Guild Wars 2

Alsonia.4753:

Everyone else has gone through the ET/HoD beat up week; nobody really flaunted near as much as DR is right now.

This guy, this guy gets it.

As I said before, we’ve been kicked by everyone on our way down, we have literally seen it all. We’ve also taken note of the attitudes of every server we’ve hit on our little tumble. Some of them credited their amazing transformations, some of them complimented their organizational brilliance, some of them talked about their tactical prowess. The smart ones came and said “we had numbers, sorry you guys got screwed months ago, good luck in next tier down”.

Apparently I came off as bitter previously, but that ain’t it. It’s that we’ve seen this before, and it isn’t the last time we’ll see it. Most of us just smile, shake our heads, and give a quick laugh.

Junkhaus.4301:

That’s cool you are from HoD. Your posts are similar to the excuses from a few ppl in our previous matchup in t8 for the last 8 weeks. I see many people in DR with individual skills, you may not see them through your perspective, but they are there and they are many. Usually they are the ones doing the right thing in WvW, the reason why we broke away from t8 starting from weeks back.

Listen. I know you guys are feeling pretty hot breaking out of T8, but lets lay down some facts here. Those of us at Henge who have been here the entire time (which is almost all of us, since really, who transfers to Henge) have seen every play in the book on the way down. We get stomped by a different overwhelming zerg every week. We get new tactics practiced and tested on us because, really, if it’ll work on anyone it’ll work on Henge right?

So you all at DR are best to listen up when we say that we know what the rest of the WvW bracket looks like. The message here is that you should be prepared to be sent right back down here like SF did. You remind us of them a few weeks ago, feel free to check that match-up’s score and how they’ve done since. It’s OK, we’ll wait a few weeks, we’ve waited months already, and it’s delicious every time.

elderan.2638:

Arcadio.6875:

I bet these guys would have some interesting stories to tell.

I’m sure all 4 of them do.

Quite frankly, we’re all tired of hearing it from the lot of you.

Assuming this match-up does occur we look forward to seeing y’all.

Though I’m a fairly new Commander, I feel I have some insight to share on this. Anyone who starts wearing the commander tag has a dramatically changed WvW experience. Almost every element has a positive and negative effect. I’ll just rifle of the big ones I noticed:

Integration with the community: I used to primarily WvW with my guild. We’d cap camps, sometimes towers. It was a good show. Now my communication with the people I play most with is me briefly asking them in Vent if they can handle something for me because the main group I’m with is tied up. If you still plan to play only with your guild, Commander is likely not for you. On the other hand, you become much more acquainted with the server’s WvW regulars (who are awesome on Henge btw). Random people will come and talk to you all the time, often bearing compliments. Generally people are far friendlier than to others on the server, if only because they recognize your name.

Pressure/Stress level: You never just get to play. Any time you’re in WvW people will assume you’re going to put something together. If you’re not, they’ll make it very clear that they think you should. Most people don’t mind if you turn the title off, but if you’re running around the map, not giving direction with Commander on, people will be upset, especially if you’re losing ground. The first thing I noticed was that I literally had to increase my map-chat use x10, and even then no one tells me I talk too much.

Relationship with the other commanders: Commander fights in map chat get noticed by everyone. People pick sides. Everyone suffers. If you already dislike the other commanders, or if there are a lot on the map at all times, this may be an issue. On the other hand, two/three Commanders who work well with each other and coordinate well are an asset to the server.

Ability to be respectful, all the time: People won’t respect you if you’re constantly raging in ALL CAPS. You have to be nice, or at a bare minimum civil, to a lot of people. Some people are very good at this, some display their anger too much. This includes all the times your tactical moves fail, because no one came around the back gate, or your zerg gets stuck attacking guards instead of following you. Often, a large part of the job is cheer-leading. People need pick-me-ups and to know they’ve done a good job. When things work out, this makes you feel like a champ. But you also need to be that person who can rally the map when you’re trapped at the inner gate of your last keep.

The take home from this, is that you really need someone social who can handle stress and has thick skin. If you enjoy talking to people and can communicate well, this is something you’ll likely enjoy. Tactical knowledge on their part is important, but is not the defining characteristic. People in whatever Comm program you use can tell them what to do, they just need to present the public face of your guild/server. I know I sound negative through much of this, but I do enjoy it immensely, and I wouldn’t trade it in if I could. I just think it’s important for people to know that it’s not for everyone.

Vv W.7821:

Can someone post on here when the GoM siege on the HoD bay keep is over? It’s been going for about six hours now and I can’t stay on to see it through.

We have lifted the siege. Congrats to all the Henge people who were there today. You all did stellar, seriously.

titanlectro.5029:

Commander Niniyl from GoM here. I had a great time fighting against you HoD guys tonight. You had great tactics out there, and I’m totally going to steal them for later matches. I wish we could have had great battles like this all week, washouts are no fun for either side.

/respect

By our tally as of 2AM EST here, the siege of DB in our borderlands will have been going on for approximately 10 hours. You guys have been giving us a good fight today. That’s the way we like it.

Aratoa.7398:

I’m pretty sure the masses who were going to leave, have left. It’s down to the brass tacks now man and those of us who are actively out there fighting have pretty high moral.

This is exactly how I see it. Those of us who are out there in HoD every night know what the deal is. I imagine the folks over at ET are in pretty much the same boat. We’ve known what the deal is for the past two months while we’ve been falling down the ladder. I doubt we’re shedding more at this point, those of us who are still here want a fight.

Second: Anyone who tells me we’re not losing the numbers game just has no clue what we’re walking out against every night. Even on our BL, except for at peak hours, they manage to have 2 large groups the size of our main force running around, while we try and usually successfully, play whack-a-mole on the towers and keeps we hold. That’s not tactics, that’s not strategy, that’s numbers. Player-for-Player we hold our own and then some.

You all over at GoM held on to SM stubbornly for some time. It took us at least three separate pushes into the outer courtyard to finally crack that nut.

It’s unfortunate that we just did not have the numbers to hold up the push late into the (North American timezones) night. I’m looking forward to how this matchup progresses over the week. If we can start fielding numbers more reliably I have hope for HoD yet.

We’re all looking forward to this week. ET is an old rival while GoM is new. Good luck to all involved.