Guild Wars 2

Ahoy! This be a fun week I dun be havin ‘dis week ’wit ye lads! I be spendin me time on my ship, rebuildin me fleet o’ cataboats. It be spendin a great deal o’ time wit’ AWE chasen down ’da KoMe lads ’n given ’dem a good keelhaulin.

It be a mighty ‘bout o’ fun I be havin as ’da small scale roamin fights be quite enjoyable.

I be headin back ’ta me ship now, as I be gettin cold ’wit out me rum.

Huygens.4075:

Ninya.3942:

Mordecai.6318:

Sovereign.1093:

MomentofWeakness.1246:

SoR was the most exciting server I ever played. Although I am a new TC player, I can tell you I learned more fighting them than I have learned my entire WvW experience. I will take losing to them more often if we get fights like we did last week. It helped me step up my play because of the high tempo that SoR plays at. Special thanks to [FEAR], [TSYM], [IRON], and [HELIOZ] for the tough fights!

To show you what I mean you can watch these:

[RE] Rethesis vs Sanctum of Rall

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek28C8758P0

[RE] Rethesis & [CERN] vs Sanctum of Rall

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbfqGv3-E-s

Note: We unfortunately didn’t get all the fights here on the second video from the SoR Guilds vs. TC Guilds matchup on SoS BL. Us on TC lost the first 2, took 1, lost 1 more, then won the next 5.

Nice, The HOST OST. >3< hmmm

OST.The Host – Radioactive – Imagine Dragons

Good job RE and CERN. Two guilds worth emulating.

RE worth emulating? ROLFME

You just jelly of our overflowing barrel of swag and cookies. We stole the swag from maguuma and the cookies were our welcome present from TC

Magswag is basically an STD at this point.

LOL.

It’s been an interesting week so far. The fairweathers are out in full force, so enjoy the free loot they provide SoS/CD.

It’s been fun roaming, as I haven’t been able to do much of it in a while. If anyone is interested in dueling send me a pm.

Also, I like to randomly pick a larger wub wub guild and target their commanders. This weeks assassination attempts will be on any commanders from LeeT.

fishball.7204:

Pretty sure SoS wiped TC more than get wiped on EB tonight. Proof is Ogre = T3, Veloka = T3. Bravost and durios = paper.

I guess its all in perspective, but we tend to leave Durios paper, or with minimal upgrades as its easily flipped.

It depends on how you’re geared. I run a roaming hammer spec on my warrior and usually don’t have a whole lot of issues, and my guardian also doesn’t have a heard time either when I run greatsword/ sword focus

Shaojack.3871:

iCryptik.1496:

JudgeD.5673:

Only three walls down? And where is the massive SoR zerg?

Hiding behind the tower in one huge stack. Apparently they dontwant to come out when we siege up like they do.

To be honest I have never seen anyone siege stuff up like you guys do haha.
Not even blackgate uses that many arrow carts.

The one thing we learned from Blackgate is that there is no such thing as too much siege.

JudgeD.5673:

Only three walls down? And where is the massive SoR zerg?

Hiding behind the tower in one huge stack. Apparently they dontwant to come out when we siege up like they do.

If any coasters need badges, hop on EB. The farm is great this morning.

Offski.4897:

iCryptik.1496:

Oh look, Aurust is ever so serious again.

Zen.8497

I have question, how can you tell that you are doing a lot better than last time knowing that SoR is holding back ?

We can’t, and in turn, TC strength can’t really be gauged this week as well. If we didn’t have Dragon Bash and we ha another competitive server in this matchup like DB or FA, this week would be a different ball game.

Lol yeh its a real shame dragon bash came out, you guys were doing really well in na prime before that, especially as u had nothing upgraded in na prime.

We’ve had various keeps upgraded and with waypoints during the beginning of the match up, however, since we don’t have much in the way of 24/7 coverage, about the time we get something waypointed and go to bed, those left after the NA crew get rushed by the full might of SoR’s night crew and get ran over.

Not much else anyone on TC can do, its how things go when one server is stacked and the other isn’t showing up much.

Furiousbeard.7602:

TC I MISS YOU!

Perhaps next week we can get back some of that magic we used to have.

I remember more pew pew and less qq with you.

Call me maybe?

I miss you.

BUT I HATE YOU!

I’m so conflicted.

Oh look, Aurust is ever so serious again.

Zen.8497

I have question, how can you tell that you are doing a lot better than last time knowing that SoR is holding back ?

We can’t, and in turn, TC strength can’t really be gauged this week as well. If we didn’t have Dragon Bash and we ha another competitive server in this matchup like DB or FA, this week would be a different ball game.

Shaojack.3871:

iCryptik.1496:

No, it’s not your imagination. Most SoR I’ve encountered run if they are evenly matched and only want to play when the odds are at least 2-to-1.

I really wish they would come out and play when the scales of power are even, and not heavily weighted in their favor. But hey, it just makes the bags of those I catch trying to get to the zerg that much sweeter.

Sorry, you guys are simply too strong for us to ever win in an even fight.
All our commanders are completely stumped over the fact you guys didn’t break into T1 and simply take over everything. I just wish SoR could get it together like TC has, I just have never seen such a level of skill and dedication since I started this game at launch. You guys should be proud and celebrate this achievement.

/salute

I would like to commend SoR on their level if patience. It must take a lot of patience to wait for enough numbers to show up before they come out of their t3 walled keeps.

I am interested in seeing the inside of one of your keeps later today, as I’m sure, with so much manpower inside, you guys put it to good use redecorating and the interior looks fabulous?

Edit: I won’t be on till late tonight, but I’ll be looking for some good fights.

Hickeroar.9734:

Mordyph.2104:

We all know SOR has more numbers than the other 2 servers in WvW.
SOR you guys are great at organizing large amounts of players focusing on one goal,
but sometime when the numbers are semi even come out and play.
you dont always have to wait til you completely outnumber your foe before engaging do you?

So many times we have 10 guys and you have 15+.yet you wont come out and play.only when you have 30+ vs 10 do you finally come out.

Maybe its because you guys run so many glass cannons?

How you dont get bored always fighting lopsided battles is beyond me.

I’ve actually noticed a little bit of this as well, and I think it’s really a result of T1 culture. In T1 servers, I assume, it costs a lot more if you do wipe. Like…you wipe and they take something every time as a result. Their play is a lot more careful than the scrappy stuff we have become used to seeing in T2.

It could all be my imagination on all counts though.

No, it’s not your imagination. Most SoR I’ve encountered run if they are evenly matched and only want to play when the odds are at least 2-to-1.

I really wish they would come out and play when the scales of power are even, and not heavily weighted in their favor. But hey, it just makes the bags of those I catch trying to get to the zerg that much sweeter.

Hickeroar.9734:

grave of hearts.7830:

Lymain.6723:

SoS pushed SoR’s castle when it looked like SoR was going to take our keep ~10 hours ago.

/hi5 SoS

And then tc went and attacked us instead.
And now sor took valey,and the homeless tc zerg attacked sos instead that was struggleing to recover from a commander who gave our keep for free to SoR.
That says a lot about TC.

On the contrary it says absolutely nothing about TC as a whole.

And speaking from experiences this week in EBG, they were probably just trying to get SoS off our backs as well. Every time SoR has pushed TC territory, SoS has pushed from the other side.

This pretty much rings true, and saying TC has a zerg this morning is rather…sad.

I just logged on with EB group and counted about 15 people.

Vayne.8563:

I don’t buy collectors editions for an extra thank you. I buy them because I want the stuff inside the box.

This.

Anet makes its money from micro transactions.

There is no “best food available”, as the food needed depends on the build you use. However, this is particularly useful in a hammer warrior build, and once people started using it and the demand went up, there hasnt been enough lemongrass to meet the supply needs, hence the lemongrass spike and why the food is expensive.

Hey guys, haven’t spent too much time on my ele recently and was wanting to start showing him some more love. One thing I tend to do is run group support, so I was wondering if you guys had any opinions on gear setup. I don’t want to go glass clannon, and I was thinking something along the lines of clerics armor with berserkers trinkets, but wasn’t sure how well that would hold up.

Edit: What runes would you recommend as well?

Having some fun on TC BL

Looks like you can steal from a thief >.>

phokus.8934:

Being in NA eastern time zone is fighting an uphill battle on SoS. Outmanned is nice and all but it seems as if we only get a handful of people fighting in EB.

Hey, if it makes you feel any better, a lot of people are taking a break, an enjoying the week. Sometimes I RP walk around the map on my charr till someone kills me.

skinnyb.5920:

iCryptik.1496:

And the even more wonderful thing is that the majority of groups tend to not have the coordination to blast in those fields,

Stop right there.

What I am trying to explain to you is that stacking retal requires NO coordination. The retal is spread from normal gameplay due to blast finishers being activated regularly in combat. You do not have to stack nor coordinate nor call out “Blast light fields if you see them” to get the effect I am talking about.

Stop right there.

Retal can be spread through normal combat, but that does not mean it is guaranteedconsistently spread through normal combat.

In order to maintain a consistent retaliation uptime, there is some coordination required. Otherwise, retaliation is not a consistent damage source, but a sporadic and inconsistent damage source that the enemy puts out and can be managed.

Edit: This thread has been fun, and while there needs to be fixes such as retal having the same modifier in all WvW maps, overall, this thread tends to be about personal bias. I’m off to work, good luck with this thread.

Any idea when we may see a fix?

skinnyb.5920:

skinnyb.5920:

iCryptik.1496:

Protip: It’s not up 24/7. It’s up for 5-7 seconds max every 24 seconds with traited, and a few more seconds if they run greatswords.

Light fields + blast finishers.

C’mon, Al… I’m disappointed in you.

Thats assuming most guilds and players know how to properly use and stack blast finishers, and there are a lot that still don’t. >.>

That’s the beautiful thing. Guardian’s hammer auto attack lays down a light field every 4 seconds. Ring of Warding, Line of Warding, and GS #4 are also all light fields which are placed on the battlefield in the middle of combat.
What’s even more beautiful is that light fields have priority over most other fields so they get blasted from normal combat/gameplay. No stacking or coordination required.
The more you know.

And the even more wonderful thing is that the majority of groups tend to not have the coordination to blast in those fields, which still tends to have the same result, there still being plenty of downtime with people not having retaliation. You seem to be assuming a lot, and you know what they say when you assume to much.

Constant uptime will require a lot of coordination. Did you also know that the last field placed will take secondary priority if there is already a combo field on the ground. unless the person is in your group?

The more you know.
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Combo_Finisher

Lyndis.2584:

There usually, just usually, just maybe, happens to be more than one guardian in a 40-50 man zerg.

Any maybe, just maybe, theres more then one guardian in your zerg as well?

Point being, especially in a megazerg, you shouldnt be having any issues right? Between your self heal, and regen being passed around by ele’s and guardians, you should be having such an issue if you don’t run glass and have some vit, unless you don’t, and if you don’t, then you may want to rethink your attack.

Run glass? Try attacking till you get to low health, and if your heal is still down, move to the back and dodge roll.

skinnyb.5920:

iCryptik.1496:

Protip: It’s not up 24/7. It’s up for 5-7 seconds max every 24 seconds with traited, and a few more seconds if they run greatswords.

Light fields + blast finishers.

C’mon, Al… I’m disappointed in you.

Thats assuming most guilds and players know how to properly use and stack blast finishers, and there are a lot that still don’t. >.>

Protip: It’s not up 24/7. It’s up for 5-7 seconds max every 24 seconds with traited, and a few more seconds if they run greatswords.

TL;DR: Watch their boons.

Drakh.3128:

Better yet, try being a confusion mesmer. I hit them for 65 with confusion then get hit back for 375 from retaliation. Yeah, that’s fair…..

Confusion is based on condi damage, retal is based on power.

An I the only one who noticed and hates the fact that the OP randomly capitalizes the word point?

Warriors can do the same thing. IMO the build is only good on warriors who run stances, with shout heals and soldiers runs, I never have an issue with conditions.

Also, lemongrass soup is expensive, so not to many people actually run this build. An ele would have to sacrifice as well to run this.

TL;DR: it’s not an issue.

DB come out and play. I have candy.

Word of advice, don’t go to T1.

I recommend Yak’s Bend, they were always good sports and have some good players.

Having a lot of fun in EB working on my anger issues towards FA.

i got one in 6 :/

Sell them now, best to do it when there are a ton of new items on the store.

On kills are working as intended. If they had an internal CD, they would more then likely become pretty useless.

Deniara Devious.3948:

I was doing well ALONE as well at Bloodtide Coast, so it is a good comparison. No trouble handling monsters who are 5+ levels higher than me when there was no other human players nearby, despite my thief’s attacks were doing just glancing blows. And my gear wasn’t even optimal.

I also went later alone with my level 43 thief to Southsun Cove. That place is very much soloable with a thief.

It really seems there forums are full of people who are bad at playing thief, but good at defending broken mechanisms like stealth.

Still, comparing PvE content to a PvP scenario doesn’t hold much weight, and that last comment just makes you look asinine.

Currently, the only people that I have seen have issues with thieves are:

A. People that don’t play a thief and/or understand their mechanics.
B. People who are specc’d in a way that does not optimally gear them for roaming, so they die easily to a thief that is.
C. People that want something to complain about.

I play nothing but WvW, every day, as much as i can. I have 7 80’s, all geared, with different armor sets to go with different builds.

There are several classes that when i run group builds, they are more susceptible to a thieves burst and may not have many, if any, lock downs. They die pretty easily, and when I die, I rez and run back again.

When I roam, I build all my characters so that they can combat thieves if needed, and rarely, if ever, do the die to just a thief alone. Normally thieves get bored when they realize they dont have an easy kill and go away, but usually, they get overzealous and like pin them down and kill them.

Thieves aren’t overpowered or “godmode”. There are a few classes that are underpowered, and sometimes, you need to go outside of the standard group builds.

Please!

Just getting back into my warrior and its been so long since I’ve played with hammer, can anyone help me with a build, rune, and sigil set?

I’ve been told knights armor and PVT accessories are the way to go. Is that true?

Deniara Devious.3948:

Bern.9613:

I will speak on behalf of the thief as my main is one. A thief will not survive an aoe barrage because it has the lowest hp, toughness, survivability of ALL of the warrior classes. They do this because to survive is to eliminate the target before it has a chance to eliminate you. High, fast dps. So unless you’re also suggesting that ANet ups the stats of the thief….

This is a common lie spread on these forums. I was today playing a thief. I went to Bloodtide Coast, which is a level 45-55 area with a level 41 thief. My friend was a level 53 guardian. Guess how many times I died? ZERO… But my guardian friend died.

My guardian friend left and I was killing the monsters and mobs alone. It went a bit slow due getting glancing blows all the time (>= 5 levels higher monsters than me), but there was still no risk of dying. Even when doing group event alone and all the enemy mobs were much higher level than me!! And if you get downed you can still get up so easily (so no armor repairs bills at all). I gained couple of levels.

Thief is among the easiest professions. Amazing survivability and exactly as good armor as engineers and rangers have. You can literally stand next to enemy bosses: blind, stealth, huge damage. Tons of evade, caltrops on dodges, need I go on? In fact I don’t remember the last time when I died playing a thief.

But I refuse to play such a face roll profession against real human players.

That’s a pretty bad comparison. Whenever you stealth, the mobs would train on to your friend, an at that level without the right gear and utilities, it’s a lot hard to sustain multiple mobkittenting you.

The counters to stealth are stuns, fears, and aoe damage. If you are having a hard time against classes that stealth, you may be playing a class the may just be weaker, or you may need to look at your utilities. Warriors and necros by far should never have a problem against thieves.

Not to be a debbie downer on the conversation, but stuff like this should go in our private forums at tcgw2.com

The amount of tears shed in this posts makes me so happy. Sometimes life isn’t fair children. Welcome to tkitten JP.

Mayoken.9851:

So I hear TC offered BT 30k gold. Which is a rediculous amount but I guess TC can farm that sort of money. Is there an official announcement on which server BT has chosen?

DB’s NA needs you more than TC’s
Isn’t TC still full? (was when I left 2 weeks ago).

I only have one goal in mind.

AH HA HA HA HA!
http://youtu.be/UHscQhKwoms

Odaman.8359:

TC offered us 30k gold, still considering the offer. FA doesn’t need BT to stay in T2 I don’t think, but hopefully they get an influx of pve players coming out to pull some weight since they cry so much about wvw bonuses.

The weather on TC is normally nice, however, we are having so much rain this time of year.

Jayne can confirm.

Hickeroar.9734:

Jayne.9251:

iCryptik.1496:

If any members feel like trying TC out, I see good fortune in your future.

If you bring Quenta here, I’ll never forgive you.

QFT.

I have a master plan in mind. It’s so simple.

Jayne.9251:

iCryptik.1496:

Jayne.9251:

iCryptik.1496:

If any members feel like trying TC out, I see good fortune in your future.

If you bring Quenta here, I’ll never forgive you.

But…I thought we were supposed to give everyone cookies?

Must convert everyone to the dolyak god!

But…I’ve been sent on a mission…

to convert…

Jayne.9251:

iCryptik.1496:

If any members feel like trying TC out, I see good fortune in your future.

If you bring Quenta here, I’ll never forgive you.

But…I thought we were supposed to give everyone cookies?

Must convert everyone to the dolyak god!

Expunge.4926:

iCryptik.1496:

If any members feel like trying TC out, I see good fortune in your future.

it would be considered if the server wide blackout starts right now

If any members feel like trying TC out, I see good fortune in your future.

I love it when two servers come together for a common goal.

Evalana.5480:

Niim.9260:

Evalana.5480:

So, TVB has arrived on FA

Welcome aboard! Hope you enjoy your stay! ♥

So when TC wouldn’t pay for TVB’s transfer they came to FA instead?

Well, we didn’t pay for them either.

Eva, didn’t you know that when you get new guilds that come in, that means that they are automatically paid transfers?

How dare guilds actually want to transfer to servers in T2! (gasp!)

ghtchill.7613:

Hello TC! Okay, now some of you need to log off once in a while. Silke and I are trying to get in! Stop being full Some of you need to get jobs already I demand you open a window to let Chill and Silke in! We don’t need Gems, we has those. We need a window….just a little one. We’re skinny…promise.

Rescue us from the oppression! Come on now you can do it…send me a PM when the time is right. We come bearing beers and cookies and good Maguma bacon….they drop it like crazy.

Oh and great match. Go TC and everyone!

We look forward to your arrival.

DB and FA fielding big numbers tonight.

Oh, and I hate you both. When I took this picture, it made my PC Blue Screen.

Remember guys, this is just a game. It’s supposed to be about F.U.N.

http://youtu.be/_fkm9kvblME