The capture mechanism seems to be based on numbers of people inside the circle…not necessarily by the presence of the lord…interesting (he says stroking his beard) :-)
Can’t blame Boast Gate for…well boasting. They grew the largest server to dominate WvW…great job guys! you proved that the current WvW model is lacking.
Boast Gate for whatever reason (feeling scared, threatened, under appreciated or simply as a tactical move) started a rumor they were the underdogs so they could get SoR to jump into bed with them week 1, setting them up for a Season 1 victory.
Simple as that.
Congratulations on your win last week BG—you guys are very strong. I wonder how long it will take before the hardcore WvW guilds get tired of dominating…and migrate to other servers for better challenges. Gets very boring at the top.
1. The title of Veteran of the Mists,
2. a WvW Season 1 Reward Chest Key, which will unlock a special chest at the end of the season which contains rewards based on your world’s ultimate performance, and
3. a Mini Dolyak.
Lesson #1 in a virtual world…don’t feed the trolls.
People like him are sad, lonely people who look for any kind of attention they can get. Poor guy’s mother may have abandoned him or maybe his dog died…or he no longer gets excited dressing up as a woman.
BG and SoR jumped into bed together week 1 to double team and collaborate against JQ…nature of the beast…frustrating when you are on the receiving end, but speaking for JQ, we find it a mark of pride that two large servers think of us as a huge threat…on the good side…JQ folks collected massive amounts of bags :-)
Break the Server versus Server versus Server paradigm by creating a number of WvW Armies/Teams and allow people to sign up for them regardless of what server they belong to…maybe require a signing fee (5-10 gold)—which would show the level of commitment the player is making (that could go into a pot of money to be used for end season rewards).
At the same time keep the “casual” WvW server v Server model with random match-ups of comparable servers.
So in effect you would have two WvW instances…look at them as a Pro League and a semi-pro league.
BG whined about the season match up claiming JQ was the winner…props to the tactic, SoR bought into your mantra and willingly became your kittenes to double team up on us.
Hope y’all enjoy the view at the top…cheap seats as they may be.
Maybe when a server’s score is 50% the next server’s score they could get a roaming band of champion guards that would be dispatched to stressed sentry points…..
@Sreoom, maybe you should try to implement some more surv. Even if i get hit by a backstab i have 4 or 5 evades rdy to stop them from pulling a 2nd one and enough healing to undo the dmg done. I admit vs less squishy thieves i do have an issue of finalizing the kill but i have the upperhand in the fight.
Thanks…will do. I think part of my issue is I prefer running LB / Axe & Horn….these two weapon sets are not ideal when you get jumped by a thief while running to your group.
I hit a thief with cripple…they stealth and shake it off. I hit a thief with Daze, they stealth and shake it off. I hit a thief with Entangle (my Elite Skill) they stealth and shake it off…then I get hit twice and die.
I love my ranger…it is frustrating being the target of first choice in WvW…other roamers see a ranger and immediately think “easy kill” I was targeted three times last night wile running to my team in WvW…it was almost hilarious to see a thief get excited to see an easy ranger kill.
Heck, even in group battle thieves will target rangers (think about it, our primary role in a group battle to to stay on the outer edges of the group and cull the enemy guardians and warriors)…so being outside the middle of the group makes us vulnerable for those pesky stealth killers.
We (ranger class) have no effective counter to stealth. (period)
I like roaming in WvW too. Roaming thieves (and any other roamers) seem to see me (ranger) as easy pickins…I’m not the best 1v1 person out there, but I’m not the worst either…but I get owned on almost every encounter with a thief. It’s a win for me if I get him to disengage—but most of the time I end up dead.
Hell, even in groups thieves seem to focus on my ranger (easy pickins again?)
Any other rangers having that much difficulty versus thieves?
Yes…JPs in WvW are inherently dangerous. I go in peaceful and will even add other my enemies (i.e. other servers) to my party…some of the most enjoyable moments I have had have been working collaboratively with a team of mixed server folks to achieve a JP..calling out to friendlies in all chat that “This SoS or BG or SoR …or whoever, is with me”
I have also benefited by the same from all chats with my “enemy” party members.
Easy to say when you aren’t using a Ranger. My condition cleanse is all passive based or buggy (see Signet of Renewal). The multiple stacking of immobilize completely destroys me in WvW, especially when all my condition cleanses just went off and I have to wait 9 seconds for them to cure again. Those 9 seconds = death in WvW.
Yup, I look at running Ranger in WvW as playing in Expert mode…all other professions have better skills.
GW1 Templates were convenient. Fort Aspenwood was my favorite haunt (maxed both Kurzick and Luxon there (rank 12 × 2)—sad that no one is there anymore (I check in occasionally hoping to find peeps there.)
WvW is fun in GW2—queue time is annoying, but I find I can usually complete my daily while waiting…
It would be great if we had an option to enter the WvW as one toon (perhaps your favorite WvW one) and then be able to level and develop other toons in PvE land while waiting.
First of all, Yaro and Forum community, please accept my apology for submitting a half baked thought into the forums.
After reading a couple of other posts regarding loot in WvW I started thinking about Risk versus reward. One way to increase the reward associated with playing WvW would be to increase the risk associated with playing it. Keeping in mind that perma-death is the ultimate risk (AND NO I AM NOT RECOMMENDING THAT)…there are other lesser degrees of risk that could be incorporated for WvW. My initial thought was just pony up some gold to get in.
Other thoughts of Risk:
1. You lose your inventory (non-bound items) when you die.
2. Repair costs increase
3. You lose WxP.
By incorporating a higher degree of risk, ANET could add a better drop rate (pre-cursers, Legendaries, etc).
Please consider buffing the ranger shortbow, maybe add an immobilize or something.
I find it funny…when roaming in WvW (as ranger) everyone and their Mother don’t seem to think twice about breaking off and engaging me 1v1 or 3v1…other professions seem to get more respect (at least people weigh the risks before deciding to engage)…with rangers everyone is like, “Hey, here’s an easy kill!”
Times BG/SOR/JQ fought each other = 26
BG 10
JQ 9
SoR 7
•All first place finishes
Times BG/SOR fought each other = 7
BG 6
SoR 1
•BG finished first all 6 times.
Times BG/JQ fought each other = 7
BG 3
JQ 2
•2 matches neither BG or JQ placed first.
Seems to me that BG’s matches against SoR were easy fights for BG. Stats don’t show BG to be in anyway considered the under dogs. They actually show them to be the strongest server over all between the 3.
Matches included beginning “Week 01 05-12 January” to present.
So, SoR are in the position to be King Makers…wonder who they will hook up with the next time us three meet?
Who cares about the schedule. If you take care of your business you will win. So far, BG is looking like they are gonna get it. Unless JQ beats them twice, BG should win.
I think JQ is gonna spank SoR, just like BG has been doing. Kind of sad to see SoR fall apart as they have.
Just like in the NFL, the schedule is the schedule. You have to win who is on it. Some teams have easier ones, and some have harder ones. Same with college football. Just win out, and quit crying about the schedule.
That’s why we play the game…it ain’t over ’til the fat lady sings…play the season…then peeps can whine about how unfair the schedule was…still a lot of room for heroics and upsets…sheesh!
I must disagree with the vigour change for thieves. Thieves are supposed to be the most mobile class in gw2. We should be able to dodge more and evade more than other classes.
I don’t mind mobile and evasive…but thieves get mobility, evasiveness, condition cleaning and insane damage while stealthed. My ranger at best can only prolong my eventual death in WvW 1v1 encounters with thieves. Heck, last week six of us had a hard time dealing with two perm-invis thieves in Bay.
So…hide in shawdows…yes. one-hit, one-kill from shadows? Please no. The class is called Thief….not assassin.
Some decent changes to ranger which needs the most help but your still not hitting some of the core issues the class has. The pet ai is terrible in wvw. It doesn’t listen it goes off into a zerg and dies always. The f2 ability activates 2-10 seconds after I hit the f2 key. The pet doesn’t attack while chasing somebody one of the biggest problems.
Other than the bad pet ai some other much needed changes are the auto attack chain on main hand sword roots us in place please please change this. Hornet Sting takes to long before you evade backwards. The class needs a utility that gives us stability without having to have singet of the beastmaster trait. To many of our traits/skills/utilites give the near useless pet boons instead of us. Change fortifying bond so that any boon our pet gets is shared with us and make it a grandmaster trait instead of nature’s vengeance. Last shouts need some love sic em is to gimmicky guard is only good if it gives you regen from nature’s voice but my above fortifying bond change would help it give you protection. Protect me needs a cooldown decrease and search and rescue just needs to be reworked.
