Guild Wars 2

What is the theory behind these posts? There have been hundreds of them previously, they get locked for being superfluous. But this will be the thread that finally convinces Anet!!!

What a useful thread!

Grakor.3450:

To be more clear, I’m pretty sure the male’s name is “Veteran Potential Mate.” Note the “potential” there.

It’s kind of strange that we never discover his name, now that I think about it.

If you follow him to the Svanir camp he has second thoughts but their dragon shaman starts doing the ritual on him to convert him. If you run in and kill the shaman he thanks you and runs back to the stead and apologizes to everyone.

Only thing I’d like to see is the choice between different commander symbols so who can tell who it is on a map with multiple ones, or the option to show your guild logo instead.

Where would you like the anti-camping zone to start? Can they wait around 10m away from the entrance? 20m? Do they need to leave you a safe corridor from your spawn to the puzzle?

TC is made up of a wide variety of players, but includes both those that love WvW (and PvP in general) and RP. These are not directly opposite focuses but it’s true that not everyone here is going to be 100% committed to purely WvW that you’’ll see on the more “hardcore” servers.

I doubt we’ll ever be one of the top 3 servers or anything like that, but we’re going to do the best we can and take this as far as we go. That’s what you’re seeing in this thread: players happy with where they are and how the server is operating.

There’s no need to attract more “foul-mouthed” uber-pvpers. While in the short term it may bump us a few ranks, those would be the first to leave if anything bad started happening and would probably negatively influence the tone of the server.

So TC are “proud” but it’s not just due to our rank, but the mixture of rank and community.

(Also we weren’t nearly as co-ordinated back in the DB/Maguuma days)

It’s to keep the economy stable and avoid trading post bloat.

Well even if they did, it’d be happening while you’re asleep.

Actually to harken back to other games I know a lot of just straight PVP guilds often rolled on RP-PVP servers with no intention of RPing ever, but purely due to the fact that there’s more of a community on those servers.

While I naturally want TC to do well, I personally place having a fun and relaxing community like the Allied War Council provides over a win at all costs, transfer servers, exploit mechanics, spying group may (not directed at anyone in particular – just examples). Middleweight Champ if you will.

They had another post where they were talking about a scouting mission going over to SoS and then coming back. But since then they decided to all head out to SoS. That’s probably where all the confusion is coming from.

TC Maguuma Alliance 4 LIFE

The system would work if they didn’t let people freely transfer hither and yon. I mean if a server tanks because they’re all baddies, and then all the baddies leave it to another server the next week, well the standings don’t really reflect reality anymore now do they?

I’m from TC and it sounds like a perfectly viable strategy to me.

Any pugger can hang around a tower as it’s being sieged.

Spongehunter.1743:

the funny part is the teaming up was admitted by multiple guildleaders – and was obvious. You deny it because its sad. your servers garbage.

The funny part is people that can’t decipher sarcastic and joke posts on forums and treat them as gospel long, long after the fact.

Wolf form should also summon some goober wolves to fight with you. You know, like every other annoying wolf in the kitten game does.

I don’t think they could have bags go right into your inventory simply due to the issues that would happen when your bag is full. What happens then? It just disappears?

I kind of like that right now you have to weigh sometimes if it’s worth picking them up or continuing on to keep your momentum.

Though I do agree that the Honor badges should auto-loot, since it’s essentially a currency much like Glory, Karma, etc.

The key is that you don’t need to be in a “party” with other people to help out. Sure’s it’s preferred, but not necessary as in many other games. If just being one of the zerg isn’t your thing you can always ask in /team if anyone want to attack some supply camps or go scouting.

Just be aware that you’re not going to run in and pvp-hero the other side single-handily. WvW is more of a “war” and thus it’s about co-ordinated forces fighting. It’s far more enjoyable in my opinion when you’re in a group (guild or otherwise) that’s working together, but not quite on the level of a “zerg” if you catch my drift?

If that’s not really what you’re looking for I suppose spvp will have to fill the pvp gap.

Actually the secret is that the entire Maguuma server is made up of Tarnished Coast alts made on second accounts.

I heard things went pretty well last night. I wouldn’t know as I was in queue for the entire friggen night. At least I found a patch of sugar pumpkins while I was waiting. /tear

In the last hours we should all just gather round and sing kumbaiah

In all seriousness though, can we get drunk in-game? I was at an RP moot and drank like at least 6 drinks in a row and nothing happened so I figured the game had no drunk mode. But then a human character beside me started going on about the drunk effects he was seeing in guild chat.

How much booze does it take?

I propose every server makes an alliance with every other server.

Wouldn’t really make sense considering their lack of accent in the first place.

I don’t think it’s so much that they’re locking down threads debating night capping, but rather are locking the threads complaining about night capping. Which is what most threads turn into due to people being overtly sensitive to it.

Rishara.1684:

What stops people from buying a second account for the game and continuing this practice?

Spending like $50 every two weeks when you get a new matchup?

Really though I was under the impression that the free transfers were to accommodate players that couldn’t join up with friends/guilds due to full servers at launch. I think we’re past that point now and it’s time to let the realms settle.

Transfers should really start to cost gems.

Sheep gotta get shepherded.

Of course that takes 20 people off of taking keeps, defending supply etc. You should be proud that your attempt to do the jumping puzzle has helped your entire servers war effort comrade!

Sharpclaw.7510:

I think off hour rotations became more important to TC (and possibly to Mag too; I’ve seen them make some fair off hour pushes)because of what happened with DB.

That’s probably really it. DB hammered both of us in the night time hours and there was plenty of discussion about having a larger night presence because of that. I personally, being lazy and indolent, didn’t do anything to recruit off-peak players but I suppose some others may have.

Why should it be account bound? Is there any real reason? I’m seeing more and more people asking for things to be account bound instead of character bound every day.

While I may not agree with the sentiments said, those pics were great with the “Come at me Bro” golem and self-kittening. +1

Looking cool is its own reward.

The Lionguard was the shield of this city, but it required constant attention in its own right to keep Lion’s Arch from tearing itself apart, to keep Lion’s Arch a haven in a dangerous age.

Yet, a good shield also needs a sword, Magnus thought, grinning at his own rare poeticism. Better than just a guard; a Vanguard. Independent and beholden only to themselves as a Lion would be, a force Magnus could trust to extend the reach of this City throughout Tyria, to strike first, and let virtue be a luxury. A blade worthy of a Lion.

The dark shadows of old Lion’s Arch passed beneath the ship’s wake, the twin pair of sunken lion statues could just be made out through the choppy waves. Magnus gave pause to his thoughts as he peered back at their sullen watching stair. Eyes that had learned the hard way of their weakness, and witnessed the wrath of Tyria’s greatest threat.

Lions, even those of stone, had fallen to the bloody storm that sunk the city a hundred years past. Pride had meant nothing to an Elder Dragon.

Pride would still mean nothing.

“Blood for blood is all there is left in this world perhaps” Magnus said ruefully, “I don’t need shiny heroes prancing about, the Six Gods know we have enough of those by the Vigil. I need power and guile, a force of vengeance that might turn the bloody coast as red as its name. Let the Lion be proud and just in the city, but to our foes there can only be cold steal and storms; sentiment wins nothing in this age.”

Almost as an answer, a gale of wind rushed at the salt-bathed Norn, sending up a spray of ocean water, tinted red by the lowering sun.

“Blood and Thunder will be this Vanguard’s deliverance,” Magnus growled, “and it cannot be bound to the Lion sigil, lest it should undermine my own name and justice in Lion’s Arch. Blood and Thunder to match the bloody gales that took this city.”

The Captain’s eyes flashed as his mind found the namesake it sought, for this time the Bloodgale would be theirs, to change the tide of history. The Cormorant pulled keenly into port.

Some of our RP Intro:

Magnus let the axe sink deeply into the man’s leg, relieving the human of his pain with a following shot to the temple. Quickly glancing around, he could see this had been the last of the thieves and pirates aboard the ship; scum that had robbed his city’s merchants, its people that he now protected. Scum he could relate well to in his past. Of course, like many things in Tyria, Magnus had changed, and was no longer the Norn he had once been.

Mostly of course.

Thick sea air was now carrying the stench of battle, the noise of lapping waves replacing the cries of killing. Magnus grinned to himself as he removed the heavy weapon from his victim’s thigh. Once a pirate, always a pirate; even if one was a justified pirate.

Adjusting his pistols across his chest, Magnus took in the full scene around him. He stood tall on the Human vessel, his crew scavenging the dead lawbreakers for any loot and knowledge they might offer. The ship’s name was The Righteous Prince, though in the hands of such rabble it had very little princely air to it. More and more, Magnus found himself dealing with criminals such as these, both at sea and land. The world was in upheaval, and many had turned to thievery and piracy for survival. Of course, Magnus’s empathy did not mean such creatures were forgiven. For Lion’s Arch, he would not hesitate to kill anyone; and by the power of Lion’s Arch, he was authorized to do so.

“Captain Magnus we-” One of his crewman started as he approached the Norn, his Lionguard tabard fluttering in the wind.

“-The Bloody Handed, don’t forget that part now, I have to keep people afraid of me somehow!” Magnus laughed roughly, reaching down to pull another blade from an Asura’s back. The soldier looked taken aback by the Captian’s harsh laughter, and Magus remembered it often took time for the new ones to understand their leader. Fierce by nature; both in battle and jest. “What did you have to say, hm?”

More warily this time, the soldier responded, “We have found a few documents at least hinting at some sort of thief guild or pact. Seems we can expect more attempts, maybe bigger as I’d wager this was just a small group of desperates, Cap’n.”

“Good work then. By the Bear, let’s hope it’s a few dawns before we have to deal any more justice out! It’s in short supply, even to our own merchants in the Arch!” The Captain said, letting out another guffaw, “Dismissed, let’s catch this breeze back to the City then.”

The soldier saluted and began rallying the rest of the crew back to their own vessel; the Cormorant, his prize for sending Morgus Lethe, former champion of the dragon Zhaitan, to oblivion. Of course, he had been helped by Destiny’s Edge, but there was no counting on them any longer. As Magnus thought, he returned to his own ship’s helm, giving idle orders to set off.

Now, as grand as it was to battle off Lion’s Arch’s enemies, this day and age was undeniably a dark one, and even the Ship’s Council of the City of which Magnus was a member, had succumbed to more bickering than usual. The Lionguard, Magnus’s defensive law keeping force, was not enough. These were soldiers, some very good, but many just surviving like their adversaries. Indeed, Lion’s Arch needed a force, a power that represented all the the City could be; the prestige and the prowess of its best. A force worthy of fear and awe. Magnus pulled lazily on his beard as he guided the Cormorant through the waves reflecting the hot afternoon sun, and a glimmering idea began to form in his mind.

By the time Lion’s Arch began to rise on the evening horizon, Magnus was grinning so widely his first mate had quietly asked for a crew mate to bring some fresh water, fearing the Norn had taken in too much sun. Magnus squinted keenly up at the ever rising towers of Lion’s Arch, constructed from battle-broken and glory-ridden ships alike.

If anything a side just zerging around is pretty easy to avoid. Remember this is supposed to be war, which is mostly about managing large numbers. Any kitten can zerg in a group, but it takes commanders to lead that zerg to actually do something.

Granted it may just be your server, but I usually see two (or three) zergs fighting mindlessly at a bridge most of the time until a smaller force takes some camps and then starts a siege somewhere. Eventually people trickle in off of the zerg to this new attack and then the hivemind figures it out and you get one of those epic Keep battles you’re talking about.

Then you start to get into that whole Wintergrasp scenario of those 5 guys getting buffed to become raid bosses and just start wrecking their way through armies.

Remember, we’re still in the early 1-week placing matches and there’s going to be some of these lopsided battles with one realm taking a lead versus the others. After a few more matches everyone should be on much more even footings and I’ll imagine the scores will reflect that.

I made my female ele max height and it’s great. Like 60% of my guild is Asura so I friggen tower over them.

Best part is walking around Lions Arch and thinking “oh hey look at that kid” and then realize it’s a human PC.

Remember, a Norn thief isn’t at all large compared to other Norns. You could be a thief all your life and never even encounter one of the other races. At which point your size is irrelevant. Plus I don’t recall seeing anything that said they walk louder than any other races.

The only issue they’d have in other locales is small doors really. With so many of them being hunters, moving stealthily probably comes fairly naturally.

Wouldn’t mind seeing something like towers giving friendly NPCs a slight buff or something.

Blacklight.2871:

And really, do you want someone like me on your side? Someone who has no interest in capturing objectives, defending your keeps and killing other players? Someone who is only there under duress because a NON-PVP aspect of them game requires I be there? Is this really a win for anyone?

Yes. It’s a win for the guys killing you.

Clogging up the enemy teams with people “who has no interest in capturing objectives, defending your keeps and killing other players” can only help their own side take their WvW objectives.

Also, many guilds run through the jumping puzzles to get “free” blueprints to siege. Denying the enemy forces of free trebuchets is a perfectly acceptable tactic.

Plus it’s the closest you can come to in there to “old school small group WPVP”. Taking supply camps is fun and all but usually it’s either undefended or a big old zerg vs zerg. Variety is the spice of life.

Just because a couple of people broach the topic of an alliance doesn’t mean it actually happens. In fact I think most of us on TC wanted to target Maguuma first because we still wanted to stick it to them from the week prior.