then there is player lag (and when there’s both it gets really strange). When the player is lagging but not the server, the player can run around normally on their map, but it’s not sending the info to the server so their “server” character gets behind their “game” character, then when the connection catches up it looks like its “teleporting” them to where they really should be had they not lagged.

A couple months ago my ISP was having some major lag issues and my guildie told me he could see me warping around exactly like what I saw on those videos you shared.

Another time after that we had a small group running supply and one player said he was lagging and asked if anyone else was. We said nope just you, and we noticed his character had stopped running. A few seconds later his toon started “warping” like that and caught up with us. Exactly like what you showed.

I’m its frustrating to fight someone with that going on – but it’s just as frustrating on the other end. On the lagger’s screen when that happens, everyone stops moving and attacking and you can run around but no idea what’s actually going on, until the lag catches up and everything EXCEPT you moves 5x speed real fast and catches up.

Opc.4718:

FC [EDGE], you have a commander who is slightly nuts. TFH was sitting in the SW tower of your BL, as usual, and the commander comes at us with over 10 golems, ONE AT A TIME, after each one gets destroyed. This continued even after the doors eventually went down, and I really can’t tell if he was serious or just trolling. It was a good farm anyway, but I don’t even…

what class? that doesnt sound anything like any of our commanders but we’ve had a couple players get their accounts hacked recently so idk. 10 golems in our own BL??? yea i’m stumped unless you know anything more

Nuzt.7894:

Solstice.1097:

wow ok it’s not my style but I have to brag a little bit about this one

DR just ran in behind us when we were recapping Klovan from AR. We flipped it right before they got to lords room, but their group of about 15 wiped us…. except me. I stayed and fought alongside the lord for a good 4-5 minutes wiping DR one by one in the lord’s room and on the bridge, with my fallen allies cheering me on, until the tower was clear. Couldn’t have done it without the help of guards but still…. it was like 1v15 and it was such an intense fight (for me) that I had to take a break to calm down (which is what I’m doing posting now).

Who says d/d ele is outdated??

Anyway, they came back with 20+ and no RI so I just died in the lord’s room all alone

everyone knows this only happens to AR because were terrible, you should probably make it a better story by saying you were in downed state the entire time, and were facing 100 DR, and don’t give credit to the keep lord either.

All kidding aside, GJ that sounds pretty sweet.

I will add that i did have 2 broken pieces of armor during that fight i had one downed ally say they are in love with me, another say ‘everyone is’ and a 3rd pledged their eternal loyalty to me.

wow ok it’s not my style but I have to brag a little bit about this one

DR just ran in behind us when we were recapping Klovan from AR. We flipped it right before they got to lords room, but their group of about 15 wiped us…. except me. I stayed and fought alongside the lord for a good 4-5 minutes wiping DR one by one in the lord’s room and on the bridge, with my fallen allies cheering me on, until the tower was clear. Couldn’t have done it without the help of guards but still…. it was like 1v15 and it was such an intense fight (for me) that I had to take a break to calm down (which is what I’m doing posting now).

Who says d/d ele is outdated??

Anyway, they came back with 20+ and no RI so I just died in the lord’s room all alone