Guild Wars 2

Thanks Blade, <3 Dawn

XVX will be back to regular raiding later this week!

I have the same problem for months already, so annoying

I personally think that since there will be gvg’s coming with HoT, and there are no longer any trait unlocks tied to content OS will become almost completely useless and should either be gotten rid of or changed completely. And any title progression/reward drops should be disabled there as well.

sephiroth.4217:

Hand in hand with population imbalance is scoring. The current scoring structure allows scores to run away, a problem that is compounded with night capping where it is possible for a team who has recruited players from different time zones to conquer everything in off-hours leading to one side getting ahead while most players are asleep or at work. Comebacks are difficult and it is hard to make up for that lost time that you spend on your real life needs.

If you’re going to implement something about night capping, please implement an Oceanic server so we don’t get short drafted in WvW. Our presence in WvW is just as valuable as Americans and should have equal footing.

Also thanks for the communication

I dont think they can/or intend to actually do anything about population imbalances, thats just player preference. I believe their intention is to change the scoring system to make population imbalances during certain timezones less of a problem, so as to mitigate the effects that actions like nightcapping have on matchups.

Liston.9708:

<- admits to use wvw for crafting/banking on my toons parked at JPs… I don’t use those if there are queues / NA prime, and I wvw enough that I would count anyway

Heh everyone does that, its convenient.

Kungsmurfen.2861:

X T D.6458:

-How often is the server status determined?

Today Dzago went from Medium to High so I guess it updates quite often.

That is interesting, but I wonder how long it took for it to update, maybe a new calculation was started last week and just updated now for example. But I can see at least it doesnt take like a month or w/e to update because of your example.

Yea Im curious as well in regards to what exactly is used to determine wvw activity, like you say someone just going in for the wvw dailies for example, or using the vendors etc etc. I can understand why they would not want to divulge all the info on this specific part but I do think the system needs tweaking.

Lag, skilllag as always on EB, NA T1

With the new server status’ no longer being based on population but rather on wvw activity, some questions have come up that many of us would like clarification on.

-How often is the server status determined?

-How is a full server now supposed to recruit people for other time zones, hypothetically can a server that has a strong NA presence be counted as full and prevent it from recruiting OCX/SEA/EU coverage? In the past there were at least times when servers would open up but now how would this be possible?

Full servers are essentially locked now and the only way to open up is to have an exodus or a blackout till the server opens. I do not think that is fair or progressive.

Some recent slaughters courtesy of XVX

Enjoy!

I get this at random times as well, at this point Im just used to long loading screens

azizul.8469:

X T D.6458:

Isnt medium the lowest? .

i think i used to see Low as the lowest……. back in the early days

I kinda feel the same way, though they did change things up a long time ago and all the servers had a boost up in population classification when they changed the standards for it, pretty much every server went to very high pop. According to the wiki medium is at the bottom, then high, very high, and full.

As someone already pointed out, I’m more concerned about how often server activity will be calculated to determine population and how full servers will open up since its no longer determined by players leaving, in a way.

Im honestly just curious about the reasoning behind it, of course a lot of stuff in game cant be applied to real world physics/logic lol

errrm, so basically a full server has to go dead for awhile to open up to recruit more ppl?

I havent personally faced GoM since last year, but I do have a friend who regularly commands for SoR, we were discussing wvw recently, and she said GoM has since bounced back from their exodus and is pretty blobby with good coverage, at least in t5/6 matchups. Hope that helps.

It was not free for everyone, just select servers. Guys, your complaining about transfer fees to your server being cut in half…I cant even….

Yea plz no more season 2 disasters with the free transfers, best way to destroy servers and cause bandwagons.

Never heard of such a thing personally, if your going to do wvw, you shouldnt have minipets out anyways.

Isnt medium the lowest? There are more players then you would think that are interested in lower tiers and a new cost of 500gems is much better then 1000-1800 gem cost. This sounds like a good thing for UW and other low tier servers, what are you complaining about.

DB might actually be a good place to go now with the new population changes, and rebuild since they will no longer be hampered by a full status from a large pve population which is one of the reasons they have so many times rollercoastered up and down the tiers and ranks. SoS as well, but t2 might be a little messy right now with the t1 bandwagon going to YB to play politics. I have a friend on Ebay, who loves the roaming scene there, for those who are into that and might want to learn more about Ebay and t4.

Why is it that only limited siege can damage walls but for some reason we cannot do any damage to them by ourselves? Aside from the fact it makes no sense since we can attack gates, siege etc but an engi with a flamethrower cant damage a wooden wall…what???

Stephen ClarkeWillson.1802:

The number of players allowed in per team all follow the same rules on all instances of each WvW map.

The numbers you see on the World Transfer screen are based on the number of players who have signed up for that world: what we call the membership count – which is not the same thing as the number of players active at any one time for that world.

Thanks for clearing that up, theres always been speculation that green somehow is able to get more players on a map, and eb has different caps for each side, and all that stuff. At least we know now its all equal

Great fights and teamwork last night, took 2 wp’ed keeps and killed many

Stephen ClarkeWillson.1802:

We’ve been tracking WvW server perf and as a result we have increased the map capacities by 10 for each team. We’ll keep tracking and look at further increases over the next week.

Many of us have been wondering for a very long time, are the map caps for each server actually equal for each map, dont have to give the actual number, but are they actually equal because sometimes….

Thanks for the help Anet, really appreciate it! Nice not having it interfere anymore

BillFreist.1527:

My changes are in, but I’m not claiming they are the cure to all lag. There was just a few issues that I fixed, but one in particular was really bad when a map had been open for a while. So I’m hoping that the map should remain consistent during its full lifetime, and not have its performance steadily degrade over time.

Still, I’d be curious of how your experience is compared to pre-patch over the next few days.

-Bill

I think I know what issue you are referring to, at random times I would all of a sudden get sudden massive drops in fps and lag like crazy, the game became unplayable, this would occur usually from being on a map to long, but at random times, and even if just being afk. It was so bad that I could not even close the game the regular way, I had to minimize it and shut it down manually from the task manager.

From doing pretty much everything against all size of groups in t1 maps tonight, it was pretty smooth, I get a little skill delay occasionally in heavy fights, but its better then before. Thanks.

I dont know if this is a bug or something, I cannot disable the living story tracker by quitting episodes, it just resets them and pops the tracker back in the top right of the screen. This is annoying in wvw as it often interferes and adds to the other windows, bloodlust, upgrades, minimap etc. Heck your whole right side of the screen can be blocked off. Even if minimized it often pops to full view by itself. Can you please just disable this for wvw as it is for pvp, thanks.

rhapsody.3615:

X T D.6458:

Thought they said they would base fees on the new populations, guess I read wrong

From the first page of this thread:
“There is no plan to change the price per population tier at the moment. We’ll be looking closely at how players are moving/joining World, however. The goal is a better balance, but not a too sudden disruption either.”

Yea my mistake I read it wrong, I thought they would be changing the fees in general

Thought they said they would base fees on the new populations, guess I read wrong

What are the new transfer fees?

Hello everyone,

[XVX] Somnus Enim Mortuus Est is an established WvW guild on Blackgate. We love to coordinate with other groups and are looking for more players who enjoy WvW and team coordinated play.

* Minimum Age 18+

• Official Guild Raid days are F/ Su/ M/ Tu*/ Th. (Currently Being Reworked)
• Guild Raids during NA/Late NA. But we are looking to expand into EU & OCX.

What We Offer-

* Organized Raids and strong coordination with other groups, very pug friendly.

* Feedback and suggestions are encouraged to help improve, we have weekly Guild meetings where any member can voice their concerns, ideas, and suggestions.

* 100% Representation is Not required, but preferable.

* Private Guild Teamspeak along with server Teamspeak.

* Guild Website.

* Fights and PPT focused.

• Guild Missions are all done in WvW on request.

* LvL 66 maxed out Guild Hall with tons of decorations.

* Experienced members from many different guilds and servers. We are more then happy to help returning as well as new players.

* Class leaders and discussions to help people better play and understand each profession.

What we Require-

* Respect and civility towards all members, we love to joke around and have fun together, this is a game we don’t want drama.

* We do not force anyone to play specific professions, we strongly encourage build experimentation and thinking outside the meta, however we also expect members to use approved builds, with some modifications if needed.

* Must have Teamspeak and headset with a mic.

* Must be on Blackgate as we are WvW focused.

• Must be active and age 18+.

Contacts- If you are interested or have questions please feel free to message or post!

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Moses the Bear= LoneWolfSpectre.6412

BillFreist.1527:

I put together a fix for a pretty nasty performance issue on our game servers. This should make it into our next release so I’d be curious to see if it makes a noticeable improvement. The bug looks like it was introduced around when this thread popped up.

I also got a couple client improvements that should help reduce framerate hitching with lower-mid range video cards and/or higher shader settings. Coming next release, too.

-Bill

Thank you, finally some help for us. When exactly is the next release?

I hope its not a disappointing disaster like the last wintersday, but Im also 99% sure they will both have the same exact stuff as previous years sigh…

Wanze.8410:

X T D.6458:

Thats true, but the costs of making/buying those unfortunately making regular use very impractical, some more variety would be nice.

min/maxing was never cheap

Thats not true, lots of max dungeon potions costs copper and last longer than crafted utilities. Personally Im fine using the t5 versions of stones/oils its the lack of variety on what its based on, say if I want to use them on a zerker or sinister geared toon. Perhaps if they added more utilities with a flat bonus instead of being percentage dependent on certain stats but tier structured like regular stones/oils/crystals

Thats true, but the costs of making/buying those unfortunately making regular use very impractical, some more variety would be nice.

For the millionth time, outnumbered is not a buff, its an EFFECT, its to notify you when you have less numbers and to give a small incentive to players to stay active on the map. Giving unfair advantages simply because the enemy outnumbers you is beyond impractical and unbalanced.

Can we maybe get some more variety as to what stones/oils/crystals have their strength based on? Why are they all based on a toon’s toughness and vitality. What about players who run gear w/o those stats, they dont get much benefit from these consumables.

Euphy! Long time no chat, hows things over there? Look at you running your own guild now, great idea you have and best of luck to you folks

Hey Branden How about some acknowledgment here? I know its not a gem store issue that requires immediate fixing but it is a big problem that’s causing a lot of issues, you know when you guys aren’t too busy

It honestly seems like spite now, recent anet posts on the bugs forums and still not one word or any actions taken about the golem exploit issue and duping reports.

Hmm let me see if I can explain this to you. Imagine something you love to do, almost on a daily basis for hours at a time, now imagine its completely ruined for a whole week and there was nothing you could do because a poorly thought out decision was made by someone you legitimately believe has no clue of what they are doing. Most people go to wvw for fights not to pvd. If thats your thing feel free to go to eotm anytime. For those that actually care, there is no point in defending/fighting/upgrading this week, its all a big freaking mess essentially a weeklong ktrain.

Well this is what happens when a company has little understanding of their own game mode and the player-base that plays that game mode. Heck anet seems to be the only ones who couldn’t see the fiasco that would emerge from this event. What I never understand is when they post their own wvw test/preview videos with 20 people running around, when in reality wvw can have hundreds of people within map range of each other. Well no wonder they never seem to understand the lag and balance problems. Proper testing and a little common sense would go a long way.

What exactly do you mean by best? What is your playstyle, timezone, focus etc.

Orochimaru.4730:

Well EOTM was supposed to be a testing ground for WvW features, lol.

But if they did anything now then it would upset the PvE karma train on EOTM. PvE players would complain to high heaven and anet would be running around in circles to please them asap.

Eotm was originally designed to provide a place to do wvw while waiting out queues (which were very heavy at the time the concept was conceived) w/o affecting your world or matchup. Based on Anet’s actions and plans, legitimate speculation grew that Eotm was being used as a testing grounds for future wvw content. And yea any disruption in the eotm farm would annoy many of the people who go there, even when players are doing normal stuff for a pvp map like fighting…Hell some of them come on the forums to complain as if there is something illegal going on lol. But ironically if you take away the farm, and try to keep eotm for its original intent it would probably die off.

Welcome to BG folks, looking forward to running with you.

The no white swords/ppk event seemed more like a testing trial to me. I cant see those being properly tested in eotm, those 2 features would essentially be meaningless in eotm so they would really only work in wvw whether tested or implemented permanently. I get that they want to mix things up, but they need to get a clue, maybe if they had just limited the golem event to eb for the weekend.

Those abilities are unique to mesmers and should stay that way, just because something is powerful doesnt mean every profession should have access to some identical form of it, there would be little variation otherwise. Each profession brings their own unique abilities and strengths/weaknesses and that should be the focus.

Well unless I’m missing something about any upcoming wvw changes, the current golem event doesnt have anything thats in testing, so its all just a temporary event therefore its not really a testing trial. In regards to say just having the event test in eotm then trying it in wvw, I cant imagine that ever happening. Implement in eotm, gauge feedback and then determine whether or not to implement for real wvw, sounds like more work then they would want to put in and would probably cause more problems then it currently is.

Personally speaking I would prefer they leave this gimmicky crap in eotm, because I have no desire to login to do anything because if I dont want to do wvw I dont want to play period, but thats just me so I’m basically not gonna bother with it.

Eotm unfortunately seems to be the testing grounds for more permanent content like the new map design, pve gimmick garbage events, layouts/layers, and ideas for ppt focus…They seem to think eotm is popular because of how its setup for its content, when in actuality people only go there to farm karma/gold/champs/and exp or just to waste time when your server is having a dead time.

People throwing around different theories for why the golem event was implemented, none of them really make much sense to me personally. Since its not a permanent feature, thankfully, it wouldnt make sense to just limit it to eotm.

Narrrz.7532:

borgs.6103:

They should make a karma/badge salvage kit:
0% chance to recover any materials, 100% to recover rune/sigil but makes it account bound.

y’no, i could defs get behind that.

ditto, I just want to be able to get the upgrades, I dont care about anything else personally